Rob Rattler
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You would suspect he would be a very, very good player.
He's the number one overall pick.
You have Chase DeLauder, who...
is the 50th, 58th overall prospect according to MLB Pipeline.
He played in 39 AAA games last year.
He's an outfielder with an 859 OPS and was on the playoff roster for the Guardians.
So you would suspect that he would be called up and so you have to get something from him.
Right behind him on the MLB Pipeline rankings is a young shortstop, 20-year-old shortstop, Angel Genoa.
And, you know, he hasn't torn anything up offensively, but, you know, he's the 59th overall prospect, so somebody sees something in him.
You have a good hitting catcher in Cooper Engel.
He's not in the top 100, but he's the fourth-ranked prospect for the Guardians.
The overall point is that there's not the easy solution.
There's not the guy you say, hey, going to be dropped in, mill the order, help Jose Ramirez, help Stephen Kwan, help Kyle Manzardo.
There's not those guys.
So maybe it's not the time to take a deep dive in the Guardians because, again, the offseason isn't over.
Maybe they'll do something.
And also, you have to give them their flowers because they got this locked up.
They got their most important player locked up, even though he had three more years left on his contract.
All right.
Well, I just thought it was worthy of singing the praises of Jose Ramirez on this day where