Around 11 a.m. eastern this morning, Boston Globe sport writer Alex Speier reported that the Red Sox were designating Hanley Ramirez for assignment.
Jayson Stark, Mark DeRosa, Ryan Dempster and John Smoltz heard the news live on MLB Central and were speechless. None had any immediate idea of a landing sport for Ramirez, but he might be a short-term answer at third for the Atlanta Braves
DFA’d for dollars not production
The Red Sox dumped Ramirez for two reasons.