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Mariners Organizational Roundup

Posted Apr. 17, 2009 9:26 am by Matt Eddy
Filed under: Daily Dish, Training Room

資料出處:http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3512

If you had Mariners righthander Juan Ramirez pegged for greater things, well,
then you’re not alone. He fanned 113 Midwest League batters last season in
124 innings, all while showing markedly-improved command. And after two
starts for high Class A High Desert this year, the 20-year old Nicaraguan was
2-0, 0.79.

While one might hesitate to call Ramirez’s start to the season dominating—
mostly because he’s walked five and struck out just four through 11 1/3
innings—he clearly has been unhittable. And that’s true regardless of which
definition one uses. The 6-foot-3, 175-pound Ramirez has limited California
League batters to a .111 average (4-for-36), allowing just one home run,
which he surrendered at Stater Bros. Stadium, his home turf in Adelanto,
Calif.

One scout who saw Ramirez last season raved about the easy 92-94 mph velocity
and plus life that the pitcher generates. And it’s that ability to keep the
ball off the barrel of opposing batters—and to keep it on the ground—which
has most benefited him in the hostile Cal League. Thus far, he’s recorded 21
groundouts and nine flyouts, good for a 2.33 ratio.

Mariners farm director Pedro Grifol has taken notice, saying that Ramirez has
done a better job of pitching under control this season.

"He’s really pitching with confidence and focus," Grifol said. "Our guys
have done a wonderful job with him. That includes our mental skills coaches,
who have worked to help him control his emotions. We feel that will help him
to repeat his delivery 80 to 90 times a game."

Such consistency would go a long way toward helping Ramirez refine his
secondary offering: a promising hard slider that flirts with plus potential.

Elsewhere in Mariners land . . .

‧ Triple-A Tacoma outfielder Michael Saunders, 22, missed all of spring
training and began the season on the Rainiers’ disabled list. He still is
recovering from offseason surgery on the labrum in his right shoulder. The
club wants him to be 100 percent healthy before taking the field. They expect
him to get a significant number of repetitions this season, regardless of his
start date, by either calling him up to Seattle (he needs to be added to the
40-man this winter) or sending him to the Arizona Fall League.

‧ Third baseman Jharmidy DeJesus, 19, is working out in extended spring
training as he recovers from shoulder soreness. Because of the organization’
s enviable depth at third base, Seattle didn’t necessarily have a natural
place to assign the young Dominican, anyway. The Mariners feature prospects
at the hot corner from Triple-A on down to low Class A—from Matt Tuiasosopo
to Matt Mangini to Alex Liddi to Mario Martinez.

‧ Outfielder Dennis Raben, the club’s second-round pick last year, stayed
behind in extended spring to continue rehabbing his right knee. The
21-year-old has been working hard daily and has seen some progress lately,
but he’s not ready for full baseball activities. Raben had arthroscopic
surgery on the knee recently, according to his blog, but doctors found more
soft cartilage in a subsequent exam. He faces season-ending surgery if the
condition does not improve.

‧ Hard-throwing 19-year-old righthander Maikel Cleto, acquired last
offseason in the J.J. Putz deal, has been placed on the inactive list as he
remains stranded in the Dominican Republic. He has not yet been granted a
work visa to enter the U.S.



Juan Ramirez...恩~真是一個優秀又年輕的肉體，看到夢蘿在CP的位置上投得那麼爽
算了~就不難為他一定要回SP的rotation了，12M不要看別人~就是你了，洗炸彈今年
的 VORP:8.3 都比你優秀得多，虧你還是投手裡面薪水領最多的，對得起花錢進場
的球迷嗎? 最好皮繃緊一點，小心到時就把你給...(疑?! buyout怎麼那麼久啦!!!)
不得不說，當初簽這種約的人，他真是個天才(誤)。

OS:光只注意到吹哥，原來今年也是洗炸彈的合約年，難怪他會這麼拼命

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