Eli
Ramirez

Positional Profile: MIF/RHP

Body: 5-foot-9, 155-pounds.  Lean and athletic build with present strength and room for more added size and strength in the future.

Hit: RHH.  Starts with a neutral stance and athletic posture.  Slow loads the weight into the inside of the back knee and uses a short knee knock stride to a wider base.  Hands work very quickly through the zone and shows strong overall bat speed.  Slight uphill bat path and shows some strength at contact.  Strong rotation around the core.  Maintains balance and athleticism well throughout the swing. 

Defense: In the infield attacks the ball with active feet and feel for routes working around the ball.  Plays underneath the ball well with strong fielding posture.  Fields the ball out in front of the body with strong glove action and soft hands.  Registered 83 mph from across the diamond.

Run: 4.46 runner home to first.

Delivery: Rocker style footwork around the rubber working to a bouncing pivot foot.  Works to a high balance point with strong weight stack onto the back leg.  Slight coil in the front hip and shoulder at the top of the delivery.  Glove tap hand break from the glove at the top of the delivery.  Maintains balance and athleticism well throughout the delivery.  Works from the far first base side of the rubber and strides directionally down the center of the mound into a slightly bent plant leg.

Arm: Action: High ¾ arm slot with a short and clean arm action.

Fastball: 85-88 mph.  Strong spin out of the hand with riding life through the zone that gets on hitters quickly.

Curveball: 69-73 mph.  Big shape with loose and developing spin.  Strong downward action to the bottom of the zone.

Changeup:  74-78 mph.  fastball hand speed with some downward depth.

A developing 5-foot-4, 120-pound athletic frame. On the mound, the right-hander works from an athletic and average tempo delivery with a high leg kick before striding down the mound and finishing balanced. Arm action has moderate length in the back dropping straight down before coming through a near over the top slot with above average arm speed for his age. Fastball keeps its plane at 72-75 mph, nearly all strikes. Changeup shows some fade at 67-68 mph, some strikes. In the game, Ramirez pounded the zone with his fastball. 

Demonstrated feel for a lean 5-foot-4, 120-pound frame with room to add size and strength as he matures. The primary right-handed hitter begins with a narrow, open stance utilizing a leg-hang with weight shift to initiate his swing. Displayed solid hip shoulder separation while entering the zone at a slightly uphill barrel path creating lift to the pull side gap. Showed feel for the barrel during batting practice while recording a 74 mph bat-exit velocity from the tee. Registered a 7.58 60-yard dash. The primary middle infielder played low to the ground while flashing advanced footwork that allowed for range to both sides. A soft glove-hand with give and take created smooth, easy transfers yielding accurate 77 mph arm-strength across the diamond out of a high ¾ arm-slot.