When Minor League Baseball unveiled its 2026 rookie-level All-Stars and award winners last month, the Red Sox were completely shut out of Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League honors.
Last week, however, Baseball America’s Josh Norris included one member of the Red Sox organization in his ranking of the top 35 Dominican Summer League prospects for 2026: outfielder Joskairo Ramirez.
Ramirez came in at No. 30 on Norris’ list. The left-handed hitting 17-year-old made his professional debut and spent all of 2026 with DSL Red Sox Red, earning mid-season All-Star honors while batting .320/.443/.553 with 14 doubles, three triples, five home runs, 30 RBIs, 34 runs scored, nine stolen bases, 26 walks, and 26 strikeouts over 45 games (185 plate appearances). He slashed .339/.463/.562 against righties and .241/.361/.517 against lefties.
Among 166 DSL hitters who made at least 185 trips to the plate this season, Ramirez ranked 13th in slugging percentage, 14th in isolated power (.233) and OPS (.996), 19th in wRC+ (141), 20th in wOBA (.474), 24th in batting average, 39th in strikeout rate (14.1%), 40th in line-drive rate (21.7%) and on-base percentage, and 73rd in swinging-strike rate (10.8%), according to FanGraphs.
Defensively, Ramirez saw almost all of his playing time this year come in center field. The 5-foot-9, 175-pounder made 40 starts and logged 286 1/3 innings there, committing one error and recording one assist in 81 total chances. He also made four starts at DH.
“He has excellent hand-eye coordination, a swing that blends decent bat speed with leverage and enough plate discipline to produce above-average miss rates across the board,” Norris wrote last Friday. “Ramirez is small but physical and uses quick reads to mitigate only fringy speed and give himself a chance to stick in center field. If he can maintain those trends, his blend of left-handed offense and middle-diamond defense gives him a chance to be a soft everyday player.
Nicknamed “El Peluche” (“Teddy Bear” in English), Ramirez signed with the Red Sox for $800,000 as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic in January. He received the third-largest bonus in Boston’s 2026 signing class, behind only Garielvin Silverio ($1.4 million) and Dawvris Brito ($1.2 million), both of whom also hail from the Dominican Republic.
Ramirez, who turns 18 next month, appears to be the likely candidate to be named the Red Sox’ 2026 Latin Program Position Player of the Year. He is not yet ranked among the organization’s top 30 prospects by Baseball America or MLB Pipeline, though SoxProspects.com has him at No. 46 on its top 60 list.
Barring a trade or other move this winter, SoxProspects.com projects Ramirez to make the jump stateside to Fort Myers and play in the Florida Complex League in 2027.
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