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        2020 5 22 38   2023 2 90 72                         Decade  
        2021 5 60 102   2024 3 78 84                         Click  
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  Titles: Top Rangers Players of the Twenty Twenties  
  2023 - Won WC (TB); Won ALDS (Balt); Won ALCS (Hou); Won WS (Arizona)  
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark: Nathan Eovaldi (5.3) -  17  
  Arlington Stadium (2020) Dane Dunning (4.18) -  16  
  Globe Life Field (2021-2023) Martin Perez (5.77) -  14  
    Kirby Yates (3.3) -  11  
  Team Name: Jordan Lyles (-1.16) -   9  
  Rangers  Jon Gray (3.85) -  9  
    Andrew Heaney (2.2) -  9  
  Owner:  Joe Barlow (0.96) -  7  
  Consortium led by Bob Simpson & Ray Davis   Lance Lynn (2.19) -   6  
    Kyle Gibson (3.11) -   5  
  General Managers: Ian Kennedy (1.17) -  5  
  Jon Daniels (2020) Jacob deGrom (0.9) -  1  
  Chris Young (2021-2023)  
    Catchers:  
  Managers: Jonah Heim (6.37) -  19  
  Chris Woodward (2020-2022)  
  Tony Beasley (2022) First Basemen:  
  Bruce Bochy (2023) Nate Lowe (10.91) -  31  
     
  No Hitters: Second Basemen:  
  None Marcus Semien (17.19) -  26  
       
  Hall of Famers: ShortStop:  
  None Corey Seager (15.81) -  35  
    Isiah Kiner-Falefa (5.66) -  13  
  Rookie of the Year:  
  None Third Base:  
    Josh Jung (2.45) -  8  
  MVP: Josh Smith (4.47) -  6  
  None    
    Outfield:  
  Cy Young: Adolis Garcia (11.43) -  36  
  None Leody Taveras (5.2) -   22  
    Joey Gallo (5.67) -   9  
  Notable Events: Wyatt Langford (3.9) - 6  
       
  2020 -  Between '09 and '16, the Rangers topped 87 wins seven of the eight Notable Events:  
  years, topped 90 in five of those, made it to the post season five times and   
  to the World Series twice. Those days are long gone. Since then four under 2024 - The Rangers lost a slew of free agents who were on short contracts to  
  .500 years with '20 being by far the worst at 22-38. Unclear if '20 was rock help with the '23 pennant push. It shouldn't hurt.  
  bottom, it may not be. The Rangers had had only one season in this     
  century where they scored below the league average in runs. In '20, Offense:  
  the offense was putrid scoring one run less a game than the league On offense, OF Robbie Grossman and DH Mitch Garver were allowed to walk  
  average. The pitching, meanwhile, was actually not quite as bad as it  in free agency to make room for young stud outfielders Evan Carter and   
  had been in recent years, altho' it was still bad - giving up half a run Wyatt Langford. The rest of the offense is good enough to carry the two   
  a game more than the league average.  youngsters while they adjust to major league pitching.  
    □  C Jonah Heim, 29, '21 trade with A's, 18 95 .258  
  □  A consortium led by Ray Davis and Bob Simpson have owned the club □  1B Nate Lowe, 25, '21 trade from TB, 17 82 ,262  
  since '10. Previous owner Tom Hicks had built a solid nucleus of a ballclub □  2B Marcus Semien, 33, '22 FA from Toronto, 29 100 .276  
  before selling in '10 and the new owners were able to ride the wave of that □  SS Ezequiel Duran, 26, '21 trade from Yankees, 14 46 .276  
  talent thru '16. Now we'll get to see if they've got what it takes to build a □  SS Corey Seager, 30, '22 FA from the Dodgers, 33 96 .327  
  winner. □  3B Josh Jung, 23, 1st Round Pick '19 draft (8th overall), 23 70 .266  
    □  CF Leody Taveras, 25, '15 IFA, 14 67 .266  
  □  Jon Daniels was hired by Tom Hicks as GM in '06. He's proven that he  □ OF Adolis Garcia, 31, '19 purchased from St. Louis, 39 107 .245  
  has the chops to build a powerhouse club in Texas as he did it with the □  OF Travis Jankowski, 33, '23 FA from Atlanta, 1 30 .263  
  09 thru '16 clubs. Daniels was fired after the 2020 season. □  CF Bubba Thompson, 26, '17 draft 1st round pick, 0 4 .170  
  Six foot 10 inch former major league pitcher Chris Young was hired in Daniels'  □  OF Evan Carter, 21, '20 draft 2nd round pick, 5 12 .306  
  place in 2021. He should know his pitching as he had an eighteen year big □  OF Wyatt Langford, 22, '23 draft 4th overall pick, Big Time Prospect  
  league career.    
    Pitchers:  
   □  Chris Woodward was hired on as manager in '19. Woodward lasted in the On the mound, Martin Perez, Jordan Montgomery, Will Smith and Aroldis  
  position into the '22 season when he was replaced by interim Tony Beasley. Chapman were allowed to walk to make room for the injured Max Scherzer  
  Texas got serious in '23, naming Bruce Bochy as the new manager. and Jacob DeGrom and newcomer David Robertson. Also, the Rangers   
  Bochy is one of those managers who can make a difference. want to allow room for twenty six year old lefty Cody Bradford's role to expand.  
    □  RHP Nathan Eovaldi, 34, '23 FA from Boston, 12-5 3.63  
  2021 - The Rangers move into Globe Life Field. The new stadium will draw □  RHP Dane Dunning, 29, '21 trade from White Sox, 12-7 3.70  
  fans in for just so long without a decent team on the field. □  RHP Jacob deGrom, 36, '23 FA from Mets, 2-0 2.67  
    □  LHP Andrew Heaney, 33, '23 FA from the Dodgers, 10-6 4.15  
  2021 - 2022 - The Rangers continue to flounder going 60-102 and 68-94. □  RHP Jon Gray, 32, '22 FA from Colorado, 9-8 4.12  
    □  RHP Max Scherzer, 40,  '23 Trade from Mets, 4-2 3.20  
  2022 - Texas tries something unique and starts spending in an attempt to have □  Closer David Robertson, 38,  '24 FA from Miami, 6-6 3.03 18 saves  
  a product worthy of the new environment. RHP Jon Gray, 30, LHP Martin □  RHPJose LeClerc, 30,  '10 IFA, 0-2 2.68  
  Perez, 31, 2B Marcus Semien, 31, SS Corey Seager, 28, are free agent signings. □  LHP Brock Burke, 27, '19 trade from Tampa, 5-3 4.37   
    □  LHP Cody Bradford, 26, '19 draft 6th round pick, 4-3 5.30  
  2023 - GM Chris Young likes him some pitching and makes three big  □  RHP Jack Leiter, 24, '21 draft 2nd overall pick, minors 2-6 5.19  
  signings in the off season in order to try righting the ship.     
  RHP Jacob deGrom, 35, is signed from the Mets to a huge deal despite an injury    
  history. He's the big fish. When healthy, deGrom is elite and the ace of any staff.    
   LHP Andrew Heaney, 32, is signed away from the Dodgers and RHP Nathan     
  Eovaldi, 33, is signed from Boston. Closer Will Smith, 33, is signed from    
  Houston. He's not elite, but he'll do. The starters are all in their thirties and    
  have injury histories, but, when right, they can pitch.    
       
  2023 - Massive improvement by the Rangers gaining twenty two games in the    
  standings to go 90-72 and make the playoffs. Texas doesn't stop there as in     
  the postseason they beat Tampa in the Wild Card, Baltimore in the ALDS,    
  Houston in the ALCS and Arizona in the World Series. Despite the low win    
  total in the regular season, they were a deserving World Series Champion.    
  It was Texas' hitting that made the difference. They scored 133 runs over the    
  league average, nearly a run a game, and improved 174 runs over their '22    
  run production. Impressive. Josh Jung was the only big stick added to the     
  lineup in '23, but he was only a part of the reason for the offensive uptick.    
  The rest of the upsurge was incrementally better seasons from several players.    
  There were ten players in double figures in home runs. A genuine circular    
  lineup. Adolis Garcia and Corey Seager topped thirty. Josh Jung and Marcus    
  Semien topped twenty.    
  The Rangers also improved 96 runs given up over what they gave up in '22.     
  The improvement in the pitching was due to Dave Dunning and the new guys    
  Andrew Heaney, Nathan Eovaldi and Will Smith in the offseason and Max    
  Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery at the trade deadline.