Three-time All-Star Hanley Ramirez underwent right shoulder surgery last week after “years of discomfort,” tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Ramirez has previously had surgery on his left (non-throwing) shoulder as well.
Ramirez, 36 in December, was the Indians’ Opening Day designated hitter in 2019, but his stay with the organization was brief. Signed to a minor league contract this past offseason, Ramirez was cut loose after hitting just .187/.298/.327 with a pair of homers and 17 strikeouts in 57 plate appearances with Cleveland. His 2018 season also ended with a release, as the Red Sox cut him loose in the final season of his four-year, $88MM deal after just 44 games (and a .254/.313/.395 batting line).
Over the winter, Ramirez revealed that he had offers to play with other teams following his release from the Red Sox, but he instead chose to “get [his] body healthy and come back next year.” That certainly lends credence to the notion that Ramirez’s shoulder troubles have been ongoing for quite some time, but it doesn’t appear that the prolonged period of rest did the trick as he’d hoped.
Another minor league pact will almost certainly be required for Ramirez as he embarks on another comeback bid. While he was one of the game’s most feared hitters during his prime, his peak years are well behind him. At this point, he’s been a below-average hitter in four of the past five seasons (2019 included), with the lone exception being a 2016 campaign that produced a .286/.361/.505 batting line and 30 home runs.
i cant imagine anyone will sign him at this point. dont mean that as a disservice to him, he had a heck of a career and an underrated one at that.
He had a career riddled with PED’s, stupid antics, lazy play, and being a clubhouse cancer. Yea he sure had a “heck of a career”.
Off-the field antics aside, you can’t ignore the fact that he’s totaled 38 WAR in his career. That’s impressive, no matter the context.
He’ll be fine. The Mets will give him a $100 million contract and tell everyone they are the team to beat as a result.
Ped’s? You have proof?
Dig into his friend getting busted, also ties to the Cano ring. Where there’s smoke.
His friend name dropped Hanley while he was being arrested, and later admitted it was grasping in the moment, and took it back.
You’re also grasping.
There’s dry ice.
Cano ring?
I would suggest for him and others like him, do surgery in US and recover in Africa. Take several supervised cycles of HGH, estrogen, testosterone, and some anti inflammatory.
Come back with new body and play two years at high level, pretending to be a nice person and fixing your bad legacy.
Go for the gusto!
If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas!
Uh yeah so you have no proof. Nothing you posted is remotely considered evidence. No wonder innocent until proven guilty is dying. Can’t let things like facts get in the way of your opinion/narrative.
well, in his defense jose canseco said he personally injected ivan rodriguez but that didnt stop him from getting in the hall of fame
What ? Makes no sense
His homie FaceTimed Hanley from the station house, so I’m sure they were tight enough and if you run with dope dealers then shame on you.
Since he was off so long he probably should’ve had this surgery last year.
Sounds like a recipe for Bartolo…
There’s a smoke bomb ?
@StevenChinwood So his friend got busted so that makes Hanley ‘guilty’, that is sound analysis indeed. It all sounds like a Russian conspiracy theory to me. We better get CNN involved to ‘investigate’.
Politics are cool!
I think there were times when things were going well that he may have actually been a positive in the clubhouse. The year(s) where he was being productive with the Sox he was always smiling and joking around with the guys. I do think he may have had a bad attitude when things went south and he may have always been a bit off — but I don’t think it’s entirely fair to call him a clubhouse cancer.
Ramirez never tested positive for PEDs. He did some dumb stuff, but had a very good career. Marlins should have never moved him to bring in Reyes. You don’t do that to your best player. Then people called him selfish when he wanted out in Miami.
A career that earned him $160M is pretty hard to bark about.
The Rangers will sign him to a minor league deal in March and he’ll hit 25 taters as a DH.
And how did you arrive at that opinion?
He’s probably being sarcastic, but the Rangers had a ton of success finding guys on minor league deals last offseason…Pence, Forsythe, and Santana.
Exactly!
And even before that (and more Hanley-esque) Sammy Sosa’s “comeback” as their DH haha. I could see Hanley pulling off a .250 average with 25 HRs but probably not much else.
Cleveland used to too, but this guy totally bombed as did Cargo.
Mets will give him a 4/60 mil contract and will be batting him cleanup
Brodie “we all in”
More the 4/100 25 million a year sounds about right
btw let us have thor lol tell your GM to quit it with the hair gel and start selling. we could use some arms lol
Shouldve given u hiuria last year. In my opinion with thor the brewers beat the Dodgers last year. The brew crew want a stud without having to give up nothing.
I’m all for trading Thor, especially with a package around Turang I really like him
The Brewers are just expecting another Yelich trade to fall into their lap. And before Marlins fans come at me and say they got a good return, let me say that I understand they got good pieces, but no game changers.
And then he gets hurt after 4 games and is out for the year
And then he gets hurt after 4 games and is out for the year
who?
The baseball player Hanley Ramirez. If you click on a player’s name it shows more information about them, in case articles like this one confuse you
Sounds like a Preller signing if I’ve ever seen one!
The Cubs will grab him and give him a shot. Can’t hurt I guess.
Their coaching staff is elite and will work wonders with him as they did Cargo.