(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Detroit — When it was first broached, Nick Ramirez wasn’t thrilled about it. Maybe even a little shocked, not having really thought about the possibility.
Here was Ramirez, a slugging first baseman in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, and they were coming to him asking about switching back to pitching in the summer of 2016.
Ramirez was a standout relief pitcher (16-for-16 in save situations) at Cal State-Fullerton, and the Big West Conference Player of the Year in 2011, dominating both at the plate and mound when the Brewers drafted him in the fourth round.