MINNESOTA — Nick Ramirez simply left Minnesota with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate. On Tuesday, he returned to the North Star State as a member of the large league membership.
The Yankees added Ramirez to their roster Tuesday once they optioned Greg Weissert to Triple-A. Ramirez, who performed the St. Paul Saints with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, realized of his promotion at midnight. At that time, he was in Boston for a minor league collection in opposition to the Worcester Red Sox, however a 5:30 a.m. automobile service started his journey again to Minnesota.
A cancelled Delta flight precipitated some “panic” Tuesday morning, however Ramirez in the end made it to Target Field.
“I knew I was gonna get here. We had plenty of time,” the southpaw stated. “My main concern was my baseball bag was under. So I asked them if they could pull it. They said ‘Yeah, we put the submission in, but no guarantees.’”
There was gear in Ramirez’s locker when he spoke, in order that labored out as nicely. Now the Yankees are hoping the 33-year-old will help their bullpen.
Ramirez owns a 4.55 ERA over 64 MLB video games with the Tigers and Padres, and he hasn’t pitched in The Show since 2021. But the non-roster invitee impressed Aaron Boone throughout spring coaching — two poor outings inflated his ERA to five.59 — and Ramirez received off to a scorching begin with the RailRiders.
He had 1.74 ERA over 10.1 innings pitched at Triple-A.
“We felt early on that there was a role there,” Boone stated. “Not being on the [40-man] roster made it a little more challenging initially for him.”
Boone added that Ramirez might fill totally different roles. He may very well be used situationally in opposition to lefty hitters, however he’s additionally constructed up for multi-inning work.
“Whatever I can do to help, that’s what I’m gonna do,” Ramirez stated.
TO THE TEE
Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) continues to be a number of weeks away from returning, however the slugger has begun enjoying catch, smooth tossing and hitting off a tee, per Boone.
“Making improvements,” the skipper stated.
Carlos Rodon, in the meantime, performed catch once more Tuesday. The plan is for him to get on a mound Friday after a “barking” again delayed the southpaw’s timeline.
PRAISE FOR PIRATES
Most anticipated the Pirates to stay within the basement this season, however Pittsburgh (16-7) owned the very best file within the National League getting into Tuesday.
Earlier within the day, the group signed star centerfielder Bryan Reynolds to the most important contract in franchise historical past — thus taking the long-rumored Yankees’ commerce goal off the market — and supervisor Derek Shelton acquired an extension this previous week.
Former Pirate and present Yankee Clay Holmes is completely happy to see the Buccos thriving.
“To see things finally turning, because obviously there was some rough years there, is cool. I’m happy for them,” stated Holmes, who started his profession with the Pirates in 2018. “It seems like they have a good core and some people they believe in.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com