Just a few quick hits as we wait for baseball season:
- Edwar Ramirez was DFA’d today to make room for Chan Ho Park and I would be surprised if Edwar wasn’t picked up by someone. Â Rob asked me the other day via Twitter who I thought had more value, Ramirez or Jonathan Albaladejo. Â I said Ramirez because he has the best pitch. Â Neither has been particularly effective, but Ramirez has a changeup that is truly plus at the major league level. Â His problem, of course, is that he doesn’t really have anything else. Â Ramirez put up absurd strikeout numbers in the minor leagues but in the majors, the hitters figured him out pretty quickly: lay off the change, wait for the fastball. Â What Ramirez needs is more experience facing major league hitters to work on commanding his fastball and painting the corners and getting ahead. Â The Yankees can’t offer him that kind of experience, but there are other teams who can.
- Bob Klapisch wrote an interesting comparison of Robi...
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