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Boras and Dodgers GM Ned Colletti said arranging more rest for Ramirez would be worked out between the 37-year-old outfielder and manager Joe Torre. Juan Pierre, who hit .308 with 30 steals in 145 games as Ramirez's primary sub, figures to benefit from the extra PT.
Taking into account that Ramirez missed 50 games due to suspension, 2009 was yet another fine season for the veteran left fielder. Still, the 37-year-old's best days are clearly behind him. He goes into next year as more of a No. 2 fantasy outfielder than the No. 1 slugger we've grown accustomed to.
Manager Joe Torre revealed that Ramirez initially felt tightness in his hamstring during Saturday night's game, when he reached base in all five plate appearances. Torre said Ramirez, who was intentionally walked as a pinch-hitter Sunday when he had a scheduled day off, was available to pinch-hit Monday. "It doesn't seem very serious," said Torre.
The light turned on for Ramirez at the plate, as he brought a .118 (2-for-17) batting average over six games into Saturday's contest. He's had a rough time in September, as his .226 batting average for the month has brought his batting average down from .310 to just .299.
After two straight months -- three, if you count his five-game May campaign -- of posting sub-.600 slugging percentages, the Mayor of Mannywood has, once again, been teeing off on opposing hurlers like only he can, ripping four homers, driving in 10 and slugging at a classically Manny .622 rate. It's been quite a year for the dreadlocked masher, but he seems determined to go out in style.
Folllowing a midsummer power drought, Manny has rediscovered his homer stroke with five in his last 11 games. He’s put together only two multi-hit efforts in that span, but it's clear he's getting comfortable at the plate again. Overall, the enigmatic slugger is batting .305 with 54 RBIs and a formidable .986 OPS in 87 games.
Ramirez, who was replaced in left field by Juan Pierre, slammed his helmet and bat down after fanning, provoking the home plate umpire to toss him from the game. This shouldn't be the last time Ramirez's name is heard during this three-game series, though. He has a tantalizing .861 slugging percentage in 36 career at-bats at Chase Field, so expect some more highlights the next two games.
Ramirez stretched his hitting streak to seven games, including nailing his second home run in three games. The outfielder was merely respectable in August -- at least by his lofty standards -- by going .301 with four long balls and 12 RBIs. A major tear could be in order for September, so keep the outfielder entrenched in your starting lineup.
A 1-for-3 line wouldn't normally be a noteworthy day for Ramirez, but the lone hit represented his first home run in 16 games. The three homers and 11 RBIs he's racked up in August is nowhere close to the kind of August he had for the Dodgers last year, when he put up nine home runs and 25 RBIs after coming over from the Red Sox. Still, it doesn't make sense to write off the outfielder for September, so keep trotting him out in your everyday lineup.
Multi-hit nights have been hard to come by for Ramirez lately. He has only three such efforts in his last 12 ballgames as his batting average hovers around the .300 mark. Still, it's wise to get Ramirez on your side and keep him active. There's no telling when he could go off on pitchers.
It's been a frustrating game of red light/green light since Manny returned to the Dodgers lineup last month. There have been stretches where he's resembled the Manny of old -- such as July 7-12, when he hit .455 with a pair of homers and eight ribbies -- and there have been painful rough patches like his recent 1-for-14 stretch from Aug. 16-19. His .304 August average is solid enough, but owners have come to expect much more than the two long balls and eight RBIs he's totaled this month.
The dreadlocked veteran posted a very un-Manny-like .278 average in July, but a 17-year track record of greatness is all you need to know that it wouldn't last. Manny is back it again in August, pounding out three multi-hit efforts in his last four contests. Ramirez has only driven in seven runners in August, a curiously low total for such a noted run producer, but since the month is just half over, there's plenty of time for the streaking slugger to work up his ribbie totals.
It looks like Manny’s back to being Manny, as the mercurial slugger racked up his third straight multi-hit effort and knocked in multiple runs for the first time in seven games. While he probably won’t match the otherworldly final two months he submitted last year, owners can count on another prolific final leg from one of the game’s best finishers.
Ramirez has three multiple hit performances in his last five starts to keep his batting average from tumbling below .300. A lowly .205 mark in 12 games from July 21 - Aug. 3 pushed the outfielder's average toward the .290s, but it looks as though he's regained his footing.
There was only so long opposing pitchers could hold Manny down, and they did a respectable job, limiting the heavy hitter to a paltry .210 average and eight RBIs in his first 17 contests following the break. But Ramirez broke through Tuesday, ending a season-long 10-game streak without an RBI. Now that he’s relocated his power stroke, owners can expect the mercurial slugger to reprise his role as a second-half assassin.
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