12:03 p.m: The Giants have officially announced the move. right-handed John Brebbia was placed on the bereavement list to create a 40-strong roster slot.
8:12 a.m: The Giants are promoting outfield prospects Heliot Ramos like initially in the big leagues reported by Munger English Sports Management (ramos agency). Ramos is expected to make his debut for the Giants vs. Marlins game today.
With southpaw Trevor Rogers Right-handed Ramos, set to start for Miami, is a logical addition to today’s lineup and perhaps all season given the Giants’ left-handed outfield bias. Mike Jastrzemski, Joc Pederson, Steven Dugarand the currently-injured LaMonte Wade Jr. All swing from the left, although San Francisco did the same There reputation, Austin Slater, Maurizio Dubonand Luke Williams as available right-handers. Utilityman Williams could end up being the odd man to make way for Ramos with Williams still having three minor league options.
Ramos, 22, has long been considered one of the Giants’ top picks, and he has been a regular in the top 100 picks since being picked 19th overall in the 2017 draft. His stock is down a bit from not playing in 2020, and then in a 2021 campaign in which Ramos posted a modest .254/.323/.417 on 495 combined plate appearances at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. The Athletic’s Keith Law ranked Ramos 70th on his preseason top 100 list, Baseball America had Ramos 94th and Fangraphs has Ramos 101st.
Ramos just turned 22 in September and BA’s scouting report notes that Ramos has climbed the minor-league ladder “usually as one of the younger players at every stop”. Along the way, Ramos has offered glimpses of his potential when there is a Master of Nothing aspect to his performance. As the Fangraphs report puts it, “While it’s easy to label him a five-tool player given his proficiency in every aspect of the game, scouts have trouble figuring out what Ramos’s only tool is that he has carries.”
At the plate, Ramos hit .270/.340/.448 over 1625 PA in the minors, with 47 homers and 41 steals (out of 64 tries). He’s also struck in 440 of those at-bats, and reviewers note that his swing lacks some loft and that Ramos looked a little vulnerable to off-speed pitches. Ramos is expected to move to right field at some point due to his relative lack of top-notch speed and good throwing arm, but Ramos has played primarily as a midfielder throughout his career and has looked decent in the middle. The Giants are likely to use Ramos primarily in the middle, although he has the flexibility to play in any of the three outfield positions depending on the situation.
Ramos did well in the small sample sizes of spring training (10 PA) and in the early stages of the Triple A season (13 PA). While he didn’t break camp with the team, his rapid rise means Ramos should still have a full year of tenure should he remain in the San Francisco active roster for the remainder of the season. The newly introduced prospect promotion incentive could also alleviate some of the Giants’ concerns about service time, though technically Ramos may not qualify. According to The Athletic’s Evan Drellich, prospects are PPI-eligible if they are “included in two or more of the preseason top 100 lists from Baseball America, MLB.com, or ESPN,” and of those three specific outlets, only BA’s Ramos list cracked.