There is always going to be a give-and-take with Hanley Ramirez.
The Boston Red Sox knew that. They elected to pursue his services anyway. For the price of $88 million over four years, the organization gambled it would have more reward than risk.
Over the first month of the season, the Red Sox were up. Ramirez was one of the American League’s most productive hitters through his first 24 games, He was among the league leaders in slugging percentage (.609), OPS (.949), home runs—his 10 tied a franchise record for April—and RBIs (22).