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Rob Rattler

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164 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

Well, of course.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

It was amazing that they made the postseason and were 28th in runs scored in Major League Baseball.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

It's amazing that they're, according to SpotRack, they're last in all of majors in terms of cash payroll.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

They're the third lowest in terms of AAV, total AAV owed.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

So they're not spending a lot of money.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

They're not hitting the ball.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

Yet they made the postseason.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

And they have this iconic player.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

So where do you go from here?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

Well, one of the solutions to the offensive problem, you would think, Stephen Kwan, he only has one more year of arbitration eligibility before he has free agency.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

Really, you have Kyle Manzardo, who is the main threat in the middle of the order.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

He had 27 home runs already.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

for the guardians last year, but you have to find other pieces and you haven't done it yet.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

I mean, I know that off season isn't done, but really the guardians haven't done much of anything other than the Jose Ramirez, Austin hedges, some relievers haven't done much of anything is.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

So are there solutions?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

Are they waiting for solutions coming up from the farm system?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

Remember they had a number on overall pick Travis Pazana, uh,

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

who is now the 17th overall prospect, according to our good friends at MLB Pipeline.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

He's not going to start in the major leagues, and he's had this oblique injury and hasn't really torn it up in terms of offensive production in the minors, but that doesn't mean everything.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez

He still can be a very, very good player.