Jose Ramirez has been demoted to AAA Columbus. This move came following a 7-3 loss at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, June 7.
Jose Ramirez has played well below average this season, posting a slash line of .180/.247/.240 as well as a fielding percentage of .948%
Many people throughout Cleveland have been calling for the demotion of Ramirez, due to his inability to hit, and his lackluster defense as well.
This could open the door for the Indians to call up top prospect Francisco Lindor in place of Jose Ramirez at the shortstop position. This season in AAA Columbus, Lindor has posted a slash line of .269/.342/.393 and a fielding percentage of .962.
The other option to replace Jose Ramirez on the 25-man roster would be short stop Zach Walters.
Walters has spent seven games in Cleveland this season, going 1-17 at the plate with two errors in ten chances, with both errors coming at third base.
The Indians have not announced any corresponding moves to the Ramirez demotion.
We will have more on this story as it develops.
Editors Note: According to Ken Rosenthal on twitter, it will be Zach Walters, not Francisco Lindor who will be brought up for Tuesday’s game:
Sources: #Indians promoting Zach Walters to replace Jose Ramirez, not top prospect Francisco Lindor.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) June 7, 2015
Second Editors Note: The Indians made both the Walters for Ramirez move and a second move official later in the evening.
Roster moves tonight +Zach Walters/Giovanny Urshela will be recalled from Columbus on 6/9 +Jose Ramirez/Lonnie Chisenhall optioned to AAA
— #VoteKip #VoteTribe (@Indians) June 8, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsIn the most common way of making announcements these days, the Indians posted on twitter that Lonnie Chisenhall will be joining Ramirez in AAA and that Giovanny Urshela will by promoted. In a later tweet, they stated that he will wear number 39 and will debut in the starting lineup on Tuesday night against Seattle.
BurningRiverBaseball.com will have further analysis to come in the morning.
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