Still-再構築するing 特別奇襲隊員s use 26 rookies in 102-loss season
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Chris Woodward and the Texas 特別奇襲隊員s certainly knew this was possible with the young and inexperienced roster they had, 特に after 貿易（する）ing away two All-星／主役にする players during the middle of it. That still doesn't take away the sting of a 102-loss season.
"It didn't have to happen, I don´t believe in that like, oh, you have to go through this. you have to go through that," Woodward said. "You don´t have to go through that. But we did. And the fact is, like some things in life you don´t 推定する／予想する, you don´t want to do that."
The 特別奇襲隊員s used a club-記録，記録的な／記録する 26 rookies and had their most losses since setting a franchise 記録，記録的な／記録する with 105 in 1973, only the team's second year in Texas. It was their fifth 連続した losing season since last winning the AL West in 2016.
Chris Young, the former 特別奇襲隊員s 投手 and MLB (n)役員／(a)執行力のある who became their general 経営者／支配人 last December, has 公約するd that there won't be another season like this.
While the 特別奇襲隊員s should have plenty of money to spend in 解放する／自由な 機関 to 追加する some 外部の pieces, the hard part will be 上陸 players to be part of a far-from-finished 再構築するing 成果／努力. They need experienced starters for their rotation, and 退役軍人 新規加入s to an everyday 顔触れ that routinely had at least four or five rookies.
"I truly believe that we can 輪郭（を描く） a 見通し for what we have and people will want to come," Woodward said. "It's just a 事柄 of getting them here."
Texas 特別奇襲隊員s 経営者／支配人 Chris Woodward, left, looks on from the dugout in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Texas 貿易（する）d resurgent All-星／主役にする starter Kyle Gibson and closer Ian Kennedy to the Philadelphia Phillies at the 貿易（する） 最終期限 after sending homegrown All-星／主役にする 強打者 and Gold Glove-winning 権利 fielder Joey Gallo to the New York Yankees. Gibson and Gallo were both 調印するd through 2022, but the 特別奇襲隊員s got seven prospects in those 取引，協定s made 権利 after a 12-game skid that 含むd 109 連続した 完全にするd innings without 持つ／拘留するing the lead.
The 特別奇襲隊員s were 18-18 in 早期に May before a winless six-game trip during a 1-9 stretch.
Texas was 12-15 in September, its best 月毎の 記録，記録的な／記録する this season.
"How do we take this team from where it is 権利 now to 存在 a 競争相手," Woodward said. "We´ve answered some questions this year, but honestly, it´s really too small of a 見本 size, until we start to see it on a larger 規模."
ALL-STAR ROOKIE
Adolis Garcia wasn't even on the roster to start the season. But the 28-year-old Cuban outfielder got an 早期に callup after Ronald Guzman's season-ending 膝 外科, and was the first 特別奇襲隊員s player whose first career ホームラン was a go-ahead 発射 in 延長戦s. Garcia was selected to the All-星／主役にする Game, and went on to 始める，決める 特別奇襲隊員s 新人 記録，記録的な／記録するs with his 31 ホームランs and 90 打点s. His 16 外野 補助装置s matched the most in the majors.
OFFE NSIVELY CHALLENGED
The 特別奇襲隊員s finished 29th in the majors with their .232 team 打率. Their AL-low 625 runs were 34 より小数の than Baltimore 得点する／非難する／２０d and their fewest in a 十分な 162-game season since 613 in 1994. They were shut out a majors-high 15 times, 含むing 6-0 in their season final e Sunday.
FUTURE YOUTH
Along with all the rookies that played this season, and prospects 追加するd in the 貿易（する）s, Texas also got 投手 Jack Leiter with the second 全体にわたる 選ぶ in the July 草案. The 権利-hander from Vanderbilt, and the son of former big league lefty Al Leiter, got a $7,922,000 調印 特別手当, the largest for a 投手 since Gerrit Cole got $8 million as the first 全体にわたる 選ぶ by Pittsburgh in 2011. The 特別奇襲隊員s are in line for the third 全体にわたる 選ぶ in next summer's 草案.
Third baseman Josh Jung, their 2019 first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ, could be in the 顔触れ on 開始 day next March 31. Jung likely would have made his big league debut this season if he hadn't 苦しむd a foot 傷害 in spring training that sidelined him until 中央の-June.
COACHING STAFF
Woodward has a 160-224 記録，記録的な／記録する in his three seasons, most of it in a 再構築するing 方式. His 2022 契約 選択 was 演習d by the 特別奇襲隊員s last spring, but Woodward 定評のある there could be changes to his staff. He said the evaluations of coaches would be based on 十分な 団体／死体s of work, not the second half of this season.
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Texas 特別奇襲隊員s' Adolis Garcia (53) waits for a pitch from Cleveland Indians starting 投手 Triston McKenzie (24) during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)
Texas 特別奇襲隊員s' Adolis Garcia, 前線, and Andy Ibanez, 後部, jog to the dugout after Garcia 攻撃する，衝突する a two-run ホームラン that 得点する／非難する／２０d them in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
