00:00I want to get into the first one, and it pertains to one of the best players that we have
00:03seen
00:03in this generation. Jose Ramirez is approaching these amazing, amazing milestones over the course
00:11of his career. The Cleveland Guardians third baseman has been the best third baseman in
00:15baseball for quite some time, and that's body of work. That's year over year. J-Ram entering play
00:20on Tuesday. Is it 291 career home runs and 297 career stolen bases? Nine homers, three stolen
00:28bases away. He would become just the second infielder ever to do that. The only other one,
00:34A-Rod. Thank you very much, Peyton Genius, Big League Analysis. But the take I have for you,
00:39Jose Ramirez over the course of his career has flirted with an elusive club, and he has never
00:44entered. He has never had the velvet rope lifted up, and he has gotten in. In 2018, as a 25
00:50-year-old,
00:51J-Ram hit 39 homers and stole 34 bases. In 2021, 36 homers, 27 bases. But he's gotten closer and
01:00closer. In 2024, 39 home runs and 41 stolen bases. In 2025, 30 homers, 44 stolen bases.
01:10Jose Ramirez through 24 games has hit six homers, and he's 10 for 10 in the stolen base department.
01:15He is the only guy at double-digit stolen bases in Major League Baseball so far this season.
01:19So, Aram Layton, the first take I have for you today is that this is finally the year that Jose
01:26Ramirez joins the 40-40 club. Your thoughts? Yeah, I think if we're going like hot take theater,
01:33this should be like the low. I know we're not chronologically going in order. I don't know
01:37if chronological is even the right word there, but I don't know if we're going in order from low,
01:40medium. Severity, yeah. Severity, yeah. This, I'm with you. Because I think the big variable here,
01:47especially with the new stolen base rules, really, since we've adjusted those sides of
01:51things, like Jay Ram looks like he's pretty auto for 40, or at least, you know, it's going to have
01:56the intent, or if he's close enough, you can go get the bags when you're close. You can't just go
02:02get
02:02the homers when you're close to 40-40. So, the biggest thing is the homers. And, you know, I think
02:07the question would be, you know, when you look at, you average out the last four seasons,
02:12odds are he'd be a little bit shy in the home run department, but he's off to such a good
02:16start
02:16this year that I think it really catapults him into a position here where he can go do it.
02:21And again, we talk about the lineup. It's better than it's been in recent years. A little bit more
02:25protection here all of a sudden. I feel weird calling a rookie, like, chased a lot of protection,
02:30but just even like a Brian Rocchio swinging it better and getting on base at a way higher clip.
02:34Just guys, more traffic is good for J-Ram. I think he does it. I think he does it. I'm
02:39with you. I
02:39like that call out. Yeah. I don't know. I'm just looking at Jose Ramirez and I'm thinking you are
02:44going to hunt corners. And he's at the point in his career where like, okay, he may not be getting
02:49into the crazy exit velocities and he still will get into really solid EVs. But I don't, I'm just
02:54looking at him aging like fine wine. J-Ram is 33 years old. He turns 34 on September 17th. So
03:00he's 33 for
03:01practically the whole entire year. But Jose Ramirez, it just seems like he is mastering
03:05angles right now. And what he does year over year is incredible to me, man. I mean, an 850 OPS
03:12at the
03:12outset this year, but 863 and 25, 872 and 24, 831 in 2023. He's got a career 857 OPS and
03:21every single
03:23freaking season, he's right around that number. He's the most consistent player in baseball, I think.
03:29A hundred percent. And, and he's just so much fun to watch. I think the coolest thing too, is he
03:34would be
03:35the oldest player to join the 40, 40 club. Barry Bonds was 32, if I'm not mistaken. So that's another
03:42really cool wrinkle at 33. Cause this would be his age 33 season, right? Yeah. I mean, he'll be 34
03:48by the
03:48end of it. Jose would be the, the oldest to join that 40, 40 club, which is a very honestly
03:55athletic
03:55driven club, given that you have to go get 40 bags. Yeah. How many other guys do you feel like
04:01in baseball right now can threaten with the 40, 40 club this year? I mean, Bobby Witt Jr. has what
04:06nine bags at this point, but he may not even get to the home run output right now. There are
04:11very few
04:12stars and superstars in major league baseball that have 40, 40 capabilities. And the guys that do a lot
04:19of them are off to really slow starts. Honestly, the other one that I would give you like best shot
04:23from me, Ellie de la Cruz in Cincinnati. That's the other one alongside J Ram that I'm saying,
04:28like you have a legit shot at 40, 40 right now. And O'Neal Cruz would probably be the ugliest.
04:34I'm so harsh, but like the weirdest 40, 40 we've ever seen. Um, yeah. Yeah. Cause I would go
04:40Tatis. Tatis isn't of a homer yet. So like, it's going to be tough for him. I think it's Ellie,
04:45especially with the right side coming along the way that it has. And the only other guy that I
04:50think could do it without a problem, even starting behind the eight ball is Ronald Acuna Jr. He,
04:54he could just have two months that pretty much closed the gap, but yeah, I think jazz would
04:58have been a call out. He has zero homers. So I think it's Bobby. I think it's O'Neal. And
05:03then
05:04I think it's Ellie de la Cruz. And those are the only guys that I think have a, a very
05:07realistic shot
05:08this year. Really cool note from Peyton here. The only players to have 300 or more homers and 300 or
05:14more stolen bases in their career by the end of their age, 33 seasons. So effectively by age,
05:20the quickest guys to do it, Barry bonds and Bobby bonds, Jose Ramirez is a shoe in to meet them
05:28and join that club. That is crazy to think about.
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