Agustin Ramirez

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked New York Yankees #20 prospect in 2024
  BA Grade: 45/High
  
  Track Record: Ramirez was signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2018 and has moved slowly through the system. He repeated the Florida Complex League in 2022 and didn’t reach full-season ball until 2023, when he got on a rocket ship through the system. Ramirez zoomed from Low-A to Double-A, slugging 18 home runs along the way. The total bested his previous career mark by four longballs.
  
  Scouting Report: Ramirez’s calling card is going to be the damage he can do with his bat. He marries bat speed with a stroke that keeps the barrel in the zone a long time. The combination helped him produce big-time average (91 mph) and 90th percentile (106.6 mph) exit velocities that will give him a ceiling as a thumper. Ramirez also makes a lot of contact in the strike zone but needs to rein in his chase rates a touch. He also could stand to make his path to the zone a little less steep. He has plus arm strength but needs plenty of polish when it comes to receiving and blocking. He’s a well below-average runner.
  
  The Future: The Yankees protected Ramirez on the 40-man roster, and he’ll return to Double-A in 2024. If he can rein in chase rate, he’ll make the most of his strength and bat speed and could be an offensive-minded backstop. He also got a few games at first base upon moving to Double-A, and his bat would profile at the position.
  
  Scouting Grades Hit: 45 | Power: 60 | Run: 30 | Field: 40 | Arm: 60

• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 40/High
  
  August Update: Ramirez was signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2018 and ranked No. 48 in that year&#39s international class. This year, in a return to the Florida Complex League, he&#39s beginning to hint the potential the Yankees saw as an amateur. Rival scouts see a player with a chance to be an offensive-minded catcher with plenty of raw juice. He&#39s a below-average defender but has a strong throwing arm.