The Hamilton Spectator

Odd couple New York roomies

- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Talk about a house divided. Giancarlo Stanton and AJ Ramos, former teammates with the Miami Marlins and still close friends, are looking into living together this season now that both play in New York.

It would seem to be a convenient arrangemen­t, with at least one player on the road most of the time anyway — except when Stanton and the Yankees face Ramos and the Mets in the Subway Series.

“I’m going to be setting some traps for him. You know, might mess up his sleep a little bit, stuff like that,” Ramos said. “But no, we’re still looking. Nothing set in stone, just yet.”

At spring training Monday, the Mets’ reliever was asked how you split a grocery bill with a roommate with a $325 M contract?

“Oh, he buys it all. For sure,” Ramos said with a smile.

Ramos, a 2016 All-Star, was traded by to the Mets last July. Stanton was dealt to the Yankees in December as part of Miami’s payroll purge under new owners.

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