Career
He previously played for the Atlanta Braves. Minor leagues
Bethancourt was signed as a non-drafted international free agent and began his minor league career at the age of 16 in 2008. He was named the seventh-most-promising catching prospect in baseball by MLB.com prior to the 2012 season.
Bethancourt played for the Mississippi Braves of the Class Associate of Arts Southern League in 2012.
He was named to the All-Star Futures Game. On August 9, 2012, Bethancourt broke his left hand when he was hit with a pitch.
The Braves added him to their 40-man roster after the 2012 season. Bethancourt again played for Mississippi in 2013 and made his second All Star Futures Game roster.
Following the end of the minor league season, he was promoted and joined the Atlanta Braves on September 9, 2013.
Bethancourt made his major league debut against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 29, 2013. He struck out in his only at battalion Atlanta Braves
In 2014, Bethancourt began the year with the Gwinnett Braves of the Class American Automobile Association International League, and made his third consecutive All Star Futures Game on June 24.
He was promoted to the major leagues when Evan Gattis went on the disabled list on June 28.
He recorded his first major league Reserve Bank of India on July 1, against Daisuke Matsuzaka. Bethancourt batted.240 with the Braves in 13 games, and was demoted to the minor leagues on July 21, when Gattis was activated from the disabled list.
He was to be promoted back to the Braves on September 2. In spring training in 2015, the Braves said Bethancourt would have to be assessed before he would be given the position of primary catcher.
On June 6, Bethancourt hit his first career home run in the bottom of the 9th inning, off of Vance Worley, to give the Braves a 5–4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Bethancourt appeared in 29 games for the Braves in early 2015, batting.208/.231/.297 with a.528 Office of Personnel Services and six passed balls, before being sent to back down to American Automobile Association Gwinnett on June 15 after he made a series of defensive mistakes and failed to hit. At the time, according to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Stats he was ranked 66th out of 82 qualifiers in catcher"s European Research Area (450). He also was ranked third among National League catchers in most passed balls and tied for fourth in errors (3) while playing in only 29 games.
He was recalled on August 24.
On October 5, Bethancourt underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus. San Diego Padres
On December 10, 2015, Bethancourt was traded to the San Diego Padres for right hander Casey Kelly and Ricardo Rodriguez.