Looking over MLB.com’s list of Ten Best Players of the Decade, and seeing as there is no actual Rangers news, it seemed a Rangers Team of the Decade was in order.
Going around the diamond, Rangers of the Decade are:
Starters:
Yu Darvish
Cole Hamels
Mike Minor
Cliff Lee
Colby Lewis
Bullpen:
Joe Nathan
Neftali Feliz
Mike Adams
Jake Diekman
Sam Dyson
Alexi Ogando
C: Mike Napoli
1B: Prince Fielder
2B: Ian Kinsler
3B: Adrian Beltre
SS: Elvis Andrus
LF: Joey Gallo
CF: Josh Hamilton
RF: Nelson Cruz
DH: Michael Young/Shin-Soo Choo
If only Jon Daniels could have figured out how to keep each one of these players permanently suspended in a state of their optimal performance, this would be the team to beat heading into 2020.