On Friday, Chris Halicke posted a great article about the . Today, I thought I'd switch it up and take a look at the most memorable players to ever don a Rangers jersey for just one year out of their career. Vladimir Guerrero, 2010A thorn in the Rangers' side for six years with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Vladimir Guerrero made the move to the Lone Star State in 2010 and became a pivotal piece to a club that reached the World Series. Guerrero turned back the clock and
Didi Gregorius Jersey put up an impre sive season at age 35, compiling a slash line of .300/.345/.496, adding an OPS of .841 while hitting a loaded lineup. Guerrero added 29 home runs that year to go with 110 RBIs, pushing him to a Silver Slugger award for the American League DH. He was named to the All-Star team and finished 11th-place in the 2010 AL MVP voting.Following the run to the World Series with Texas, Guerrero signed with the Baltimore Orioles, where he played one season before retiring. Guerrero was inducted
Jorge Posada Jersey into the Hall of Fame in 2018. Andrew Cashner, 2017Cashner was the epitome of a bargain bin transaction in late 2016. Following a poor season with the Miami Marlins and the San Diego Padres, Cashner was buried on the list of free agent pitchers. Texas took a one-year chance and reaped serious rewards from the towering right hander's arm. In his lone season with Texas, Cashner was one of the few bright spots, posting a 3.40 ERA the third-lowest mark of his career andfinished the year with an 11-11 record. Cashner miraculously posted a 4.7 bWAR that year as well, while striking out just 86 hitters in 166 innings pitched.Following his strong season with Texas, Cashner walked in free agency. He signed with the Baltimore Orioles, where he struggled to a tune of a 4.73 ERA, a record of 13-18, and a 3.6 bWAR in 45 starts over two years.Ian Desmond, 2016There might not have been a better move General Manager Jon Daniels has pulled off in his career than signing Ian Desmond to a modest one-year deal and then shifting him to the outfield. Desmond responded in a big way, slashing .285/.335/.446 with a .776 OPS for Texas in 2016. Desmond tapped into his power as well, hitting 21 home runs and driving in 86 runs. Hetied his career mark in on-base percentage at .335, andadded 21 steals that season as well.Scroll to ContinueDefensively, Desmond made the shift from shortstop to centerfield, where he played 130 games for the Rangers (29 additional
Masahiro Tanaka Jersey games in left). Desmond posted a 2.2 bWAR that year.Unfortunately for Desmond, his Rangers career ended on a sour note as he went just 3-for-14 in the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays as the Rangers were swept in three games. Milton Bradley, 2008Milton Bradley only had one All-Star season in his 12-year Major
Luis Severino Jersey League career. You bet it was in 2008 with the Texas Rangers.Bradley turned in an eye-popping slash line of .321/.436/.563 with 22 home runs and 77 RBIs in his lone season in Texas. Bradley was the primary DH for the Rangers in 2008, but played the corner outfield spots in 20 games while compiling 4 Defensive Runs Saved.The 2008 Texas Rangers finished 79-83, but they helped catapult the Rangers into contention for the next several seasons. Bradley was a big part of that 2008 team.Harold Baines, Second Half 1989, First Half 1990Yes, technically Baines' time with the Rangers spanned parts of two seasons, but in total his time with Texas lasted 153 games.Coming over in a trade with the Chicago White Sox in 1989, Baines hit .285/.333/.390 in 50 games in '89, hitting just three home runs and driving in 16 runs for the Rangers that year. Sticking around for the 1990 season, Baines put up a slash line of .290/.377/.
Dellin Betances Jersey 449 in 103 games for Texas, adding 13 home runs and 60 RBIs. On August 29, 1990, the Rangers traded Baines to the Oakland Athletics for Joe Bitker and Scott Chiamparino.Honorable Mention: Carlos Beltran, Second Half 2016The 2016 season was supposed to be the year for the Rangers to get back to the World Series. The club certainly thought so, considering they went all out to get Beltran from the New York Yankees at the trade deadline, dealing away Erik Swanson, Dillon Tate and Nick Green for the aging outfielder. Beltran looked the part in the regular season, slugging seven home runs while adding 29 RBIs in 52 games. Alas, the Rangers were swept in the playoffs by the Blue Jays as Beltran went 2-for-12. Beltran then went on to sign with the Houston Astros the following year, playing a bench role as the Astros won their first World Series.
The Philadelphia Phillies are going to be buyers at the 2022 MLB trade deadline.That much has been all but certain since Dave Dombrowski signed Nick Castellanos to a five-year, $100 million contract this offseason, taking the Phillies over the Competitive Balance Tax threshold
Markelle Fultz Jersey for the first time in franchise history.Things looked bleak in Philadelphia at the end of May, when the team fell eight games below .500 and 13 games out in the NL East, but thanks to a seven-game win streak to start the month of June, the Phillies are back on track.With Philadelphia sitting just 2.5 games out from a Wild Card berth, it's hard to believe Dombrowski won't try to improve this team at the deadline. After all, the two-time World Series-winning baseball executive has a reputation for making huge trades at the right moments.The big question, therefore, is not the Phillies will be buyers, but they will be trading for.While this team has more than their fair share of flaws, they don't actually have a lot of holes. They have established veterans or promising young players at every offensive position, and the rotation is stacked with five reliable arms. So how will Dombrowski make a splash at the deadline?Philadelphia has question marks all acro s the infield. It's hard to know what kind of production they can expect out of Bryson Stott and Didi Gregorius, and Jean Segura's exact date of return from a broken finger remains unclear. Alec Bohm and Rhys Hoskins have both been slumping this season.Even so, with all those guys on the roster, there isn't room to trade for any more infielders.The only way Dombrowski will trade for any infielder is if Gregorius and Stott are both struggling come mid-July. If that is the case, it's po sible Gregorius is traded and Stott is demoted to Triple-A in favor of an upgrade from outside the organization.If the Phillies choose to go that route, who could Dombrowski target? The biggest name is Xander Bogaerts, and while it's highly unlikely, it's not entirely out of the question that Philadelphia tries to make a trade with Boston. The Red Sox are currently in fourth place in the AL East, and if they find themselves out of the race by the trade deadline, they might try to deal Bogearts, who is likely to
Maurice Cheeks Jersey opt of his contract and become a free agent at the end of the season.Dombrowski is very familiar with Bogaerts, as they both played a major role in Bostons 2018 World Series Championship.Trading for Bogaerts would require the Phillies to send back a hefty package in return, but Dombrowski is no stranger to trading prospects. It has already been , so it stands to reason they might want to get a head start on that.With Bogaerts in the fold, the Phillies would have one of the most fearsome lineups in baseball.Other infield trade po sibilities include Elvis
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Jerryd Bayless Jersey Philadelphia has.Relievers aren't the most exciting trade deadline acquisitions, but if Dombrowski puts all his resources into improving the relief corps, he might even be able to turn it into a strength for the stretch run.There don't look to be any dominant closers on the trade market this season, but there is no shortage of good relief pitchers. While the Phillies could use a real closer to usurp Corey Knebel, they would benefit the most from adding twoor even threeabove-average relievers so that Rob Thomson has someone reliable to call on in any situation.The biggest names that should be up for grabs include David Robertson, Daniel Bard,lex Colom, Anthony Ba s, Chris Martin, Mychal Givens, and Steve Cishek. Philadelphia should be in on each and every one of them.If Paul Sewald of the Seattle Mariners is available, he could be the closer the Phillies are looking for. While Sewald is not a free agent until after the 2025 season, Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto is known to make bold trades, and if Seattle is completely out the Wild Card race in July, he might part with Sewald for the right price.More From SI's :
The Kansas City Royals are in an awkward place heading into the 2022 season. There is an infusion of youth ready to make some noise
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FRISCO - *Perspective, personified.Change is in the ballpark air in the case of Rougned Odor, who has been informed as of Monday he will not make this years roster.But no change around here at manager.READ MORE: Mark Cuban forcedAvery Johnson to coach without contract security in 2008, then fired him after the Dallas Mavericks first-round playoff lo s.Jerry Jones did the same with Jason Garrett after the Dallas Cowboys head coach went 8-8 and mi sed the postseason in 2019.The Texas Rangers are taking a much different approach to lame-duck coaching,
Rashad Vaughn Jersey avoiding the scenario altogether last week by awarding manager Chris Woodward by exercising their 2022 option, a sort of one-year contract extension.READ MORE: The situations are obviously diverse.The 2008 Mavericks were coming off a 67-win season with lofty expectations. The 2019 Cowboys were talented, but stuck on the .500 treadmill.The Rangers, meanwhile, are near the rock bottom of their rebuilding. With Woodward entering the final year of his initial three-year deal signed in 2018, no reason to add undue pre sure and unrealistic expectations to a manager who will not be judged by anything that occurs in 2021.Still, its fascinating how Johnson and Garrett were dangled as lame ducks and then fired for not having post-season succe s, while Woodward (who is 100-122 in Arlington) is rewarded with long-term security for having not chance at it.For Odor - who was likely dangled in trade with no takers - The Rangers are all about the
Ray Allen Jersey future. So he is leaving.With the manager, they are all about the future as well. So he is staying.*Given hindsight, how does Mike McCarthy explain the historically horrendous Dallas Cowboys defense of 2020?We tried to change too much ... we went in with too much volume, he said.Not gonna lie, Im saving that excuse for my biggest 2021 gaffes.Went in with too much volume should get me out of a lot of jams.*Wanna fix that D? Mock drafts be damned, the Cowboys better nab Alabama cornerback Patrick Surtain if hes available at No. 10. Or else.It simply makes too much sense. Chidobe Awuzie is gone in free agency. With Surtain (more polished than Jaycee Horn and more healthy than Caleb Farley) teaming with Trevon Diggs and Donovan Wilson, the Cowboys would suddenly have three playmakers in a secondary that has longed for just one for what feels like decades.READ MORE: READ MORE: And hey, maybe Keanu Neal (signed) and Damontae Kazee (signed), both ex-Dan Quinn Falcons, can make plays, too. Maybe.*The Rangers host the Blue Jays at Globe Life Field in 10 days. Plenty of time to get to know this team. Chances are, youre going to need it. Joey Gallo and Isiah Kiner-Falefa and thats it.Otherwise, were starting from scratch. Gone are Elvis Andrus and Lance Lynn. Get ready for names like Brock Holt, Leody Taveras, Eli White, Dane Dunning, Wes Benjamin, John King and Jonah Heim.
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Something had to change after New York's record-setting season of injuries. 30 different Bronx Bombers spent time on the injured list in 2019, keeping the likes of Miguel Andjar, Dellin Betances, Luis Severino and Giancarlo Stanton off the field for almost the entire year.Heading into 2020, however, the Yankees will have plenty of new faces in theirPlayer Health and Performance staff.Eric Cre sey will take over as the club's newDirector of Player Health and Performance, overseeingthe team's Strength and Conditioning program in his first year with the Yankees. Although he has extensive experience with athletes of all ages -- ranging from youth sports to Olympians -
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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking a page out of the NBAs handbook when it comes to resting his stars.Based off the ma s number of injuries the Yankees have endured since the start of the 2018 season, Boone is doing something that shouldve happened a long time ago. Slugger Aaron Judge has already dealt with an injury scare (side sorene s) in the first month of the season, and now, he has lower body sorene s. That's what held Judge out of the lineupboth on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.Instead of pushing
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Hyun Jin Ryu underwent succe sful surgery on Friday, the Blue Jays announced.The lefty underwent a revision UCL
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CLEVELAND - The Indians have 18 games in 2018 against the Chicago White Sox, and based on how the first two of those 18 games have gone, there's a lot of fun to look forward to playing the Sox this season. Tuesday the Tribe buried Chicago 7-3, thanks in part to a solid night for starter Mike
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Mike Matheny told Royals fans to expect a "really cool story" in the second half of the season. So far, it looks more like a really familiar
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