MIAMI — When the Yankees acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Marlins on July 27 of final yr, it was the traditional setup of three prospects going a method and a star participant going the opposite.
One of many younger gamers who went to Miami was Agustín Ramírez, who has had a big impact on the Marlins victories within the first two video games of this three-game collection.
On Saturday, he crushed two pitches from Yankees starter Cam Schlittler for solo homers that totaled 839 toes (421 within the first inning and 418 toes within the fourth). That was the one scoring in a 2-0 Miami victory.
An evening earlier, Ramírez's dribbler in entrance of the plate within the ninth was contact sufficient to attain Xavier Edwards for a 13-12 Marlins win.
“He was a coveted man,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned of the 23-year-old Ramírez. “ It's big-time energy. He put a cost into a pair balls at present.”
Schlittler remembered a spot begin in Triple-A final season wherein Ramírez was his catcher, however mentioned he didn't suppose that had any correlation with the 2 homers.
“First time by way of, 3-1 rely, tried to get the fastball up and in, missed center with it. He's a superb fastball hitter. Only a mistake there,” Schlittler mentioned. “Second time by way of, I believe I attacked him nicely with the sinker in. Simply tried to get the sweeper away and he was nonetheless capable of pull it. Actually, simply two errors there.”
Coincidentally, Ramírez's heroics got here on a day when Chisholm was doubled off first base on an infield pop-up.
Final yr's commerce included infielders Abrahan Ramírez and Jared Serna. These two are nonetheless enjoying within the Marlins system, however Agustín Ramírez already has 17 main league homers and 50 RBIs on the again of his baseball card.
Generally, a prospect traded for a star turns into one himself.
“I wish to be a star, and I wish to have an extended profession in MLB,” Agustín Ramírez mentioned by way of an interpreter.
He additionally mentioned he wasn't disenchanted to be dealt by the Yankees.
“Oh, no, no, no. … I used to be principally comfortable as a result of when lots of people spoke to me, they instructed me that I used to be going to get quite a lot of alternative to make the foremost league stage with [the Marlins],” he mentioned.
For first-year supervisor Clayton McCullough, the sensation is that that is solely the start for Ramírez.
“We've seen Gus do some actually unimaginable issues all through this season, offensively. We've seen his skill to influence and we consider his offensive ceiling just isn't shut but,” mentioned McCullough, whose workforce has received six collection in a row.
“We're going to proceed to see a greater model of him as he will get extra at-bats, he understands how persons are pitching him. There's at all times a risk when Gus is within the field.”
