With the 2021 season having come to a close, we are looking back at the year that was for members of the Texas Rangers.
Today we are looking at infielder Brock Holt.
For an MLB player, it can’t be a great feeling to have your role be essentially defined as “veteran placeholder.”
“Veteran placeholder” is, to be a clear, a different designation than “one year stopgap,” though there are some similarities. Both of them are generally veterans, brought to camp on either a minor league deal or a one year low salary major league deal, who are not part of the long term plans for the team.