The Reds announced Monday that they’ve designated infielder Jason Vosler for assignment and selected the contract of outfielder Henry Ramos from Triple-A Louisville.
Vosler signed a minor league deal with Cincinnati late in the offseason and rode a solid .263/.341/.526 spring performance to a spot on the team’s Opening Day roster. He roared out of the gates with a trio of home runs in his first 15 plate appearances, coming over a span of five games, but has since gone cold at the plate. Dating back to April 7, Vosler has taken 50 turns at the plate and turned in a .106/.160/.128 batting line with 20 strikeouts.
The 29-year-old Vosler has now seen Major League time in each of the past three seasons, including a pair of stints with the Giants. He’s logged 97 Major League games and 258 plate appearances but has a rather unsightly .210/.279/.408 slash to show for it. He’s been vastly better in Triple-A, where he’s a .272/.344/.485 hitter in 345 games.
Vosler has plenty of power, substantial experience at both infield corners, and also seen brief spells at second base, in left field and even at shortstop. He still has a minor league option remaining, so a team looking for a left-handed bat and some corner depth might be inclined to take a look via a small trade or waivers. The Reds will have a week to find a trade partner or attempt to pass him through waivers.
As for the 31-year-old Ramos, he’ll get what’s just the second look of his big league career. The older brother to Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos, Henry received a cup of coffee with the 2021 D-backs but only received 55 plate appearances, hitting .200/.255/.300 with a homer and two doubles. He also had a short stint with the Korea Baseball Organization’s KT Wiz last year, but the majority of his recent professional experience is in Triple-A. In parts of six seasons there, he’s .297/.352/.472 hitter — including a .314/.400/.486 start to his season in Louisville this year (41 plate appearances).
Still doesn’t mean that swing ain’t pretty.
Vosler has struggled since a great first week. Apparently the league caught up with him quickly and he couldn’t adjust.
He can’t catch up to the high fastball and he can’t stay off it.
Probably going to see Wil Myers at 1B mostly. Tyler Stephenson might be there occasionally also.
Maybe also Steer at 1B with Senzel at 3B
Matt McLain would like a word.
I’m surprised we’re 5+ posts in without a Giants fan making a teary appeal for a third stint in the Giants’ organization. SF fans are loyal to a fault to anyone who has ever been in their organization at any level – whether they suck or not! Always been that way.
Except for A.J. Pierzynski
Casey McGhee also on that list. Uggla too
I think he’ll end up in Detroit
Nooooooooooo!!!!!!
Sounds like Cincy’s version of John Nogowski in Pittsburgh a couple seasons ago: lights out for a week or so, then lights literally out afterwards.
This is surprising to me as Vosler looked like how Joey Votto used to hit in the opening series against the Pirates.
His career changed very quickly.
Think Ramos could be good.
Ramos should of made the roster out of spring training. Made no sense that Benson made it over him, except for the 40 man roster.
They wanted to justify giving up two recent second round picks for a guy that obviously cannot hit major league pitching.
They got burned by a panic deal when Senzel was not ready, something that anyone paying attention the last few seasons could have predicted.
Senzel update: 5/36 (.139) so far this season, and he’s back on the bench.