Ex-Yankee Agustín Ramírez continues to get pay back

MIAMI — When the Yankees acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Marlins on July 27 of last year, it was the classic setup of three prospects going one way and a star player going the other.

One of the young players who went to Miami was Agustín Ramírez, who has had a huge impact on the Marlins victories in the first two games of this three-game series.

On Saturday, he crushed two pitches from Yankees starter Cam Schlittler for solo homers that totaled 839 feet (421 in the first inning and 418 feet in the fourth). That was the only scoring in a 2-0 Miami victory.

A night earlier, Ramírez’s dribbler in front of the plate in the ninth was contact enough to score Xavier Edwards for a 13-12 Marlins win.

“He was a coveted guy,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of the 23-year-old Ramírez. “ It’s big-time power. He put a charge into a couple balls today.”

Schlittler remembered a spot start in Triple-A last season in which Ramírez was his catcher, but said he didn’t think that had any correlation with the two homers.

“First time through, 3-1 count, tried to get the fastball up and in, missed middle with it. He’s a good fastball hitter. Just a mistake there,” Schlittler said. “Second time through, I think I attacked him well with the sinker in. Just tried to get the sweeper away and he was still able to pull it. Really, just two mistakes there.”

Coincidentally, Ramírez’s heroics came on a day when Chisholm was doubled off first base on an infield pop-up.

Last year’s trade included infielders Abrahan Ramírez and Jared Serna. Those two are still playing in the Marlins system, but Agustín Ramírez already has 17 major league homers and 50 RBIs on the back of his baseball card.

Sometimes, a prospect traded for a star becomes one himself.

“I want to be a star, and I want to have a long career in MLB,” Agustín Ramírez said through an interpreter.

He also said he wasn’t disappointed to be dealt by the Yankees.

“Oh, no, no, no. … I was mostly happy because when a lot of people spoke to me, they told me that I was going to get a lot of opportunity to make the major league level with [the Marlins],” he said.

For first-year manager Clayton McCullough, the feeling is that this is only the beginning for Ramírez.

“We’ve seen Gus do some really incredible things throughout this season, offensively. We’ve seen his ability to impact and we believe his offensive ceiling is not close yet,” said McCullough, whose team has won six series in a row.

“We’re going to continue to see a better version of him as he gets more at-bats, he understands how people are pitching him. There’s always a threat when Gus is in the box.”