The Red Sox bullpen has a new finesse guy. He’s Naoyuki Uwasawa, and he signed a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays this past offseason. After an up-and-down spring training, he triggered an out-clause in his contract, inducing the Rays to trade him to the Red Sox for cash.
The Boston Red Sox are letting one of their veteran pitchers go after a rough start to the season. Boston re-signed left-handed hurler Joely Rodriguez ahead of the 2024 campaign and he made the big league roster out of Spring Training.
The Red Sox announced Thursday that they’ve selected the contracts of left-hander Joely Rodriguez and right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa — the latter of whom was just acquired from the Rays yesterday.
The Boston Red Sox are adding to their contingent of Japanese players.
Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times had relayed earlier that the righty triggered an assignment clause and the Rays were close to making a trade.
But his contract has a March 23 opt-out, so we’ll see if he remains with the organization Perhaps the most interesting non-roster invitees in Port Charlotte this spring is right-handed pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa out of Japan, and he really wants to pitch for the Rays.
Are there more moves to come? We’re back for our first episode of the new year, and Erik Neander and Co. have provided us with plenty of news to talk about.
The Tampa Bay Rays have had a slow start to the offseason, with their most notable move seeing them trade away their presumed ace in Tyler Glasnow to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Tampa Bay Rays, desperate for some starting pitching help, have signed Japanese right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa to a minor league deal. The following update comes from the Rotowire fantasy baseball portal: Uwasawa signed a minor-league deal with the Rays on Thursday, which includes an invitation to spring training.
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