Their spring homes are separated by 9.6 miles, and last season on the field they were separated by one game.
The Texas Rangers went 67-95 in 2018, and the San Diego Padres finished at 66-96.
That probably didn’t make the cut for the Cornell University alumni newsletter.
Cornell is where Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and Padres GM A.J. Preller became friends, fraternity brothers and roommates. Daniels added Preller to the Rangers’ front office early in what is now a long reign as GM.
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But as close as their teams were last season, not in a good way, and as close as the GMs have been, the state of their franchises is not close.