TODAY: Rivera was activated from the restricted record and returned to the Triple-A IL, in response to the Boston Globe’s Tim Healey.
AUGUST 18: The Pink Sox have positioned left-hander Eduardo Rivera on the restricted record, in response to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. The southpaw needed to are likely to a private matter, experiences Chris Cotillo of MassLive.
The event isn’t more likely to be notable for the Sox. Rivera was on non-obligatory task with Triple-A Worcester when he hit the seven-day minor league injured record on August 13. Per Cotillo, that IL placement is because of again irritation. Rivera was nonetheless going to be on the IL for a couple of extra days anyway, so this private absence received’t affect his availability except it continues for fairly some time.
Gamers on the restricted record don’t take up a 40-man spot, so the Sox quickly have an additional opening there. Nevertheless, they have been solely utilizing 38 spots earlier than this transaction and now have three openings. They quickly have some further house for roster maneuverability however that may solely come up in the event that they make a variety of waiver claims and/or name up a number of non-roster gamers earlier than Rivera returns.
Rivera was added to Boston’s 40-man in April. Since then, he has made 4 massive league appearances, permitting seven earned runs in ten innings. In 55 2/3 minor league innings this yr, he has a 2.59 earned run common, 30% strikeout fee, 12.7% stroll fee and 52% floor ball fee.
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