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Reds Outright Henry Ramos, Ricky Karcher

By Darragh McDonald | July 10, 2023 at 5:56pm CDT

The Reds announced that both outfielder Henry Ramos and right-hander Ricky Karcher cleared waivers and were outrighted to Triple-A Louisville. Both players had been designated for assignment in the past week.

Ramos, 31, has had tremendous results at the plate in Triple-A but hasn’t yet put it together in the big leagues. He’s hit .299/.356/.481 in 400 games at the top minor league level but .223/.313/.304 in 36 major league contests. He signed a minor league deal with the Reds in the offseason and got called up in late April. He hit .242/.356/.306 in 18 games before landing on the injured list due to a hip strain in late May. When he was ready to return, he was optioned to the minors before his recent DFA.

The outfielder had the right to reject this assignment by virtue of the fact that he has a previous career outright. It’s not explicit whether he’s chosen to waive that right or not, though he’s listed as active on the Louisville Bats roster, perhaps indicating he has decided to stick in the organization instead of heading back to the open market.

Karcher, 25, was just added to the 40-man roster in November, to protect him from being selected in the Rule 5 draft. He got that roster spot on the heels of a strong 2022 season wherein he tossed 56 2/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A with a 3.65 ERA, 35.1% strikeout rate and 15.9% walk rate. That control was not ideal but the strikeout stuff was intriguing enough for the Reds to not want him to get away.

2023 has been a different story, however, despite Karcher making his MLB debut with a scoreless inning. He’s spent most of the season in Triple-A with a 7.18 ERA in 31 1/3 innings at that level. His 21.7% strikeout rate is far lower than last year’s and his command issues have gotten much worse, with his walk rate spiking all the way to 26.5%. Based on those results, he lost his roster spot with the Reds and couldn’t get one with any of the other clubs either.

This is his first career outright and he has less than three years of service time, which means he does not have the right to reject this assignment and elect free agency. He’ll stick in the organization and provide some non-roster depth while trying to better harness his stuff.

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8 Comments

  1. astick

    2 years ago

    In all these moves, they haven’t lost a single player. Odd, sad and impressive all at once.

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  2. astick

    2 years ago

    In all these moves, they haven’t lost a single player. Odd, sad and impressive all at once.

    I’m speaking to all the dfas of late.

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    • This one belongs to the Reds

      2 years ago

      I’ll take sad for $200, Alex!

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  3. hiflew

    2 years ago

    I really hope Karcher makes it back. I want more post game interviews. I must have more.

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  4. NavalHistorian

    2 years ago

    I was at Karcher’s inning vs KC. I still have no idea why Bell left him out there as long as he did. He had absolutely no idea where his fastball was going. The offspeed stuff he threw was better.

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    • Kotton

      2 years ago

      I was there too! Casali had to literally stand up to catch most of his fastballs lol

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    • This one belongs to the Reds

      2 years ago

      Reminded me of Tim Robbins at the beginning in Bull Durham. Wonder if Costner coached him on cliches for interviews after his too.

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  5. cguy

    2 years ago

    Seems like practically noone is being claimed off waivers lately. Ramos and Karcher should be useful for the Bats. Glad they are still with Reds.

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