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Red Sox ship Manny to Dodgers
The Red Sox will receive Pirates outfielder Jason Bay in the deal, while Pittsburgh gets third baseman Andy LaRoche and Class-A right-hander Bryan Morris from the Dodgers and outfielder Brandon Moss and reliever Craig Hansen from the Red Sox.
The Red Sox will pay all of the approximately $7 million remaining on Ramirez's contract.
Ramirez should provide a major boost to the Dodgers' offense, but his arrival will add to the crowd in the Dodgers' outfield, which already includes Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, Juan Pierre and Andruw Jones.
Moss, Hansen and LaRoche all have played in the majors. Morris, 21, was the Dodgers' first-round pick in 2006.
The deal could significantly tilt the balance of power toward the Dodgers in the hotly contested NL West race. The Dodgers began the day one game behind the Diamondbacks, whose only pre-deadline addition was reliever Jon Rauch.
For the Red Sox, meanwhile, the addition of Bay amounts to a coup, considering their need to replace Ramirez's offense. Bay, who turns 30 on Sept. 20, is six years younger than Ramirez, and his .894 on-base/slugging percentage is nearly as high as Ramirez's .927 mark this season.
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The Red Sox also will retain Bay through next season at an affordable salary of $7.5 million. After that, Bay becomes eligible for free agency.
Ramirez will be a free agent at the end of this season. He waived his no-trade clause in exchange for the elimination of the two $20 million club options in his contract.
The Red Sox were fiercely determined to trade Ramirez, whose behavior on and off the field had become a significant distraction in recent weeks. After a proposed three-way trade involving the Marlins collapsed on Thursday, the Dodgers quickly emerged as the leading suitor for Ramirez.
Ramirez paved his way out of town, perhaps intentionally, by a recent series of actions unprecedented even in his checkered history.
"The Red Sox don't deserve a player like me," he said Wednesday in an interview with ESPNdeportes.com. "During my years here I've seen how they have mistreated other great players when they didn't want them to try to turn the fans against them.
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"The Red Sox did the same with guys like Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez, and now they do the same with me. Their goal is to paint me as the bad guy. I love Boston fans, but the Red Sox don't deserve me. I'm not talking about money. Mental peace has no price and I don't have peace here."
On Sunday, Ramirez criticized the Red Sox, telling ESPNdeportes, "I'm tired of them. They're tired of me."
Two days earlier, he was scratched from the starting lineup when he said his right knee was sore. MRIs later that day on both knees "came back fine," manager Terry Francona said.
Ramirez also knocked down team traveling secretary Jack McCormick in the visitors' clubhouse before a game in Houston when he asked for tickets, the Providence Journal reported.
And he told the Boston Herald during the All-Star break he wanted to know what his situation was and he didn't want the club to "tell you one thing and behind your back they do another thing." Red Sox owner John Henry said he found that "personally offensive."
Ultimately, the Red Sox decided that wasn't worth the power Ramirez brought to the lineup — a .299 batting average with a team-high 20 homers and 68 RBIs this season. For his career in Boston, he was fifth in team history with 274 homers, sixth with 868 RBIs and ninth with a .312 average.
The Red Sox had tried to unload the remainder of his eight-year, $160 million contract after the 2003 season when they placed him on waivers. No team claimed him. Then they tried to trade him for Alex Rodriguez. That didn't work out either.
Now he's taking his slugging to the West Coast. The Dodgers will soon find out if he left his strange behavior behind.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Member Comments
Don't let the door hit you on the way out manny.
robertmiller211@hotmail.com8/5/2008 21:08:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
did any of you LA dodgers fans here the jim Rome show on Friday? Jim Rome needs to get manny's D*** out of his mouth and open his eyes. Manny is a cancer! jim rome offered manny jackie robinson's number! are you kidding me. manny hasnt done jack for the dodgers yet. what jackie did was alot bigger then baseball. although i agree that manny is the best right handed hitter in baseball he is a punk who jogs down to first base and throws old men to the ground. he disgraces americas past time and so did jim rome with his comments. no wonder rome loves him.
fsu1bks8/2/2008 18:01:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
lets advertise as many spyware and virus laden websites on here as humanly posible.. cuz its a sox forum.. more ppl will come.. and we'll get more hits.. on our pathetic webites..
XxMayhemxX8/2/2008 12:33:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
I hope he has been a winner. BTW, I saw his profile on a HOT celebrity & millionaire dating site called 'R I C H M A T C H M A K I N G. .C O M'. He even wrote blog, thousands of hotties leave him msg.
jhkjkyuh8/2/2008 7:16:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
Oh and by the way...Rosenthal, your an idiot. You are now and always have been. The only thing I can think is that you must have and continue to b... someone to keep the job.
BostonFan888/2/2008 4:26:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
I am a Red Sox fan. And, I just realized that you guys who think Manny was really treated bad are right. What the heck was I thinking that a guy getting paid $20 million should love his job and act like he appreciaates the best fans in the world. F Manny. I am so happy he is gone. And if it takes another year to get back to the play offs then so be it. I am tired of his antics and his BS. If the Dodgers win because of him - good for him....it will still be a good deal until next June when Manny's other personality comes out. Good bye Manny...please don't ever come back to New England again!
BostonFan888/2/2008 4:20:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
As was stated before, I really felt it was Manny's agent the Son of Satan aka Scott Boras who was behind this all along:<br /><br />Of all the Manny moments in Boston, the last ranks as one of the most confounding. Within an hour after Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein informed Manny Ram?rez he had been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday, Ram?rez's agent, Scott Boras, called the Sox back, according to a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations. If the Sox dropped the option years on his contract - which they had agreed to do if they traded him - Boras said Ram?rez would not be a problem the rest of the season.<br /><br />For the Sox, the source said, Ram?rez's pledge of good behavior only served as a tacit admission that his disruptive conduct of the last couple of weeks had been calculated, and they had had good cause to suspect more was in the offing if they did not trade him. The Sox told him thanks but no thanks, what was done was done, and pack plenty of sunscreen.<br /><br />Thanks Manny, but GOOD RIDDENCE!
FanSince678/2/2008 4:13:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
what did jason bay do? oh yerh hit a ball to win in the 12th. nice move red sox like always
ericdude8/1/2008 22:46:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
frist game w/ dodgers manny hits into double play in the 9th
ericdude8/1/2008 22:43:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
True1<br />There are only so many guys that are money players.Manny was one of them. Most of those guys sing to their own tune anyway. Reggie wasn't the most like either. He actually had a few fights back in the A's dynasty of the 70's. The sox are loaded but will see how some of them react with the pressue on them and not Manny and Papi to share it. Papi will get pitched around and Youkilis is wound so tight he can't handle it when he makes an out. That is good to a certain point.
8/1/2008 21:51:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Hey Dragnet, Friday, Joe Gillis, the Dodgers are two games out and lead Arizona right now--Plus the Angels have a damn good chance, so dont be the dismissive pessimist.
ajhidel78/1/2008 21:28:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
TO HELL WITH MANNY RAMIEREZ!!!!<br /><br />THIS JOKE OF A HUMAN BEING.... he could not be a decent human being in boston.... so now he is going to cut his hair, do what he is told and toe the line in a new city???? DIRT BAG!!!!!<br /><br />HE IS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING....<br /><br />FANS AND THE BOSTON RED SOX NEVER DESERVED THE SELFISH, SPOTLIGHT OF ATTENTION AND **** OF A TEAM MATE HE WAS IN BOSTON.<br /><br />AND NO ONE ELSE DOES EITHER.<br /><br />SO FOR YOU MANNY.... TO HELL WITH YOU.
naptree8/1/2008 20:29:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Manny was the best player from the bosox! I'm glad because now the Yankees could have a better chance
dominicandiva8/1/2008 18:52:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Mariano Rivera takes the loss. Santana the winner 8 inniings of 4 hit ball.
mountainboy8/1/2008 18:44:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Come on Redsox Nation we're trying. Halos 1 Bombers nothing GAME OVER
mountainboy8/1/2008 18:43:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Is there another World Series somewhere. LA is farther out of the Wild Card than first place in the division. I think that means they blow.
8/1/2008 18:26:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Youre making me a Yankee fan with all of this anti LA dribble.
ajhidel78/1/2008 17:34:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
There might be a World Championship out of LA this year . . . .
ajhidel78/1/2008 17:32:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
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