Heliot Ramos may be on the move again after Yankees playoff benching post-Giants trade

The New York Yankees have been eliminated from the playoffs which is good because at least it means SF Giants fans won’t have to pull for the Yankees like we had to in 2024 when they faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. That left a bad taste in my mouth.

Still, with the Yankees going yet another season without winning the World Series that now means there could be some changes in New York. Whether that means general manager Brian Cashman or manager Aaron Boone will be gone remains to be seen, but it certainly seems likely that the roster will be shaken up a bit.

New York swung a trade with the Giants for Heliot Ramos at the trade deadline thinking he could help fill in for an injured Aaron Judge, but by October he was essentially a non-factor which suggests New York may try to move on from him this upcoming offseason.

In the regular season with New York, Ramos hit an unremarkable .198/.309/.379 with four home runs and 12 runs batted in. Things only got worse in the playoffs as he started Game 1 of the Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox, went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and then never played again after that.

It seems like Boone fully gave up on Ramos and next season when Judge is back and healthy Ramos may just be relegated to a bench role or potentially a platoon role if they want to pair him with a left-handed bat in the outfield.

Yet, with the way the Giants pulled a fast one on New York in the Camilo Doval trade maybe the Yankees decide that they’ve seen this movie before and choose to trade Ramos in the offseason before he struggles any more and hurts his value even further.

Other teams should have interest in Heliot Ramos if Yankees want to move on

Even if things didn’t work out in New York, there would surely be other teams out there interested in a 27-year-old outfielder like Ramos who can absolutely mash lefties when he is right. He’s a former All-Star who won't be a free agent until after the 2029 season and can still be a valuable player so if the Yankees want to move him there should be takers.

A reunion with San Francisco can be pretty safely ruled out given the team already has a ton of outfield options to sort through, but any team in need of a platoon bat should give New York a call to see if they’re willing to deal him.

Ramos does seem to be following the Doval path though so maybe he will find his way back to San Francisco in a year or two at this rate. 

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