March 30: Ramirez stays day-to-day and is out of the lineup right now, as Vogt instructed reporters (together with Tim Stebbins of MLB.com) this afternoon. Vogt added that Ramirez is out there to pinch-hit right now 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’ recreation in opposition to the Royals within the sixth inning right now resulting from what the Guardians later introduced was a proper wrist sprain. The 32-year-old appeared to maintain the harm 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 instructed 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 by means of 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 high 5 for the award 5 occasions. He’s made six All-Star appearances and slashed an unbelievable .284/.358/.522 throughout that point with 340 doubles, 247 house runs, and 223 stolen bases all whereas taking part in strong protection at third base.
The switch-hitter is among the many recreation’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 at the very least 152 video games and stepped as much as the plate at the very least 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 right now’s harm dangers placing one other asterisk on that prolonged observe report. Fortuitously, Vogt appeared to point that the membership’s present expectation is that he received’t miss important time as a result of difficulty.
“He’s day-to-day,” the supervisor stated, as relayed by Meisel. “We’re going to see how he feels within the morning. It’s early within the yr. However I feel I’m gonna have to carry him all the way down to preserve him out of there.”
There’s no changing a participant of Ramirez’s caliber for any membership, however the Guardians are significantly missing in depth on the infield dust 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 right now and might be tasked with protecting for the membership’s star within the occasion he misses time, however Arias was already ticketed for at the very least semi-regular reps at second base this yr. Daniel Schneemann performed on the keystone right now and will slot in if Ramirez misses solely a brief time period, but when a visit to the injured record opens up a roster spot the membership might as an alternative flip to infield prospect Juan Brito, who posted sturdy numbers at Triple-A final yr however has not but made his main league debut.
