Ramirez was cleared of any structural damage to his strained right elbow after receiving a stem-cell injection last week and will rest up for the next month before being cleared to throw, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
The Angels transferred Ramirez to the 60-day disabled list Friday, so any slim chance the right-hander had of returning this season officially ended with that transaction. He'll turn his focus to healing up ahead of the offseason, but it doesn't look like the injury will cause any major delays to his preparation for spring training. Ramirez, who opened the season as a reliever, ended up converting to starting duties early on in the campaign and proved to be a serviceable cog in any injury-battered rotation, compiling a 4.15 ERA and 1.34 WHIP over 147.1 innings.