Contrarian Opinions: Texas Rangers are on the Rise
Rangers’ baseball is going through major changes in 2020. Globe Life Park is becoming Globe Life Field and the laughable Rangers are becoming playoff contenders. The Rangers used to rule the AL West; from 2010-2016, they had five seasons of 90 or more wins and five playoff appearances. Since then, the team’s been rebuilding and the division has been taken by the Astros. In 2013, the Astros were implanted in the AL West where they would now compete for the rule of Texas baseball with the Rangers. The Astros hadn’t made the playoffs since 2005 and their drought would continue 10 more years, until 2015. After years of tanking, the Astros had constructed an analytically driven front office and managed to build an elite farm system. In 2015 and 2016, hints of the remodeled Astros showed but never anything to marvel at. In 2017, everything changed. Late in the season, they added Justin Verlander in an attempt to make a playoff push. This season was the beginning of the Astros’ dominant