Star-Telegram · Feb 11, 2019
This player might benefit from Rangers’ deep dive into analytics more than any other
The last of the ballyhooed international signing class of 2011 and draft class of 2012 reached the majors last season, and, as Ronald Guzman said at the time, all that matters is that he was finally here.
And he stayed essentially the whole season, recalled April 13 after Elvis Andrus broke his right arm and never returning to Triple A despite some prolonged second-half slumping.
It’s that inconsistency that has the Rangers not 100 percent committing to Guzman as their first baseman entering spring training. Their actions say they are 95 percent committed, having spent the off-season shopping for everything but a first baseman.