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Here's a nice, brief look at Ramirez from Baseball Intellect's Alex Eisenberg.

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Here’s another “brief” look at Ramirez.

Ramirez then proceeds to load his arm—his elbow gets a little high, which may or may not add to his injury risk.

NeRa’s high elbow stood out to me in several photos I saw of him pitching this season for Spokane.

He appears to do this more often/worse than any farm arm I saw pics of this season.

by shroomer on Sep 9, 2008 12:54 PM CDT reply actions  

I hope

his pants don’t fall down when he pitches.

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen,
und freudenvollere.

by t ball on Sep 9, 2008 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

Would

there be something so wrong with that?

"I'm a dirty mouth with feet" - Tori Amos

by Rangerchick on Sep 9, 2008 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Might make

fielding a bit difficult.

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen,
und freudenvollere.

by t ball on Sep 9, 2008 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ramirez

was drafted in the supplemental first round, not the second round.

by jparks77 on Sep 9, 2008 12:57 PM CDT reply actions  

I thought you gave up

or did you fail at that, too?

"The question of how we came to be is a philosophical one." - 4HIM

by inactive lsb user on Sep 9, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

I was excited when the Rangers

Drafted him and more excited when he signed. I think he will open eyes next year.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Sep 9, 2008 4:20 PM CDT reply actions  

I don't know if it's selection bias or not...

but in the fastball and curve videos he picked to show Ramirez’s delivery, Ramirez’s motion is remarkably consistent. Typically, even the best pitchers in the game have more of a variance between their fastball and curve.

Eisenberg mentioned it briefly, but when coupled with Ramirez’s stuff, the deception this creates is otherworldly.

I looked earlier so I’m not sure if Eisenberg fixed it, but the sideview wasn’t working properly this afternoon. The high elbow is really only a concern with regard to timing. From the front-view photos, it’s hard to tell exactly when his elbow drops back down. Typically, problems only occur if a pitcher picks that elbow up and then drags his arm behind his shoulders while still picking up the ball.

Eisenberg mentions some violence in Ramirez’s delivery, but the examples he shows really don’t accent that point. In fact, the examples he chose look pretty impressive from a mechanical standpoint with the elbow position being the only obvious question mark.

Just my opinion, feel free to react or not.

It's filed under 'D'... for donut.

by NoNameOnCard on Sep 9, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions  

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