Here’s a deal that puts the home in home run.
Following his July trade to the Mets, pitcher A.J. Ramos scored a one-bedroom pad inside Sky, the towering 1,175-unit rental on Manhattan’s West 42nd Street, according to the Real Deal.
The building’s developer, Moinian Group, told the Real Deal that Ramos is paying rent, but it’s not clear exactly how much he’s shelling out for the spread. One-bedrooms inside the property — already home to 7-foot-3 Knicks power forward Kristaps Porzingis — begin at $4,155 per month, according to StreetEasy.
However, last month the pitcher posted an image of himself sitting shirtless in his unit, looking out at the Midtown skyline through floor-to-ceiling windows, with the hashtag #liveatsky.
It raises the question if Ramos, who has 35,500 followers on Instagram, is getting housing perks in exchange for shilling for the property on social media.
It’s the same hashtag that a broker and former star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York,” Luis D. Ortiz, used on Instagram (where he boasts 519,000 followers), when he lived in a Sky two-bedroom that asked $6,500 per month from early 2016 to early 2017. As insiders have told The Post, Ortiz nabbed a free rent deal for that unit in exchange for posting such images and attending promotional events.
A rep for Moinian told The Post that Ramos is paying rent and that “the developer is not giving it to him for free.” But it’s not clear whether he’s getting a discount.
Should Ramos have such a deal, it would fit into a trend sweeping the city’s residential market.
Two Trees is paying three influencers to live, post and host events at three different buildings it manages. It’s part of the company’s “Apartment Stories” marketing initiative — and includes actress and Rookie magazine founder Tavi Gevinson (556,000 followers) at 300 Ashland, chef Seamus Mullen (63,900 followers) at 60 Water and singer Abir (13,000 followers) at Mercedes House as its inaugural members.