Maybe it's because he plays in Cleveland, maybe it's because he was never a top prospect, or maybe it's the fact he simply wasn't very good in his first couple years in the majors, but Jose Ramirez never seems to get mentioned in the "best players in baseball" conversations nationally. He certainly hasn't gotten much ink so far this year, but let's compare some key performance indicators to a couple much more heavily publicized players:

Player A: 11.3% BB%, 11.7% K%, .391 IsoP, 2.4 BsR

Player B: 13% BB%, 10% K%, .329 IsoP, 2.6 BsR

Player C: 20.1% BB%, 18.9% K%, .370 IsoP, 2.1 BsR

Player A is Mookie Betts. Player B is Jose Ramirez. Player C is Mike Trout.

Now let's compare the salary situations for these three players:

Betts: $10.5 million, Arb Year 1. 2 years of arbitration remaining. Free agent after 2020 season.

Trout: $33.2 million, 2 years $66.4 million remaining. Free agent after 2020 season.

Ramirez: $2.4 million, 3 years $19 million remaining plus two options years for a combined $24 million; 5 years $43 million remaining. Free agent after 2023 season.

To add to Ramirez's value, he is also an uncommonly versatile player. While he's played exclusively at 3B this year, check out his games played by position over the past few years:

2017: 65 games started at 2B (71 games with an appearance), 86 games started at 3B (88 games with an appearance)

2016: 3 games started at 2B (9 games with an appearance), 91 games started at 3B (117 games with an appearance), 3 games started at SS (5 games with an appearance), 47 games started at LF (48 with an appearance)

2015: 27 games started at 2B (33 games with an appearance), 12 games started at 3B (13 with an appearance), 43 games started at SS (45 games with an appearance), 2 games started at LF (2 games with an appearance)

The only one of those positions by which UZR has him a clearly below average fielder is shortstop (-1.3 UZR/150 in LF but that's the smallest sample so well within the margin of error).

Taking into account his production and his contract status, I think you could argue pretty convincingly from that alone he is the most valuable player in baseball. Throw in the ability to play him pretty much anywhere in the infield, or even in a corner OF spot, is just a cherry on top.

Tl;dr: Jose Ramirez is awesome, cheap, and versatile.

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