The Giants announced that right-hander Wilkin Ramos has been designated for assignment. That opens a 40-man spot for catcher Drew Cavanaugh. It was reported earlier today that Cavanaugh would be added to the roster.
Ramos, 25, was just added to the roster at the start of this month. Shortly after being added to the roster, he made two big league appearances, allowing five earned runs in two innings. He was optioned back to the minors after that. He has since tossed 5 2/3 Triple-A innings, allowing nine earned runs.
It seems that his rough month has led the team to quickly sour on him, just as quickly as they grew sweet on him earlier this year. He signed a minor league deal with the Giants in the offseason and began the season at Triple-A. He then cracked of 27 innings with a 2.00 earned run average, 23.5% strikeout rate, 6.1% walk rate and 61.4% ground ball rate. That led to him getting called up to the majors but, as mentioned, his results have been awful since then.
He will now head into DFA limbo, which can last as long as a week. The waiver process takes 48 hours, so the Giants could take as long as five days to explore trade interest, though they could also put him on the waiver sooner than that. Ramos had no major league experience prior to this month, so he doesn’t have much of a track record to go on. His work in the minors has generally been strong. Over the 2024 and 2025 seasons, he tossed 115 2/3 innings on the farm with a 2.80 ERA, 23.7% strikeout rate, 10.7% walk rate and grounders on well over half the balls in play he allowed.
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