March 30: Ramirez stays day-to-day and is out of the lineup at the moment, as Vogt instructed reporters (together with Tim Stebbins of MLB.com) this afternoon. Vogt added that Ramirez is out there to pinch-hit at the moment and that the membership hopes he’ll be again within the lineup on Monday in San Diego.
March 29: Star third baseman Jose Ramirez exited the Guardians’ sport in opposition to the Royals within the sixth inning at the moment because of what the Guardians later introduced was a proper wrist sprain. The 32-year-old appeared to maintain the damage after touchdown awkwardly throughout a headfirst slide within the third inning as he tried to steal second base. As famous by Zack Meisel of The Athletic, supervisor Stephen Vogt advised that Ramirez is day-to-day after the sport.
The information is a probably brutal blow to Cleveland’s hopes of constructing on a powerful 2023 season the place they earned a bye via the Wild Card spherical of the playoffs and made it to the ALCS. Ramirez, in fact, was a key a part of not solely that playoff run however each playoff run the membership has made since he accomplished his first full season within the majors again in 2016. Since then, Ramirez has acquired votes for the AL MVP award in each season aside from 2019 whereas ending within the prime 5 for the award 5 occasions. He’s made six All-Star appearances and slashed an unimaginable .284/.358/.522 throughout that point with 340 doubles, 247 residence runs, and 223 stolen bases all whereas enjoying stable protection at third base.
The switch-hitter is among the many sport’s most constantly wonderful gamers, even amongst his fellow stars. A part of that consistency has been because of his distinctive sturdiness. Ramirez has appeared in no less than 152 video games and stepped as much as the plate no less than 618 occasions in each 162-game marketing campaign since his first full season as an enormous leaguer apart from his 129-game 2019 season, however at the moment’s damage dangers placing one other asterisk on that prolonged monitor document. Happily, Vogt appeared to point that the membership’s present expectation is that he received’t miss important time because of the situation.
“He’s day-to-day,” the supervisor mentioned, as relayed by Meisel. “We’re going to see how he feels within the morning. It’s early within the 12 months. However I believe I’m gonna have to carry him all the way down to maintain him out of there.”
There’s no changing a participant of Ramirez’s caliber for any membership, however the Guardians are notably missing in depth on the infield grime after buying and selling utility man Tyler Freeman to the Rockies to re-acquire outfielder Nolan Jones simply earlier than Opening Day. Gabriel Arias dealt with third base in Ramirez’s at the moment and could possibly be tasked with masking for the membership’s star within the occasion he misses time, however Arias was already ticketed for no less than semi-regular reps at second base this 12 months. Daniel Schneemann performed on the keystone at the moment and will slot in if Ramirez misses solely a brief time frame, but when a visit to the injured record opens up a roster spot the membership may as an alternative flip to infield prospect Juan Brito, who posted robust numbers at Triple-A final 12 months however has not but made his main league debut.
