New Texas Rangers pitching coach Doug Brocail has been on the job for approximately a week. That is not even long enough for him to get his family settled in North Texas or his office at Globe Life Park arranged but hopefully he’s already started working on what will be his No. 1 task, fixing Derek Holland.
After two seasons dominated by injury, Derek Holland no longer resembles the player who in 2013 threw 213 innings with a 3.42 ERA. 2014 saw Holland miss almost the entire season after tripping over his dog in the offseason and injuring his knee to the point that he required microfracture surgery that limited him to only six starts at the end of the year.