The Cleveland Guardians may have gotten into a bit of trouble with their best player.
Judging by his latest comments, Jose Ramirez isn’t happy with the way the front office has built the roster.
In a recent interview, the superstar third baseman revealed that he only took a hometown discount in his last contract so that the front office could spend some money elsewhere, and so far, that hasn’t been the case.
With that in mind, team insider Terry Pluto thought of a good way to get back in his good graces.
In his latest column, he argued that the Guardians should go against their own practices and redo his contract:
“The Guardians should do two things. No. 1 is Jose’s got three years left on his contract: $21, $23, $25 million. You’ve got to jack that up, rework it. You could add a fourth year and move a bunch of money up front or something. Just go ahead and do that,” Pluto said. “You already reworked this contract once, so don’t do the, ‘Oh, we don’t redo contracts.’ When you’re Jose Ramirez and you’re a Hall of Famer, that would be my answer: ‘Yeah, we do it for future hall of Famers.'”
Of course, that makes perfect sense, but that doesn’t mean the front office will feel the same way.
Jose Ramirez or not, they’re chronically reluctant to spend money, and they may not want to make exceptions for an aging player, not even for one coming off an MVP-caliber season and perhaps the best season of his career.
The Dominican infielder is the best third baseman in baseball, and he was instrumental in keeping this team afloat this season.
Not only is he the team’s best player, but he’s also their leader.
Also, he might go down as the greatest player in franchise history, at least numbers-wise.
So, if the team won’t spend to help him with a better roster, they should at least put more money in his pocket.
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