Max Ramirez

by millionairesrow on May 15, 2008 5:29 PM EDT

I always like to keep tabs on our ex-players, and I was browsing around the minor league baseball stats today, look at the line Ramirez has posted so far this year in the AA Texas league (albeit at 23 years old)

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Max%20Ramirez&pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=445615

Team	League	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
FRI	TEX	.383	35	128	26	49	9	2	8	26	86	17	30	0	0	.453	.675	1.125

Good for Ramirez. I was more than a little surprised when I first heard that the main cog in the Wickman trade was an A level catcher, but it appears that Shapiro and the boys made a good call in his acquisition. I myself can't begrudge the Lofton trade, if things had gone a little differently in October it would be universally applauded as a deal that brought in a guy who helped us get to/win a WS, and even though it didn't, it's probably a move you have to make to try to win it all.

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That’s a pretty good batting line. However it was well worth it to get Lofton and almost get to the WS.

by Cols714 on May 15, 2008 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

What about this guy?

by Brick. on May 15, 2008 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

What about him?

What does Alex Ramirez have to do with anything?

by Cols714 on May 15, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions

what does max ramirez have to do with anything – other than that you’re interested in him. if you can keep tabs on a guy that was in the bottom part of our system for one year and come give us updates, i can be reminded of another ramirez that used to actually be on the indians by your posting about this ramirez. which seems to have garnered just about as much interest thus far.

granted, it’s a bit of a thread hi-jack, so i am actually sorry about that.

by Brick. on May 15, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions

and YOU didn’t post the diary. just ignore me.

by Brick. on May 15, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions

We’re prone to favor guys named Ramirez, because of the connection we all have to Wilfredo-Ram of our GCL squad

by jhon on May 15, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions

LGFT. I saw Alex play in Japan. I thought he looked pretty awesome. Last time I checked his star is pretty bright over there.

by jhon on May 15, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Alex Ramirez Japan baseball stats. I’d be happy if we brought him back for at least this year. I’m completely serious.

by jhon on May 15, 2008 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions

*He’s 33 and hack-tastic, but has good power and is right handed. Obviously he is a flawed player, but my standards aren’t what they used to be.

by jhon on May 15, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Flags fly forever, right? We couldn’t have come much closer to a pennant.

Doesn’t look like he can stick at catcher, but it definitely looks like he’s not being challenged at this level — a .470 BABIP is almost too high to be flukey, it’s a sign that you’re just a man among boys.

by Jay on May 15, 2008 6:08 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah – he’s always been “old for his league” and has pretty much dominated. Why haven’t teams been more aggressive with him, I wonder?

by Voltaire on May 15, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, seems time to move along. perhaps it has to do with finding him a place to play in the field.

by Brick. on May 15, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

and by ‘move along’ i mean, get some new material.

by Brick. on May 15, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL

by Fiddlesticks on May 15, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn’t say he’s old for his league at this point, and he’s still dominating. Granted, at his age, he probably projects to something more in the Garkoumanoff range as opposed to a true impact bat once he gets to the majors. But that’s still a really good prospect.

by Jay on May 15, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Sounds like a 20th Century Russian Czar.

Garkoumanoff the Old.

by gahnki on May 15, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Ironically … this should be a FanShot.

by Jay on May 15, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

I was one of the few that lamented Max being traded (not here, but on another board). I just saw a guy that hit remarkably everywhere he went. There must be some serious defensive issues with Max for a few franchises to use him as trade bait. I guess we will find out when he makes it to the league one day.

But what ya gonna do .. that’s baseball. The trade was necessary and that’s what Texas was able to get off of us. As the wise man Robbie Neville once said .. C’est La Vie.

by Toxicadam on May 16, 2008 12:46 AM EDT reply actions

Well, he’s only caught 9 out of 33 base stealers.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions

I didn’t think Robbie Neville had that good of an arm.

Free Andy Marte!

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on May 16, 2008 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow, i had successfully gotten that song out of my head for a good decade …. thanks a lot!!!!

by talonk on May 16, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Forget Rick Astley … Robbie was the man.

by Toxicadam on May 16, 2008 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Cmon man, Never Gone Give You up was 10 times better than C’est La Vie. :D

by talonk on May 16, 2008 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

I was sad to see Ramirez go when he was traded (although I was fine with the return). I wonder if he’s still 5’11” 175 like he’s listed. I didn’t expect him to produce this much power.

by APV on May 16, 2008 1:17 AM EDT reply actions