Team Strengths: The Rangers have a strong core of worldwide talent, which helped them finish 14th in the majors in runs scored last year. Rougned Odor, Nomar Mazara and Elvis Andrus have struggled with consistency, but they have shown standout ability at their very best.
Team Weaknesses: The Rangers drafted and signed 22 pitchers in the top five rounds. None has produced more than 1.0 livelihood WAR. That longstanding failure to draft and build arms has left the Rangers repeatedly brief of pitching, and the result is a team that finished 28th in ERA last season.
What They Did About It: The Rangers signed a declining Lance Lynn and curved out their turning with two Tommy John receivers who have not pitched in over a year (Edinson Volquez, Drew Smyly) and Shelby Miller, who has a 6.35 ERA the last few seasons wrapped around Tommy John surgery.
Final outlook: With a middle-of-the-pack offense, a bottom-tier pitching staff and little help along how, new manager Chris Woodward will be challenged to avert the franchise’s second-straight 90-plus loss season.
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