ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Reliever Naoyuki Uwasawa was traded to the Boston Crimson Sox from the Tampa Bay Rays for money.
Boston chosen the contract of Uwasawa to the 40-man roster earlier than Thursday’s opener at Tampa Bay, then optioned him to Triple-A Worcester.
Uwasawa had a 13.03 ERA in 9 2/3 innings over 4 spring coaching appearances, permitting 14 runs and 15 hits that included three house runs. He walked eight and struck out 9.
The 30-year-old right-hander agreed in January to a $25,000 signing bonus as a part of a minor league contract. He will get a $2.5 million wage whereas within the main leagues and a $225,000 wage whereas assigned to the minor leagues. He may earn a further $900,000 in efficiency bonuses for innings within the main leagues: $100,000 for 80 innings and every further 10 by means of 160.
Tampa Bay owed a launch price of $6,250 to the Pacific League’s Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Uwasawa was 9-9 with a 2.96 ERA in 24 reduction appearances final 12 months and has pitched completely out of the bullpen since 2018. Uwasawa is 70-62 with a 3.58 in 50 begins and 123 reduction appearances over 9 seasons with the Fighters.
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