One of the first things Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward mentioned Wednesday night is that it’s still early in the 2019 season.
Really early, though he didn’t say that.
The Rangers are 10-7 with 145 games to go. The offense has been terrific, especially at home, the rotation has been reliable twice every five starts, and the bullpen has been overworked and underperformed.
There is time for the unexpected successful start to the season to go the other way, but there is also time for the deficiencies to improve.
No matter what happens (the external expectation continues to be that the Rangers will stumble their way to the finish line), the Rangers want to get better and believe they will.