Having just signed star infielders Corey Seager and Marcus Semien on contracts worth a combined $500 million in the offseason, Texas Rangers fans went into 2022 with very high hopes. Could a run in the baseball playoffs be on the horizon? At least a competitive record in the AL West?
Well, to be blunt, no.
With less than eight weeks left in the regular season, the Rangers have a record of 51-63, a miserable 23 games back from the AL West first-place Houston Astros. In eighth place for a Wild Card, Texas is now effectively out of the postseason, and it didn't take long for fingers to start pointing at manager Chris Woodward.