SF Giants calling up top prospect Heliot Ramos, per reports

Ramos will likely make Major League debut on Sunday

It’s only been two big league days, but the Giants appear to be tweaking their roster – and are adding one of their top prospects to do it.

Heliot Ramos, the Giants’ No. 6 prospect per MLB.com, is reportedly getting called up and is set to make his major league debut. The news was first broken via Twitter by Ramos’ agency, Munger English Sports Management, and later confirmed by Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area.

The #MESMFAMILY would like to congratulate client @HeliotRamos on the news of his promotion to the Major Leagues. @nikediamond @RawlingsSports pic.twitter.com/STOgDWyEqb

— Munger English SM (@MungerEnglishSM) April 10, 2022

The 2017 first round pick is on the Giants’ 40-man roster, but the roster move required to add him to the 28-man active big league roster is not known at this time. The Giants carried 15 pitchers and 13 hitters on their Opening Day roster.

Ramos was playing for the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate in Sacramento on Saturday night but was removed in the fourth inning, after he had two trips to the plate. Ramos played in four games this week for the Rivercats after they opened their season on Tuesday, going 3-for-13 with one homer, one double, four walks and four RBI.

Ramos will join the Giants ahead of the major league team facing their first left-handed pitcher of the season on Sunday, as the Marlins have Trevor Rogers scheduled to pitch. He’s primarily played in center field in the minors and could start there on Sunday.

San Francisco didn’t add any right-handed hitting free agent options in the offseason, and their initial roster only has Austin Slater as right-handed hitting outfielder (though Darin Ruf, Luke Williams and Mauricio Dubon all have some outfield experience and bat right-handed).

But two days after Joey Bart hit his first big league homer, the Giants seem set to add Ramos to the big league roster. And, in the ideal scenario, the duo will be the first wave from their deep farm system to play for the Giants.