(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Chicago — It wasn’t like the Tigers expected Willi Castro to win the 2020 shortstop job with a 30-some game audition in September. And he didn’t.
More importantly, though, he didn’t lose it, either.
“He’s shown pretty good,” manager Ron Gardenhire said Saturday. “I think he’s handled himself pretty good up here and I think he’s very talented. Whether he’s ready to do this every day, he’s going to get a chance in spring training to show that.
“He has to go out and play and win the job.