Yankees’ Heliot Ramos trade somehow looks layers more disastrous after ALDS Game 2

Matthew Swigonski of Yanks Go Yard argues that the New York Yankees' trade deadline acquisition of Heliot Ramos looks increasingly disastrous after ALDS Game 2. Despite facing Tampa Bay Rays left-handed relievers Cam Booser and Ian Seymour, Yankees manager Aaron Boone kept Ramos on the bench for the entire game, utilizing only Paul Goldschmidt as a pinch hitter.

Swigonski notes that the Yankees traded prospects Henry Lalane and Kaeden Kent to the San Francisco Giants specifically for Ramos to hit against left-handed pitching. However, the writer contends that Ramos' poor defense and Ben Rice's emergence as designated hitter leave no viable role for him on the roster.