The Giants have kept right-hander Wilkin Ramos in the organization, but not on the 40-man roster. According to his transactions tracker at MLB.com, Ramos has been outrighted to Triple-A Sacramento after clearing waivers following last week’s designation for assignment.
For Ramos, 25, this is a notable turn because his contract was only selected by San Francisco in June. That was his first shot at a major league roster spot, which also makes this his first career outright. He is still well short of three years of big league service time, so he does not have the ability to choose free agency.
San Francisco’s interest in keeping him around makes sense based on what he did before the call-up. The Giants signed Ramos to a minor league deal during the offseason, and he opened the year at Triple-A with strong results.
By the end of May, he had worked 27 innings and allowed six earned runs, good for a 2.00 ERA. His 23.5% strikeout rate and 6.1% walk rate both came in better than average, and his 61.4% ground ball rate was roughly 20 points above the norm.
That early run was enough to get him a spot on the roster on June 1, but the big league look went sideways fast. In his first outing, he gave up two earned runs over two innings.
In his second, all four batters he faced reached base, and three of them scored, which pushed his ERA to 22.50. After that, he was sent back to Triple-A, where he allowed nine earned runs in 5 2/3 innings before the Giants designated him for assignment.
June was rough, no question. But the Giants evidently saw enough in Ramos’ earlier work to keep him in the fold and give him a chance to straighten things out in Sacramento without taking up a roster spot.
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