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Heliot Lemuel Ramos Lebrón (pronounced "''Eliot''"; born September 7, 1999) is a Puerto Rican professional
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for the
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of
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(MLB). The Giants selected Ramos in the first round, with the 19th overall selection, of the 2017 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2022.


Career


Amateur career

Ramos attended Leadership Christian Academy in
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. He played for the Las Lomas Potros travel ball club in Puerto Rico. Ramos was the Most Valuable Player of the 2016 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game, a showcase of high school juniors and seniors that was held at
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on July 23, 2016. He committed to play baseball at
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, prior to signing his professional contract.


Professional career


2017–18

The
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selected Ramos in the first round, with the 19th overall selection, of the 2017 MLB draft. He signed for a
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of $3,101,700. Ramos began his professional career in 2017 with the
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of the
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, based at the team's minor league complex in
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. He was ranked first in the league with a .645
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, 2nd with a .348
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, 8th with a .404
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, 2nd with a 1.049 on base plus slugging percentage (OPS), and tied for 7th with six
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s in 138
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s. Following the season, ''
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'' named Ramos a 2017 Rookie-Level Classification All-Star, and he was one of only three outfielders selected among players in the four Rookie-level leagues. In the Giants' 2017 draft class, ''Baseball America'' rated Ramos as the Best Power Hitter, Best Defensive Player, and Best Athlete, and as having the Best Pro Debut. He was also named an Arizona League post-season All Star, and an MiLB.com Organization All Star. Ramos participated in the Giants' Instructional League following the 2017 season. In 2018, Ramos played with the
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of the
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. He hit .245/.313/.396 with 11 home runs and 52 RBIs, and 8 steals in 15 attempts, in 485 at bats over 124 games. He was a 2018 Futures Game selection.


2019–22

He began the 2019 season with the
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of the
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. Ramos was named to the 2019
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. With San Jose, he batted .306(4th in the California League)/.385(9th)/.500 in 294 at bats. In August, the Giants promoted Ramos, 19 years of age at the time, to the
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of the Double-A Eastern League. Over 389 at bats in 102 games between the two teams, Ramos slashed .290/.369/.481 with 16 home runs and 55 RBIs, and 8 steals in 18 attempts. He was an All Star Futures Game selection. He was named a California League mid-season and post-season All Star, and an MiLB.com Organization All Star. In the Arizona Fall League he batted .185/.250/.262 in 65 at bats. In 2021, Ramos was selected to play in the
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. In July 2021, Ramos was promoted to the Triple-A
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. Across 449 at bats, while 5.7 years younger than the average player in the league, Ramos hit .254/.323/.416 with 15 steals in 19 attempts. Ramos was added to the
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following the season on November 19, 2021. He was ranked sixth in the Giants 2022 MLB Prospect Rankings. In 2022, playing for Triple-A Sacramento, he batted .227/.305/.349 in 427 at bats, with 61 runs, 11 home runs, and 45 RBIs. He played 49 games in center field, 33 in right field, 21 in left field, and 8 at DH. The Giants promoted Ramos to the major leagues on April 10, 2022. With the Giants, he batted 2-for-20.


2023

On March 10, 2023, Ramos was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento to begin the 2023 season. He made 9 appearances for the Giants before being placed on the 60-day injured list on May 19 with a right oblique strain. On July 18, he was activated and optioned to Triple–A Sacramento. In 25 games for San Francisco, Ramos batted .179/.233/.304 with one home run and two RBI.


2024

Ramos was optioned to Triple–A Sacramento to begin the 2024 season. In 30 games with the River Cats, he hit .296/.388/.565 with 8 home runs, 23 runs, and 21 RBIs. The Giants promoted Ramos to the major leagues once again on May 8, 2024, when Jorge Soler was placed on the 10-day injury list. Ramos was selected to the 2024 MLB All-Star Game for the
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as a backup. At the time of his selection, he was hitting .299/.370/.517 with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs. He is the first homegrown Giants outfielder to make the All-Star game since
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in 1986. On September 15, 2024, Ramos hit a ninth-inning, game-tying home run against Robert Suárez of the
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, directly into McCovey Cove. This was the first "splash hit" by a right-handed batter in
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's 25-year history. The Giants lost the game 4–3 in 10 innings.


2025

On April 27, 2025 Ramos came up to lead off in the bottom of the 9th in a 2-2 game against the Texas Rangers. He hit a slow chopper which was fielded by Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Jackson. Jackson then proceeded to throw the ball away allowing Ramos to advance to third. The ball would be thrown away again leading Ramos to walk the game off with a "little league" home run.


Personal life

Ramos is the younger brother of Héctor Ramos, a professional soccer player and the former all-time top scorer of the Puerto Rican national team. He is also the younger brother of Henry Ramos, also a professional baseball outfielder, who made his MLB debut in 2021 with the
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.


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