Minor League Spotlight is the MLB FanHouse's look into baseball's minor leagues. But you probably figured that out already.Edwar Ramirez has made two appearances with the Yankees so far this season. He's gone 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA. So, where was he last year at this time? The United League.
If anyone deserves credit for the Yankees' discovery of Edwar Ramirez, it's a computer.See, you can still make it to the majors. Yes, I'm talking to you sitting at your computer right now. Seriously, just go pick up a ball and start throwing. Let me know how things go, OK?
"Statistics found him," Billy Eppler, the team's director of professional scouting, said yesterday.
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It was early July last year when the Yankees needed a reliever to fill out their roster at Class-A Tampa.
While Eppler looked for players who had been recently released by other organizations, Troy Caradonna -- the assistant director of baseball operations in the team's Tampa offices -- checked statistics of the independent leagues.
Caradonna found Ramirez in the United League: 1.07 ERA, 46 strikeouts and 10 walks in 25 1/3 innings for Edinburg (Texas).
"We didn't send anybody in to look," Eppler said. "I looked at a few old reports, didn't see anything (negative), and made a couple of phone calls checking on (mental) makeup."
As for me, does a pretty good BA in 16-inch softball raise your interests, New York Yankees?
(HT: BBTF)
