The minor league signing of Erasmo Ramírez in late January was, at the time, a mere footnote in Mets news cycles given that Luis Rojas had been named manager just a day prior.

And while Ramírez’s signing brought little fanfare — few, if any minor league pacts do — Rojas has been encouraged by what the major league veteran has shown through three weeks of spring games.

“He’s been great. He’s been keeping the ball down, mixing his pitches, good feel for his changeup. And we saw it again [on Sunday], just being comfortable pitching through the lineup against the Astros,” Rojas said.

Ramírez, 29, tossed two scoreless innings on Sunday against Houston in Port St. Lucie, lowering his spring ERA to 1.13 through four appearances. He added four strikeouts to raise his total to 10, as opposed to just three walks.

Outside of the Mets’ presumed top-six starting pitchers, Ramírez carries the most major league starting experience in camp. Since making his debut in 2012, he has made 92 starts with the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays.

But Ramírez can also come out of the bullpen — he did so 63 times for the Rays in 2016 — and the Mets believe he could be a useful piece down the line in a variety of roles.

“You can see that we have value there,” Rojas said. “We have a pitcher who can do a lot of different things. We’ve seen him [in camp] as a long reliever, but he has the ability to start in his repertoire so we have him stretched out to where he needs to be right now.”

Ramírez relies on a sinker that sits around 90 mph, topping out at 92 mph, and a changeup that he works lows in the strike zone and inside to right-handed hitters. He occasionally mixes in a cutter and curveball.

After spending the first seven seasons of his professional career with the Mariners, Ramírez was traded to the Rays just prior to the start of the 2015 season for then-minor leaguer Mike Montgomery. Ramírez found his way back to Seattle two-and-a-half years later when he was swapped for Steve Cishek at the deadline.

He spent the majority of 2019 with Triple-A Pawtucket in the Boston Red Sox organization, though he made one relief appearance in the major leagues in April.

Ramírez, who would become the first native of Nicaragua to play in a major league game for the Mets, is likely to open the season in the Triple-A Syracuse rotation that should also include 40-man roster members Stephen Gonsalves, Corey Oswalt, and the out-of-options Walker Lockett. Former first-round draft pick David Peterson is slated to begin in Syracuse as well.