Leody Taveras is no longer a member of the Texas Rangers, having been claimed on waivers by the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
This ends the saga of a player who was, prior to being claimed by the Mariners, the longest tenured player on the team (in terms of time in the organization), someone who spent a lot of time atop the Texas Rangers’ prospect lists, made it to the big leagues at a young age, but never could have the sort of sustained success that we all hoped for from him.
In some ways the Leody Taveras experience has been similar to what we experienced with Martin Perez, who was signed eight years before Taveras was, showed up on top 100 lists, was consistently one of the youngest players in the leagues he played on, but struggled to meet expectations.