{"id":74750,"date":"2024-05-28T17:06:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=74750"},"modified":"2024-05-28T17:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:06:40","slug":"jose-ramirez-rbi-tear-guardians-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/28\/jose-ramirez-rbi-tear-guardians-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians Slugger on RBI Tear in the Month of May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ramirjo01,ramirjo02&amp;search=Jos\u00e9+Ram\u00edrez&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez<\/a> is having a stellar month of May for the Cleveland Guardians, particularly in the RBI department. The veteran third baseman is currently a huge reason why the Guardians have remained in first place in the American League Central. Ram\u00edrez not only leads the Guardians in runs batted in, but he leads MLB with 54 RBI, 30 of which have come in the month of May alone. Ram\u00edrez now has at least one RBI in six straight games, and a total of 13 RBI in that span. Furthermore, his May OPS stands at 1.018 after posting just a .736 OPS in April. In his past seven games, Ram\u00edrez is hitting a torrid .357\/.419\/.929.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez has THIRTY runs batted in this month \ud83e\udd2f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markdero7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@markdero7<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakePeavy_22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JakePeavy_22<\/a> dive in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CleGuardians?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CleGuardians<\/a> superstar and his dominance from both sides of the dish. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBCentral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLBCentral<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PmUfZWBvl9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PmUfZWBvl9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/1795510094760722838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez Has Been on an RBI Tear This May<\/h2>\n<p>Ram\u00edrez, 31, is currently in his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/04\/07\/jose-ramirez-continues-to-anchor-the-cleveland-indians-lineup\/\" target=\"_self\">12th season in Cleveland<\/a>. The five-time All-Star has been a stat lover\u2019s dream over his career, and can be considered somewhat of an anomaly among modern-day hitters. Take last season, for instance, when Ram\u00edrez walked (73) as many times as he struck out (73). Or there was 2018, when Ram\u00edrez walked 106 times and had just 80 strikeouts. His plate discipline is uncanny, and he makes consistent contact. In fact, in 12 seasons, Ram\u00edrez has never struck out more than 87 times in a single season. Add in the fact that he has six seasons with 20+ home runs, and you can see why he is a rarity among the modern-day slugger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/05\/26\/jose-ramirez-is-approaching-a-milestone\/\" target=\"_self\">Ram\u00edrez<\/a> currently has 24 career multi-homer games, which ranks fourth in franchise history. It\u2019s not just the long ball that has boosted his slugging percentage though. Ram\u00edrez has been a doubles machine over his career. He currently has 336 career doubles, including seven seasons with at least 30 of them. In 2017, Ram\u00edrez led MLB with 56 doubles, a single-season best for him. He also led the AL with 44 doubles in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As if the hitting statistics weren\u2019t enough, Ram\u00edrez also has 210 career stolen bases, including six seasons with 20+ steals. How this guy is still so underrated is mind-boggling. He has been a model of consistency for Cleveland since debuting in 2013.<\/p>\n<h3>Ramirez Makes Confident Statement Regarding Former Legend<\/h3>\n<p>Despite flying mostly under the radar in his career, Ram\u00edrez was shown a great deal of respect in a game against the Los Angeles Angels this past Sunday when he drew a bases-loaded walk on four pitches. This immediately drew comparisons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bondsba01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barry Bonds<\/a>, who was so feared as a hitter that he had once drawn an <i>intentional <\/i>walk with the bases loaded in a 1998 game. Paul Hoynes, a Cleveland.com reporter, made sure to make mention of the Bonds treatment to Ram\u00edrez after the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/syndication.bleacherreport.com\/amp\/10122704-guardians-jose-ramirez-says-hes-better-than-barry-bonds-after-bases-loaded-walk.amp.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to Hoynes<\/a>, Ramirez responded, \u201cI\u2019m better than Barry Bonds.\u201d No lack of confidence there.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jose Ramirez wasn&#8217;t shy when Barry Bonds name came up in conversation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uaM69m2Dde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uaM69m2Dde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1795173138184933547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the slow start to the season, Ram\u00edrez has caught fire in the month of May. His 10 home runs this month rank just second behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tuckeky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Tucker<\/a>, who both have 11. His 30 RBI lead MLB for the month, and he ranks third in slugging percentage (.663). With Cleveland atop the AL Central, and still not at full strength from injuries, Ram\u00edrez has helped keep the Guardians in a great spot as May comes to a close.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 David Dermer-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez is having a stellar month of May for the Cleveland Guardians, particularly in the RBI department. The veteran third baseman is currently a huge reason why the Guardians have remained in first place in the American League Central. Ram\u00edrez not only leads the Guardians in runs batted in, but he leads MLB with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5142,"featured_media":74787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1071],"tags":[501,596,2319],"class_list":["post-74750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardians","category-mlb","tag-aaron-judge","tag-jose-ramirez","tag-kyle-tucker"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}