Yohan Ramírez #49

Yohan Manuel Ramírez...Wife's name is Carolan Aquino...Has two daughters...Was signed by Astros scouts David Brito, Oz Ocampo and Roman Ocumarez...Grew up a Red Sox fan (pitched for Boston in 2024).

2025

Pitched in eight spring games as a non-roster invitee...Began the season with Indianapolis...Had six saves, a 3.41 ERA (29.0 IP/11 ER) and 37 strikeouts in his first 25 appearances with the Indians from 4/3-6/29...Was released on 7/4...Was re-signed to a Minor League contract on 7/6 and earned the save that afternoon vs. Louisville...Was selected by Pittsburgh, where he remained for the rest of the season, on 7/11...Struck out four batters over 2.0 scoreless innings of relief in his season debut on 7/12 at Minnesota...Became the first Pirates reliever with at least 2.0 scoreless innings and four strikeouts in a season debut since Nick Tropeano on 8/25/20 at Chicago (AL)...Punched out three batters in 1.1 innings on 7/18 vs. Chicago (AL)...Struck out a career-best five batters in a career-high-tying 3.0 scoreless innings on 7/20 vs. Chicago (AL)...Became one of five Pirates relievers in the Modern Era (since 1901) to have at least three strikeouts in each of his first three outings of a season, along with Mike Cvengros in 1927, Cecilio Guante in 1982, Don Robinson in 1984 and Cody Ponce (four) in 2021 (Bubba Chandler later joined this list by having at least three strikeouts in each of his first three outings from 8/22-9/2)...Tossed a career-high tying 3.0 scoreless innings on 8/19 vs. Toronto...Struck out a career-high-tying five batters in 2.0 scoreless innings on 8/25 at St. Louis...Joined Elroy Face (1960) and Rich Gossage (1977) as the only Pirates relievers in the Modern Era to have multiple outings of at least 2.0 scoreless innings with one or zero hits, zero walks and at least five strikeouts in a season...His 34 strikeouts through his first 13 appearances were the second-most by any Pirates reliever in a season in the Modern Era, behind only Tyler Glasnow (35) in 2018...Was on the Paternity List from 9/14-16 (daughter, Adaiah, was born on 9/13)...Was reinstated on 9/17...His 45 strikeouts from 7/12 (season debut) through 9/28 (end of the season) were tied for the sixth-most among all Major League relief pitchers.

2024

Went 0-5 with a 6.20 ERA (45.0ip/35r/31er) and 45 strikeouts in a career-high 38 games between four different big league teams...Began the season with the Mets...Tied his career high (fourth time) with 3ip on 3/31 vs. Milwaukee...Suffered his lone loss with New York on 4/6 at Cincinnati...Was traded to Baltimore on 4/11...Was designated for assignment on 5/2...Was claimed off waivers by the Mets on 5/6...Made two scoreless outings (3ip) before being designated for assignment on 5/15...Was traded to Los Angeles (NL) on 5/20...Suffered the loss on 5/24 at Cincinnati...Hit a total of four batters over two games (1ip) on 5/24-26...Picked up his lone save (seventh career) on 6/7 at New York (AL)…Posted a 2.25 ERA (16ip/4er) in 14 games during the month of June...Was designated for assignment on 7/25 before being claimed off waivers by Boston on 7/28...Made his lone appearance with the Red Sox on 7/30 vs. Seattle...Was outrighted to Worcester on 8/2 and finished the season at the Triple-A level...Earned a save in five straight games from 8/7-22...Was charged with one earned run in his last 12 outings (15ip).

2023

Began season with Indianapolis...Made five appearances (8.0ip/1er) before being recalled by Pittsburgh on 4/16...Posted a 0.54 ERA (16.2ip/1er) in 13 games from 4/30 through 6/6...Won his lone game with the Pirates on 6/2 vs. St. Louis...Split July and August between Indy and Pittsburgh...Was claimed off waivers by Chicago (AL) on 9/5 and was assigned to Triple-A Charlotte...Finished the season with the White Sox.

2022

Went a combined 4-1 with one save and a 4.58 ERA (37.1ip/19er) in 30 appearances between Seattle, Cleveland and Pittsburgh…Recorded a combined record of 2-1 with a 4.57 ERA (21.2ip/11er) in 20 appearances at the Triple-A level between Tacoma, Columbus and Indianapolis… Picked up his first win of the season while pitching for Seattle on 4/24 vs. Kansas City…Was designated for assignment by Seattle on 5/13 and acquired by Cleveland on 5/16…Made his only appearance with the Guardians on 6/24 vs. Boston… Was acquired by Pittsburgh on 7/8 for cash considerations and assigned to Indianapolis…Was recalled on 8/3 and struck out two batters in 1.0 scoreless inning in his Pirates debut on 8/4 vs. Milwaukee…Was optioned to Indianapolis on 8/21 and recalled again on 8/26 when Colin Holderman was placed on the injured list…Picked up his first win with the Pirates on 9/26 vs. Cincinnati…Retired the side in order in the ninth inning and picked up his third win on 10/3 vs. St. Louis in the walk-off victory…Earned his first save with the Pirates in the final game of the season on 10/5 vs. St. Louis…Went 3-0 with one save and a .167 batting average against while not allowing a run in his final six appearances of the season.

2021

Went 1-3 with a 3.90 ERA (12 ER, 27.2 IP) with 35 strikeouts and 12 walks in 25 games...2021 Debut - Allowed three runs on two hits in 2.0 innings of work on May 21 at SD...Scoreless Streak – Went 7.0 innings without allowing a run from May 26 - July 3 allowed just one hit and two walks while striking out 7 over that span. ...Save Me - Earned first save of the 2021 season on Aug. 22 when he got the final two outs of the 11th inning in a 6-3 win over the Astros. ...Finishing Strong - Allowed 5 ER in 14.0 IP (3.21 ERA) w/2 SV in last 16 G from Aug. 20 through the end of the season. ...First Career Win - 1.0 IP, 1 SO on Sept. 5 at ARI. ...SV#2 - W/ShO 10th 9/3 at ARI, ret. all 3 BF to strand ghost runner at 2nd. ...Racking up the K’s - Recorded at least 1 strikeout in 21 of his 25 games in 2021 ...Long Relief - Had six appearances of 1.1 IP or more out of the bullpen, including a season-high 3.0 IP on July 3 vs. TEX. ...Tacoma Time - Appeared in 15 games for Triple-A Tacoma, striking out 24 while walking 13 in 17.1 innings.

2020

Went 0-0 with 3 saves and a 2.61 ERA (6 ER, 20.2 IP) in 16 relief appearances with Seattle…limited opponents to a .130 (9x69) average, while walking 20 and striking out 26...Was one of two relievers (along with Anthony Misiewicz) to begin and end the season on the Mariners active roster all season...Among American League rookie pitchers (min. 20.0 IP), ranked 1st in opponent batting average (.130), 3rd in saves (3), 7th in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (11.32), 8th in lowest opponent slugging and 10th in ERA (2.61)...Recorded at least one strikeout in 12 of his 16 relief appearances, including striking out a season-high four batters in three consecutive outings: Aug. 2 vs. OAK (2.0,1,0,0,2,4), Aug. 7 vs. COL (2.0,3,3,3,3,4) and Aug. 14 at HOU (3.0,1,1,1,3,4)...Finished off a strong rookie campaign in 2020 with eight stellar outings in September, recording two saves with a 2.35 ERA (2 ER, 7.2 IP), five strikeouts, one pickoff and an opponents' batting average of .160 (4 H, 25 AB)...Of his 16 outings, 11 were on the road...among all MLB pitchers who made at least 10 appearances on the road this year, his opponents batting average of .089 (4x45) was the best in the American League, and second to only Atlanta’s Chris Martin (10 G, .063 AVG, 2x32) in MLB...Tossed at least 2.0 innings in four of his first five outings (7/24-8/14), including tossing a season-high 3.0 innings on Aug. 14 at HOU (3.0,1,1,1,1,3,4)…tossed 1.0 innings or fewer in each of his final 11 games (8/20-9/27)...Earned first career save on Aug. 30 at LAA, allowing one walk and striking out two in a scoreless 9th inning…overall went 3-for-3 in save opportunities, finishing 3rd on the team with three save...Made Major League debut on July 24 at Houston, allowing one hit in scoreless 8th inning...Along with José Marmolejos, Anthony Misiewicz and Evan White, made his Major League debut on Opening Day (7/24 at HOU)...the four debuts marked the most on Opening Day in club history (previous: 2, 1989, Ken Griffey Jr. and Omar Vizquel)...the Mariners became the first team to have four player make their Big League debut on Opening Day since the 1957 Chicago Cubs (Dick Drott, Cal Neeman, Bob Will and Casey Wise)...Went 0-1, 11.27 ERA (5 ER, 3.2 IP) with five walks & six strikeouts in four Spring Training Games...Went 0-0, 16.20 ERA (3 ER, 1.2 IP) with four walks and two strikeouts in three intrasquad appearances at Mariners Summer Camp.

2019

Was a combined 4-7 with a 3.99 ERA (47 ER, 106.0 IP) with 158 strikeouts and 74 walks in 27 games (15 starts) between High-A and Double-A in Houston's system...Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star…did not pitch in the All-Star Game...Ranked 3rd in the minor leagues with a 13.42 SO/9.0 IP (158 K, 106.0 IP) ratio…was 5th in the minors in opponents' batting average (.169, min. 100.0 IP)...From June 13 - August 1 with Double-A Corpus Christi, went 2-3 with a 3.49 ERA (15 ER, 38.2 IP) with 52 strikeouts over 10 games (6 starts)…struck out 10 in 5.0-hitless innings on July 4 vs. Midland...In 17 games (8 starts) with Corpus Christi, did not allow more than 5 hits in any single outing while also recording at least 1 strikeout in each game.

2018

Went a combined 6-8 with a 3.00 ERA (78.0 IP, 26 ER), 82 strikeouts and a .200 opponent batting average between High-A Fayetteville and Double-A Corpus Christi...was named a Mid-Season All-Star in the Midwest League after posting a 2.47 ERA (14 ER, 51.0 IP) with 54 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .197.

2017

Made three stops in Houston's system: High-A Buies Creek, Single-A Quad Cities and Double-A Corpus Christi…combined to go 4-5, 4.66 (75.1 IP, 39 ER) in 20 games (11 starts).

2016

Debuted professionally with the Dominican Summer League Astros Orange, going 1-1 with a 2.39 ERA (26.1 IP, 7 ER)…finished the season in the Gulf Coast League, making two appearances out of the bullpen (1 ER, 4.0 IP)...opponents hit .212.