Agustin Ramirez

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Miami Marlins #2 prospect in 2025
  BA Grade/Risk: 50/High.
  
  Track Record: The Yankees signed Ramirez out of the Dominican Republic in 2018 for $400,000. Due to a combination of factors—including no minor league season in 2020—Ramirez didn’t make his full-season debut until 2023, when he flew through three levels and reached Double-A. He got off to a hot start in 2024, prompting Miami to target him as the centerpiece of a midseason trade for Jazz Chisholm.
  
  Scouting Report: Ramirez is one of the best hitting catchers in the minors. He employs a crouched, slightly open setup with a horizontal bat. He swings extremely hard but does an above-average job of making contact. He uses an excellent follow-through that stays long through the zone after contact and is conducive to producing screaming, low line drives. Despite his smaller frame, Ramirez produces plus raw power and projects to hit for above-average power in games. He has shown strong walk rates in the minors, and though he will chase quality breaking stuff down, he has a good idea of how the pitcher is trying to attack him. Ramirez is a below-average runner, but he managed to steal 22 of 24 bases in 2024 due to exceptional basestealing savvy. In particular, he loves to steal third base by timing up pitchers’ looks. Ramirez’s defense behind the plate lags behind. Opposing runners ran wild on him in 2024 with a 90% success rate, stealing 110 bases in 122 tries. He has average arm strength, but he suffers from a poor transfer and subpar accuracy. He’s also fairly crude in blocking and framing.
  
  The Future: With fellow catching prospect Joe Mack right behind him on the ladder, Ramirez could end up sliding over to first base, where his bat would still profile. But his greatest value exists if he can remain behind the dish. He has a chance to earn a spot on the Opening Day roster with a big spring.
  
  Scouting Grades Hit: 55 | Power: 55 | Run: 40 | Fielding: 40 | Arm: 50
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  Ranked New York Yankees #20 prospect in 2024
  BA Grade: 45/High
  
  Track Record: Ramirez was signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2018 and has moved slowly through the system. He repeated the Florida Complex League in 2022 and didn’t reach full-season ball until 2023, when he got on a rocket ship through the system. Ramirez zoomed from Low-A to Double-A, slugging 18 home runs along the way. The total bested his previous career mark by four longballs.
  
  Scouting Report: Ramirez’s calling card is going to be the damage he can do with his bat. He marries bat speed with a stroke that keeps the barrel in the zone a long time. The combination helped him produce big-time average (91 mph) and 90th percentile (106.6 mph) exit velocities that will give him a ceiling as a thumper. Ramirez also makes a lot of contact in the strike zone but needs to rein in his chase rates a touch. He also could stand to make his path to the zone a little less steep. He has plus arm strength but needs plenty of polish when it comes to receiving and blocking. He’s a well below-average runner.
  
  The Future: The Yankees protected Ramirez on the 40-man roster, and he’ll return to Double-A in 2024. If he can rein in chase rate, he’ll make the most of his strength and bat speed and could be an offensive-minded backstop. He also got a few games at first base upon moving to Double-A, and his bat would profile at the position.
  
  Scouting Grades Hit: 45 | Power: 60 | Run: 30 | Field: 40 | Arm: 60

• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 40/High
  
  August Update: Ramirez was signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2018 and ranked No. 48 in that year&#39s international class. This year, in a return to the Florida Complex League, he&#39s beginning to hint the potential the Yankees saw as an amateur. Rival scouts see a player with a chance to be an offensive-minded catcher with plenty of raw juice. He&#39s a below-average defender but has a strong throwing arm.