{"id":12987,"date":"2018-05-25T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=12987"},"modified":"2018-05-25T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:15:36","slug":"hanley-ramirez-to-be-dfa-by-boston-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2018\/05\/25\/hanley-ramirez-to-be-dfa-by-boston-red-sox\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanley Ramirez To Be DFA By Boston Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/boston-red-sox\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> have made a move that is sending shockwaves through the baseball world this morning as it has been reported that first baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ramirha01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hanley Ramirez<\/strong><\/a> will be Designated For Assignment by the team. The Red Sox will now have seven days to either trade Ramirez or release him. The team has confirmed the move.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Source: Red Sox designating Hanley Ramirez for assignment. A look at that startling decision <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mss93tJztT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/mss93tJztT<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BostonGlobe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BostonGlobe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Speier (@alexspeier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexspeier\/status\/1000031030240268289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Redsox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Redsox<\/a> don\u2019t have to worry about that $22 million option for Hanley Ramirez after all. They are designating him for assignment as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexspeier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alexspeier<\/a> reported<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1000035535136505858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To make room on the 25-man roster, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedSox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RedSox<\/a> designated 1B\/DH Hanley Ramirez for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Sox (@RedSox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedSox\/status\/1000037175566766085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Hanley Ramirez To Be DFA By Boston Red Sox<\/h1>\n<h3>Ramirez&#8217;s Career Profile<\/h3>\n<p>Ramirez was initially signed by the Red Sox as an amateur free agent on July 2nd, 2000. But he would not stay in Beantown for long as he was traded to the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/miami-marlins\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Marlins (now Miami Marlins)<\/a>, along with pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/delgaje01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jesus Delgado<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garciha01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Harvey Garcia<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sanchan01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Anibal Sanchez<\/strong><\/a> on November 24th, 2005. In exchange, the Red Sox acquired pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beckejo02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Josh Beckett<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/motagu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Guillermo Mota<\/strong><\/a>, and third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lowelmi01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mike Lowell<\/strong><\/a>. In his time with the Marlins, Ramirez won the Rookie of the Year, was a 3 time All-Star and 2 Silver Slugger Awards, and won the 2009 NL batting title. Ramirez would be traded again, this time to the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, along with pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/choatra01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Randy Choate<\/strong><\/a> on July 25th, 2012. In exchange, the Marlins acquired pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/eovalna01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nathan Eovaldi<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcgousc01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Scott McGough<\/strong><\/a>. After 3 years with the Dodgers, Ramirez came back to the Red Sox signing a 4 year, $88 million contract.<\/p>\n<h3>Analysis<\/h3>\n<p>This shocking move comes as a correlation of bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pedrodu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dustin Pedroia<\/strong><\/a> back up after recovering from knee surgery. While a designation was coming, there were plenty of options for the Red Sox to choose from. The most obvious option may have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/swihabl01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blake Swihart<\/strong><\/a>, who has been reportedly unhappy in Boston and Swihart has made a formal trade request to the team. Ramirez has struggled in May after an amazing April, but in the end, this may have come down to money as Ramirez was scheduled to make $22.75 million this year of his contract.<br \/>\n<a id=\"MI1Wg6nFQktnw-hIzfNPVw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/958582382\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MI1Wg6nFQktnw-hIzfNPVw',sig:'D1Ze3wGP5yBBGdtIvgMczjm-q0o6h4t6eFpsXhgZuok=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'958582382',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox have made a move that is sending shockwaves through the baseball world this morning as it has been reported that first baseman Hanley Ramirez will be Designated For Assignment by the team. The Red Sox will now have seven days to either trade Ramirez or release him. The team has confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2292,"featured_media":12988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,1071,35],"tags":[68,240,293,941,69],"class_list":["post-12987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redsox","category-featured","category-mlb","category-news","tag-baseball","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-hanley-ramirez","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-mlb"],"modified_by":"Carson Babbini","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}