The Oakland A’s have signed 39-year old righty swinging DH/OF Manny Ramirez to a minor league deal. Ramirez played in 5 games for the Tampa Bay Rays last year and he was 1 for 17 (.059 avg, .118 OPS) with 1 RBI before retiring due to a failed drug test for PEDs. Ramirez will have to sit out the A’s first fifty games due to his suspension for the failed drug test. Ramirez has now played in 2,302 games in his first 19 years in the majors and he is 2,574 for 8,244 (.312 avg, .996 OPS) with 1,544 runs scored, 555 homers, 1,831 RBIs and 38 stolen bases. Ramirez will likely be a part time DH when he returns to action likely in June.