The Milwaukee Brewers selected Ramirez in the fourth round,with the 131st overall selection,of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft as a first baseman.[3] He split his first professional season between the rookie–level Helena Brewers and Single–A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers,batting a cumulative .271/.305/.496 with 11 home runs and 53 RBI.[3] He returned to Wisconsin in 2012,playing in 96 games and hitting .248/.295/.447 with 16 home runs and 70 RBI.[4] Ramirez spent the 2013 season with the High–A Brevard County Manatees,playing in 134 games and batting .258/.326/.438 with career–highs in home runs (19) and RBI (81).[5] He was promoted to the Double–A in 2014,but repeated the level three times.[6] In parts of six seasons in Double–A (with the Huntsville Stars and Biloxi Shuckers of the Double ASouthern League),he batted .229/.324/.405 with 50 home runs and 198 RBI.[7]
Through the 2017 season,Ramirez batted .242 with 96 home runs and 403 runs batted in,but he also struck out 748 times in 2,380 at bats.[2] In 2017,the Brewers converted Ramirez into a pitcher.[6] Returning to Biloxi,Ramirez had a 7–4 win–loss record in 48 relief appearances with a 1.38 earned run average (ERA) while holding opponents to a .199 batting average against.[8] He earned a late-season promotion to the Triple–A Colorado Springs Sky Sox.[9] Ramirez also made 32 plate appearances in 2017 as a first baseman or pinch hitter.[8] He became a free agent after the season,[10] but re-signed with Milwaukee on a minor league contract on January 10,2018.[11] In 2018,he had an 8–0 record with Biloxi in nineteen relief appearances,and held batters to just .159.[8] However,he went 3–3 with Colorado Springs over twenty appearances,but finished with a 5.73 ERA while opponents hit .297 off him.[8] Ramirez elected free agency following the season on November 2,2018.[12]
Detroit Tigers
On December 19,2018,Ramirez signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers.[13] The Tigers promoted Ramirez to the major leagues for the first time on May 10,2019.[14] At time of promotion he had pitched in five games,three for Double-A Erie SeaWolves and two for Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens,starting all five. He held a 1–1 record,2.31 ERA,and 30 strikeouts to only five walks.[8]
On May 11,Ramirez made his major league debut against the Minnesota Twins,pitching four innings of relief in the second game of a doubleheader.[15] He allowed one run on six hits,while striking out five batters,the first of which was Mitch Garver.[16] Ramirez earned his first major league win with three perfect innings of relief in a May 29 game against the Baltimore Orioles.[17] For the season,Ramirez went 5–4 with a 4.07 ERA and 74 strikeouts.[18] He led all Tiger relievers with 79+2⁄3 innings out of the bullpen[19] but was outrighted off the Tigers roster after the season ended.[20] He was re-signed to a new minor league contract after becoming a free agent on November 7, 2019.[21]
When the 2020 minor league season was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ramirez was assigned to the Tigers alternate training site.[22] He was called up to the active roster on September 9.[23] Ramirez appeared in five games, compiling a 0–0 record with 5.91 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 10+2⁄3 innings pitched.[24] On October 27, he was outrighted off of the 40-man roster, and elected free agency.[25]
San Diego Padres
On December 21, 2020, Ramirez signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.[26] On April 17, 2021, he was selected to the active roster to take the place of the injured Dan Altavilla.[27] He made 13 appearances in 2021, going 1–1 with a 5.75 ERA and 14 strikeouts.[18] Ramirez was designated for assignment by the Padres on September 17[28] and elected free agency on October 6.[29]
Seattle Mariners
On April 9, 2022, Ramirez signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners organization.[30] He made 53 appearances for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, logging a 3–4 record and 2.93 ERA with 53 strikeouts and 16 saves in 55+1⁄3 innings pitched[8] and elected free agency following the season on November 10.[31]
New York Yankees
On December 15, 2022, Ramirez signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization.[32] He began the 2023 season with the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, making 8 appearances and registering a 1.74 ERA with 7 strikeouts in 10+1⁄3 innings of work.[8] On April 25, he was selected to the Yankees active roster.[33] In 32 relief appearances for them, he recorded a 2.66 ERA with 28 strikeouts across 40+2⁄3 innings pitched.[18] Ramirez was optioned to Scranton to begin the 2024 season.[34] However, he was designated for assignment by the Yankees on March 30, without appearing in any games.[35]
Los Angeles Dodgers
On April 2, 2024, the Yankees traded Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for cash considerations.[36] The Dodgers assigned him to the Triple–A Oklahoma City Baseball Club.[37] After just one appearance in the minors, he was called up to the majors on April 13.[38] He was designated for assignment on July 30,[39] cleared waivers and was outrighted back to Oklahoma City on August 2.[40] On September 8, Ramirez was added back to the major league roster,[41] where he pitched in one more game before he was again designated for assignment on September 10.[42] Ramirez cleared waivers and was again outrighted to Oklahoma City on September 12.[43] On the season, he appeared in eight games for Los Angeles, with nine earned runs allowed in 31 innings[18] and in 28 games in Oklahoma City, he posted a 4.37 ERA with 28 strikeouts across 35 innings.[8] Ramirez elected free agency on October 31.[44]
Ramirez and his wife, Tiffany, were married in 2018. They share a son, Reese, and daughter, Cru. [46] His father, Randy, pitched for Long Beach State University and the Seattle Mariners organization, reaching Double-A.[47]
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