With the 2021 season having come to a close, we are looking back at the year that was for members of the Texas Rangers.
Today we are looking at outfielder/DH Willie Calhoun.
If there were any justice in this version of the multiverse, Willie Calhoun would be coming off his third straight solid season in the Rangers’ lineup.
If we flash back to spring, 2018, a lot of folks assumed that Willie Calhoun would be the Rangers’ regular left fielder. He had just been acquired as the lead piece in the Yu Darvish trade in 2017, had gotten his feet wet that September (albeit by necessity — Jon Daniels had said Calhoun wouldn’t be called up, but then injuries meant that the team needed bodies), and there was a big gaping hole in the lineup where a left fielder belonged.