Jon Daniels sat in his spring training office explaining/defending the decision to sign Shin Soo Choo and while he acknowledged the risk he said the team’s success would ultimately swing on the development of the young players behind him on the backfields in Surprise, Arizona.
That conversation between the Texas Rangers’ GM/President and myself occurred in the spring of 2015, and here on July 25, 2018 there was Carlos Tocci explaining his space on the team’s roster.
It’s fantastic he can explain it because no one else can.
Tocci is a Rule 5 player who has to be on the Rangers’ roster in order for him to remain in the organization, but he’s overmatched and he should never been here.