From the time he was acquired in late 2017 all the way through the 2020 season, Noé Ramirez quietly existed as a pretty solid contributor to an Angels bullpen that quite notably lacked those during that time.
The Southern California native and Cal State Fullerton product never made his way up to a high leverage role during his initial stint in Anaheim, but he performed well enough to hang around the team for a while, pitching to a 4.13 ERA and an above average 107 ERA+ during his three plus years with the Halos. Last offseason, though, the Angels decided to part ways with Ramirez, shipping him and prospect Leo Rivas to the Reds in a trade that landed them eventual closer Raisel Iglesias in what is still the best move of Perry Minasian’s short tenure as general manager.