Ramirez, like Williams Jerez (LHP, Red Sox), is converted position player who took to the mound after a single year of infield play at Rookie-level DSL ball in 2011 after signing with the Diamondbacks as a non-drafted free agent on Jan. 25, 2011. Taken by the Yankees in the Triple-A Phase of the 2015 MLB Rule 5 Draft, he has been used in a starter’s role for the Yankees in his first year playing at the Double-A level, and he threw one inning of relief in the game. Ramirez has a well-proportioned frame with long arms. He brings double-plus arm strength and a quick arm action, and utilizes a no-windup, abbreviated delivery from a 3/4’s arm slot. His fastball is above average, coming in from 92-to-95 mph and mostly sitting at 93 mph with some sink and tail. He had difficulty commanding it to the arm-side in this view. His slider is projectable at 85-to-87 mph, with the pitch presently showing some inconsistent shape, but he does show enough tilt and depth with the pitch for me to see a future plus pitch developing. His changeup also projects as plus, sitting 85-to-87 mph with fading action and deceptive arm-speed replication. He’s getting plenty of swing and miss, striking out roughly a batter-per-inning over the 200-plus innings he’s thrown the past two years, but the control profile remains a concern at a well-below-average 4.04 BB/9. While the three-pitch mix shows potential in a starter’s role, his control issues may limit his ceiling to that of a solid-average middle reliever at the major league level.