Who is Ramón Laureano? For one thing, he’s a 30-year-old Dominican outfielder who spent seven years in Oakland before recent stints with Cleveland and Atlanta. A human highlight reel over 586 career games in CF and RF, Laureano is the author of this crazy over-the-shoulder grab in 2021, a 321-foot double play from deep center in 2018, and he ruined the Orioles’ (and DJ Stewart’s) day in May 2021 with a two-run homer and this web gem:
RAMON DOES IT AGAIN pic.twitter.com/VCyQhdxEBX
— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) May 2, 2021
But he’s also been DFA’d or non-tendered three times in the last two years.