The big Elvis Andrus news this off-season didn’t have anything to do with what he was going to do on the field in 2019, but how he was going to take over the leadership duties in the Texas Rangers’ clubhouse following the retirement of Adrian Beltre.
Andrus has been anointed the next Rangers leader, following, most recently, Michael Young and Beltre. Still only 30, Andrus is entering his 11th season and is the longest-tenured Rangers player.
He is also coming off the most difficult season of his career. A broken right arm, near the elbow, put one of MLB’s most durable players on the disabled list for the first time in his career and left him sidelined more than two months.