In depth Q&A with Texas Rangers general manager Chris Young, who is betting on his roster to put together another postseason run after mostly standing pat at the MLB Trade Deadline.
stood pat, for the most part. Besides adding a left-hander reliever and a backup catcher, the general manager Chris Young and his staff believe in the core group of players who won the club's first World Series title nine months ago.
"I'm certainly excited about the players. We added two players who I think help our team and improve us in areas of need. We'll start with Carson Kelly, a. We've had Jonah and behind the plate this year. Carson offers an ability to really upgrade and improve our catching situation. We know Kiz hasn't played to the level that he's capable.
"We monitor the position player market, the bat market and recognizing that we've had some trouble scoring runs. But I think the best real upgrades that we're going to find offensively with our roster come internally with the addition of Josh Jung coming back, and then some of our own guys starting to perform up to the level of their capability.
Your confidence in the current roster of position players is based on their past or changed some have made?
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