Eliot Ramos (San Francisco Giants), an alternative to Lee Jung-hoo, is enjoying his best season in three years since his Major League debut. Now he has grown to the point where he is mentioned as a "hidden All-Star candidate."스포츠토토

MLB.com and Yahoo Sports selected six "underrated, underrated, worthy of being selected as All-Stars" on the 2nd (Korea time). The two media outlets said in a collaborative article, "All-Star voting has entered the second stage, and fans can vote for the final candidates for each position by the 4th. However, even if the starting lineup is decided, there is still a work to select pitchers and backup fielders to play in the All-Star Game. There are some great All-Star players in the Major League that are not well known beyond their big names and brilliant statistics," he said.

Ramos was included in the six players who were underestimated but are now spending the All-Star season. Ramos was the "one pick" of Sarah Langs, a statistician at MLB.com .

Reims wrote, "Ramos is a promising player who made the top 100 in the MLB pipeline rankings for the fourth consecutive year. He ranked 81st in 2021, 65th in 2020, 92nd in 2019, and 63rd in 2018. Ramos in 2024 is playing like an All-Star."

"According to the FanGraph, no player has recorded a higher WAR (Ramos 2.0 contribution to victory compared to substitute players) in San Francisco since the first game of the season on May 9 (Ramos 9). Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego Padres, 150) is the only outfielder in the National League with a higher wRC+ (adjusted weight-scoring productivity, Ramos 149) during the same period. Tatis Jr. is aiming to become a starting All-Star in the National League in the All-Star fan voting, but he is on the injured list," he said. (The records are all figures up to the 8th).

Reims wrote, "Players' development is not always phased. Baseball is really difficult. However, baseball is the best sport because of the story of how players have grown up."

Since his Major League debut in 2022, Ramos has played in nine games and finished his first season by posting two hits in 20 at-bats. In the following year, Ramos had more chances to play in 25 games, but failed to show remarkable results with a batting average of 0.179 and an OPS of 0.537. This year, he was not a player who received attention from the beginning.

However, Lee Jung-hoo was injured by an unexpected injury and got a chance. At first, he played left field, but as outfielder Luis Matos, who was Lee's first alternative, fell into a slump, Ramos had a chance. Ramos is taking full advantage of this opportunity. Since April 8, he has played center field and posted a batting average of 0.284, OPS of 0.832, five homers and 18 RBIs in 22 games.

Ramos is also the younger brother of Henry Ramos, who plays for Doosan Bears. His brother Ramos is enjoying a successful season by re-challenging in the KBO League this year. He recorded a batting average of 0.306 and an OPS of 0.841 in 69 games, filling gaps in Doosan's batting average.