Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez has not talked to the club about a contract extension, reports Jon Morosi of FoxSports.com.
Morosi noted that while Ramirez wasn't happy to be replaced defensively. When asked specifically about a July trade, Ramirez responded: "Who? Me? I'm not getting traded. I'm a winner, and here it's all about winning."
According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, Ramirez is asking for more than $130 million over six years to avoid free agency. Apparently, the Dodgers are not convinced that Ramirez is capable of staying healthy enough to handle the rigors of the shortstop position.
Let's compare Hanley Ramirez with one of the game's best all-around shortstops, Troy Tulowitzki.On that note, Ramirez has committed an average of fourteen errors per year for the last ten years (139 errors in 2570 attempts) compared to Troy Tulowitzki who has averaged seven per year (64 errors in 2868 attempts) over his nine year career.
Let's compare Hanley Ramirez with one of the game's best all-around shortstops, Troy Tulowitzki.On that note, Ramirez has committed an average of fourteen errors per year for the last ten years (139 errors in 2570 attempts) compared to Troy Tulowitzki who has averaged seven per year (64 errors in 2868 attempts) over his nine year career.
However, Ramirez had the second best OBP in all of MLB for 2013 (based upon a minimum of 251 AB) at 1.040, only trailing Miguel Cabrera (1.078). If you compare Ramirez' 10-year career splits of (.300/.371/.504), at age 30 to Troy Tulowitzki's 9-year splits (298/.372/.518), at age 29, the offensive numbers are similar.
Tulowitzki signed a contract extension in late 2010 for approximately $158 million, with $118 million to be paid out over the next 6 years starting in 2015. In consideration of that fact, a long-term contract extension for Hanley Ramirez becomes more of a compelling argument.
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