To be a #1 prospects wife..

I've notice since the start of spring training there's been searches looking for Salty's wife, or to see if he's even been married. Well, here's your answer: he's a taken man with a woman 10 years his senior.

There's no way around the proverbial elephant in the room, so here are the quick answers: She's in her 30s, significantly older than the 20-year-old catcher; she never taught a class with him in it; she said their personal relationship didn't begin until the fall of 2004, a year after he graduated.

They were married eight months ago on an off day during Saltalamacchia's breakout season at Class A Myrtle Beach, where the switch-hitting slugger hit .314 with 35 doubles, 19 homers and 81 RBIs in 129 games.

"I told him, [the story] is going to get out eventually," she said.

His three home runs this spring and No. 1 prospect status have made "Salty" a household name among Braves fans who haven't even seen him play yet. So try to imagine how big a star he is at Royal Palm Beach High, north of West Palm Beach.

"Huge," said Ashley Saltalamacchia, who gets questions from students and faculty about how her husband is doing in his first major league spring training camp.

"They don't even know me — it's all about Jarrod," she joked Sunday from the stands at Roger Dean Stadium, as the 6-foot-4, 230-pound catcher stood on the field, signing autographs for fans sticking balls and cards through the fence.

"I kid him that I have no identity anymore, that 'It's all about you.' "

Ashley, a former Stetson volleyball player, is thrilled and not surprised her husband is moving closer to his goals.

"He doesn't take anything for granted," she said. "And he enjoys every minute. He doesn't have a bad day. I was a college athlete and I've been a coach, and I walked off the court with my head down some days. He doesn't. He knows tomorrow's a new day."

So there you have it, for those ladies reading Salty is a taken man. So do we call her Mrs. Salty?

Comments

[madeline]

I think it is great for her! Professional athletes (men) always have their "Trophy Wifes" on display...good for her to be hanging in there with the young ones...she must be SMOKIN"!? Perhaps she is the brains behind the engine like many wives are to their successful hubbies...

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[RPBer]

One correction to this article- his popularity back home is not from baseball...it started with rumors that he was sleeping with a teacher and the fact that they're now married gives those rumors much more validity. She may not have ever taught him but none the less whether the rumors are true or not I think we can all agree that it's inappropriate for a teacher to sit on a students lap, flirt with him, and invite him into her office alone on a regular basis...an office in the middle of the girls locker room might I add.

[evan]

I think she's a skank for sleeping with a student. He's way too hot to be with an old hag.