Jose Ramirez wants Amed Rosario to stay with the Cleveland Guardians. Jokingly, he said he’s willing to foot the bill until that happens.
The Cleveland Guardians are the feel-good story of the 2022 MLB season. With a Moneyball-ish payroll of $80.67 million, they are the clear underdogs in the MLB postseason.
The Guardians were by far the most efficient with their paychecks in terms of earnings per dollar spent. They spent $876,000 per win, with the closest team (Tampa Bay Rays, $1.2 million per win) spending 41% more.
Payroll cost per win for MLB teams in 2022
Jose Ramirez wants to keep Rosario in Cleveland with his own money
Amed Rosario and Guardians Agree to a one-year deal worth $4.95 million Before the season begins to avoid refereeing, one of the many low-cost items on the payroll to help them keep their winning cost under $1 million. He is now eligible to referee after this season and could become a free agent after next year.
Jose Ramirez got a big contract before this season (7 years, $141 million), but he wouldn’t mind using some of that money to keep Rosario in Cleveland. In a half-ridiculous manner, Ramirez told reporters that he would be getting $40 million:
Rosario scored 180 scores in 2022, the fifth most in the MLB and the third most in the MLS. He hit the top of the league nine Three times, hit at 71 RBI, cut .283/.312/.403. While this slash looks a bit pedestrian, I really like it How Jeff Mount of Call to the Pen put the Rosario Effect on over here:
But if analytics were all that mattered, the Cleveland Guardians would be in third place as everyone expected. If you’ve spent a lot of time watching The Guardians this season, you’d be hard-pressed to imagine them winning AL Central without Rosario. He’s been seemingly in the middle of every career, and he’s set the tone for the entire season by leading the AL in pitch strikes. Jose Ramirez, behind Rosario, led 126 runs; This only happens if you bump into a good guy. The fact that the Guardians finished 16th in the MLB in rounds despite having historically low production from eighth and ninth place in the standings should mean that the top of the standings was doing something right.
Maintaining Rosario may be the difference between a satisfied postseason year and the real build toward a sustainable winning franchise in Cleveland.
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