Nicaraguan thrower Juan Ramirez is on the yearly classification list of the best prospects into the U.S. Baseball Minor Leagues.
At the yearly list of the magazine "Baseball America" from U.S. published on Thursday, Ramirez is among the 20 best Latin baseball players of the U.S. Minor Leagues.
Ramirez is located on place 17 of the prospects and it is one of the two baseball players of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers team that are on the classification of the magazine.
The other prospect of the U.S. Baseball Minor Leagues is Canadian Phillip Amount, an outstanding thrower in 2007.
According to the magazine, Ramirez, 20, throws a fast ball reaching 99 miles per hour.
In 2007, Ramirez was in the list as the number three of the minor leagues of the U.S. northwester baseball.
Meanwhile, Nicaraguan sports commentator Miguel Espinoza said on Thursday that the team of the U.S. Great Leagues, Settle Sailors have Ramirez among its five most precious prospects.
Espinoza said that Ramirez is usually compared with Venezuelan baseball player Felix Hernandez. Source: Xinhua
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