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Named Later: Cubs Player Profile, Neil Ramirez

Neil Andrew Ramirez (@NAndrewRam) is 6'4" and weighs 215. He throws the baseball with his right arm as part of the relief corps of the Chicago Cubs. He was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on May 25, 1989.

Neil Ramirez was a first round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2007 (44th overall) out of in Kepmsville High School in Kempsville, Virginia. He spent the better part of six years in the Rangers' system until he was traded to the Cubs as the player to be named later in the July 2013 trade of Matt Garza to Texas.