lockers cleaned out, yet the stink of another wasted season still linger in the air
it’s like 20,000 people all farted at the same time
we made a few moves yesterday, co-pitching coach Doug Mathis was given his walking papers & Brendan Sagara will get a position somewhere in our minor league system
1B coach Josh Johnson will return to an on the field Minor League player development job
The remaining members of our coaching staff
Beasley, 3B coach Corey Ragsdale, offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker and hitting coaches Tim Hyers and Seth Conner they’ve all been offered the opportunity to return to the Major League staff with roles TBD until we hire our new manager
2022 Texas Rangers Report Card:
owner: Ray Davis F
he allowed Jon Daniels to call ALL the shots & this is the reason why we’ve stunk it up for the past few years
Chris Young will just be a puppet because Mr Davis will be pulling a Jerry Jones this off-season
Marty Perez is the key to our off season & if he goes elsewhere then the 2023 season & beyond will be awful and Mr Davis can put the blame on CY
Tony Beasley: C+
he was thrown into a can’t win position & he did try very hard but the old expression of if you put lipstick on a pig it’s still a pig
could he be a MLB manager? for sure
even though the public comments are “Tony will remain with the team” once Mr Davis hires our next manager Tony will go elsewhere
1B- Nate Lowe A+
593 AB’s
.302
27 HRs
76 RBI’s
.850 OPS
he played in 157 games & proved to the entire leagues he’s a everyday player with huge upside still
2B- Marcus Semien C
.248
26 HR’s
83 RBI’s
.733 OPS
25 stolen bases
got off to a rotten start in his first 45 games he batted .196 and hit only one HR
his last 115 batted .268 with 25 HRs he scored 101 runs
SS- Corey Seager D
he ended up the season going 24-122 over his last 30 games that’s a .197 batting average
even though he had a career high 33 HR’s he had a career low batting average .245 & a on base percentage of .317
he MUST work on his defense
3B- Josh Jung D**
yes he only had 98 AB’s that’s why the asterisk
.204 BA
5 HR
14 RBI
.653 OPS
Josh is supposed to be our “savior” and that’s a tough headline to live up to
he needs to grow up & respect the players that played before him
2023 he’ll be the starting 3B but I’m saying by memorial day he’ll be back in AAA
I feel he needs to be humbled for the first half of the season
LF- Bubba Thompson C+
Bubba is quick, I mean really quick and over his 170 AB’s he did well
he played 35 games in LF, 9 in CF & 10 in RF
he will get a starting corner spot in 2023
lots of upside for him & he should thrive next year
CF- Leody Taveras B
he played 93 games in CF
batted .261 in 314 AB’s hit 5 HR’s and drove in 34 stole 11 bases
Leody flew under the radar all year, he’s a very good outfielder but I think we sign a big name in center meaning Bubba and he will split LF duties in 2023
now if we don’t sign a CF then he’ll be our everyday CF
RF- Adolis Garcia B+
I’ll start off his report card by saying I don’t like him at all, he’s a “look at me” type of player
he’s got huge potential & by that I mean 35-40 HRs and knocking in 125+ runs
I just hope our next manager gets him to tone it down a lot
605 AB
.250 BA
27 HR
101 RBI
25 stolen bases
.756 OPS
he played 93 games in RF & 57 in CF
Adolis will be our everyday RF or CF next year it all depends on what OF’er we sign this off-season & yes we WILL sign a big name
C- Jonah Heim B+
Jonah caught 111 games and did a very solid job
406 AB’s a career high hit
16 HRs & knocked in 48 stole 2 bases .697 OPS
he’ll be our C again next year for sure, he’ll show a bit more pop in his bat and will hit 20+ HRs
Cole Calhoun - F
Cole was a bust (thanks Jon Daniels) he hit .196 in 388 AB’s
won’t be back
Charlie Culberson - C+
only had 115 AB’s
Charlie is a nice utility player & I hope is still on the team next year but he’s 33
if not with us he will get a job elsewhere
Josh Smith C-
Josh is a 3B but with Jung now here no shot there
he plays a very solid SS as well but we’ve got Errors Seager there and can also play LF but we’re crowded there
his biggest problem is his bat, he had a disappointing BA in 213 chances he hit only .197
2 HR’s 16 RBIs and stole 4 bases had a pathetic OPS of .556
Josh is a great kid and played 4 different positions for us 2B,SS,3B & LF
his future with the big team is murky, all depends on what/who we sign this winter
I really like him but he needs to step up big time with his bat
Pitchers:
Martin Perez A+++++
had a career year & was an all star
is a FA and wants badly to stay with the team
I’d be shocked & outraged if we don’t sign him to a 3/4 year contract
BUT he’ll get a HUGE offer from the LA Angels
our staff posted these numbers;
we finished 22nd in MLB with a 4.22 team ERA this season
a slight improvement from 23rd (4.79 ERA) in 2021
we finished 15-35 in one-run games
mostly because of our bullpen down the stretch
Glenn Otto C-
did show improvement towards the end of the season
Taylor Hearn B
once he became a long man he thrived as a starter he was CRAP
Jon Gray C-
spent lots of time on the DL and only threw 127.1 innings
7-7 record 3.96 ERA
is a sort of decent 2 or 3 starter
Brock Burke B+
threw 82.1 innings over 52 games struck out 90
Dennis Santana F
63 games 5.22 ERA 58.2 innings 54 strikeouts
Matt Moore B+
63 games 1.95 ERA 74 innings 83 K’s
at the age of 33 had a great year
Jose Leclerc F- - - -
39 games 2.83 ERA 47.2 innings 54 Ks
Daniels thought he was our closer of the future, he’s NOT
in a perfect world he’s not back with the team next year
I want to thank each & everyone of you from CTG who read my thread this year and over the past several years
Next year I’ll try and be more positive even though we won’t be competitive again
especially if we lose Marty to the Angels
Enjoy your winter and when/if we sign anyone I’ll let y’all know
