Cleveland Guardians star José Ramírez is known for being extremely confident, so it's not a surprise he compared himself very favorably to one of the best players in MLB history.

On the latest episode of the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast (starts at 19:05 mark), Paul Hoynes explained that he was talking to Ramírez about receiving the Barry Bonds treatment when he drew a four pitch bases-loaded walk in the top of the sixth inning of Sunday's 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

"I'm better than Barry Bonds," Ramírez responded.

The Angels didn't give Ramírez the full Bonds treatment because Bonds' most famous walk with the bases loaded was meant to be intentional.

During a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 28, 1998, D-Backs manager Buck Showalter ordered Bonds to be intentionally walked with two outs, the bases loaded and his team holding an 8-6 lead over the San Francisco Giants.

The move paid off because Brent Mayne followed Bonds by lining out to end the game with an 8-7 win for Arizona.

Ramírez's walk turned out to be the difference in the game. It gave the Guardians a 5-2 lead at the time and they held on to win for their ninth straight victory overall.

It's not hard to figure out why Angels manager Ron Washington didn't want to pitch to Ramírez in that situation. The five-time All-Star is hitting .325/.388/.766 with as many homers as strikeouts (10) in his last 20 games dating back to May 5.

Ramírez hit three homers in the first two games of the weekend series against Los Angeles. He was hitless on Sunday, but still got on base twice via walks, drove in a run and scored a run in the win.

The Guardians have been one of the most pleasant surprises so far this season. They enter Monday with the best record in the American League (36-17). Their current nine-game winning streak is the team's longest since their AL-record 22-game streak in 2017.

Ramírez doesn't quite have as many accolades as Bonds. He's still chasing his first MVP award, so winning seven of them seems like it will be out of the equation.

But when it comes to active big leaguers who teams would prefer not to face in clutch situations, Ramírez is likely to be very high on that list based on his current hot streak and long track record of sustained excellence.