FACTS/FLUKES: J. Ramirez, M. Boyd, Benintendi, Diaz, and Lindor

Ramirez joins elite... In the 2018 Baseball Forecaster, Ryan Bloomfield said that José Ramírez (3B/2B, CLE) had the "support for a five-category redux." Boy, was he ever right. Ramirez has hit .301 with 37 HR, 91 RBI, 87 R, and 27 SB through 442 at-bats in 2018. Does he have skills support behind his MVP-like performance? 

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%    G/L/F   h%  HctX   PX/xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  =======  ====  ===  ===
2014* 482   6/25  .265  .274    6   86  47/24/28  30    85   72/ 71    4%  120  30%
2015  315   6/27  .219  .258    9   88  48/16/36  23    91   72/ 69    6%  137  18%
2016  565  11/22  .312  .290    7   89  41/23/36  34    97   91/ 77    6%  109 ...

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