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.