Telemarket Rimini finally has found a successor for Dushan Ruzic as foreign starting pitcher. The 29-year-old Venezuelan right-hander Ramon Ramirez is coming to the Pirates. Two years after Jim Brower Rimini will again have a MLB experienced hurler on the mound. In 2008 and 2009 Ramirez made 16 appearances overall (four starts) for the Cincinnati Reds in Major League Baseball, going 1-1 with an ERA of 2.97. He struck out 29 batters and walked 15 in 39 1/3 innings. In the minors, where he played until 2010 and also pitched for the Boston Red Sox organization, he had an ERA of 4.03 in 188 games (113 starts). In 2011 he tried his luck in Korean professional baseball with the Doosan Bears. He played for Venezuela in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.