SOTD: Yankees Call Up Edwar Ramirez
Posted by Steve L. on July 1st, 2007 · Comments (4)
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He’s 26 years old and, for most of his professional career (using that term very, very loosely) he wasn’t even deemed worthy to be picked up by a team.
I agree with Lee, in theory – 26-year-old career minor-league relievers generally aren’t hot prospects, and all scouting reports on him are that he throws 88 mph. But, having written that, he seems to be having his career year, and why not have it with the big-league club. I would use te exact same arguments for S. Duncan, btw – career minor-leaguer, fringe prospect, but having a hot streak so why not catch lightning in a bottle.
On a larger philosophical discussion (baseball philosophy, at least), calling both these guys up might test Torre and his assumed inability to use players he doesn’t “trust” in meaningful situations. It’s his blind spot, his Achilles, if you will, and this is the first season people are really starting to call him on it. Let’s see if the young(er) reliever with the eye-popping stats gets any meaningful spots in the next few days, and if Torre has really changed his stripes. Because if he hasn’t, it’s probably time for him to lose them.
Today’s game was a perfect game to use him. Instead, we got Proctor.
actually, if you look at Edwar’s career stats (not even counting this phenomenal year), it’s surprising he’s never made the bigs: 212 ip, 11.1 k/9, 2.7 bb/9, .6 HR/9, 2.90 era.
courtesy Baseball Cube
then this year’s stats are just ridiculous. i watched his June 24 outing, and the announcer said he hit 92 with at least one fastball. it seems his range is 88-92. with his plus-plus changeup, i think he would be a helluva lot better than vizcaino, myers, villone or farnsworth.