Aramis Ramirez: “I Won’t Be Looking to Hit Homers”

Aramis Ramirez is realistic about the kind of stick he’s swinging coming off the separated shoulder that cost him nearly two months of the season.  In other words, don’t hold your breath for home run power.

”I can’t go to the plate and try to hit a home run because that ain’t going to happen,” Rammy told the Sun-Times. ”If I try to hit it, I won’t hit it. In BP maybe I would, but in the game, if I try to hit , I won’t hit it. I’ve got to get my pitch and concentrate and do what I’ve got to do to drive the ball.”

Ramirez said it would take at least another month of rest to get back to driving the ball with his previous power, but he would rather play at diminished capacity than sit and watch.  Here’s all I know:  80% of Aramis Ramirez is worth more than 100% of Milton Bradley or Alfonso Soriano.  He may not have the power stick but he’s still steady, and he knows how to deliver in the clutch.  I can’t say the same about those other two jokers.