before last season's flukey shoulder injury, ramirez had accumulated 500 or more ABs in 7 of the last 8 seasons. except for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 Actually, his career OPS in May is .747, which is quite a bit less than is .859 career OPS in his 2nd worth month, August. I think it's fair to say that he starts out slow. Considering his March/April OPS is 6 points off of his career total, I'd say it's pretty strange to say he starts slow. Considering his March/April and May career OPS is .804 compared to a career OPS of .902 for every other month, I'd say it's pretty strange to say that he doesn't start slow. You said he starts slow, yet his OPS drops 100 points from the first month to the 2nd month. I'm going to say he middles slow.