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• Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Smacks 39th home run

  09/29/2024 • By RotoWire

  Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Astros. Ramirez took Justin Verlander deep in the first inning, and he's now one homer away from a 40-40 season. If he plays in Sunday's season finale, Ramirez has a chance to become the first primary third baseman ever to post a 40-40 season.

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• Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Notches 41st steal

  09/28/2024 • By RotoWire

  Ramirez went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Astros. Ramirez was held hitless for just the fifth time in September over 24 games. He's batting .295 (28-for-95) this month while adding seven steals on 10 attempts. Ramirez has a career-high 41 steals this season, but his pursuit of a 40-40 campaign is running out of time -- he's at 38 homers with two games left on the schedule. The third baseman has added a .277/.334/.530 slash line, 115 RBI, 113 runs scored, 38 doubles and two triples over 157 games, matching his career high in games played for the third time, having previously reached the mark in 2018 and 2022.

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• Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Plays hero with 38th homer

  09/26/2024 • By RotoWire

  Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run, a double, a triple and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Ramirez fell just a single shy of the cycle and broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning with a three-run blast off Emilio Pagan. Over his past 10 games, the third baseman has gone deep three times while tallying six multi-hit efforts. He trails his single-season homer total of 39 by one while hitting .279 with 115 RBI and career highs in runs (113) and steals (40) across 674 plate appearances.

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• Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Goes deep again Saturday

  09/22/2024 • By RotoWire

  Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a double Saturday in a loss to the Cardinals. Ramirez helped Cleveland mount a late rally, belting a three-run shot to left field in the eighth inning to reduce a five-run deficit to just two runs. The star third baseman has homered in each of his past two games and has gone 5-for-8 with five RBI during the pair of contests. Ramirez's long ball Saturday was his 37th of the season, bring him to within two of the career-best mark of 39 that he established in 2018.

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• Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Carries Cleveland to win Friday

  09/21/2024 • By RotoWire

  Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 5-1 win over the Cardinals. The star third baseman took Kyle Gibson deep in the fifth inning for his 36th homer of the season, and then swiped his 40th bag of the year in the seventh. Ramirez has never recorded a 40-40 season -- his career high in home runs is 39 set back in 2018, while he's already set a new career high in stolen bases in 2024 -- but with seven games left on the Guardians' schedule, he's still got a chance.

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