Ramón Rosso

BIOGRAPHY

Ramón Rosso was born June 9, 1996, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Rosso was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to a Spanish father and a Dominican mother. He moved to Spain, pitching for CB Barcelona of the División de Honor de Béisbol. At 19, Rosso was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers for a signing bonus of $62,000. He was released by the Dodgers a year later and never pitched in a minor league game for the organization.

Rosso was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies, who had offered him a contract prior to his signing with the Dodgers, in January 2017. He debuted for the Dominican Summer League Phillies, pitching to a 6–1 win-loss record with a 0.74 earned run average (ERA) in nine starts and earning a promotion to the Gulf Coast League Phillies. After striking out 13 batters with one earned run in nine innings pitched, Rosso was again promoted and finished the season with the Williamsport Crosscutters of the New York–Penn League. He posted a 1–0 record with a 3.00 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 18 innings pitched with Williamsport. Rosso began the 2018 season with the Lakewood BlueClaws of the South Atlantic League, where he went 5–1 with a 1.33 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 12 starts and was named a league All-Star before being promoted to the Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League. He pitched in 11 games with 10 starts for Clearwater and went 6–2 with a 2.91 ERA. Rosso began 2019 with the Reading Phillies of the AA Eastern League, where he had a 3–2 record with a 3.15 ERA in ten starts before earning a promotion to the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs. He finished the season with Lehigh Valley and went 2–4 with a 5.50 ERA and 64 strikeouts. Rosso was invited to Spring Training by the Phillies in 2020. On July 24, 2020, he made his MLB debut.