The Indians have selected the contract of veteran catcher Wilson Ramos, according to Mandy Bell of MLB.com (Twitter link). Starting backstop Roberto Pérez is landing on the 10-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Cleveland already has three openings on the 40-man roster, so no additional move was needed in that regard.
Ramos opened the season with the division-rival Tigers after signing a one-year deal over the offseason. He got off to a strong start but his bat faded after the season’s first couple weeks. Ultimately, Ramos hit .200/.238/.392 across 128 plate appearances for Detroit before missing more than a month with a lumbar spine strain. Upon his activation from the injured list, the Tigers designated Ramos for assignment and subsequently released him. He hooked on with Cleveland on a minor league deal not long thereafter.
The two-time All-Star played his way back into the majors (ironically beginning with this weekend’s series against Detroit) with a strong performance for the Indians’ top affiliate in Columbus. Ramos has taken 62 trips to the dish with the Clippers and posted a .317/.328/.517 line. He’s only drawn one walk in that time, but he’s also popped three home runs and only gone down on strikes on six occasions. Ramos will offer a bat-first backup option behind defensive specialist Austin Hedges while Pérez is out.
Cleveland didn’t provide a timetable for Pérez’s return. This will be his second IL stint of the season, as the 32-year-old also missed sixty days with a finger fracture on his right hand between May and July. Over the course of the year, he’s hitting just .136/.246/.318.
Been a decent hitter so far in Columbus.
I’m not going to lie, I figured that we had seen the last of Wilson in the big leagues.
Wasn’t this guy kidnapped a long time ago?
Yes he was. Early in his time with Washington.
Thats not what ironically means
Yes. Coincidence and irony are often confused by the unintelligent.
Read this in a British accent for ultimate snobbery.
This post was made by someone who is confused by the difference between ignorance and intelligence, IRONICALLY.
No. I meant what I said. Glad you decided to sort yourself.
Notice all the thumbs up for Steve, and the 0 for you…
Do you base your value by how many Facebook friends you have too?
Tim, while the team name doesn’t officially change until next year, I would like to request MLBTR and all the commenters begin referring to the team as the Guardians today.
I am Native American and offended by the FORMER team name, so if you support the name change, why wait to refer to the team as the Guardians until next year? As a popular website, there’s no need to perpetuate the stereotype of the former team name. Let’s all take a stand together.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Wait till you hear about the state of Indiana
Atlanta has entered the chat
Get a life. Find another reason to be offended.
I’m offended by indigenous people using the term native american. Wasn’t america until late 1400’s /ealry 1500’s. Anyone that was on the land before it was named cannot be native american ..native to whatever they called it before europeans arrived yes but not america. Natives – i can accept – indigenous – 100% correct. Native american – nope I’m offended
Wow, weird, empty & confusing cause
Curly – its been a long long day with happy hour afterwards – plus I am new to the whole “being offended” thing..but yeah not my best work lol
As a white dude, I’m offended by team names like the Kings & the Royals.
Did I do it right?
White Out – the product of choice for over-writing history
Ya know, I’m watching the Yanks (Marco Gonzalez, bro?) & saw this article come up.
Was looking for @HockeyJohn, due to a rather voluminous lecture he posted to me in re how the Indians “value defense at catcher”.
Obviously, this stemmed from he & I having…uh, differing takes about Phat Sancho.
Saw the original post & just tried to make a joke.
Probably shouldn’t have posted it. I’m adopted (me & Judge, bro). Lord knows what I actually “am”. I really don’t care. (This particular flippancy – amongst others – drove ex-wife #2 nutty.)
But: I’d hate to be responsible for Cey heying a thread.
if EVERYBODY would go back to making fun of EVERYBODY, America would be a lot more fun again
just because Geo Springer is of mixed parentage it doesn’t have anything to do with the FACT THAT HE’S THE COOLEST FUNNEST GREATEST POSITION PLAYER OF RIGHT NOW
🙂
Yeah. Probably.
& as you have probably concluded, my sense of humor tends towards irreverence. But seeing as how you guys are my baseball community, I definitely try to be a positive member of it.
Sadly, at this point it’s a batting average thing.
In re Springer.
I sorta forgot he was on the Jays. Pretty big oversight there.
Man, the AL East is stacked.
Bang bang
Using your weak argument they were the natives in the 1400’s, early 1500’s. hence Native Americans.
And I went to hs in Mexico City…had to study Azteca,Olmecas.and other.cultures to graduate hs. I really think the professors are playing you guys AND playing you guys for an unstated, nefarious, anti-American, anti-Amerind, anti-indian agenda, just because they can…..just like a guy who gets off on watching a fire burn and see.the whole get hurt
And they are playing you guys for an unstated, nefarious agenda that is anti-American, anti-Amerind and anti-indian just because they can…just like a pyromaniac who likes to see people get hurt…….no reason for it whatsoever.
Being called an Indian is way more respectful than “Amerind”.
Bite it, buttercup.
Buddy it’s the current team name. There’s nothing offensive about it. A team’s name or mascot is something they are honoring as strong or worthy of celebration and honor. Hence, we don’t call them the Cleveland Kittens, or the Cleveland Water Dishes.
I would suggest you reconsider your outlook on your lineage if you’re offended by a baseball club considering Native Americans strong and worth celebrating.
7734 is a Native American like Steve Nebraska (i.e. MLBTR’s self-appointed Hall Monitor) is an expert on anything to do with MLB.
(Are they both posting from work tonight?)
P.S. The Indians are not changing their name to the Guardians next year.
Can’t anyone here get anything right?
Was this website started by P.T. Barnum?
RENT FREE BABY
Now this is trolling I can get into
Not to be offensive but just to.let you know, I think all those.professors at the University have you hoodwinked.
To me, white man born early 60’s, the word , “indian” commands respect, demands respect as those were the fierce people we fought who deserved RESPECT.
The term, “Amerind”, the one they use in college….it conjures up the study of pre columbian stone aged (ironless) culture. Darwinian.
Personally, I’d rather be an indian, not an Amerind.
I am not trying to offend you,just let you know.
And the Guardians? Way scary Orwellian name….. Makes me think.the end of the world is coming very soon….and I may need your help….so.what ever you want to be called, I’ll do it…..
The Indians are there name as of this moment. I’m bi-racial and i don’t get offended when somebody brings up the negro leagues, although people today generally do not refer to us as that. I don’t get offended when people talk about that time of separation because unfortunately it’s a part of history. Please don’t get offended by a silly page title and save your breath for a moment when there actually is hatred and bigotry intended.
I fully support this idea. Those of you still opposed to the name change, wake up and smell the racism.
Get a life. Find another reason to be offended.
This dude is a solid performer, can’t go wrong
Bang bang
I’ve never seen the ID around these parts before, just a troll looking for kicks.
Ramos is 61 hits shy of 1,000; if he performs well in this opportunity with the Indians and can latch on with a team in 2022, he could get there.
Give him the job, and find a taker for Perez or Hodges.