Texas and Arizona each finished in fourth place last season. Here's a look at five prudent roster decisions that sparked their extraordinary turnarounds.
finished 38 and 37 games back in their respective divisions. Needless to say, it took some prudent roster moves to get them where they are now.
These are the five biggest roster moves Texas and Arizona made since the end of last season to put them on theirAs much as the Rangers' massive spending the past two offseasons contributed to where they are now, their first playoff berth since 2016 wouldn't have been possible without help from their farm system. A plethora of young talents made a massive leap in 2023.
Sewald solidified the spot to help keep Arizona in the playoff mix. While he wasn't exactly flawless after the trade, he has been pristine in October, going 6-for-6 in save opportunities.
While he was a league average bat during the regular season, his offense has skyrocketed at the most important time of year. Moreno ranks behind only thefor the highest OPS from a catcher this postseason . Moreno homered once in the wild-card series, twice in the NLDS and batted .296 in the NLCS.and Gurriel quieted the home crowd with back-to-back bombs to start the scoring.
Eovaldi is 4-0 with 28 strikeouts and four walks in four starts this postseason. If he wins his Game 1 outing against the Diamondbacks on Friday , he'll join Randy Johnson , Francisco Rodríguez and Stephen Strasburg as the only pitchers with at least five wins in a single postseason. Eovaldi would be the only pitcher from that group to have started all five of those wins.
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