The Yankees have traded left-hander Nick Ramirez to the Dodgers for cash considerations, per announcements from both clubs. Ramirez had been designated for assignment on the weekend. The Dodgers opened a 40-man roster spot by transferring righty Brusdar Graterol to the 60-day injured list.
Ramirez, 34, was a bit of a surprising cut from the Yankee roster. He tossed 40 2/3 innings last year with an earned run average of 2.66. His 16.3% strikeout rate was on the low side but his 47.4% ground ball rate was a bit better than average and his 5.2% walk rate was excellent. But the club used a number of pitchers in their first two games of the season and wanted to add Tanner Tully as a fresh arm and Ramirez got squeezed out.
Perhaps they were a bit skeptical of the sample size, as Ramirez had a career ERA of 4.55 coming into last year, with a 9.5% walk rate that was much closer to average than what he did in 2023. But he’s always had good results at Triple-A, having posted a 2.98 ERA in 200 appearances over seven different seasons at that level.
He’ll give the Dodgers another left-handed relief option, which is a bit of a weak spot on the roster at the moment. Alex Vesia and Ryan Yarbrough are the two other southpaws in the bullpen, but the latter is used more for long relief as opposed to situations where a manager would specifically want a lefty. Ramirez also has an option remaining and can be kept in the minors until needed.
The Dodgers had a 40-man roster spot to use since they evidently don’t expect Graterol to return prior to the middle of May. He battled hip soreness and shoulder soreness throughout the spring and only made one official appearance. He has reportedly been making progress of late but will effectively need to redo Spring Training by spending a few weeks ramping up and getting into game shape.
Since the Dodgers started their season early with the Seoul Series, he was placed on the 15-day IL back on March 19, meaning he’s already two weeks into his 60-day count and can return about six weeks from now if he’s healthy and build up by then.
Dodgers and Yanks are besties and I’m here for it.
Wow what happened to Bruiser Gatorade??
It’s all good we don’t need our best players now, we need them in October
In October when you’re 15 games back? (JK)
His arm fell off. Hopefully he grows a new one by July.
Shoulder inflammation…
lol first they said “he’s just gonna miss korea, he’ll be back 1st wk of the season” then “just 15 day DL” then just yesterday “brusdar is doing well and throwing again and back next week” now its 60 day DL
until you see the player in uniform on the field playing in an official game, dont trust a damn thing you hear from anybody
Must’ve learned their injury reporting from Boone…
“red sox lost the betts trade”
all things considered, they went w/ verdugo over this guy and got ten more war give or take. then in turn, they flipped verdugo for some decent players. i’ve seen a lot of revisionists saying that trade was a big L for the red sox, but honestly they did the best they could, especially as this guy continually spends tons of time on the DL
Excuse me? It was one of the worst trades in baseball history. The Sox have zero stars and that is why Boston have become so apathetic about them..
If the Celtics traded Tatum and got back a few players out of the league and Zach Collins would you say it was the best they could do?
rafael devers isn’t a star? there’s tons of trades just as bad if not worse in mlb.
red sox are a lot better this year than people will give them credit for. but we can revisit that in september
The main return to the Red Sox in the Betts trade was $48M (the Dodgers paying half of David Price’s remaining contract). When you take on that much money, the player return is less.
as i said, i think it was a solid trade. they dumped salary and got a ~2 WAR outfielder in return. that really isn’t a bad deal.
people are too busy comparing “betts vs verdugo” though
It isn’t a solid trade. You traded a generational talent for bums. And no Rafael Devers is not a star. He’s a very good player. Not a star.
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Troll take
You traded a generational talent for bums.
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They traded a star player with one year of control left. Compare the return to what SD got for Soto. That’s the correct context.
It wasn’t about getting the best player return, it was all about finding a partner to get rid of David Price. David Price’s contract was why the player return wasn’t better than Verdugo. The Dodgers took on $48 million more in salary. That helps a franchise, now why Betts? Look at the talent that is up now, the young kids are in the outfield. So Betts allowed them to move Price and they could trade Betts because these dudes were going to eventually come up. Verdugo was just a bridge gap. Now, the Sox could use Betts at 2nd base right now no doubt but that outfield isn’t hurting without Betts.
“but honestly they did the best they could”
Hahahahahaha
Dodgers adding nicely to their unrivaled collection of AAAA pitching depth which they can shuttle back and forth from the minors as need be… or when they feel like it… or just because.
They do have nice lil stable of Ps w/sum major league success plus cpl prospect arms @OKC, best GMs nuance that shuttle better than most. Thinking 2 steps ahead. And hopefully get Buehler n Kersh back just b4 big playoff push. Yamamoto looked good vs Cards after his clunker in Korea. Go Dodgers !
The Yankees and Dodgers have some sort of working agreement.
I think its because the other teams charge a “Yankee or Dodger tax” and they don’t do that to each other.
Even more so than yanks, Ray’s n Dodgers have alot of lil side trades that benefit everybody. Like there lookin out 4eachother. Friedman built that blueprint in TB n brought it w/em to Dodgers. Guess there’s still lota positive energy n luv between both FOs.
Man, if this guy turns out to be better than Caleb Ferguson and Victor Gonzalez… 😀
Yeah, it would be amazing but that’s not gonna be the case. He’s 34 and he’s done.
Daniel Hudson 37 years old. Ryan Braiser 36. Sure it’s early but neither has given up a run yet. We love our nursing home bullpen.
For the record, Brasier gave up a dinger to Conforto last night.
ah yes. I blanked out the bad memory. thanks.
Based on his work last season?
The guy is playing the best baseball of his life but apparently he’s done because he’s 34
Paging Dinelson Lamet. Your bus is ready,
Don’t worry, I doubt he’s even unpacked yet
Brusdar Graterol sounds like a new designer steroid
haha i was literally about to type this
Don’t take Brusdargraterol if you are allergic to Brusdargraterol
I once suffered from an acute case of Darius Kasparaitis. Thankfully it wasn’t contagious.
Headed for an MRI after hoisting his bag to foot of the bed
IIRC on the Betts deal Boston was supposed to get Graterol via Minnesota (Maeda deal was same day) but did not like the medicals and instead opted for uber-prospect Jeter Downs.
Brustar was wipe-out stuff by does not miss a lot of bats. Must be setting a lot of soft contact.
I take Graterol for mild to severe cases of colitis.
Doyers are now just trolling AJ Preller and the Padres. 4th day in a row they pick up a Padres castoff. Crismatt gets the win, Lamet pitches well, Trammell gives them AAA depth and now Ramirez. Meanwhile doyers coast to victory every night and Padres just plain suck. Padres definitely a cursed franchise
Why do people say things like this? They have nothing to show for that “gold.”
And here comes neon cop.
Vesia needs the phantom injury stint to the 90 day DL not Graterol
matt blake will turn cash considerations into a serviceable depth arm