Sixth in a series of spring training previews
This won’t be the first time that Robinson Chirinos enters a season as the Texas Rangers’ No. 1 catcher, nor will it be the first time that the Rangers are weary of Chirinos’ ability to stay healthy over the course of a full season.
Chirinos is entering his fifth full season, yet he has never started more than 88 games behind the plate. That came in 2014, when J.P Arencibia was signed in the off-season to carry the catching load.
Arencibia didn’t last, nor did the Rangers’ playoff hopes because of the mother of all rashes of injuries, and Chirinos got his chance.