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The problem with Ramirez isn't just feeling the pinch of MLB pressure...the problem is also that he doesn't like relieving. He's got a starter's rhythm. It took him 14 pitches to finally throw one at 93 mph...his normal velo. He also missed his location badly several times in the first three hitters...and then never again, but the fourth hitter lucked into a base knock.
In his one GOOD bullpen appearance to date, the long outing against the Rangers, he struggled against the first three hitters...a walk, a line out to first and a 9 pitch battle resulting in a single. Then he settled in and started cruising.
He's got a starter's rhythm...he can't be our bullpen answer.