The Dodgers announced they’ve designated right-hander Yefry Ramírez for assignment. The move clears space on the 40-man roster for Cole Hamels, who has officially signed a major league contract.
Ramírez was just selected to the roster earlier this week, and he loses his spot after a single big league appearance. He’s otherwise spent the entire season with Triple-A Oklahoma City, where’s made 15 appearances (12 starts). Ramírez pitched to a 5.49 ERA in that hitter-friendly league, striking out a solid 25% of batters faced but issuing walks at an alarming 11.1% clip.
The 27-year-old has pitched in parts of three big league seasons, seeing action with the Orioles and Pirates in addition to his briefest of stints in L.A. Ramírez will now be made available to other clubs via waivers, although any claiming team would have to keep the out-of-options hurler on the big league roster or designate him for assignment themselves. Having previously been passed through outright waivers in his career, Ramírez would have the right to reject a minor league assignment in favor of free agency if he clears.
If dodgers don’t win this will be an epic failure of proportions we have never seen.
Hardly. Most teams spend like this to defend their title, and the most recent other champs have not even made the playoffs the following year
282 million for 1 season is nearly 2 times most teams. I’m a dodger fan but this roster is OP
There are in a hole due to injuries to starters.
How about we applaud them for spending money? The Dodgers make money and ar least back their teams up. They could be the cubs. The owners penny pinching ways have sucked the life out of the org and now they’re rebuilding again.
Bravo Dodgers for going for it and spending when they needed too.
MLB is broken salary cap wise. Its a joke. But the owners are selfish billionaires so things will never change. Its a shame.
Cry baby trump
The players are selfish millionaires!
Yep, Yanks from ‘02-‘08 & again ‘10- present day.
I agree. It’s so hard to even make the playoffs in baseball, much less make it to the WS, much less win the WS. We Dodgers fans have been spoiled with success, and fortunate to have an ownership group that prioritizes winning. This season has been such a hard one injury-wise that viewing things as WS or nothing is completely unfair. Let’s enjoy the ride, people! This successful run is not going to last forever.
Agreed. Focus is making the playoffs, after that it can be a bit of a crapshoot in the playoffs.. Most random playoffs compared to football and basketball. Enjoy the quality of players on the roster.
Nope
The 2001 Mariners playoff performance was just a mild failure I guess.
Yefry.
Thoubake.
I was like the Orioles should give him a shot but he already had two tours of duty with the Orioles
I count over 40 on the Dodgers 40 man roster not including players on the 60 day IL. They somehow claimed Wallach and activated Seager with only getting 1 spot freed up by the Nats trade.
I counted 41 as well. I think Trea Turner isn’t actually on the 40 b/c of COVID.
Yes T. Turner is on the IL until this weekend. When he’s activated another move will be needed.
Good luck with Hamels, he didn’t exactly set the world on fire with ATL last year.
Will the Brewers claim him?
Was just thinking about him the other day. Didn’t know he was with LA. Maybe the birds give him another go
Rangers should pick him up, just like they just did with DJ Peters and other Dodgers talent to UPGRADE the Rangers inexpensively!
Ramiriez is a failed major leaguer signed to a minor league deal in the offseason and posting an over 5 ERA in AAA. He’s not a product of dodgers player development like Peters Sborz or Santana.
Wonder who they are buying to replace him?
why are we whining like the rich got richer? Hamels hasn’t pitched in a meaningful way since 2019 and is 37 years old. He hasn’t been elite for way longer than that. This is a low risk buy for a team which needs depth starting pitching-wise.
They will never win as long as Dave roberts continues to have Jansen try and close games. He is not a closer any longer
I like your thinking. Roster deficiencies are the fault of Dave Roberts.
Injuries too.
Especially those.
Who’s the closer then?
If Jansen continues to falter it will be Treinen. He was warming up last night when Jansen struggled. No one would fault Roberts for moving to Treinen. Now, Treinen is not exactly mister consistency but if he can locate he may be a better closer option this season. His pitches have so much movement that it induces soft contact and swing and misses. He’s having a great season. But does it really matter? Treinen has already been the high leverage option for Roberts. You need 2-3 elite reliable high leverage relievers. Jansen is not it right now and Nelson back on the IL. Gonzalez has been inconsistent. Kelly is still not trustworthy. He seems to go off speed too much now since his fastball location is all over the place. You may need to lean heavier on unproven guys like Graterol, Bickford, Cleavinger until Knebel and Nelson come back.
He is the next best option, but using Treinen in that spot takes him out of the setup role, where he’s been the best option. With all the moves Friedman made in pitching, I’m surprised he didn’t try to land Kimbrel or another late-inning guy. Best case scenario those 8/9 innings are going to be hellacious.
I thought they’d go 1 SP and 1 reliever in the trade deadline but understand getting Duffy cheap. Thought maybe they’d have enough in the bullpen if Jansen rebounded, and then going Treinen and Nelson high leverage, and maybe Knebel. But thinking about it now, they probably could have secured one more high leverage reliever. at the deadline Also, I wonder if getting Duffy means Urias to the pen sometime down the line (playoffs) to also help conserve innings.
I am having a hard time imagining a scenario that takes Urias out of the rotation. It would require miraculous comebacks from both Duffy and Hamels to make them better options than Urias, and conserving innings for one of your best starters doesn’t make much sense when your team is perpetually in second place. Best case the Dodgers are able to get something useful out of two of Nelson, Gonsolin, Knebel, Duffy and Hamels down the stretch and into the postseason.
Yes, Duffy is still a big if. But if he’s back I’d assume he’s starting and if he’s pitching well he’s in the playoff rotation. Your playoff rotation is Scherzer, Buehler, Kershaw and Duffy. Urias out of the pen. Hamels a wild card #5 in the regular season.
I would trust Urias out of the pen than most of the Dodger pen right now. That is an option.
Given that choice I’d go the other way. Duffy is coming off an injury and probably won’t be pitching until September, and Urias is just flat-out better. I hear all this worry about his workload but the Dodgers sure don’t seem to be concerned. He’s second in innings after Buehler and I don’t see any signs he’s running out of gas. A lot depends on what happens with Kershaw.
Closer is also a somewhat overrated position too. If the opposition’s best hitters are scheduled to hit in the 8th I’d rather have my best reliever pitch the 8th, not the 9th inning. Closing against the bottom of the order is not as challenging.
Agreed about the bottom of the order, but you still need the mentality to get the final 3 outs. Phillies have 20 + blown saves -yes that number includes save opportunities before the 9th, but if they win HALF of those, they are running away with the division now.
That’s fair. The last three outs all things considering are the most difficult three outs. That’s why you need a bullpen with 2-3 elite closer types. Setup/closer same thing, relievers that can execute in high leverage pressure situations..
Well with the season on the line in 2019 and 2020 Dave did NOT go to Jansen. He definitely won’t in 2021.
I wish Roberts understood Jansen cannot pitch 2 days in a row or more than 1 inning at this point.