Hold onto your helmets, our boy may be back.
After an abysmal end to last season and start in 2019, José Ramírez is finally looking like himself.
First, it’s important to set the table of just how bad Ramírez had been over a stretch that spanned almost a calendar year. From August 15, 2018 to June 12, 2019, José slashed a measly .186/.299/.291 with seven home runs and a rage-inducing .202 BABIP. Digging deeper into the numbers, he was making contact just 84.9% of the time on all pitches — down almost 5% from where he was from the start of his breakout 2016 season to the start of The Slump.