When Carlos Gomez was let go by the Astros last August and the Rangers signed him a few days later, the move was met mostly with eye rolls and blank stares.
A major league team was going to snap up the former Gold Glove-winning All-Star center fielder but it was the Rangers who nabbed him, and for that, Jon Daniels, manager Jeff Banister and his coaches deserve all the kudos.
In 77 games over parts of two seasons with the Rangers, Gomez has 17 homers, 18 doubles, 10 steals, 46 runs scored and 51 RBIs.