It was a rough 2024 for Mitch Garver, to put it lightly. Signed to a two-year, $24 million contract on Christmas Eve 2023, he represented the largest free-agent commitment to a position player in the Jerry Dipoto era - one that began in September 2015! That’s a few months before The Force Awakens hit theaters! Garver had been a thumper for the Rangers, newly crowned World Series champions, and his installment as the club’s primary designated hitter had fans hopeful that Seattle had found their best DH since Nelson Cruz departed.
Oh, how I wish that were the case.