After introducing the Orioles and Diamondbacks in the previous issue, we took a look at one of the big buyers of the free market, the Rangers from the United West.
Team name: Texas Rangers
Number of World Series winners:
Home: Universal Life Stadium
Last year's record: 60 wins and 102 losses, 5th in the American League West Division
Team Head Coach:
Chris Woodward
Team General Manager: Chris Young
2021 Season Review
The Rangers had another year of low-flying last season, so the team simply released key outfielder Joey Gallo in the middle of the season, announcing that the team was fully rebuilt. In terms of results, although only the Astros entered the playoffs, the Mariners and Athletics were only left behind at the end of the season, and the record was quite good; the Angels also persisted to the middle and late stages, which made the Rangers a background board for the other 4 teams.
Personnel changes
The Rangers are one of the most active teams in the free market this year, first signing former Blue Jays second baseman Marcus Semien on a seven-year contract, followed by another 10-year deal with former Dodgers shortstops, former World Series MVP winner Corey Seager. The two big orders allowed them to form a gold duo, so it made sense to trade with the Twins last week to send the super tool man Isiah Kiner-Falefa away, who was also quickly replaced by the Twins to the Yankees.
Key stars
Corey Seager, a shortsighter
There is no doubt that the Rangers' biggest star today, and the new cricket star, is Seeger. Despite a long period of injury last season, the 2020 World Series MVP winner knocked out 108 hits in 95 games, including 16 home runs, hitting a 0.306/0.394/0.521 strike. If the Rangers can continue this performance, he will be an important part of the team's central playing line.
Source: Rangers official social media
Marcus Semien, second baseman
The longtime athletic veteran second baseman made a career-high single-season home run after joining the Blue Jays last season, following the strikers on a 45th home run. He also brought some experience to the Blue Jays in terms of guarding, his past strengths are excellent defense and excellent running speed, belonging to the traditional trailblazer type of fast-legged batters, and last season's long-term play was eye-catching, and the Rangers chose to offer a big contract to include him.
Adolis Garcia, outfielder
One of the team's best batters last season, with a team-high 90 RBIs and 31 home runs, garcia is closer to a blind bombardier than Gallo, with a .243 batting percentage of just 0.243. However, garcia will also have more playing line protection after simeon and seegger arrive, so we can expect him to perform better this season.
Dark Horse candidate: Nate Lowe, first baseman
The 1995 youngest baseman was the older brother of the radiant Josh Lowe, and although he left his brother to go to Texas alone, Nate Lowe was still quite eye-catching, hitting 0.264/0.357/0.415 in three shots, and 80 guarantees throughout the season, ranking 14th in the league, but also ranked 17th in the league after eating 162 strikeouts. A typical tangled batter, the Rangers' strikes will be more visible if he can convert more of his warranties into points in the new season.
Recruit registration: Cole Winn, starting pitcher
The position was originally nominated for third-base rookie Josh Jung, but his pre-season surgery also announced that his appearance had been delayed. After reinforcing the playing line, the Rangers' pitcher problems remained, and Wen was the closest to the major leagues among their pool of pitcher potential stocks. The 22-year-old's scouting report is gorgeous, with all four balls scoring 55 points or more, and even speedballs and curved balls have a high score of 60 points. Rising to AAA after a 2.21 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 78 innings at AA last year, this season is expected to come up mid-season to save the Rangers' starting rotation.
Outlook for the quarter
The Rangers were quite aware that slowly rebuilding their farms was far from being expected, so they chose to focus on reinforcement, but in the case of shortcomings in both the line and the pitcher, they chose to deal with the problem of the line first. If Seeger and Simmeen maintain their previous standards, plus Garcia and Lowe, the Rangers' long-range firepower in the new season is very worth looking forward to, but the pitchers still don't have stars who can hold the field. Against the Astros and Angels, the surge battle doesn't seem to be able to get them enough wins, but in any case, the Rangers have taken a solid step towards rebuilding, and the new season can expect their performance on the percussion end.
Bringing back two big fish on the trading market in one go, what kind of performance do you expect the Rangers to perform this season?