SF Giants add New York Mets pitching prospect on a minor league deal

The SF Giants have added some pitching depth in the upper minors. They have signed former New York Mets pitching prospect Wilkin Ramos to a minor league deal, per the team's transaction log.

SF Giants add New York Mets pitching prospect on a minor league deal

Chase Ford of MiLB Central was the first to report the deal. He adds that Ramos will receive a camp invite.

The Giants need to rebuild the bullpen, and there are a few ways to do it. One way is to target some of the top free agents on the market.

However, signing relievers to lucrative deals does not always offer the return on investment. Their career arc can often be so volatile that it is hard to know what a team is getting, and front offices are typically uncomfortable with these signings.

Another way to build a bullpen is through waiver claims and minor league signings. These moves may not have a lot of upside, but they carry limited risk as well. Some teams are good at identifying traits in these channels that can pay nice dividends.

The Giants have had some luck in these channels. Joel Peguero, Spencer Bivens, Matt Gage, and Joey Lucchesi all had varying levels of success in 2025. They may not all turn into leverage arms, but there is a role for many of them next season.

Wilkin Ramos was signed by the A's out of Venezuela during the 2017 - 2018 international free agency cycle. He received a $300,000 signing bonus. In 2018, Ramos was shipped to the Pittsburgh Pirates as the player to be named later to complete a trade for Tanner Anderson.

Ramos has spent the bulk of his time in the New York Mets organization. Across seven minor league seasons, he has pitched to a 3.22 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 9.2 K/9, and a 1.95 SO/W rate while working primarily out of the bullpen. In 2025, he recorded a 2,64 ERA in 47 outings split across two minor league levels in in a return to the Pirates organization.

The right-handed pitcher has only yielded 10 home runs in his pro career, and has often posted ground ball rates comfortably above 50 percent.

On the mound, Ramos features a sinker that sits in the mid-90's with a breaking ball that averages in the upper 70's. The breaking ball does miss some bats, but he throws his sinker nearly 50 percent of the time.

Overall, Ramos does not get opposing hitters to swing through pitches or chase out of the zone. However, he does a nice job of missing the barrel of the bat. That can often lead to a major league career.