I regret to inform you that the discourse has now shifted to trading José Ramírez.
Nobody wants to think about trading the team’s best position player of the decade — and yes I’m including Francisco Lindor in that comparison — but it’s hard to ignore the reality that José Ramírez is as good as gone either after 2021 or at the 2022 trade deadline. And based on what we saw with Lindor’s trade value, sooner is more likely than later.
Ramírez, unlike that greedy fellow Lindor, decided to show loyalty to the Cleveland franchise and signed a five-year, $26 million contract in early 2017.