MLB: No job! ‘The worker! Red Sox is out of work

The right pitcher Brandon workman has been removed from the roster of 40 of the Boston Red Sox already chosen free agency. ‘The Worker’ (by his last name Workman) had recently been designated for the assignment to create a space on the poster after Boston switched to get the outfielder Kyle Schwarber.

After being a mainstay of the Red Sox bullpen for years, Workman was traded to Philadelphia ahead of the 2020 trade deadline:

After that season, Workman became a free agent and eventually signed with the Chicago Cubs. But the 32-year-old lasted less than a month into the season, being designated for assignment by the Cubs in late April (the 29th).

About a week later, Workman returned to the Red Sox organization (May 6) with a minor league contract, and his contract was finally selected in early June.

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The right-hander has worked 20 innings from the Boston bullpen since then, posting a 4.95 ERA and identical 15.1% strikeout and walk rates, both of which are boring. But Workman will now go back to the open market and see if he can grab another club that takes help from the bullpen.


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Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Bachelor of Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and after a few days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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