Giants re-sign RHP Ramon Ramirez to Triple-A deal
The San Francisco Giants have re-signed reliever Ramon Ramirez to a contract with Triple-A Fresno.
The Giants said Ramirez will be with the team for the Bay Bridge Series against the Oakland Athletics beginning Thursday night in San Francisco. He will report to Fresno following the three exhibitions.
The Giants had released Ramirez last week. He helped San Francisco to the 2010...
SF Giants Rumors: Spring Cuts, Gaudin Wins Job, Sandoval, Noonan, Pill, Etc.
Last Friday reliever Ramon Ramirez and infielder Wilson Valdez were given their releases. On Sunday reliever Dan Runzler was optioned to Fresno. He was having a strong spring, but his last few outings went downhill.
Chad Gaudin has had his contract purchased and has been added to the San Francisco Giants Major League roster. This means he’s officially made the team.
Pablo Sandoval...
Giants cut Ramon Ramirez, Wilson Valdez
The Giants on Friday released both reliever Ramon Ramirez and infielder Wilson Valdez, who both had opt-out clauses in their contracts.
Both players had no chance of making the opening day roster, and the Giants reportedly wanted to give both time to be picked up by teams that provided more favorable situations.
According to Andrew Baggarly, the Giants want to re-sign Ramirez to...
SF Giants Rumors: Villalona, Sandoval, Cain, Etc.
Once infielder Angel Villalona reported to camp on Friday, Villalona was reinstated from the restricted list by Major League Baseball. He’s now officially back on the San Francisco Giants 40-man roster.
Infielder Joe Panik is going to be splitting time this spring between second and shortstop, says Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News (via Twitter).
In another Pavlovic tweet...
SF Giants Rumors: Angel Pagan, Melky Cabrera, Angel Villalona Reports, Giants Tickets
Position players are reporting to camp today, and Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com tells us (via Twitter) Angel Pagan, Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez all have their lockers in a row.
Torres and Ramirez were traded to the Mets last offseason for Pagan. One year later the Giants have brought back Torres on a one-year deal, and Ramirez on a minor league deal.
Pagan has also signed...
SF Giants Rumors: Non-Roster Invitees
With Spring Training vastly approaching, Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com shared with us the San Francisco Giants non-roster invitees.
There is seventeen pitchers, five catchers, six infielders and two outfielders that have been invited to camp. These are the non-roster players. All players on the 40-man roster automatically receive big league camp invites.
Pitchers
Brett...
LOL Mets
Yep, so everyone who was involved in that 2011 deal between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants are now on the Giants, and the two players traded to New York are back on rather inexpensive deals, at that. Oh, and the Giants won the World Series.
So, LOL Mets. Angel Pagan got pretty damn good when he came to the Giants, and both Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez were...
Reliever Ramirez reaches minor league deal
Reliever Ramon Ramirez has agreed on a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants, returning to the team he helped to win the 2010 World Series.
Bobby Evans, vice president of baseball operations, said Tuesday the right-hander is a non-roster invitee. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., next Tuesday.
The 31-year-old Ramirez, who spent...
SF Giants Rumors: Ramon Ramirez Is Back, Tony Abreu Picked Up Off Waivers
Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says (via Twitter) the San Francisco Giants have agreed to terms with reliever Ramon Ramirez. The Giants traded Ramirez and Andres Torres to the Mets for outfielder Angel Pagan last offseason.
It’s funny that now all three of these guys will be on the same team in San Francisco. It’s like the Giants let the Mets borrow these guys and gave us Pagan...
Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez Come Full Circle
Last off season, only a few hours after we learned that Jose Reyes had signed with the Miami Marlins, Sandy Alderson made some noise of his own and traded Angel Pagan to the Giants in exchange for center fielder Andres Torres and reliever Ramon Ramirez.
After already signing Andres Torres to a one-year deal, $2 million deal last month, the Giants have just agreed to a one year deal...
The Mets’ Low-Risk Bullpen Rebuild
Last offseason, Mets GM Sandy Alderson spent just $17.8 million on Major League free agents. Most of that when to Frank Francisco ($12 million) and Jon Rauch ($3.5 million), and the club also absorbed Ramon Ramirez‘s salary ($2.75 million) in the ill-fated Angel Pagan trade. Those three were supposed to join incumbents Bobby Parnell and Tim Byrdak to give the Amazin’s a solid...
Mets Have $95M Payroll And Only $5 Million To Spend? Not Exactly…
Just caught a glimpse of this on MetsBlog:
So, as we’ve been discussing all winter, the Mets payroll is around the same number as it was last year, but without adding new talent to the roster (and reducing their payroll commitments by parting ways with Jon Rauch, Mike Pelfrey, Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez). Now, Sandy Alderson has indicated he would be able to expand the budget...
Alderson: We’re Not Going To Spend Money Just Because We Now Have It
Adam Rubin of ESPN New York caught up with Sandy Alderson this morning at Citi Field who told him that the 2013 Opening Day roster will closely resemble the one at the end of 2012.
Rubin speculates that minus Jon Rauch, Ramon Ramirez, Kelly Shoppach, Andres Torres and possibly Scott Hairston, things are going to look very similar, a fact that even GM Sandy Alderson acknowledged...
The Unknown Commodity: Bullpen Arms
It seems like year after year the Mets are looking at upgrading their bullpen. Whether it’s Sean Green, Elmer Dessens, Francisco Rodriguez, Scott Schoeneweis, Billy Wagner, Jon Rauch, Ramon Ramirez, Jason Isringhausen, or even D.J. Carrasco.
It never seems like the Mets have figured out what makes for a great bullpen year after year. Sure you can develop arms like Atlanta, but...
Hairston Among Seven Mets Who Became Free Agents Today
Last night when the clock struck midnight, the following players became free agents and will most likely not be back. They include Scott Hairston, Jon Rauch, Ramon Ramirez, Ronny Cedeno, Kelly Shoppach, Tim Byrdak and Chris Young.
Yesterday, a club source told Mike Puma of the NY Post that Hairston was the one free agent the Mets most want to keep, but that the veteran outfielder...
THE PLAN: Payroll Stays Put, Nobody’s Safe, Women and Children First
Alderson’s Third Offseason: It’s Time To Put Up, Or Shut Up…Those team sources are talking to Adam Rubin at ESPN New York again. He says the Mets intend to keep payroll the same, turn over the roster mostly through trades, and nobody’s safe. That goes for you too Wright and Dickey…Metsblog summarizes the gist of it as follows:No one on the roster is viewed as ‘untouchable...
Mets walk 9 batters, lose 3-2 to Marlins
The New York Mets issued nine walks and it eventually caught up to them.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 37th homer, and Rob Brantly hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning to help the Miami Marlins beat the New York Mets 3-2 Monday night.
In the bottom of the eighth, Ramon Ramirez (3-4) allowed a leadoff walk to Carlos Lee and then allowed Lee to reach second on a wild pitch...
Mets Walk Nine, Bullpen Hands Marlins 3-2 Comeback Win
The Marlins (68-92) came from behind late in the game to beat the Mets (73-87) by the score of 3-2 tonight in Miami. What a sleeper this game was. Seriously, I caught myself nodding off at least twice.Jeurys Familia made his first major league start and his reputation for wildness was on full display for all to see in this game. The young right-hander surrendered just one hit in...
Braves Pummel Hefner And Mets In 11-3 Bashing
The Mets (65-74) lost to the Braves (80-60) by the score of 11-3 on Saturday evening at Citi Field.
Apparently, Kris Medlen is not beatable. (How the hell do you win 19 straight games under one pitcher?). He did, however, lose his no-ER run streak against the Mets. I guess that is a moral victory. But yeah, we lost. Rain delay and all, it was not a fun day for baseball.
Jeremy...
Ramon Ramirez gets the Win but Jeremy Hefner earns a QS
The Mets used four pitchers last night and the one who likely did the worst job on the night – Ramon Ramirez – came away with the Win. That’s the way it goes sometimes because no statistic is perfect. The annoying thing is that many people will forgive the imperfections of certain stats, like Wins, yet are not willing to give other stats a chance because they focus only...
Mets bullpen continues to roll……seriously
It only took the New York Mets bullpen till late August to finally put things together and get on a roll. Sure, the team is sitting in sole possession of 4th place in the NL East (18 1/2 games behind the Washington Nationals), but when you’re hot, you’re hot. The Mets, coming off their first four-game winning streak since June 27-30, dropped the series finale to Philadelphia...
Despite Settling Into Groove, Mets Drop Series Finale Against Phillies
While it was refreshing to see the Mets snag four games in a row, they couldn’t come through with a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, losing by a count of 3-2 this afternoon.
Nonetheless, the Mets stay out of the NL East dumpster and still can claim a series win against Philadelphia heading into a last place series against the Miami Marlins this weekend.
The Mets have been beneficiaries...
Pre-Game: Colorado Rockies (49-73) @ New York Mets (57-67)
Last night was just another example of the ineptitude of the 2012 New York Mets. Rookie phenom Matt Harvey went out there and mowed the Rockies down over 6 innings with 9 strikeouts. He left the game tied at one and within two pitches after the 7th inning started, the lead was gone. Ramon Ramirez coughed a gopher ball and that was that. Another wasted effort. The story...
Colorado Rockies continue to roll in New York
Rosario has been a bright spot.The Colorado Rockies, the team that went into August as just a few games better than the lowly Houston Astros has suddenly found their stride. The Rockies took their third straight game from the New York Mets 5-2 on Wednesday night.Colorado, with the win, has won six of their last nine games on the road, a place where even the best Rockies teams have...
Present Gets in the Way of the Future as Mets Fall to Rockies
For six innings on Wednesday night, Matt Harvey reminded Mets fans that this franchise has what can be a bright future. But when Terry Collins brought in Ramon Ramirez to start the seventh inning, it was as if he wanted to send a message that the present still sucks.
Within two pitches of Harvey’s exit the Mets were behind. Ramirez gave up a solo home run to Rockies catcher Willin...
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