BIB on the Go: It's Time To Appreciate Jose Ramirez
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What news sparked the discussion about Jose Ramirez?
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The good thing about this offseason is that, yes, why it's been... ragged out quite a bit. There has been news almost every single day. It doesn't seem like we have a day where there hasn't been some sort of news. I thought it might be on Saturday, but it wasn't because thanks to Hector Gomez, he broke the story that the Guardians are on the verge of giving Jose Ramirez a contract extension, a sizable contract extension, the type of contract extension that makes us want to do this podcast and talk about Jose Ramirez. So reportedly it would be for seven years, $175 million through the age of the 39 is 39 year old season, $70 million deferred. Now that's a big part of this whole equation because as we know, you know, there might be a change after this new collective bargain agreement, whenever that may come or
Hopefully it's sooner than later, but there might be some crackdowns on deferred money. And so maybe the Cleveland Guardians are getting out ahead of it and they are giving the deferred money. They are saying, Jose Ramirez, we know that you have three years left on your contract. On that contract extension you signed, by the way, which was seven years, $141 million. You had three years left on it, but still at $69 million, by the way. But still, we want to get out ahead of this, and we want to give the deferred money why we can still give the deferred money. Because, yes, Jose Ramirez, you are a very, very good player, and I want to talk about what a good player he is. It is kind of amazing. You look at that extension, seven years, $141 million.
Again, three more years left on it. He never was going to make more than – or he never made more than $22.25 million. And, yeah, that's a lot of money, but not for Jose Ramirez. I mean, Jose Ramirez – is a guy, if he went into the free agent market, I think, I don't know what you'd be making right now because of his age, but certainly back then, back at the heart of the deal, he'd be making a whole lot more than he's making now, which is again, the max. He wasn't even making $22 million in his most recent year.
What are the details of Jose Ramirez's new contract extension?
because the way it was structured, but still, you know, it was $22 million. That was the most he had made in the life of the contract. This contract, it'll be paid $25 million a year, all the way through his age 39 season, which, you know, again, $25 million, not a lot of money. But not crazy, crazy money for the player that Jose Ramirez is. And who is that player? Well, that's what I want to talk about right now. Jose Ramirez is going to be, I think, going to be a Hall of Famer. I don't think there's going to be a question about it. I think when the rubber meets the road and we start talking about just a couple more years about Jose Ramirez, if he's able to keep doing what he's doing, which there are no signs that he's slowing down at all,
That he's going to be locked in as a Hall of Famer, which is always a good conversation. And maybe we can talk about Hall of Famers and who should be in the Hall of Fame and who shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame. And we all just went through that with all the announcements and my voting and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But still, it's always good to talk about what players now are going to be in the Hall of Fame. And Jose Ramirez, much like I said to Kenley Jansen, I said, Kenley, I think you're in the Hall of Fame. Congratulations. I'm going to say things, this same thing to Jose Ramirez if he's listening. I know he listens to this podcast. I know it. He must because he's a good guy.
He loves baseball.
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