MLB Spring Training: February 25 winners and losers
By Bill Felber
MLB Spring Training: February 25 winners and losers
Winner: Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Indians third baseman.
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Ramirez’s effort to restore his image as an offensive dynamo is rocking along. Against the White Sox Tuesday, Ramirez delivered a second inning run-producing single and singled again in the fourth. He’s off to a .667 start with a sweet 1.670 OPS.
Winner: Franklin Barreto, Oakland A’s second baseman.
The Athletics hope Barreto will use this spring to demonstrate that he has the bat to be a regular second baseman. He delivered against the Athletics. He doubled off Darius Valdez in the fifth and singled in the sixth, although San Diego beat the Athletics 9-6. Barreto lifted his spring average to .333.
Loser: Joe Broussard, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.
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Broussard is a 29-year-old career minor leaguer who has labored for five seasons in the bowels of the Dodgers system, and for whom that’s a best-case scenario entering 2020. On Tuesday, the Dodgers gave Broussard a chance to make a positive impression, but he fell flat. In the second inning of the Dodgers’ 7-3 win over Arizona, Broussard faced five hitters, allowing four runs on three hits, one walk, and a hit batter.