The Guardians announced that they have selected the contract of catcher . Fellow backstop has been placed on the seven-day concu sion-related injured list. Right-hander has been transferred to the 60 Bradly Nadeau Jersey -day injured list to open a 40-man spot. Guardians manager spoke on the Hedges situation today, with video relayed by . Vogt says that Hedges was hit in the head by a backswing from on Wednesday night ( from MLB.com). Vogt says that Hedges was experiencing some low-level concu sion symptoms yesterday which have not gone away. Vogt adds that the club wants to be cautious due to previous concu sions suffered by Hedges. According to his MLB.com , Hedges has previously gone on the IL for a concu sion in 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Concu sions tend to get more dangerous with each subsequent incident, so the caution is understandable. Hedges has been backing up at the catcher position this year but Nuez will now tag in and take over that job while Hedges recovers. Calling up Nuez was nece sary because the Guards previously had just Hedges and Naylor as the two catchers on their 40-man roster. has catching experience but is limited to designated hitter duties this year due to undergoing elbow surgery in November. The 30-year-old Nuez signed a minor league deal with the Guards in the offseason. He has been playing at the Triple-A level since then, putting up a line of .136/.266/.369 in 32 games. Thats not a pretty slash but its held back by a .131 batting average on balls in play. Nuez has six home runs and has been drawing walks at a 13.6% clip, though hes also been striking out 30.4% of the time. His major league track record consists of 111 games with the Rockies over the 2019-22 period. He hit just .180/.280/.373 in that time but generally received solid marks for his defense. Nuez still has one option remaining and could be easily sent back down to Triple-A when Hedges gets healthy. As for Walters, he landed on the 15-day IL a week ago due to a lat strain. His current status is unclear but it appears that the Guardians dont expect him back anytime soon. With this transfer, he cant be reinstated until 60 days from his initial IL placement, which means late July. Photo courtesy of Joe Camporeale, Imagn Images Ryan Murphy Jersey