The Phillies have added another name to the third-base mix, agreeing to a minor league deal with Bryan Ramos, according to Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com. Ramos, a free agent infielder and ISE Baseball client, will head into camp as a non-roster invitee ahead of the 2027 season.
Ramos is still young enough to fit the “maybe there’s something here” category, even after a rough run in the upper minors. He’ll turn 25 in March and spent the 2026 season in the Orioles organization, where he never got to the majors. Instead, he logged the year with Triple-A Norfolk, hitting .216/.326/.320 across 100 games and 370 plate appearances.
That followed a stretch of three straight seasons without much offense in the upper minors, along with brief big league looks. Ramos got into major league games with the White Sox in 2024-25, but the sample was tiny: 120 plate appearances total. In that time, he hit .198/.244/.333 with three home runs.
The early track record was better. Through the 2023 season, Ramos had put together strong minor league production, including a .264/.358/.450 line between High-A and Double-A that year.
At the time, he still carried real prospect shine. In the 2023-24 offseason, Baseball America ranked him fourth in the White Sox system and described him as a near-MLB-ready option at third base.
Even after a middling 2024 season, he remained 15th among Chicago prospects going into 2025.
For Philadelphia, the appeal is obvious: low cost, no real downside, and a player with some past pedigree who can be evaluated in a new environment. The Phillies have uncertainty at third base after Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa both reached free agency at season’s end, and top prospect Aiden Miller missed most of the year with a back injury. There isn’t a clear favorite for the job right now, and while the club is expected to pursue a more established answer, adding depth with a little upside makes sense while that search continues.
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