SURPRISE, Ariz. – The utterly ordinary seemed magnificently unique Friday. Baseball was back. For the Rangers, it began with prospect Ricky Vanasco wandering...
Texas Rangers’ fans Micael Dickerson talks to his son Landry 10, during a minor league Spring Training game between their Rangers and Kansas City Royals at Surprise Stadium in Surprise Arizona, Friday March. 11, 2022.
If anything, the lockout gave them time to better ponder those questions. After improbably landing both Marcus Semien and Corey Seager, the roster is clearly improved over last year’s 60-win team. With additional resources, can it be improved enough to challenge for one of the AL’s six playoff spots – one more than there had been in 2021?
“I’ve never said there are limits on this team,” Young said. “We’re going to take the field every day looking to win. We do that and anything is possible. Certainly, we’re not a complete roster, yet. I don’t think we feel like we’re a championship team yet. There are still needs there. Jumping from 60 wins to 100 wins is probably unrealistic. But what the playoffs look like, we’re not ruling anything out.
The lockout, extending through the first two weeks of minor league camp, also gave the Rangers an opportunity to better look at their own system and examine more intimately how close some of their prospects might be. Like, oh, say Leiter, for one. The last on-field act of the day was for Leiter and the Rangers’ minor leaguers to face Kansas City’s minor leaguers. It was Leiter’s first “game” as a pro. At moments, he seemed a bit anxious, but the power of his fastball, which ranged up to 98 mph echoed through the stadium. He walked a couple, struck out a couple, hit a guy.On Friday, after baseball’s long dark winter, it all seemed magnificent.
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