Angels sign AJ Ramos to a minor league deal

[mmc]

 

[floplag]

All the good relievers out there still and... meh

[Angels 1961]

Minor league deal no risk good signing.

[Chuck]

Saved a ton of games for the Marlins, then pitched through a torn labrum in 2018, got surgery in the offseason and missed all of 2019 season. 

[totdprods]

18 minutes ago, floplag said:

All the good relievers out there still and... meh

Bet we add another guy or two before Opening Day, even if just to minor league deals. 

[Angel Oracle]

Torn labrums are never easy to rehab from.

[Chuck]

Let's hope we get this A.J. Ramos! 

[Taylor]

It's been a while since we've had a guy with an abbreviated first name. I believe JB Shuck was the last.

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, TaylorBot said:

It's been a while since we've had a guy with an abbreviated first name. I believe JB Shuck was the last.

JC Ramirez

 

racist

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

JC Ramirez

 

racist

Wasn't that like three years ago? Losing track of time is easy these days.

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, TaylorBot said:

It's been a while since we've had a guy with an abbreviated first name. I believe JB Shuck was the last.

CJ Cron

 

reverse racist

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, TaylorBot said:

Wasn't that like three years ago? Losing track of time is easy these days.

2019

[AngelsLakersFan]

12 minutes ago, Lou said:

2019

Wasn't that like 3 years ago?

[Lou]

1 minute ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Wasn't that like 3 years ago?

No 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

No 

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

CJ Cron

 

reverse racist

Wasn't Cron before Shuck?

[Taylor]

I looked it up and saw that JB Shuck was on the Angels from 2013-2014. I'm losing my long-term memory apparently.

[tdawg87]

4 minutes ago, TaylorBot said:

Wasn't Cron before Shuck?

Gross.

[tdawg87]

Just now, greginpsca said:

CJ Cron says hi.

CJ Craig also says hi.

[greginpsca]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

CJ Craig also says hi.

Realized that, so i deleted.

[Taylor]

23 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

CJ Cregg also says hi.

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, TaylorBot said:

Impressive

[Angel Oracle]

48 minutes ago, Lou said:

Impressive

She is impressive, whether in dramatic or comedy roles.

[BTH]

I looked back at Ramos' pitch usage, and his pitch mix changed right as he got bad. He fell off in 2018, and he stopped using his second most used pitch (his slider) and introduced a new pitch (his cutter) which got torched. He threw his slider in the low 80's and his cutter in the high 80's, so it wasn't a mix up in pitch classification.

So, if I were the Angels, I'd look to increase his slider usage and go back to primarily being a fastball/slider pitcher like he was in his best seasons. Also, his velocity isn't too far off what it was in his best seasons. He sat around 92-93 during his best seasons, and he was averaging 93.4 mph in a clip he posted on Twitter a few days ago at a showcase.

[floplag]

5 hours ago, totdprods said:

Bet we add another guy or two before Opening Day, even if just to minor league deals. 

Another guy, or another impact guy?
Im sure we might, i hope we do as i dont see the long term benefit to guys like Rodriguez working in the pen over getting consistent starts in AAA as cool as it might be i dont think it helps the club long term... but i dont care for more clean peanuts.