Ramirez (elbow) was reinstated from Single-A Fredericksburg's 7-day injured list July 26 and assigned to the rookie-level Florida Complex League.
The FCL season concluded July 25, so the Nationals may just have elected to assign Ramirez to the affiliate in an effort to manage the 23-year-old right-hander's workload coming off a major injury. Prior to beginning his rehab assignment in the FCL on June 27, Ramirez hadn't pitched in affiliated ball since September 2021 after a lengthy recovery from Tommy John surgery, which he underwent in the spring of 2022. Over his eight FCL appearances, Ramirez struck out seven batters and gave up 10 earned runs on nine hits and five walks across nine innings.
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Nationals' Aldo Ramirez: Kicks off rehab in FCL
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Ramirez (elbow) will begin a rehab assignment in the rookie-level Florida Complex League on Thursday.
Ramirez, whom the Nationals acquired in July 2021 in a deal that sent outfielder Kyle Schwarber to the Red Sox, hasn't pitched in affiliated ball since that season. He missed the entire 2022 season with a sore elbow that later required Tommy John surgery, which kept him out for all of 2023 and for the first three months of the 2024 campaign. Ramirez remains on Single-A Fredericksburg's 7-day injured list and will likely rejoin the Nationals' Carolina League affiliate after making multiple rehab appearances in the FCL.
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Nationals' Aldo Ramirez: On mend from Tommy John surgery
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Ramirez is on the 60-day injured list at Single-A Fredericksburg as he recovers from spring 2022 Tommy John surgery, Sam Dykstra of MLB.com reports.
Ramirez, who turns 22 in May, has not pitched in official games since 2021, but he is on track to be activated sometime this summer. He could sit in the mid-to-upper 90s with his fastball if he were pitching in short stints, so it's possible he eventually gets fast-tracked as a reliever, but the Nationals will likely keep developing him as a starter for now.
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Nationals' Aldo Ramirez: Won't pitch in 2022
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Ramirez (elbow) was placed on the full-season injured list June 5 for the Nationals' rookie-level Florida Complex League affiliate and isn't expected to pitch again until 2023.
Ramirez was sidelined with right elbow tendinitis for much of the second half of the 2021 campaign and experienced recurring soreness in the elbow during spring training, prompting the Nationals to delay assigning him to an affiliate. He was expected to begin pitching in early June when the FCL season got underway, but Ramirez's elbow injury was apparently more serious than anticipated. It's unclear if Ramirez required surgery to address the injury, but his lack of game action in 2022 is a negative development for his outlook in any case.
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Nationals' Aldo Ramirez: Out with sore elbow
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Ramirez is taking it slow after dealing with elbow soreness this spring, Sam Dykstra of MLB.com reports.
Shipped to Washington in last year's deadline deal that sent Kyle Schwarber to Boston, Ramirez made eight starts last year at the Low-A level, logging a 2.03 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 32:8 K:BB in 31 innings. It's unclear when he'll be able to take the field this season.
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Nationals' Aldo Ramirez: Pitching again in FCL
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Ramirez (elbow) has made two appearances for the Nationals' rookie-level Florida Complex League affiliate since being activated from the 7-day injured list Monday, working three innings between those outings while giving up two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks.
Ramirez had been pitching for Low-A Salem in the Red Sox's system before he was dealt to Washington in late July in the Kyle Schwarber trade. Just days prior to the trade, Ramirez developed right elbow tendinitis, which delayed him from making his debut for his new organization for nearly a month. The Nationals aren't labeling Ramirez's stint in the FCL as a rehab assignment, so he'll likely continue to make regular starts at the rookie-ball level before potentially earning a promotion to Low-A Fredericksburg at some point in September.
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Nationals' Aldo Ramirez: Bound for DC
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Ramirez (elbow) will be traded from the Red Sox to the Nationals in exchange for Kyle Schwarber (hamstring) on Thursday, Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post reports.
Ramirez was pitching extremely well with Low-A Salem this season before being shut down with tendinitis in his elbow. He had maintained a 2.03 ERA and a 1.13 WHP with 32 strikeouts across 31 innings prior to hitting the injured list. He'll join an impressive group of young arms in the Nationals organization, though it's unclear when he'll be able to take the mound again.
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Red Sox's Aldo Ramirez: Shut down with elbow injury
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Low-A Salem placed Ramirez on the 7-day injured list Monday with right elbow tendinitis, Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com reports.
The 20-year-old becomes the latest in a growing list of high-end pitching prospects in the Red Sox organization to hit the shelf with an arm injury. Though Boston is classifying Ramirez's injury as tendinitis rather than something more concerning such as elbow tightness or an elbow strain, he'll still likely end up spending more than the minimum seven days on the IL.
