Texas Rangers 2019: Scouting, Projected Lineup, Season Prediction

The Texas Rangers won back-to-back American League West titles in 2015-16. By June, the team decided to rebuild and the 2019 season will be more of the same.

The Rangers have a lot of needs. They have overpaid players. New manager Chris Woodward was chosen from a pack of 14 candidates. They didn't interview Woodward until after the World Series. He was the 19th full-time manager in Rangers history. David Bell found work as Cincinnati’s manager before the Rangers” search ended. Joe Girardi pulled out of the process early on. The team has a few good players, but they have no hope of contending.

GM Jon Daniels announced that the Rangers were entering a rebuild mode. Adrian Beltre's farewell news conference was attended by his former teammates. The Rangers helped build the MLB Youth Academy in Dallas. It turned into a workout facility for the players who live there. Isiah Kiner-Falefa got his first callup to the majors on April 9. His parents flew to DFW to see him pinch-hit. He was called up after Rougned Odor was injured.

Delino DeShields, Shin-Soo Choo, Nomar Mazara, Elvis Andrus, Rougned Odor, Joey Gallo, Patrick Wisdom and Ronald Guzman are the players who make up the Texas Rangers' starting line-up.