ARLINGTON, Texas — On the fourth pitch of the Texas Rangers’ 2022 season, Brad MillerHit a home run to left field. Toronto Blue JaysStarter pitcher José BerríosTo give the RangersA 1-0 lead. The Rangers lost that game 10-8. If this were a tweet, I would probably agree to it.
Instead, here’s a post-mortem on the Rangers’ 68-94 season.
Positive Takeaways
This section must start with Martín Pérez. Signed as something of a prodigal reclamation project, Pérez was generally expected to be a veteran who ate some innings behind Jon Gray while a myriad of young pitchers — Glenn Otto, Dane Dunning, Spencer Howard, Taylor HearnPerhaps a little later Cole Ragans, Cole Winn and others — developed into big-league starters. Instead, Pérez finished with a 12-8 record and a 2.89 ERA, making his first All-Star Game.
