The latest minor moves from around baseball….
- The Red Sox have outrighted Erasmo Ramirez to Triple-A, Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reports (Twitter link). Ramirez was designated for assignment on Friday and had the option of rejecting an outright assignment to become a free agent, so it appears as though the right-hander has decided to remain in the Sox organization after clearing waivers. The 28-year-old signed a minors contract with Boston in the offseason and appeared in one Major League game, though that lone appearance was enough to guarantee Ramirez’s big league salary. As Masslive.com’s Christopher Smith notes, Ramirez’s salary will still count against Boston’s luxury tax calculations for the season. Terms of Ramirez’s guarantee aren’t known, and while it surely isn’t an exorbitant amount, every dollar counts for a Red Sox team that is trying to stay under the $246MM maximum tax penalty threshold.
Did not look particularly good in his only appearance, even with the Ms served a lot of meatballs.
Did you notice how bad Costas was bashing him when he was pitching the other day?
I didn’t realise that one appearance counts for a yearly salary against the lux tax. That’s crazy. Why would you do that if you were just gonna send him down. They are trying desperately to stay under. The reason we don’t have a bullpen or anything resembling one. It’s gonna come back to bite them hard but I don’t think they care a whole lot