Last month, the Padres signed veteran infielder Alexei Ramirez to a one-year contract with an option for 2017.
While the Ramirez deal doesn't exactly rate as a long-term solution as to who mans the position, it does, for a while at least, stop the revolving door of players there.
San Diego has used 18 different shortstops since the 2009 season. By no means is Ramirez the organization's long-term solution at the position, but the team likely won't have to worry about rotating players there like it did a year ago.
"He plays, he has that track record [and] he loves to play," Padres general manager A.