Of the seemingly endless parade of pitchers to come through the Angels bullpen during the later months of the 2021 season, one of the more interesting cameos was A.J. Ramos, the longtime Marlins closer looking to re-establish himself in the league after a shoulder injury wiped out nearly two years of his professional career.
Ramos’s Angels career started back in late March when he signed a minor-league deal with the club after featuring in three games with the Colorado Rockies at the end of the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign. The former All-Star was assigned to the Halos’ alternate training site for the first month of the year, and once the minor-league season kicked off, he made his way to Triple-A Salt Lake.