Good morning, everyone. And Happy Saturday. We are one day closer to Pitchers and Catchers reporting, and that makes today a good day. No matter how bitterly cold it is.
Let’s talk some ball.
BREAKING NEWS: Jose Ramirez is a Guardian for the long haul. The third baseman star has signed a new deal: 7-year, $175 million extension through the 2032 season. In April, 2022, Ramirez and the Guardians agreed on a five-year, $124M contract extension.
We all know Jose Ramirez is an awesome, awesome player. Truly of the game’s very best (and I’ll share some stats about that in a second). But he was also ALREADY under contract through 2028 (3 years, $69M remaining on his last extension). That would have brought him through his age-35 season, when most players really start to decline. So to see the Guardians, of all teams, tacking on another four years and $106 million THREE YEARS before he even hits free agency as a 36-year-old corner infielder is truly wild. It’s not that he’s not worth that money; it’s that they didn’t have to do this, not right now. For that reason, this is probably one of the most “generous” contract extensions (that is, relative to the usually cold and calculated selfishness of MLB front offices) I can remember. So why are they doing it? Best I can offer here is that this is some sort of “do-right” from the org, as he has been incredibly committed to (and productive for) that team over the years, with his last deal being particularly team-friendly. But it is still blowing my mind that they’re actually giving him a thank-you deal like this. Good on the Guardians. And good for Jose Ramirez. Now, with all that said, this random post on X really cracked me up:Oh my god they overrated Jose Ramirez ??? t.co/w2jRmNK5Pb
— AT (@YankeeWRLD) January 23, 2026 If you don’t get the humor, Jose Ramirez is everyone’s favorite “he’s SO underrated” player. So much so that he hasn’t really been underrated for like 5 seasons. But ranking him fifth here for the 2026 season? Yeah, that might be overrating him a tiny bit. Personally, I’d take at least Juan Soto, Paul Skenes, and Tarik Skubal over Ramirez *for 2026*. But that’s not really a jab at him. Because, yeah, Ramirez is almost certainly already a Hall of Famer and still has plenty of baseball life ahead of him. I mean, in the last two seasons, alone, he’s hit 69 homers and stolen 85 bases, while slashing .281/.347/.520 (137 wRC+) with an 11.5% strikeout rate and good defense at third base. He’s basically a dream baseball player, capable of contributing at an elite level across all phases of the game. As an aside, when you look through his FanGraphs page, the biggest thing to jump out is how much was taken from him because of the COVID-shortened 2020 season. At the time, Ramirez, 27, was in the middle of his prime and on track for a career-best season, even by his standards: .292/.386/.607 (167 wRC+) with 17 HRs and 3.1 WAR in 58 games. Like I said, he’ll get the Hall either way, but he’d almost certainly already be up over 300 HRs and 300 SBs with a full season, to say nothing of another 3-4 WAR, at least. Another guy, closer to home, who suffered a similar fate? Ian Happ. Happ finished the 2019 season slashing .264/.333/.564 (126 wRC+), and headed into 2020 as a spritely 25-year-old at the top of his game. He played in 57 of 60 regular-season games that year, slashing a career-best .258/.361/.505 (132 wRC+) with 12 HRs, again in just 57 contests. He’s had productive seasons since, but 2020 sure looks like it would have been his career high-water mark. Instead, poof … it’s gone/never happened. Bummer. You can’t just assume he’d have kept up at the same rate, but if he did, Happ was headed for another ~18 or so homers. And if you added that to his total right now, he’d go from 15th on the Cubs list all-time up to 11th, jumping over Andre Dawson, Derrek Lee, Alfonso Soriano, and Hack Wilson. And with one more season in Chicago, he’d need just eight more homers to jump into the top-10 of Cubs all-time with a very real chance at finishing 9th. Instead, Happ heads into his final season under contract with the Cubs at 173 HRs, 15th overall. Now I’m curious, though, so let’s do some more simple math: Happ has averaged 23 homers over the last three seasons. If he does that again in 2026, he’ll finish 2026 (and likely his Cubs career) with 196 home runs in a Cubs uniform, which would be good for 11th all-time, two behind Hank Sauer for the top-10. So I guess, here’s hoping Happ hits 25 home runs this season, so he can sneak into the back-end of that list. The Washington Nationals traded MacKenzie Gore and got a solid return, all things considered, but I am happy with the Cubs decision to go for Edward Cabrera, especially when this is what the Nats were looking for in return at the deadline:Nationals were asking for four top players including Caisse and Wiggins from Cubs for Gore last July before deadline.
— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) January 23, 2026 Get the hell out of here with that. Jaxon Wiggins *and* Owen Caissie would have been such an extreme overpay. And I’m glad the Cubs pivoted to Edward Cabrera, who has just as much upside plus one more year of control relative to Gore, for Caissie (plus less than Jaxon Wiggins) instead. Power rankings don’t mean a thing, unless the Cubs are ranked really high. In that case, they are gospel, and you should definitely believe the Cubs are the second-best team in MLB.Power ranking every MLB team as we inch closer to Spring Training ⚾️ @JoelReuterBR Full list here ? t.co/A2YIlUDcYs pic.twitter.com/rUJbSSecIC
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) January 23, 2026 All jokes aside, I don’t think that’s terribly far off. The Cubs spent most of last season among the top-5 in most power ranking lists like this one, and they had a very good offseason with most of their key contributors returning. If you’re looking for a little more reading this weekend, might I suggest ESPN’s bold predictions for the rest of the offseason? There is no Cubs-specific boldness in there, but there’s a lot of good stuff from Buster Olney and Jeff Passan, among others. They hit on Tarik Skubal’s arb case, the Orioles remaining moves, the Padres desire to do something big, and more. Please, oh please, let Ethan Conrad hit the ground running and break out big this year. The Cubs need some major prospect wins to rebuild this system.First day of on-field Batting Practice for the minor leaguers on Friday. Should be fun watching @ethanconrad23 swing the lumber this season! #Cubs #CubsProspects pic.twitter.com/ztg7ZWfMe0
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