The Mets Babe Ruth Jersey announced Monday that theyve acquired right-hander from the White Sox in exchange for cash. Ramirez was designated for a signment by the ChiSox last week. Ramirez appeared in just five games for the White Sox, who acquired him from the Pirates via an early-September waiver claim. He yielded four runs in four innings with the South Siders but had pitched to a solid 3.67 ERA with a 20% strikeout rate and 9% walk rate in 34 1/3 innings. Now 28 years old, Ramirez made his big league debut with the Mariners in 2020 and has appeared in every MLB season since. Hes totaled 124 innings of 3.99 ERA ball as a big leaguer, striking out 23.2% of his opponents against a 12.5% walk rate thats well north of the league average. Ramirez was a fly-ball pitcher early in his career but switched from a four-seamer to a two-seamer in 2022 and has since been a pronounced ground-ball arm (54.1%). Scouting reports on Ramirez from his prospect days praised his stuff acro s the board but noted that he lacked command. Thats played out through much of his big league tenure to date, but the pieces for a quality reliever are clearly present. Hes out of minor league options, so the Mets will have to either carry Ramirez on the Opening Day roster or else trade him, release him or attempt to pa s him through outright waivers prior to the end of spring training. Raul Mondesi Jersey