DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The dream appeared to be over at 17 for Edubray Ramos, the righthander with the searing fastball who could be the closer of the future for the Phillies. He had signed with the St. Louis Cardinals for roughly $15,000 in 2010 and been introduced to professional baseball in the Venezuelan Summer League.
It did not go well for the young man from Carabobo, a state on the northern coast of Venezuela.
Ramos made 10 relief appearances in his introductory season and allowed runs in eight of them.