Agustin Ramirez’s Weekend Barrage Continues Hot Start
The Marlins received pitiful offensive production from their catchers last season. That doesn’t look like it will be a problem this year, not with the bombastic introduction made by 23-year-old rookie Agustin Ramirez. In a weekend series in Seattle, he went 4-for-13 with a double and three home runs, including two bombs in one game Sunday. Ramirez’s first home run of the day was hit against fellow rookie Logan Evans of the Mariners and was notable for its low launch angle of 18 degrees. Ramirez hit the ball out to left-center field, reaching the seats 404 feet away with apparent east. Ramirez has hit .474/.524/1.158 through his first five big league games, while his three home runs trail only the four tallied by Dylan Crews and Tim Tawa for the most among rookies. Ramirez looks like a win for president of baseball operations Peter Bendix, who acquired the catcher when he traded Jazz Chisholm Jr. to the Yankees last summer.
