Back in Spring Training, I realized that the 2014 Texas Rangers and the 2018 Texas Rangers had the exact same record to end the season, 67-95. I then realized that the both ended those season with an interim manager and their next season with new managers.
So naturally, I decided to keep an eye on any possible parallels between 2015 and 2019. Not surprisingly, there have been a few.
At the end of the 2015 season, Prince Fielder won the A.L. Comeback player of the year. This year, it’s very much possible that Hunter Pence wins — especially considering San Francisco threw him a retirement party at the end of last season and no one expected him to have any kind of impact on the 2019 Rangers.