Rangers sign Manny Ramirez to minor league contract
CBS SPORTS/Mike Axisa/July 3, 2013 4:33 pm ET
The Rangers have signed outfielder/DH Manny Ramirez to a minor league
contract, the team announced. He will report to the club's Triple-A affiliate
and work out for a few days before being officially activated. Jon Heyman of
CBSSports.com reports Ramirez will earn $500,000 pro-rated at the big league
level and has agreed to cut his hair.
Manny, 41, opted out of his contract with the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese
Professional Baseball League last month in an effort to find a job in MLB. He
was said to have an offer on the table from a team in Japan, but obviously
that never materialized.
The Rangers signed Lance Berkman to be their primary DH this year, but the
37-year-old has battled nagging knee problems after missing most of the last
year due to knee surgery. He is hitting .263/.362/.392 (102 OPS+) with six
home runs in 64 games this year. Texas could slide Berkman to first base and
put Manny at DH, however. It's very unlikely either would be asked to play
the outfield at this point of their careers.
In 49 games with the Rhinos, Ramirez hit .352/.422/.555 with eight home runs
and more walks (23) than strikeouts (21) in 206 plate appearances. He has not
played in MLB since 2011, when he appeared in five games with the Rays before
being suspended 100 games for a second failed drug test. The suspension was
cut in half after he sat out the remainder of the season.
The Athletics signed Ramirez to a minor-league contract in 2012, and he hit
.302/.348/.349 with no home runs in 17 games for their Triple-A affiliate
before requesting his release. He has served his suspension and can return to
MLB immediately, but the Rangers will send him for a quick minor league
tune-up first.
In his last full big league season, Manny hit .298/.409/.460 with nine homers
in 90 games for the Dodgers and White Sox in 2010.
簡而言之，Manny已經跟遊騎兵隊簽小聯盟3A的合約
這篇文章也簡述過去打球經歷，也提到在義大以及有關日本傳聞的事
國外鄉民的反映大多都很興奮
可見Manny的星度到現在依舊不減啊!!!