José Ramírez is irreplaceable — let’s get that out of the way up front. You may be able to find someone else to hit a baseball, but no one is going to be José Ramírez.
No one’s helmet is going to fly off as they round the bases as much as him, no one will cheer for his teammates as loud as he does, and no one — I mean no one — will have as much swagger as him. But with last night’s news that he was removed from the game due to a nagging thumb injury finally getting the better of him, maybe it’s time to let him sit for a few days and be fully healed down the stretch.