Watching the Rangers slog to another loss last night, I thought about how recently they were considered a model franchise after appearing in 2 consecutive world series. I was stunned to go through in my head that we had a team in the WS in 2011 which is now almost completely turned over. Do we have much to show for all these losses? Here are the primary 17 players for that team:
1B - Michael Young - left in free agency, then retired
2B - Ian Kinsler - traded
SS - Elvis Andrus - still here
3B - Adrian Beltre - still here
C - Mike Napoli - left in free agency
LF - David Murphy - left in free agency
CF - Josh Hamilton - left in free agency
RF - Nelson Cruz - left in free agency
UT - Craig Gentry - left in free agency
P - C.J. Wilson - left in free agency
P - Colby Lewis - still here
P - Matt Harrison - on DL
P - Derek Holland - on DL
P - Alexi Ogando - on DL
P - Neftali Feliz - in AAA
P - Mike Adams - left in free agency
P - Scott Feldman - left in free agency
The best team in franchise history, less than 3 years later, completely turned over or decimated by injury. And, we've traded a slew of top prospects over the last 3 years for pennant races. Amazing how quickly things can turn. Just sickening to look this over and see where we are. So, has Jon Daniels blown it, or he is a victim of bad circumstances? Most of the moves looked OK at the time and the injuries are almost unprecedented. He will probably get a pass this year and everyone will wait to see how it looks in 2015.
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