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SF Giants officially recall OF Heliot Ramos, option Matt Beaty

The SF Giants officially recalled outfielder Heliot Ramos from Triple-A Sacramento prior to Sunday's game, optioning corner bat Matt Beaty.
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SF Giants officially recall OF Heliot Ramos, option Matt Beaty
SF Giants officially recall OF Heliot Ramos, option Matt Beaty

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The SF Giants officially recalled outfielder Heliot Ramos (Giants #17 prospect) from Triple-A Sacramento prior to their game on Sunday against the Kansas City Royals, optioning first baseman/left fielder Matt Beaty to Triple-A. Giants Baseball Insider reported that Ramos was traveling to join the team on Saturday night. Beaty appeared in two games with the Giants, recording one hit in two plate appearances.

The Giants 2017 first-round pick, Ramos was once a consensus top-100 prospect in baseball. Drafted out of high school in Puerto Rico, Ramos turned heads as a teenager in 2019, hitting .306/.385/.500 with the organization's High-A affiliate. While his production dipped after more challenging appearances in Double-A and the Arizona Fall League, many expected Ramos to adjust in time.

Perhaps hampered by the canceled 2020 minor-league season, Ramos has never been able to replicate his High-A production in the upper minors. He posted a passable .237/.323/.432 line at Double-A in 2021, and was promoted to Triple-A before the end of the season. Over the past three years, Ramos has hit just .246/.313/.366at the highest level of the minors, .

Ramos has above-average power potential, but has a swing that has prevented him from maximizing his pop. The 23-year-old outfielder consistently generates some of the best exit velocities in the organization, but the vast majority of his balls in play are on the ground.

Ramos has made several adjustments over the past couple of seasons and notably improved both his strikeout and walk rates at Triple-A in 2022, but he has yet to show the ability to consistently get the ball in the air. This spring, Ramos hit .191/.217/.238 with one double, one walk, and five strikeouts in 21 plate appearances. However, he has hit better in his short time at Triple-A, recording a .333/.355/.370 line in 31 trips to the plate.

Beaty, who was acquired in a minor trade on Opening Day, is a left-handed hitter and has an option remaining. The SF Giants likely slated to face left-handed starting pitchers Kris Bubic, Clayton Kershaw, and Julio Urías in three of their next four games. However, the team's best right-handed hitting outfielders (Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater) are both on the injured list. So, in their place, Heliot Ramos will get the call to give manager Gabe Kapler a right-handed bat to deploy.

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Marc Delucchi
MARC DELUCCHI

Marc Delucchi (he/they/she) serves as the Managing Editor at Giants Baseball Insider, leading their SF Giants coverage. As a freelance journalist, he has previously covered the San Francisco Giants at Around the Foghorn and McCovey Chronicles. He also currently contributes to Niners Nation, Golden State of Mind, and Baseball Prospectus. He has previously been featured in several other publications, including SFGate, ProFootballRumors, Niners Wire, GrandStand Central, Call to the Pen, and Just Baseball. Over his journalistic career, Marc has conducted investigations into how one prep baseball player lost a college opportunity during the pandemic (Baseball Prospectus) and the rampant mistreatment of players at the University of Hawaii football program under former head coach Todd Graham (SFGate). He has also broken dozens of news stories around professional baseball, primarily around the SF Giants organization, including the draft signing of Kyle Harrison, injuries and promotions to top prospects like Heliot Ramos, and trade details in the Kris Bryant deal. Marc received a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College with a major in economics and a minor in Spanish. During his time in college, he conducted a summer research project attempting to predict the future minor-league performance of NCAA hitters, worked as a data analyst for the school's Women's basketball team, and worked as a play-by-play announcer/color commentator for the basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. He also worked as an amateur baseball scout with the Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network (later renamed Evolution Metrix), scouting high school and college players for three draft cycles. For tips and inquiries, feel free to reach out to Marc directly on Twitter or via email (delucchimarc@gmail.com).

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