José Ramírez - Option picked up for 2022 Cleveland exercised Ramirez's $12 million team option for 2022 on Thursday, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports. Impact The five-year, $26 million contract extension Ramirez signed in March 2017 includes options of $12 million for 2022 and $14 million for 2023, making it one of the more club-friendly deals in baseball history. Ramirez has already turned in 28.0 WAR over the first five years of the contract, and he continued to dazzle even in the midst of a rebuilding year for Cleveland in 2021. He finished with a .266/.355/.538 slash line, 36 home runs, 111 runs, 103 RBI and 27 stolen bases across 152 games, with his combination of on-base skills, power, speed and durability making him a major value for those who grabbed him in the first or second round of drafts. He'll likely be a consensus first-round choice in 2022 drafts as he enters his age-29 season.
NOVEMBER 4, 2021 • ROTOWIRE