To my mind, the MVP of the 2022 Cleveland Guardians season was Andrés Giménez.
I’m in the minority, because, as you can tell from his ranking in the MVP list, even my fellow writers on Covering the Corner think he was second best. But can you imagine what this team might have been without him?
Sure, you could say the same thing about José Ramírez. I don’t think it’ll spoil anything in his article (because it’s something we all already know) to say that the ‘22 season wouldn’t have been possible in the first place without José taking an owner-friendly deal to stay in Cleveland.