This isn’t the first time Jose Ramirez has gotten hot, but it may be the hottest he’s ever been.
Over the last two weeks, The Angry Hamster has slashed an incredible .379/.419/.914 with seven home runs, eight doubles, and he has struck out in just 4.8 percent of his at-bats. All of those numbers are worthy of a deep dive on their own, but I’m here for one in particular: That beautiful, beautiful strikeout rate.
You can pretty much throw a dart at any Jose Ramirez at-bat and find a great example of him controlling every inch of the plate (and several inches of off it) and refusing to strike out, so let’s do just that.