Cleveland Guardians star Jose Ramirez already got his team in the postseason and helped deliver the AL Central title.
He is also on the verge of giving the Guards a first-round bye in the playoffs.
As the regular season comes to an end, Ramirez also has a chance to get a pretty special individual achievement: becoming a member of the 40-40 club.
That means hitting 40 home runs and stealing 40 bases in the same season, something that only six players have achieved: Barry Bonds (1996), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Jose Canseco (1988), Alfonso Soriano (2006), Ronald Acuna Jr. (2023), and Shohei Ohtani (2024).
MLB Deadline News, a baseball account on X that analyzes the game and breaks news and rumors, offered its take on Ramirez and the golden chance he has in front of him.
Just like anything regarding J-Ram, his pursuit of the feat is not being discussed enough.
“Listen you can cheer for whoever/whatever you want during the last week of regular season baseball but I will be cheering for Jose Ramirez to hit 3 HRs and deliver the quietest 40/40 season of all-time,” they posted.
Listen you can cheer for whoever/whatever you want during the last week of regular season baseball but I will be cheering for Jose Ramirez to hit 3 HRs and deliver the quietest 40/40 season of all-time pic.twitter.com/jGrqEQG6IK
— MLB Deadline News (@MLBDeadlineNews) September 23, 2024
Why the ‘quietest’? There are multiple reasons.
For example, everyone is talking about Ohtani funding the 50-50 club and making an improbable run at 60-60 or, much more likely, at 55-55.
The focus has also been on the AL MVP race between Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr.
Those three players have made Ramirez an afterthought these days, and it’s definitely not fair.
Ramirez already has the stolen bases, 40, but he is at 37 home runs as of Monday afternoon with six games left to play.
In any case, Ramirez has carried the Guardians on his back (together with the bullpen and other specific contributors) and would deserve MVP consideration if it weren’t for Judge and Witt.
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