Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season.
2020 Record: 22-38 (5th in AL West)
Rangers Hitters
Leody Taveras
- Leody Taveras has at least one strikeout in 20 consecutive games, dating back to September 7th, 2020
- Leody Taveras came to the plate with runners in scoring position in just 18 of his 134 plate appearances (13%) in the 2020 season — lowest in MLB
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a groundball rate of 62% (112/180) in the 2020 season — highest in MLB
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa slugged just .322 (49 total bases in 152 ABs) against RHP in the 2020 season — 4th lowest in MLB
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa averaged just 3.50 pitches per plate appearance (799/228) in the 2020 season — tied for 7th lowest in MLB
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa had an OBP of .424 (66 PA’s) against LHP in the 2020 season — 7th best in MLB
Willie Calhoun
- Willie Calhoun is batting just .271 (26-for-96) in hitter’s counts since 2019 — 5th lowest in MLB
- Willie Calhoun had an OBP of just .231 (108 PA’s) in the 2020 season — 8th lowest in MLB
- Willie Calhoun had an OPS of just .491 (108 PA’s) in the 2020 season — 8th lowest in MLB
- Willie Calhoun missed on just 15% of swings (27/184) in the 2020 season — tied for 14th best in MLB
Joey Gallo
- Joey Gallo has drawn 81 walks in 523 PA’s (15%) since 2019 — tied for 11th best in MLB
- Joey Gallo has missed on 40% of swings (376/951) since 2019 — 2nd highest in MLB
- Joey Gallo has not grounded into a double play in 76 opportunities since 2019 — best in MLB
- Joey Gallo has 56 extra-base hits out of 96 total hits (58%) since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
- Joey Gallo has 193 strikeouts in 523 PA’s (37%) since 2019 — 3rd highest in MLB
Nick Solak
- Nick Solak slugged just .344 (72 total bases in 209 ABs) in the 2020 season — tied for 12th lowest among 159 in MLB
- Nick Solak batted .242 (16-for-66) on pitches out of the zone in the 2020 season — tied for 4th best in MLB
- Nick Solak missed on just 9% of swings (17/189) on fastballs in the 2020 season — 5th best in MLB
- Nick Solak had a groundball batting average of .349 (29 GB hits out of 83 GBs) in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB
Nate Lowe
David Dahl
- David Dahl is slugging .541 (20 total bases in 37 ABs) on high 95 MPH+ pitches since 2019 — 14th best in MLB
- David Dahl has a Well-Hit Avg of just .071 (4/56) on breaking pitches against LHP since 2019 — 6th lowest in MLB
- 75% of David Dahl called strikeouts are outside since 2019 — tied for 9th highest in MLB
Jose Trevino
Rougned Odor
- Rougned Odor has 22 extra-base hits out of 30 total hits (73%) with the pitcher behind in the count since 2019 — best in MLB
- Rougned Odor is batting just .133 (45-for-339) in pitcher’s counts since 2019 — lowest in MLB
- Rougned Odor has grounded into 6 double plays in 145 opportunities (4%) since 2019 — 7th best in MLB
- Opponents have used a defensive shift against Rougned Odor on 69% of his plate appearances (438/636) since 2019 — 6th highest in MLB
Bench
Khris Davis
- Khris Davis has an OPS of just .464 (687 PA’s) with two-strikes since the start of 2018 — 3rd lowest in MLB
- Khris Davis has come to the plate with runners in scoring position in 374 of his 1,286 plate appearances (29%) since the start of 2018 — tied for 5th highest in MLB
- Khris Davis is slugging .588 (100 total bases in 170 ABs) on fastballs away since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB
Charlie Culberson
Delino DeShields
Jonah Heim
Projected Starting Rotation
Kyle Gibson
- Opponents have a miss rate of 49% (202/416) against Kyle Gibson on sliders since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB
- Opponents are hitting .307 (70-for-228) against Kyle Gibson with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 12th highest in MLB
- Opponents have a groundball rate of 55% (240/440) against Kyle Gibson’s fastball since 2019 — 13th highest in MLB
- Kyle Gibson has allowed an OBP of .358 (481 PA’s) vs left-handed batters since 2019 — tied for 13th highest in MLB
- Kyle Gibson has located his changeup low 81% of the time (526/651) since 2019 — tied for 3rd highest among qualified SPs in MLB
Jordan Lyles
- Jordan Lyles has walked 45 of 383 left-handed batters (12%) since 2019 — 7th highest in MLB
- Opponents have a line drive rate of just 20% (122/602) against Jordan Lyles since 2019 — tied for 13th lowest in MLB
- Hitters have chased just 207 of Jordan Lyles’ 773 off-speed pitches out of the zone (27%) since 2019 — tied for 8th lowest in MLB
Kohei Arihara
Purchased from NPB
Dane Dunning
- Opponents batted just .057 (2-for-35) against Dane Dunning on low non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 2nd best in MLB
- Dane Dunning allowed a slugging percentage of just .242 (16 Total Bases / 66 ABs) against right-handed batters in the 2020 season — 6th best in MLB
- Dane Dunning allowed an OBP of just .226 (53 PA’s) versus the top of the order in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB
- Dane Dunning threw his off-speed pitches for a strike just 54% (121/226) of the time in the 2020 season — tied for 6th lowest in MLB
- Dane Dunning threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 53% (58/110) of opposing batters in the 2020 season — 8th lowest in MLB
Kolby Allard
- Kolby Allard had an ERA of 7.75 (33.2 IP) in the 2020 season — 3rd highest in MLB
- Opponents batted just .048 (1-for-21) against Kolby Allard’s elevated fastballs in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB
- Kolby Allard walked 20 of 152 batters (13%) in the 2020 season — 8th highest in MLB
- Hitters chased just 36 of Kolby Allard’s 178 off-speed pitches out of the zone (chase rate of 20%) in the 2020 season — 2nd lowest in MLB
Mike Foltynewicz
- Left-handed batters are hitting just.199 against Mike Foltynewicz since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .248
- Opponents are hitting just.252 against Mike Foltynewicz on pitches in the strike zone since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .286
- Opponents are hitting just.166 against Mike Foltynewicz on sliders since the start of 2018 — 9th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .213
- Opponents had a groundball batting average of just.146 against Mike Foltynewicz with the shift in the 2019 season — tied for 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .229
- Mike Foltynewicz has allowed a slugging percentage of just.382 versus the top of the order since the start of 2018 — 10th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .448
Projected Bullpen
Jose Leclerc
- Jose Leclerc has thrown at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 56% (136/245) of opposing batters since 2019 — 10th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
- Left-handed hitters have a miss rate of 35% (88/249) against Jose Leclerc since 2019 — tied for 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
- Jose Leclerc has allowed a slugging percentage of just .214 (12 Total Bases / 56 ABs) on elevated fastballs since 2019 — tied for 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB
- Jose Leclerc has allowed a slugging percentage of .480 (59 Total Bases / 123 ABs) vs left-handed batters since 2019 — 14th highest among among 102 qualified RPs in MLB
Jonathan Hernandez
- Opponents had a miss rate of 49% (57/117) against Jonathan Hernandez on non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 11th best among among 102 qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of .260 (13/50) against Jonathan Hernandez’s fastball in the 2020 season — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents batted just .133 (8-for-60) against Jonathan Hernandez’s non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 12th best among among 105 qualified RPs in MLB
Joely Rodriguez
- Joely Rodriguez has not allowed a home run in any of the last 19.2 innings he’s appeared
Taylor Hearn
- Taylor Hearn located 44% of his pitches inside (155/352) in the 2020 season — 5th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents had a groundball rate of just 27% (11/41) against Taylor Hearn in the 2020 season — 11th lowest among among 232 qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents had a miss rate of just 20% (8/41) against Taylor Hearn on sliders in the 2020 season — 4th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
Jimmy Herget
- Jimmy Herget’s K:BB ratio was 1.2 (17/14) in the 2020 season — tied for 6th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
- Jimmy Herget allowed an OPS of just .579 (19 PA’s) when he’s behind in the count in the 2020 season — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents batted just .146 (6-for-41) against Jimmy Herget on the road in the 2020 season — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
Brett Martin
- Hitters not batting 3-4-5 in the order are hitting .286 (57-for-199) against Brett Martin since 2019 — tied for 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents have a first pitch chase rate of 21% (34/159) against Brett Martin since 2019 — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents are hitting .234 (40-for-171) against Brett Martin when ahead in the count since 2019 — tied for 5th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
Brett de Geus
Wes Benjamin
- Opponents batted .341 (15-for-44) against Wes Benjamin’s non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
- Wes Benjamin allowed an OBP of just .156 (32 PA’s) versus the top of the order in the 2020 season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents batted just .087 (2-for-23) against Wes Benjamin on fastballs away in the 2020 season — tied for 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB
- Opponents had a groundball rate of just 25% (9/36) against Wes Benjamin’s fastball in the 2020 season — tied for 9th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
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