“Every year is always a tryout for the next year. I’m not the hardest thrower, you know, I really need to throws strikes and fool some guys to have success. I can’t rely on a mid-90s fastball to get away with a mistake,” Ramirez said. “That’s always in the back of my head, and I like that. I don’t want to be too comfortable at ever thinking I have a job for next year for sure. I’ve got to work. It’s always 100 percent. I’m always going full out.”
The D-backs optioned 24-year-old relief pitcher Edwin Ucenta, who was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers last season, to Triple-A Reno and reassigned reliever Kevin Ginkel and catcher Grayson Greiner to minor-league camp.