Christian Arroyo designated for assignment, Luis Urías called up
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Why? I think going unclaimed suggests he didn't have much of a market out there. He would have cost a claiming team roughly $600K to take him for the final two months of the season. Releasing him to be picked up as a free agent would have cost the signing team roughly $150K (pro-rated league minimum). Is any team that worried about $450K to not claim him from waivers in hopes of signing him as a free agent for the final two months? I think the chances are good he'd have had to sign a minor league deal to catch on somewhere for the rest of the season. He might as well stay where he's familiar with the system and is perhaps an injury away from returning to Boston.
Urias has four hits and a walk in three games so far. SSS and all, but don't blame him for this weekend!
That's fair, though given how the Red Sox seemed have lost faith in him, he might have wanted to give it another shot somewhere else. Oh well, hope it turns out for the best for him
If he accepts the assignment, he’s still depth against a fluke injury …
He becomes a minor league free agent this off-season, right?
He becomes a minor league free agent this off-season, right?
Arroyo is off the 40-man, though, so it would require a lot of injuries to get him called back up- I’m sure he’d rather be elsewhere, although Worcester does seem the place to be lately.