Ramirez's Power Surge: Cubs Prospect Ties Career High

0:00On April 30, Pedro Ramirez, the Cubs No. 8 prospect, shocked everyone by turning into a power machine this spring, training, smashing to home, runs with a 1065 on-base plus lugging mark. Now up in triple A with Iowa, he's tied his career high at 8 homers on the season, proving that breakout wasn't a fluke. He's been on fire lately, picking up hits in 8 of his last 10 games, and Wednesday night he kept the momentum rolling against St. Paul at CHS. Not your typical slugger, this switch hitter who bats lefty crushed a first-pitch fastball right down the middle, sending a two-run shot 400. 82 feet out to right at 100, 8.5 miles per hour, tying the game at 3 in the third inning. That blast was his only hit that night, but he stayed productive, reaching on a field as choice in the sixth, swiping second, and scoring on a single, plus drawing a walk earlier. Iowa rolled to an 11-to-4 win. Ramirez is just getting started, stacking up these big moments, enforcing the cubs to

1:02take notice as he climbs the ladder. Baseball news, powered by AI, this is MLB News today. I'm Corey with The Story.