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| Height: 6-1
Weight: 215
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: Jun 25, 1978, Santo Domingo, Contract: Signed through 2011, mutual option for 2012. |
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October 26, 2008 The Chicago Tribune reports that Aramis Ramirez is expected to be named winner of the National League Hank Aaron Award, presented by major league baseball for offensive statistics, prior to Game 4 of the World Series Sunday night. Our View:Ramirez hit .289 with 27 homers and 111 RBI. He is a surprise winner, considering he did not even have the best offensive statistics in the National League at his position, third base. The Mets' David Wright hit 33 homers and drove in 124 runs while hitting .302. And Ramirez's numbers pale in comparison to the Cardinals' Albert Pujols, who hit .357 with 37 homers and 116 RBI. But for the first time, fans voting at MLB.com picked the winner, which explains the reason Ramirez won. |
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September 30, 2008 Aramis Ramirez has been the most consistent power bat in a stacked Cubs lineup all season, according to the Cubs Official Website. "He's been our anchor all year and without him we wouldn't be in this position," teammate Jim Edmonds said. "He's about as solid a No. 4 hitter as you get in this league." Our View:Ramirez set career bests with 44 doubles, 74 walks and a .380 OBP. He also hit .423 in "late and close" situations to lead baseball, on his way to socking 27 dingers while driving in 111 runs. He will be a key cog in the Cubs attempt to end their massive World Series drought. |
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September 24, 2008 Aramis Ramirez hit a 10th-inning home run on Wednesday to propel the Cubs to a 9-6 victory over the Mets. He drew three walks in the game and finished the night 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. Our View:The slimmed down 2008 version of Ramirez has not lost much of his power. His 27 home runs and 11 RBI are more than last season's totals. |
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September 17, 2008 Aramis Ramirez finally hit his 25th home run on Wednesday night in the Cubs' 6-1 loss to the Brewers. The home run was Ramirez's first one since August 28. Our View:Ramirez has had a home run drought in the last few weeks but he continues to drive in runs. His RBI total is up to 108 on the year and his average is climbing to .285. |
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September 9, 2008 Aramis Ramirez has been taking some criticism about his defense lately but he has not been taking the fielding woes to the plate. Ramirez was 3-for-4 with two RBI on Tuesday in a losing effort against the Cardinals. Our View:Ramirez has been solid all year with over 100 RBI and 24 home runs. |
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September 8, 2008 Aramis Ramirez returned to the Cubs' lineup Sunday after being taken out of Saturday's game as a precaution for the quadriceps tightness he has been battling lately, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Our View:Ramirez should be kept in lineups this week and should remain a solid source of homers (24) and RBI (100). The Cubs are off today and start a three-game set at St. Louis on Tuesday. |
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August 30, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 1-for-4 and recorded his 100th RBI of the season in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Phillies at Wrigley Field. Our View:Ramirez has reached at least 100 RBI in three straight seasons with the Cubs. |
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August 28, 2008 Aramis Ramirez hit a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning on Thursday night for the Cubs. Our View:Ramirez is hitting .283-24-99 on the year in yet another in a long line of excellent campaigns from the third base position. With just two more home runs, Ramirez will have his sixth straight season of 26 dongs and 92 RBI. |
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August 23, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 3-for-5 and generated six RBI in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Nationals on the north side of Chicago. He had a single and two three-run homers. Our View:Ramirez has hit homers in five of his last six games, with seven over the span. |
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August 17, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-4 and chipped in two RBI in Sunday's 9-2 win over Florida. Our View:Ramirez was out of Saturday's linuep due to a bruised right hip, but he was not bothered by the ailment in Sunday's return. That was his fifth multi-hit effort over his last six games. |
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August 16, 2008 Aramis Ramirez is out of the lineup again on Saturday night due to a bruised left hip, the Palm Beach Post reports. Mark DeRosa will start at third base. Ramirez remains day-to-day. Our View:The injury comes at a bad time, as A-Ram is hitting .390 in August. Ramirez has surpassed 145 games only once in the past four seasons, but he still has a shot to hit that total this year. Let's hope Aramis can get and stay healthy over the final weeks. |
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August 15, 2008 Aramis Ramirez is out of Friday's lineup due to a bruised left hip, according to MLB.com. He was injured last night on a slide at home. Ramirez is available to pinch hit. Our View:Mark DeRosa started in A-Ram's place. Expect Ramirez to return sometime this weekend. |
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August 14, 2008 Third baseman Aramis Ramirez had to leave Thursday's game against the Braves with a contusion to his left hip, according to The Sports Network. He apparently suffered the injury while sliding into home plate. Our View:The full extent of the injury is unknown, and it came after Ramirez had gone 2-for-2 with a home run. |
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August 13, 2008 Cubs slugger Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Chicago's 8-0 win over Atlanta. Our View:Ramirez is having a great year and is tearing it up in August with a batting average of .343, which should instill confidence in fantasy owners who saw him hit just .228 in July. |
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July 29, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 4-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI, helping lead the Cubs to a 7-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Our View:Going into the game, Ramirez was hitting just .200 for the month, so this may be the type of performance that will break him out of the slump. |
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July 26, 2008 Aramis Ramirez showed a sign of reversing his poor July fortunes today, going 2-for-5 with his 18th homer of the season as his Cubs fell 3-2 in 12 innings against the Marlins. Ramirez totaled two RBIs on the day. Our View:Ramirez came in hitting just .176 on the month of July, and while the team failed to win and the performance will only lower that average, the small burst is more than he has shown in some time. The hope is that it leads to better days. |
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July 25, 2008 Aramis Ramirez continued his poor July with an 0-for-4 against Florida today, including strikeouts. Our View:Ramirez is only hitting .176 on the month, and his average has dropped from .285 to .267. This is likely just a bad streak, and he should snap out of it. |
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July 24, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI as he led the Cubs to a 6-3 win over the Marlins Thursday night on the north side of Chicago. Our View:Ramirez finally made an impact again, as he snapped an eight-game skid without an RBI. That was also his first multi-hit outing since July 9 (versus Cincinnati). |
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July 23, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 0-for-3 on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. He is 0-for-20 since the All-Star break. Our View:Ramirez is hitting just .213 on the road this season compared to .338 at home. |
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July 11, 2008 Aramis Ramirez hit his third home run in the last six games to power the Cubs past the Giants on Friday. His blast accounted for all three of the Cubs' RBI in the game. Our View:Ramirez, somewhat quietly, is having as good a season as any Cub. He now leads the team in HRs (17) and RBI (66). |
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July 9, 2008 The Cubbies earned the 5-1 win this evening against the Reds on pitching, but third baseman Aramis Ramirez made the offense work to insure the job got done. Ramirez went 2-for-3 with one walk, his 22nd double and 16th home run on the season to total two RBIs and one runs scored on the night. Our View:Ramirez hit just .265 through June and thus far is on track for similar numbers in July, though he has already earned eight RBIs and is well on pace to eclipse the 17 he posted last month. |
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July 6, 2008 Aramis Ramirez has found his stroke since returning from the Dominican Republic earlier in the week. On Sunday, he went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run scored. Our View:Ramirez is an All-Star for a reason. Hitting cleanup in Chicago affords him a ton of RBI opportunities. His three on Sunday give him a total of 60 on the year. |
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July 5, 2008 Aramis Ramirez powered his 15th long ball of the year on Saturday and finished with two RBI for the Cubs leaving him with 57 RBI on the season. Our View:Ramirez is a slight bit behind a 30-HR pace this year, but he clearly is a solid bet to reach that total this year hitting in the heart of the Cubs order. |
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July 3, 2008 Aramis Ramirez rejoined the Cubs starting lineup on Thursday night after attending to a family matter for the last three games. The Cubs third baseman went 0-for-4 in his return. Our View:The veteran is hitting .285 with 55 RBI, 54 runs and 14 home runs on the season. |
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July 3, 2008 Aramis Ramirez is expected to to rejoin the Cubs tonight after a family trip to the Dominican Republic, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Our View:Hopefully, Ramirez enjoyed his vacation from his eight-month a year job. He should come back refreshed and be a boost to the Cubs during the rest of this road trip. |
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June 30, 2008 Aramis Ramirez will miss the next three games to deal with a family matter in the Dominican Republic, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Our View:Ramirez initially asked for four days off but was told he could take three. He is scheduled to rejoin the Cubs Thursday for the finale of a four-game set in San Francisco. The team is expected to use Mark DeRosa and Ronny Cedeno at third while Ramirez is away, who currently leads the Cubs with 55 RBI. Ramirez was obviously distracted during the Cubs' weekend series against the White Sox, as he went 0-for-13. |
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June 22, 2008 Aramis Ramirez continued to hit the ball hard on Sunday night as he went 2-for-4 with three RBI against the White Sox. One of his hits was his 14th home run of the season and the other was his 20th double. Our View:Aramis has two hits in three straight games, and in each game he has also gone yard for a total of four home runs and eight RBI in three games against cross town rivals the White Sox. |
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June 21, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-5 and collected four RBI in a 11-7 win in a slugfest against the White Sox on Saturday. He hit one single and a three-run homer. Our View:He has reached two hits in back-to-back games against the cross-town Sox, with six RBI over the span. |
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June 20, 2008 Aramis Ramirez tied the game with a home run in the seventh inning, then won it in the bottom of the ninth with his second home run of the day in the Cubs matchup with cross town rivals the White Sox. Our View:With a .293-12-47 line, Ramirez is once again in line to be selected to the mid-summers classic. A notoriously streaky hitter, Ramirez is a near lock for 25 HR and 90 RBI, numbers he has reached in each of the past five seasons. |
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June 15, 2008 Aramis Ramirez hit his tenth home run of the season in the seventh inning of the Cubs 7-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon. Our View:The long ball was Ramirez's only hit of the day but raised his RBI total to 45 on the season. |
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May 29, 2008 Aramis Ramirez is 15-for-36 (.417) over his last nine games, with three homers, 10 RBI, and eight runs scored, according to the Sports Network. Our View:Ramirez now leads the Cubs with 37 RBI and raised his average to .302. Ramirez is among the most productive fantasy third basemen right now. |
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May 26, 2008 Aramis Ramirez hit his 9th home run of the season to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Monday. Our View:Ramirez continued his consistent May production on Monday. The cleanup hitter is batting .299 on the season with 37 runs, 36 RBI and a stolen base. In most formats Ramirez ranks behind only Chipper Jones and David Wright as the top fantasy contributors at third base. |
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May 25, 2008 Chicago third baseman Aramis Ramirez was the force of reckoning for the Cubbies in today's 6-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ramirez went 2-for-5 with two singles to drive in two runs. Our View:Ramirez is hitting .306 this month, but he has just two homers and 13 RBIs over that span. |
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May 20, 2008 The Cubbies suffered the 4-2 loss to Houston this evening despite the efforts of third baseman Aramis Ramirez . Ramirez went 2-for-4 at the plate with his eighth homer of the season, good for two RBIs on the evening. Our View:Ramirez had been on a cold streak in terms of power hitting, this being his first home run since April 23rd in Colorado |
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May 19, 2008 Aramis Ramirez had three hits, including his seventh home run, on his way to two runs scored and two RBI. Our View:Ramirez continues to be a third baseman who's name doesn't come close to matching his value. Year in and year out the guy gives you 30 bombs and 100 ribbies, you can pretty much bank it, marking him as one tremendous option at third base. |
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May 6, 2008 Cubs 3B Aramis Ramirez put in work to help Chicago prevail 3-0 over the Cincinnati Reds this evening. Ramirez went 1-for-3 with a walk, collecting his 23rd RBI of the season and adding a run scored. Our View:Ramirez enjoyed a couple of days off and has struggled a bit with strike outs. Fantasy owners are sure to note his lack of power. He hasn't hit a homer since April 23rd. |
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May 6, 2008 Aramis Ramirez is listed in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Reds. He tells the Chicago Sun-Times that his sore left wrist isn't 100 percent, but he's good enough to play. Ramirez took a pitch off the joint on Friday. Our View:We're less amazed with A-Ram's status than the fact that the Sun-Times uses Twitter to provide updates. Most papers are still trying to adapt to the whole world of blogs. Anyway, it sounds mildly safe to use Ramirez in fantasy lineups. |
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May 5, 2008 Aramis Ramirez missed his third straight game with a sore left wrist, which was hit by a pitch on Friday. Mark DeRosa started at third base. Our View:Ramirez tested the wrist on Monday but still isn't ready to return to the starting lineup. |
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May 3, 2008 Cubs 3B Aramis Ramirez has been held out of today's starting lineup against the St. Louis Cardinals, nursing a swollen wrist after taking a pitch to the left wrist on Friday, according to MLB.com. Our View:The team reports the injury is not serious and hopes to see Ramirez back on the field tomorrow. |
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April 21, 2008 Aramis Ramirez went 1-for-2 thanks to his fifth home run of the season on Monday. Our View:Aramis continues to be the best third baseman that doesn't cause people to go giddy and he is off to a solid start hitting .282-5-13 in the early going. |
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April 20, 2008 Aramis Ramirez tied a career high with four hits, including a two-run homer, in a 13-6 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday. Our View:Ramirez is starting to warm up. The third baseman raised his average to .274, has 11 RBI, 16 runs scored and with his Sunday home run, now has four on the year. |
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April 10, 2008 Aramis Ramirez hit his second home run of the season in Wednesday's 15-inning win over Pittsburgh. The former Pirate third baseman had three hits and scored two runs to go along with this two run long ball. For the second consecutive game, the Cubs used seven pitchers. The Pirates also used seven after employing eight on Monday. With Rich Hill and Matt Morris locking horns in the Thursday night series finale, look for both pitchers to be more efficient with their pitch count. The arms in both bullpens could use a day off on Thursday. |
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March 4, 2008 Aramis Ramirez is expected to make his spring debut Thursday after missing the first five games with a sore shoulder, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The Cubbies are a little banged up right now with A-Ram, Alfonso Soriano, Mark DeRosa and Daryl Ward all nursing various maladies. |
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February 29, 2008 Aramis Ramirez had been expected to make his spring debut on Friday, but that's been put off due to a sore shoulder, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. He might be ready to roll on Saturday, though. The Cubs don't believe it's anything more than typical early spring training soreness. |