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**Wilson Ramos**
Wilson Ramos
; Minnesota Twins Prospect
	Minnesota Twins — No. 76
	Catcher
	Born: August 10, 1987 (age 22); Valencia, Venezuela
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Career highlights and awards
	Gulf Coast League Post-Season All-Star (2006); Florida State League All-Star (2008); FSL Post-Season All-Star (2008); Caribbean Series All-Star (2009);

Wilson Abraham Ramos (born August 10, 1987 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a minor league catcher in the Minnesota Twins' organization. He is 6' tall and weighs 178 lbs., and throws and bats right-handed. He signed as non-drafted free agent on July 7, 2004, and entered the 2009 season ranked as the Twins third best prospect by Baseball America behind Aaron Hicks and Ben Revere.^[1] He is ranked #71 in all of minor league baseball.

Ramos spent the 2008 season assigned to the Twins' High-A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle. He batted .242 with eight home runs and 42 runs batted in in the first half of the 2008 season, helping his team capture the Florida State League first-half West Division title. When 2008 Florida State League All-Star catcher James Skelton of the Lakeland Flying Tigers suffered an injury, Ramos was added to the West Division All-Star team, joining teammates Robert Delaney, Brian Dinkelman, Jeff Manship, Anthony Slama and Danny Valencia.

Ramos' batting average jumped to .333 in the second half of 2008. For the season, he batted .288 with thirteen home runs, and was named to the All FSL Team. His 78 RBIs was fourth in the Florida State League.^[2]

Ramos was added to the Twins' 40 man roster, and spent Spring Training 2009 with the Twins. Following Spring training, he was assigned to the Twins' double A Eastern League affiliate, the New Britain Rock Cats.^[3] He broke his right index finger in May and suffered a hamstring injury in June, forcing him to do a nearly two month rehab assignment, during which he hit three home runs in five games with the Gulf Coast League Twins. Ramos rejoined his team in August, and batted .317 with four home runs and 29 RBIs for the season.

Ramos is also an exceptional fielder, having caught 43% of potential base stealers in his minor league career, and has a .987 fielding percentage.

[edit] References

^ Minnesota Twins top 10 prospects
^ "Minor League Baseball". http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Wilson%20Ramos&pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=467092. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
^ "Minnesota Twins 40 Man Roster". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=min. Retrieved 2009-02-16.

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[0] Minnesota Twins top 10 prospects

[1] "Minor League Baseball". http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Wilson%20Ramos&pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=467092. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

[2] "Minnesota Twins 40 Man Roster". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=min. Retrieved 2009-02-16.

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