It’s April 19. José Ramírez is embarking on one of the worst 20 game stretches of his career. He can’t catch up to fastballs, he’s running the highest chase rate of his career, and he’s sitting at a 79 wRC+. Safe to say, this was the worst we’d seen José look since 2019, and overall, he hadn’t really felt the same since the hand injury in 2022. Concerns were setting in. Was he past his prime? Were we set to see the gradual decline of the face of our team just two years into his extension?
No.
How foolish.