Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Giants Sign Max Ramirez

According to a Fresno Grizzlies media relations intern, the Giants have signed catcher Max Ramirez. He will start in Triple-A Fresno, supposedly. This has yet to be confirmed.

UPDATE: Jaymee Sire of CSN Bay Area just retweeted it, so I'm pretty sure this is true (and not just an unsubstantiated rumor).

Max Ramirez owns a career .217/.343/.357 slash line over 140 major-league plate appearances -- which actually isn't that bad for a catcher. In Triple-A this year, however, he's hit .229/.267/.339 (131 PA) -- which is simply awful. He has a little upside with the bat, and good on-base abilities, but it's been a while since he did anything impressive with the bat (you'd have to really go back to 2008, in AA). In addition, his defense is pretty awful.

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If it wasn't already, Max Ramirez signing is official. He's listed on the Grizzlies' roster, DHing in tonight's lineup.Tue Jun 21 23:29:18 via TweetDeck