The Marlins have activated closer A.J. Ramos from the 15-day disabled list and optioned right-hander Brian Ellington to Triple-A New Orleans, tweets Joe Frisaro of MLB.com. Ramos landed on the DL Aug. 9 (retroactive to Aug. 6) with a finger injury, meaning he ended up staying on the shelf for the minimum amount of time.
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Ramos, 29, is amid his fourth consecutive season as a quality option out of the Marlins’ bullpen. This season, his second as Miami’s closer, Ramos has converted 32 of 34 save opportunities and posted a 3.05 ERA and 11.37 K/9 in 44 1/3 innings. On the negative side, control has been an issue at times during Ramos’ major league career – including this year. Ramos currently has a lofty 5.28 BB/9, which isn’t that far above the 4.77 figure he has recorded in 268 innings as a Marlin.
With Ramos back, midseason acquisition Fernando Rodney should head back to a setup role for 64-59 Miami, which is just 1 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the National League’s second wild-card spot. Since Aug. 5 – Ramos’ latest appearance – Rodney has allowed a mere one earned run and five hits in eight innings, though he has walked five against seven strikeouts. In all, the 39-year-old has compiled a 2.25 ERA, 10.4 K/9, 4.5 BB/9 and 56.6 percent ground-ball rate across 52 frames with the Marlins and Padres this season. With him, Ramos and Kyle Barraclough, Miami has an enviable trio of late-game righties.
Ohhh boy #HeadacheRamos is back.. I hope they just leave him as the set up.. Rodney doing much better now as the closer ..and I rather not have Ramos come in in the 9th and walk everyone as usual..seems like he always has to get punched in the face and get a taste of his own blood before he closes it. I can’t take that anymore, not to mention my heart..I think we should ship him out in the offseason..someone would be foolish enough to send over a nice package.
AJ Ramos- almost 5.3 BB/9
Fernando Rodney- almost 5.7 BB/9 since he got to the Marlins
Barraclough- 6.14 BB/9 leading league, plus league leading 8 Wild Pitches
Ellington- 5 BB/9
Cervenka- 6 BB/9 before coming to the Marlins, but he is a LOOGY and most of those are against RHs, so thats fine
McGowan- 4 BB/9
Marlins bullpen essentially walks 2 guys an inning
I am not sure you understand how per 9 innings work.
they are relievers….they are coming in for 1 and 2 innings at a time. Obviously, the numbers equate out to them each walking close to half a guy an inning…but I’m saying that if you shorten that to the inning by inning case that you see with relievers, and add the fact that they use multiple guys in some innings, they essentially walk multiple guys per inning as a totality