The Reds have sent outfielder Henry Ramos outright to Triple-A Louisville, according to the transactions log at MLB.com. He had lost his 40-man roster spot when Cincinnati selected Nick Martini onto the big league roster on Tuesday.
It’s the second time this season in which Cincinnati sent Ramos through waivers. The Reds outrighted him in mid-July and reselected his contract a couple weeks ago. Ramos had played his way back to the bigs with an excellent showing in Louisville. Through 234 Triple-A plate appearances on the year, the 31-year-old is hitting .315/.399/.522 with nine homers and a quality 12% walk rate.
Ramos hasn’t maintained that power pace in very brief big league looks. Cincinnati has plugged him into 23 games and given him 86 trips to the plate. Ramos has walked in 12.4% of those and has reached base at a solid .349 clip, but he has managed just four extra-base knocks (three doubles and a triple).
The switch-hitter has spent over a decade in the minor leagues. He has logged minors action with the Red Sox, Cardinals, Dodgers, Giants and D-Backs but had only reached the majors with Arizona (an 18-game stint two years ago) prior to this season’s stay with the Reds. Ramos has been outrighted twice before and therefore has the right to explore free agency, but he could choose to accept the assignment to Louisville as he had in July.
Oh Henry.
At this point I don’t think it matters. Absolute best case scenario looks to be the third wildcard spot, and that’s a one-and-done deal.
I guess I shouldn’t be all that upset given this year looked at the onset to be the worst team we’ve had in years. Young guys stepped up but just don’t have the experience to sustain the whole season.
Matters? Whether the Reds make this years postseason or not, all those young players are learning what a ML pennant race is all about .Better this year than next.This is part of the reason they brought up Marte.
My point is they’re not making the playoffs with the pitching as it is. Whether Ramos is on the team or anyone else, it’s not changing that fact. Hunter Greene isn’t all that great to start with, but we chose not to make a trade and bank on him coming back as the savior. Clearly that was the wrong bet.
And yeah, I’m jaded. I’m tired of losing and close isn’t good enough anymore.