After a very disappointing 2018 season, the Texas Rangers have their work cut out this offseason to ensure a repeat does not occur in 2019. The problem is Texas is in a worse spot now than they were at this time last year.
Last offseason, the Rangers had two default starting pitchers assigned to the rotation (Cole Hamels and Martin Perez). That doesn’t seem like much (it isn’t), but they sadly only have one arm assigned to the rotation at the moment (Mike Minor). I don’t study every offseason for every team; however, I doubt I’m going out on a limb by saying a single-man rotation entering an offseason is a very rare occurrence.