The Yankees have already made one move for offense, but they may not be done shopping.
According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, New York has had scouts on hand to watch Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos, who was previously linked to the Phillies as well. Ramos turns 27 in September and remains under team control through 2029, which means San Francisco has no real pressure to move him unless a club comes with the kind of offer that changes the conversation.
Ramos has long carried prospect pedigree, and for a while it looked like he was putting it together. In 2024, he broke out with a .269/.322/.469 line and 22 home runs across 518 plate appearances, good enough to earn an All-Star nod.
But the second half cooled off, and he hasn’t fully matched that peak since. His 120 wRC+ from 2024 dipped to 106 in 2025, and this season he’s sitting at a 100 wRC+ with a .264/.304/.424 slash line and nine homers over 306 plate appearances.
There’s some good fortune baked into that production, too. Ramos owns a .338 BABIP and has benefited from a 54.4% groundball rate. The contact profile hasn’t helped, and his strikeout and walk rates have moved the wrong way this year, all the way to 26.8K% and 5.3BB%.
Defensively, Ramos has settled in better in left field than he did elsewhere. He looked out of place in center in 2024, and he didn’t do much better in left last season, but this year he has been roughly average there with 0 Defensive Runs Saved and -2 Outs Above Average over 557 1/3 innings.
For the Yankees, though, the attraction is pretty clear: Ramos has hit left-handed pitching well. He’s batting .302/.353/.508 against southpaws this season and has a career .851 OPS in those matchups. New York wants offense, but it especially needs a right-handed bat after the Garcia trade tilted the lineup even further to the left.
That kind of bat would fit into an outfield that’s been hit hard by injuries. Cody Bellinger is out until at least late August with a hamstring strain, and Aaron Judge has been sidelined since May 31 because of a left rib fracture. Judge still hasn’t been cleared to resume baseball activities, and getting him back before the end of August would appear to be the best-case scenario.
Looking further ahead, the Yankees are expected to move on from Trent Grisham after the season, though Judge and Bellinger are set to hold everyday outfield jobs beyond 2026. If Ramos were acquired, he would be battling Jasson Dominguez and Spencer Jones for what amounts to one opening. New York could always deal Dominguez or Jones to fill another need, but with so many longer-term outfield options already in place, the Yankees may be more inclined to target a rental-type solution than pay the likely steep price attached to Ramos.
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