The 2020 season was tough on so many levels, for so many players, Wilson Ramos included. His playing time was cut, to his surprise, and he slogged through one of the worst offensive seasons of his career. The two were not at all unrelated, he believes. And, oh, there was a pandemic that was more on the mind than OPS.
The 2020-21 offseason was just as tough for the newest Tigers catcher, who first had his $10-million option declined by the New York Mets, then had to sit by the phone day after day before signing a one-year $2-million contract with Detroit — just two weeks before spring training is to start, or at least supposed to start.