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Nationals Release Harold Ramirez

By Steve Adams | August 14, 2024 at 7:12pm CDT

August 14: Washington announced on Wednesday that they’ve placed Ramirez on unconditional release waivers.

August 13: The Nationals announced that they have selected the contracts of infielder Andrés Chaparro and right-hander Orlando Ribalta, two moves that were previously reported. In corresponding moves, they designated infielder/outfielder Harold Ramírez and right-hander Jordan Weems for assignment.

Ramirez, 29, enjoyed a pair of productive seasons with the 2022-23 Rays, hitting a combined .306/.348/.432 in 869 trips to the plate, but he stumbled badly out of the gates in 2024 and yet to recover. The righty swinger posted a nice .268 batting average in 169 plate appearances with Tampa Bay but couldn’t couple that with any on-base or extra-base value; he managed only a .284 OBP and slugged just .305. Ramirez was designated for assignment on June 7 and released after no team wanted to acquire/claim the remainder of his $3.8MM salary.

Following his release, Ramirez signed a minor league deal with the Nats and was back in the majors just a couple weeks after his release. He’s appeared in 25 games with Washington but hasn’t fared much better at the plate, hitting .243/.273/.365 in 77 plate appearances. The rebuilding Nationals will now use his roster spot to take a look at the younger Chaparro — another right-handed bat that they acquired in the deadline trade sending reliever Dylan Floro to Arizona.

Weems, 31, has been a regular presence in the Washington bullpen since 2022. He’s piled up 136 innings as a Nat but logged a combined 5.03 ERA in that time. Weems sandwiched an impressive 2023 showing between a pair of lackluster seasons in 2022 and 2024. He’s pitched 41 2/3 innings this season but been rocked for a 6.70 ERA with a career-low 17.9% strikeout rate and a career-worst 12.2% walk rate (excluding the 20% walk rate he notched in 5 2/3 innings back in 2021).

Weems reached three years of big league service in 2024 and is out of minor league options. That means the Nats would’ve had to tender him a raise in arbitration this winter and carry him on the big league roster to begin the 2025 season. They’ll instead move on from the right-hander and, as with Ramirez, turn that roster spot over to a more youthful option who’s posted some interesting numbers in the minors this year.

With the trade deadline now behind us, the Nationals’ only course of action with Ramirez and Weems will be to place them on either outright waivers or release waivers. The other 29 clubs will all have a chance to claim them. (Ramirez’s salary is still being paid by the Rays, so he’d only cost a new team the prorated league minimum.) Both will have the right to reject the assignment in favor of free agency, by virtue of their MLB service time.

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  1. sufferforsnakes

    11 months ago

    I’ll be rooting for Chaparro. Hated to see the Diamondbacks trade him away.

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  2. vaderzim

    11 months ago

    I didn’t think Harold Ramirez was doing that poorly with the Nats, but I’m glad to see them make moves to try to improve the team.

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    • jdgoat

      11 months ago

      He’s probably just too much of a low ceiling player to justify taking AB’s from younger players. Feel like he’s destined to bounce around as a cheap injury replacement for the foreseeable future.

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      • 920falcon

        11 months ago

        That pretty much sums it up.

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    • Armaments216

      11 months ago

      Probably not so much to do with Ramirez’ performance but just wanting to take a look at a few more players for the future. Ramirez wasn’t going to be part of next year’s team.

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  3. Baseball Babe

    11 months ago

    Next week it’s Dylan’s turn!!

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  4. SewaldSwansonSwoon

    11 months ago

    I never understood why they kept Weems as long as they did. Every time I turned on the TV he was getting shellacked.

    H.Ram I am sad to see go but I understand that there’s other uses for that spot. He’s not really an improvement over Meneses other than not as limited defensively.

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  5. Karensjer

    11 months ago

    Get Harold back, Tampa!!

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  6. Old York

    11 months ago

    Nationals DFA’d Harold Ramírez and Jordan Weems today. Somewhere out there, a batting average and ERA just breathed a sigh of relief.

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  7. SteveC

    11 months ago

    Impressive debut for Chaparro. 3-4, all doubles.

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  8. energel

    11 months ago

    he was hitting good……..

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