PT TOMORROW: AL WEST—Understanding your options

Texas Rangers

The winter acquisition of Nate Lowe (1B, TEX) seemed to settle the first base issue that had festered for so many seasons, but disappointment-to-date Ronald Guzmán (1B, TEX) has entered spring training with other ideas. Coming off an eye-opening Winter ball league performance in the Dominican (.973 OPS, 5 HR, 17 BB over 131 AB), Guzmán has continued his torrid hitting in Cactus League play, going 5-for-12 with 2 HR and 3 BB early. His mediocre 19-for-78 (4 HR) 2020 performance showed zero improvement on a career .230 BA with stagnant power that had seemingly forced the Rangers' hand. But the small sample offseason is now suggesting that the 26-year-old may have unlocked a patience/power combo that again has the Rangers'...

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