The Alex Ramirez Saga
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- Yakult and Ramirez agree in principal to a 3 year contract in October. His son is also signed up and will play on the farm team.
- The two parties cannot agree on the terms of the new contract and it appears Ramirez may be heading elsewhere, with Rakuten saying they would stump up big money to secure his services.
The last I heard was that the chance of Alex re-signing for Yakult was back on the cards after a change of heart from one/both parties.This whole situation mirrors the Petagine situation a couple of years ago. Except that whereas Petagine was a loner, Ramirez is a key member of the team, both on the field and in the clubhouse.
He is one of the faces of Yakult along with Furuta and Igarashi, and, in my opinion, he would be crazy to throw it all in to go to Sendai, just as Yakult would be crazy to let him go.
Let's hope this can be sorted sometime soon and that we'll see Alex at Jingu for seasons to come.