{"id":3628,"date":"2013-07-16T11:26:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T15:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2013-07-16T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T16:43:05","slug":"rangers-not-planning-on-calling-up-manny-ramirez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/07\/16\/rangers-not-planning-on-calling-up-manny-ramirez\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers not planning on calling up Manny Ramirez"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3629\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3629\" alt=\"mannyramirez\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/07\/mannyramirez1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/07\/mannyramirez1.jpg 580w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/07\/mannyramirez1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Brendan Maloney\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The return of Manny Ramirez to the major league level will not happen immediately after the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>Those betting on the Rangers at sites such as <a id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1373991749009_2526\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coral.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.coral.co.uk<\/a> will be interested in knowing when Ramirez does get called to Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>Signed to a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers, Ramirez is currently hitting .300 with 3 home runs and 9 RBI since being assigned to Triple-A Round Rock.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no indication of when Ramirez, 41, will be recalled TR Sullivan confirms he will continue to play in the minors for now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>TR Sullivan says Manny Ramirez is not coming up after the break and Martin Perez will not be traded for Matt Garza.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Gammons (@pgammo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pgammo\/statuses\/357150841678991361\">July 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough Nolan Ryan mentioned that Ramirez could be an option for the team after the break just yesterday in a radio interview.<\/p>\n<p>On ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM on Monday, per ESPN.com, Ryan said the Rangers &#8220;have to take him into consideration&#8221; as they look for a right-handed hitter.<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez last played in majors in 2011 with Tampa Bay before testing positive for a banned substance. In his 19 year career he has 555 home runs, 1831 RBI and a .312\/.411\/.585 career line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The return of Manny Ramirez to the major league level will not happen immediately after the All-Star break. Those betting on the Rangers at sites such as www.coral.co.uk will be interested in knowing when Ramirez does get called to Arlington. Signed to a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers, Ramirez is currently hitting .300 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-3628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}