Future of shortstop questioned for the first time in seven years, which is the same length as team's postseason drought
Alexei Ramirez had a rare day off on Wednesday night with Tyler Saladino manning shortstop in his stead. The reporters who made the trip to Minnesota all connected some dots:
(The Sun-Times is letting the Associated Press handle coverage from Minnesota during the first days of September, which reflects the states of both the paper and team.)
I've said before that it'll take the whole season to get a handle of Ramirez's future given his extreme in-season variation, but his second-half resurgence has plateaued at the moment, which he should avoid.