Unfortunately for Ramirez, his career has fallen into lockstep with 32-year-old Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who won the MVP award in 2022, when he led the AL in an outrageous nine categories, including home runs (62), RBI (131), runs (133), and OPS (1.111) – and he is having an even better year this year.

In the bottom of the first inning, facing Justin Verlander, Ramirez drilled a two-run shot over the wall in right field for home run No. 39 for his season. He just needs one more, and if he adds two doubles, he'd have a 40-40-40 season.

The Guardians sent Ben Lively, 32, to the center of the diamond to make his first start against the Astros. Verlander and Lively were gone by the time the Astros’ 4-3 win over the Guardians became official on a wet Saturday night at Progressive Field,