CLEVELAND, Ohio — José Ramírez continues to stake his claim as one of baseball’s elite talents, earning All-MLB First Team honors for the second consecutive season while finishing third in American League MVP voting. It’s a familiar story for Cleveland’s superstar third baseman, who has now finished in the top three of MVP voting four times in his career without taking home the trophy.

The question that looms large for Guardians fans: Will José Ramírez ever break through and win an MVP award?

“Cleveland has not had an MVP since Al Rosen in 1953. José has been as close as you can get in the voting,” noted cleveland.com’s Joe Noga on the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast, highlighting the seven-decade drought that has haunted the franchise.

The primary obstacle standing in Ramírez’s way isn

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