The Red Sox have designated right-hander Joel Payamps for assignment, per a club announcement. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to righty Garrett Richards, whose previously reported one-year deal is now official after he passed his physical.
The 26-year-old Payamps was claimed off waivers out of the D-backs organization earlier in the winter and has not pitched in a game for the Red Sox. Payamps, who has just seven Major League innings under his belt, pitched just three innings in the Major Leagues with the D-backs in 2020 and otherwise spent the year at the team’s alternate training site.
In his last minor league action, Payamps struggled in a hitter-friendly setting with Triple-A Reno in the Pacific Coast League but was solid in Double-A Jackson in both 2018 and 2019. He’s worked as both a starter and a reliever in the minors, and he has a minor league option remaining for the upcoming 2021 season, which could lead to some interest from another club on the waiver wire. Boston will have a week to trade Payamps, release him or attempt to pass him through outright waivers.
He might have been more successful if his name were “Pay-umps”.
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Who the heck is this guy anyway?? He was on the Sox 40 man roster??
He was probably a minor leaguer moved to the roster a few months back to protect him from the rule 5 draft.
But they DFA’d him anyway, so…
No offense.. Read the story.. Payamps was claimed from Arizona this winter. Think it was early part on January if not mistaken. He was on the roster because they had claimed him on waivers, not called up themselves.
Boston still needs to clear 1 more spot for Martin Perez am pretty sure also. I’, thinking (hoping) 1 of Austin Brice, Marcus Wilson, Chris Mazza, or Colton Brewer is the cut.
Bloom signed Mazza to an $800,000 contract, so if the RS DFA him it would be easier to pass him through to AAA.
I would assume he would be the choice or why pay him an extra approx. $240,000.
The RS have other better pitchers making less…the idea was to make Munoz and Mazza too expensive to be waiver claims, IMO Walden, Brewer, and Brice are better than Mazza.
Brice, not Mazza., signed the $870,000 deal.. to avoid arbitration.
I liked Munoz a lot in a small sample size. His bat just seemed alive. Too bad he got hurt. Hoping he gets a real shot to stick.
Yes. He was on the roster.
He will end up on the Woo Sox once he clears waivers…. think we have at least one more cut to go
*Whistles*. Wow, a 4-game veteran. Good thing he gets a mention today.
This would be a great pickup for the Orioles
Ok, so we still need a spot on the 40 man for Ottovino, and then Mitchy 2 bags is our next priority! Who else is being designated?