
The initial Ramirez deal was one of the better ones of the McCourt ownership, when he was acquired from the Boston Red Sox in a three team deal in return for a minor league pitcher and a bench player, as he rocketed the Dodgers into the playoffs, hitting .396 over 53 games and .420 in October. The second deal was not so good with the Dodgers seemingly bidding against themselves to secure his services last season where he only hit .290, the third lowest since he became a regular starter for Cleveland in 1995. It’s not as if his 50 match ban provided any recuperation time as he hit .255 after his enforced break and .218 after September 1.
If this is his last season in Los Angeles then the Dodgers will hope they don't have a repeat of the Andruw Jones disaster. Jones was in the first year of a 2 year $36 million deal when he turned up 20 pounds overweight to Spring Training and by July he was benched, he finished the year with a .158 average and was released at the end of the year with the Dodgers still paying back the second year of the contract.
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Ramirez also noted in his talk with the press that he weighed in at 235 pounds, up from the 200 pounds the Dodgers listed him as last year. Maybe we’re going to see Andruw Jones V2.0, or maybe Manny's fertility drugs finally paid off and he managed to conceive after all that trying.
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