SURPRISE, Ariz. - To listen to Willie Calhoun, he didn’t just remake his body this winter, he remade himself.
It’s easy to see the results of the work on his body. The Rangers outfielder dropped 24 pounds over the winter - down to 199 at spring training weigh-in - thanks to a new nutrition plan and a chef who prepared the meals daily. He lowered his body fat to about 17 percent from somewhere far enough north of 20 that the calipers couldn’t be considered reliable.
That, however, is only part of his personal project.
“I set out to become a better person, not just to have a better body,” Calhoun said Friday after the Rangers’ workout, a crate of chef-prepared health-conscious meals at his feet.