Alexander Ramirez - Position: OF Age: 17 DOB: 1/13/2003
Bats: R Throws: R Height:
6'3" Weight: 170 lb.
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 60 | Arm: 50 |
Field: 50
Ramirez's athleticism has been the key to his success an
amateur and the belief is that his natural abilities will help propel him
through the Minor Leagues and ultimately to the big leagues.
The tall and large-framed teen already shows advanced hitting
skills and knowledge of the strike zone. He makes solid contact at the plate
and is known for hitting line drives to all fields. He has shown flashes of
emerging power and projects to be an average hitter.
What's certain is that Ramirez is true center fielder and has
the skill set to stay at the position as he grows and develops. He projects to
be a plus runner and that skill will help make him into an above-average
defender, but ultimately, the team that signs him will decide where he fits best
and put him on a path to the Major Leagues.
Mack – We’ve done well in the last few International drafts.
SP Robert Dominquez, catcher Francisco Alvarez, and outfielders Freddy Valdez and Ramirez all seem to insure us as a
bright future come 2024.
$400/week ($4,800 for a three-month season) for Rookie or
short-season (up from $290/$3,480)
$500/week ($10,000 for a five-month season) for Class A (up
from $290/$5,800)
$600/week ($12,000 for a five-month season) for Double-A (up
from $350/$7,000)
$700/week ($14,000 for a five-month season) for Triple-A (up
from $502/$10,040)
Assuming that players work an eight-hour workday five days a
week (which is an assumption you’d make only if you both knew nothing about how
long minor leaguers work and also were feeling extremely generous towards the
league), the new pay scale works out to an hourly minimum wage of $10, $12.50,
$15, and $17.50, respectively. Assuming even 50 hours a week puts everybody
below $15 an hour; 60 hours a week puts everyone below $12. And all of the
scenarios assume either that players are independently wealthy or that they’ll
fit their year-round conditioning and training in around finding some other way
to make money seven or nine months out of the year.
Mack – This
is still at least 50% less than it should be.
17.
SS Ronny Mauricio
After signing with the Mets back in 2017 for a then-team
international free agent market bonus mark of $2.1 million, Mauricio made his
full season debut last year and was the youngest player in the Sally League. In
his minor league career, Mauricio holds slashes of .270/.306/.374 with seven
home runs and 72 RBI.
Law sites Mauricio as "a very athletic shortstop who's
already above-average at the position, while at the plate, he has lightning in
his hands, and has power that he hasn't gotten to yet because he's still so
young and because he's putting the ball on the ground too often."
Mauricio will need to get under the ball more in order to
reach his 25-plus HR potential, but "a shortstop with this kind of bat
speed who can already make contact against pitchers two to four years his
senior has huge potential," and could become a Top 5 prospect with a big
season in 2020.
Fangraphs featured some graphs on the amount
of ‘dead money’ each team has this season.
They
were:
Released Players Owed Money in 2020
| Player | 2020 Money Owed | Team | Current Team/Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wei-Yin Chen | $22.0 M | Marlins | Mariners |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | $21.2 M | Yankees | Free Agent |
| Troy Tulowitzki | $14.0 M | Blue Jays | Retired |
| Zack Cozart | $12.7 M | Giants | Free Agent |
| Héctor Olivera | $8.5 M | Padres | Released |
| Prince Fielder | $9.0 M | Rangers | Retired |
| David Wright | $9.0 M | Mets | Retired |
| Ian Kinsler | $4.3 M* | Padres | Padres Front Office |
*Kinsler’s remaining guarantee was to be negotiated with the Padres as part of his front office role.
Players Owed Money in 2020 Removed From 40-Man Roster
| Player | 2020 Money Owed | Team | Traded Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmany Tomas | $17.0 M | Diamondbacks | Minors |
| Rusney Castillo | $14.3 M | Red Sox | Minors |
| Odubel Herrera | $7.4 M | Phillies | Minors |
| Yaisel Sierra | $6.5 M | Dodgers | Minors |
Traded Players Owed Money in 2020
| Player | 2020 Money Owed | Team | Traded Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Price | $16.0 M | Red Sox | Dodgers |
| Jay Bruce | $11.6 M | Mariners | Phillies |
| Kenta Maeda | $10.4 M* | Dodgers | Twins |
| Zack Greinke | $10.3 M | Diamondbacks | Astros |
| Mike Leake | $9.0 M | Mariners | Diamondbacks |
| Prince Fielder | $6 M | Tigers | Rangers |
| Héctor Olivera | $4.7 M | Dodgers | Braves |
| Mike Leake, | $4.0 M | Cardinals | Mariners |
| Edwin Encarnación | $4.0 M | Mariners | Indians |
| Robinson Canó | $3.8 M | Mariners | Mets |
| Giancarlo Stanton | $3.0 M** | Marlins | Yankees |
| Evan Longoria | $2.2 M | Rays | Giants |
| Starling Marte | $1.5 M | Pirates | Diamondbacks |
| Corey Kluber | $.5 M | Indians | Rangers |
*Of the amount the Dodgers are sending the Twins, $7 million is tentative and based on Maeda’s incentives vesting.
**Technically, the Marlins haven’t paid the Yankees anything until after Stanton doesn’t opt out, but for the competitive balance tax with the Yankees and Marlins (ha), $3 million is prorated over the life of the remaining deal.
**Technically, the Marlins haven’t paid the Yankees anything until after Stanton doesn’t opt out, but for the competitive balance tax with the Yankees and Marlins (ha), $3 million is prorated over the life of the remaining deal.
I wish we still owed Jay Bruce his money :(
ReplyDeleteExciting write up on Mauricio. Reads like a future big star. Ramírez could well have everyone excited this time next year.
ReplyDeleteSomehow, David Wright is still owed $$...beware long terms contracts ending in a baseball player’s twilight years.
Solid raises only in terms of percentage. Still what we used to call “Cooley wages.”
ReplyDeleteOr Curly wages...time to bring back the Curly Shuffle.
ReplyDeleteTom, Wright’s deal was a good deal, but he got hurt and tried playing through the injury. While it’s tempting to wonder how much Jeff Wilpon’s insistence that players play hurt had to do with this, it has never been brought to light that Wright was pushed by anyone to play hurt.
ReplyDeleteZozo, we can’t hate BVW’s enough for screwing our team, but they had a chance to pull out when they found an injury to Diaz, but they had to “steal” Cano so badly.... when he didn’t even want to be traded to another team...
TexasGus, that is one reason I like this Mets team. People wonder where Cespedes will play - one injury to someone and suddenly there is sufficient room. David probably thought, "If I don't play thru this, the team will disintegrate." So you push and really get hurt. On this team, they'd tell him to rest up and heal.
ReplyDeleteWright did everything he could to play baseball again.
ReplyDeleteNot like others with injuries.
Love these FWIW columns, Mack.
ReplyDelete1. I'll wager that if the fuel in the current SS pipeline (Rosario, Giminez, Mauricio) it is the bigger, stronger Ronny M who becomes the CF'er.
2. I'd trade a reduced MiL affiliate enrollment for a living annual salary wage for the signed. Independent leagues could showcase the rest at levels listed with MLB teams bidding on their stars post-season.
...that's a thought experiment (I think).
Yes, MnL players (and coaches/mgrs, too) are vastly underpaid. But even with that, how about the "MnL systems" of the NBA and NFL (aka NCAA)?
ReplyDeleteEven minimum salaries are better than zero.