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Reliever Naoyuki Uwasawa was traded to the Boston Red Sox from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.: Reliever Naoyuki Uwasawa was traded to the Boston Red Sox from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash.
Boston optioned Uwasawa’s contract to the 40-man roster before 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 four spring training appearances, allowing 14 runs and 15 hits that included three home runs. He walked eight and struck out nine.
The 30-year-old right-hander agreed in January to a $25,000 signing bonus as part of a minor league contract. He gets a salary of $2.5 million while in the major leagues and a salary of $225,000 while assigned to the minor leagues. He could earn an additional $900,000 in performance bonuses for an inning in the major leagues: $100,000 for 80 innings and each additional 10 to 160.
Tampa Bay owed the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of the Pacific League a $6,250 release fee.
Uwasawa was 9-9 with a 2.96 ERA in 24 relief appearances last year and has pitched entirely out of the bullpen since 2018. Uwasawa is 70-62 with a 3.58 in 50 starts and 123 relief appearances over nine season with the Fighters.
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