Don't Mess With The Texas Rangers - A MLB The Show 22 Franchise

[bovandy]

The Texas Rangers haven't seen anything close to a winning season since 2016. In fact, since that season, the team has been one of the worst teams in the majors.

That includes 2021 where they went just 60-102. It turns out that last season was apparently the straw that broke the camel's back. Texas hired a new General Manager in Bo Vandy, who went on a spending spree that revamped and reshaped the Rangers roster both on offense and in the pitching staff.

Chief among the biggest moves Vandy made was agreeing to terms with 2B Marcus Semien on a seven-year contract and INF Corey Seager on a ten-year deal. The team also agreed to terms with RHP Jon Gray on a four-year contract. The moves just happened to all be done on the same day, just before the owners locked out the players.

Now that the lockout is over and teams are about to head to Spring Training, concerns over a lost season are also over.

The question now is whether or not Texas has added enough pieces to be a real contender in an AL West that includes a revamped Seattle Mariners, the always dangerous Houston Astros and a Los Angeles Angels team that is also hoping to compete.

Answers could come rather quickly as this year's Spring Training is going to be quite a bit quicker than in past years.

[bovandy]

SPRING TRAINING MOVES

Waived P Jason Bahr
Added Kohei Arihara to the 40-Man Roster
Sent P Glenn Otto to AAA Round Rock
Sent P Yerry Rodriguez to AAA Round Rock
Sent P Josh Sborz to AAA Round Rock
Sent P Demarcus Evans to AA
Sent P Spencer Howard to AAA Round Rock
Sent P Ricky Vanasco to A
Sent P Nick Snyder to AAA Round Rock
Granted P Jesus Tinoco his unconditional release
Sent C Jonah Heim to AAA
Sent C Sam Huff to AA
Sent 3B Ryan Dorow to AAA
Sent 3B Yanny Hernandez to A
Sent LF Zach Reks to AA
Sent LF Eli White to AAA

[bovandy]

Texas Rangers Depth Chart - 2022

• Catcher
• MITCH GARVER
• JOSE TREVINO

• First Base
• NATHANIEL LOWE

• Second Base
• MARCUS SEMIEN
• EZEQUIEL DURAN

• Third Base
• ANDY IBANEZ
• BRAD MILLER

• Shortstop
• COREY SEAGER

• Left Field
• NICK SOLAK
• WILLIE CALHOUN

• Center Field
• ADOLIS GARCIA
• LEADY TAVERAS

• Right Field
• KOLE CALHOUN

• Starting Pitcher
• JON GRAY
• DANE DUNNING
• TAYLOR HEARN
• KOHEI ARIHARA
• A.J. ALEXY

• Relief Pitcher
• MARTIN PEREZ
• JOHN KING
• KOLBY ALLARD
• SPENCER PATTON
• BRETT MARTIN
• GARRETT RICHARDS

• Closer
• DENNIS SANTANA
• JOE BARLOW

• Designated Hitter
• BRAD MILLER

[texranger]

Go Rangers!! So excited for this year. I just hope everyone stays healthy--sucks about Josh Jung though....grrr...

[bovandy]

The Texas Rangers won just 60 games a year ago. They've already got three victories in 2022.

More interesting than a 3-1 start to the regular season is, that they managed to accomplish that against a team expected to compete for the AL East crown in the New York Yankees. Even more interesting still is that other than a wild 9-7 11 inning tilt, the Rangers pretty much dominated the series.

Texas Rangers 2022 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Mar 31	vs New York Yankees	Won, 4-1
Apr 1	vs New York Yankees	Won, 3-2
Apr 2	vs New York Yankees	Lost, 9-7
Apr 3	vs New York Yankees	Won, 3-0

The Rangers had a lot of heroes in their opening series of the season, but right at the top of the list has to be several free agent signings that were brought in specifically to make the team better.

Jon Gray spun a gem on opening day, going six innings and striking out 7 while allowing just one hit and zero runs. Dane Dunning managed to have a similarly dominant performance in game two of the series and another new addition, Kohei Arihara spun a gem in the fourth game of the series, going five innings, allowing three hits and two walks, but no runs while striking out eight.

The only blemish on the Rangers record so far this year, looked like it might allow Texas to make a clean sweep of the team's first four games.

Trailing 6-1 in the bottom of the ninth, the Rangers managed to score 5 runs to tie it up and almost won it on their final at bat, but Corey Seager was thrown out at home to end the inning.

The Yankees' bats, which wouldn't score a total of 9 runs over the other three games in the series, did manage to outlast Texas in extra frames and eventually won 9-7.

Starting pitching wasn't the only bright spot for Texas. It also appears the team has found it's closer of the present and the future. Danny Santana has allowed extra one base runner in three outings while striking out six and recording three saves.

He's anchored a bullpen that has shown some leaks here and there, but appeared to be starting to find its footing when four relievers combined to pitch four shutout innings in the fourth and final game of the season opening series.

Offensively, Seager and Marcus Semien have performed exactly as new general manager Bo Vandy could have hoped. Semien has started the season hitting .353 with a double with 4 RBI one double and two stolen bases.

Corey Seager has added a .313 average with two doubles, and two RBI.

One unheralded pickup, former Philadelphia Phillies player Brad Miller is making them both look average in comparison. Miller is hitting .417 on the young season with one homer a double and 4 RBI.

The same can be said for new catcher Mitch Garver who has started the season hitting .538 with a double and two RBI.

If there's one thing that might be a bit of a surprise when it comes to the Rangers offense so far, it's been the lack of homeruns. So far the team has just one in four games.

It's worth noting that while the team is 3-1, it's scored more than 4 runs only once so far, and that could be a sign that eventually the sluggers are going to need to slug even more, if Texas wants to keep rolling.

Next up for Texas is a trip away from home, starting with a three game set against the Florida Marlins before heading north of the border to Toronto to face off against the Bluejays.

Next Three
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Apr 4	at Florida Marlins
Apr 5	at Florida Marlins
Apr 6	at Florida Marlins

[TexasBevo90]

Quote: Originally Posted by bovandy

SPRING TRAINING MOVES Waived P Jason Bahr Added Kohei Arihara to the 40-Man Roster Sent P Glenn Otto to AAA Round Rock Sent P Yerry Rodriguez to AAA Round Rock Sent P Josh Sborz to AAA Round Rock Sent P Demarcus Evans to AA Sent P Spencer Howard to AAA Round Rock Sent P Ricky Vanasco to A Sent P Nick Snyder to AAA Round Rock Granted P Jesus Tinoco his unconditional release Sent C Jonah Heim to AAA Sent C Sam Huff to AA Sent 3B Ryan Dorow to AAA Sent 3B Yanny Hernandez to A Sent LF Zach Reks to AA Sent LF Eli White to AAA

Are there any update on Brandon Workman?