What most, if not all have said about Ramirez is that they don't want to see the same mistake made with him that was made with Kluber and Lindor.
For the love of god, please stop assuming your criticism on the handling of Kluber or Lindor is anywhere near "common wisdom." Or that there were any lessons at all to be learned from those two players' situations which apply to Jose Ramirez.
Hindsight is not a useful form of analysis, since we rarely apply it any manner except to second-guess, and it's even worse when used to justify other questionable moves made out of fear.
Again, for the thousandth time: both Kluber and Lindor were with good reason regarded as essential to the fortunes of the team going forward, and any attempt to acquire their services required a proper threshold to act, most likely a return far in excess of what others were ever willing to meet.
What happened subsequently to either player, either due to injury or poor performance, could not be envisioned or assumed, nor could the fortunes of the Cleveland Indians.
There were no "mistakes" made, and in fact, the brilliance of acquiring Emmanuel Clase and Andres Gimenez, among others, as well as saving tens of millions of dollars that could be allocated elsewhere, if it has any bearing at all on a potential Ramirez deal is this: have patience; ride your players as long as you can, while they remain valuable to the fortunes of the ball club, because that's all that matters, and that's why you acquired them, developed them, and paid them. Looking to deal players out of fear for diminished performance when there is no clear evidence of that, or before they have become too expensive vis-a-vis performance, is not only an unfounded fear, but like all fears, leads to folly.
Fortunately, this organization has shown no penchant for folly that is commonly expressed in the twittersphere or in forums like this one. A bad month or two is not changing the trajectory of this team, or altering the course of decision-making by this team with respect to its core players. This is a good team, a relevant team, and will remain so.
So please, can we just stop with the histrionics and enjoy this team, and Jose Ramirez's part in it? I don't mind discussions of a player's value--that's always an interesting abstract--but when I'm told what we
must do because "we know we don't want to make the same mistakes again" I'm sorry, I rebel against such contentions.