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Angels’ AJ Ramos Diagnosed With Torn Shoulder Capsule

By Steve Adams | March 29, 2022 at 12:49pm CDT

Veteran right-hander AJ Ramos, who’s in camp with the Angels as a non-roster invitee, has been diagnosed with a torn capsule in his right shoulder and will likely be out for the entire 2022 season, the team announced to reporters (Twitter link via Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com).

It’s a disheartening setback for the clearly talented but oft-injured Ramos, who has managed just 27 innings total over the past four seasons — due primarily to troubles in that same shoulder. Ramos hit the injured list around Memorial Day 2018 while pitching for the Mets, and just three weeks later it was announced that he was headed for surgery to repair a torn labrum. The right-hander went more than two years between big league appearances while rehabbing that injury, and he’s only made it back to the mound for sparse looks with the Rockies (2020) and Angels (2021) in that time.

Now 35 years old, Ramos was an All-Star with the Marlins back in 2016 and, for a few years, was one of the more effective relievers in the National League. From 2013-16, he tallied 278 1/3 innings of 2.62 ERA ball while racking up 72 saves and punching out 27.4% of the opponents he faced. Walks were an issue even at that point (12.6%), but Ramos’ ability to miss bats and limit hard contact helped him to offset that penchant for free passes.

Back in 2020, Ramos told reporters: “[Earlier in my career], I was motivated to show everybody that I was good enough. Now, I’m motivated just to play — to have the max amount of fun doing it.”

There should be no doubt that Ramos, who has a 3.04 earned run average, 99 saves, 46 holds and a 27.2% strikeout rate in 373 1/3 career innings, is “good enough,” to use his own words. The question at this point is simply one of whether he’ll embark on yet another comeback attempt next year in what would be his age-36 season.

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Comments

  1. Yankee Clipper

    10 months ago

    Ouch, sounds incredibly painful. Shoulder capsule tear isn’t that common as a baseball injury.

    Reply
    • melly

      10 months ago

      It’s relatively common: Johan Santana, Chris Young, Rich Harden, Dallas Braden and Julio Urias all have had anterior capsule tears that have led to surgery.

      Reply
      • bigdaddyt

        10 months ago

        Just because you can name 5 guys 4 of which are long retired doesn’t mean it’s common

        Reply
        • bkbkbkbk

          10 months ago

          It is sort of common. It’s incredibly difficult to recover from 100

  2. sufferfortribe 2

    10 months ago

    Career-ender.

    Reply
    • For Love of the Game

      10 months ago

      Probably, but $20+ million in lifetime earnings suggests it was a lucrative career.

      Reply
      • MrAngelFan

        10 months ago

        If he has to retire at 35 after making 20 million,. not a bad life.

        Reply
  3. GONEcarlo

    10 months ago

    Hate to see it. Hope this isn’t the end. Have always rooted for AJ since his days with the fish

    Reply
    • carllafong

      10 months ago

      It is Most Definitely the end– Ramos is 34! And this shoulder keeps getting injured. It’s sad, but it is what it is.

      Reply
      • Cosmo2

        10 months ago

        Also been at least 4 years before he’s had any actual value. Was in steep decline even before the injuries set it.

        Reply
  4. getrealgone2

    10 months ago

    Yikes. Not good at all.

    Reply
  5. Jacksson13

    10 months ago

    Body might be telling you that it’s time for the next chapter….

    Reply
  6. Dotnet22

    10 months ago

    Can he pitch though?

    Reply
  7. Joey Votto's bat warmer

    10 months ago

    Most likely wants that 100th save!

    Reply
    • YouCannnnnPutItOnTheBoard

      10 months ago

      Would be cool to get.

      Reply
  8. HalosHeavenJJ

    10 months ago

    Tough break.

    Reply
  9. Fred

    10 months ago

    A lot of miles on AJ’s’ arm

    Reply
  10. Downwiththethickness

    10 months ago

    Sad. But it is time to think about the future

    Reply
  11. Halo11Fan

    10 months ago

    This year, he likely would not have made the team

    Tough luck for him though.

    The season is going to begin in 9 days, typically for the Angels, you’d would expect the news to be about Thor and not Ramos?

    Maybe their luck is changing.

    Reply
  12. detroitfan69

    10 months ago

    Steroid use will do that to a body

    Reply
    • pinstripes17

      10 months ago

      You would know

      Reply
    • YouCannnnnPutItOnTheBoard

      10 months ago

      What are you insinuating?

      Reply
  13. angt222

    10 months ago

    That sucks. I was hoping he’d make a comeback.

    Reply
  14. winonesooner

    10 months ago

    get well sooner!

    Reply
  15. angels24

    10 months ago

    So it begins…

    Reply
  16. prov356

    10 months ago

    Sorry for him. Thankfully I don’t think he was going to be relied upon to get us over the hump.

    Reply
    • Yankee Clipper

      10 months ago

      I can’t imagine what it would be like to have the skills to make it to the big leagues & the opportunity to finally make it, only to have my body give out at that level. That’s got to be soul-crushing, even if he did make $20M doing it. Especially when he came back through those other arduous recoveries to redevelop his skills & hit another injury obstacle. Tough.

      Reply
  17. metsie1

    10 months ago

    Feel bad for this guy. However, he was more “thrower” than pitcher. Pretty rough injury.

    Reply
    • Cosmo2

      10 months ago

      Wasn’t he famous for a great spin rate?

      Reply
  18. dodgersblues

    10 months ago

    And the hits keep coming for the Angels pitching staff.

    Reply

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