CLEVELAND, Ohio — For the seventh time in his illustrious career, Guardians superstar José Ramírez has been named a finalist for the prestigious Hank Aaron Award, honoring the most outstanding offensive performer in each league. Yet, as cleveland.com beat reporters Joe Noga and Paul Hoynes discussed on the latest Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast , baseball’s most complete offensive player may paradoxically never win the award that celebrates excellence at the plate.

“This is a prestigious award and it’s one that José Ramírez is likely never going to win just because of who José Ramírez is and what José Ramírez is,” Noga explained during the podcast. “He qualifies for the award as one of the best offensive players in the league. But he’s always going to be behind guys like, like Aaron Jud

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