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Yesterday, baseball writer Jeff Passan wrote an article that, among other things, made the MVP case for José Ramírez.
His tweet for this article was this:
The player with the most FanGraphs Wins Above Replacement in all of baseball for the 2020 season?
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 22, 2020
Cleveland's Jose Ramirez.
Is he suddenly the American League MVP favorite? At very least he's in the conversation with Jose Abreu and Tim Anderson: https://t.co/4261kv6YGF
Mike Freeman saw reference to José’s WAR and tweeted this:
I think his Wins Above Replacement should be higher.
— Mike Freeman (@MikeBFree5) September 22, 2020
Sincerely,
His replacement. https://t.co/LPUocI2fx1
Then, hours after one of the hundred best sports tweets of all time appeared, José did this:
JOSE RAMIREZ WALKS THE @INDIANS OFF AND STRAIGHT INTO THE POSTSEASON!!!!!!!!!!!#OURTRIBE pic.twitter.com/G6kzCbCnnO
— FOX Sports Cleveland (@FOXSportsCLE) September 23, 2020
Around baseball
• There is no maximum number of pitchers you can put on your 2020 postseason roster.
• For the rest of the season, Triston McKenzie is going to be available out of the bullpen.
• Castrovince tells us everything we need to know about the bizarre 2020 playoffs.
• The Dodgers won another division title.
• The Braves won one too.