One player from every MLB team to watch during spring training

Drew Smyly, Edinson Volquez, and Shelby Miller, Texas Rangers

I know I said there would just be one player from each team, but it’s hard to look past the back end of the Rangers’ starting rotation. Texas is indeed a club that isn’t expected to contend in 2019, which is one of the reasons why they didn’t make any huge expenditures via free agency. It’s fascinating to see how they’ve built this area of the roster, though.

The longest tenured starter projected to be in the rotation is Mike Minor, who signed with Texas last winter. The second-longest tenured starter is Edinson Volquez (signed in February 2018), followed by Drew Smyly (acquired November 2018), Lance Lynn (signed in December 2018), and Shelby Miller (signed in January 2019).

Minor and Lynn are in the top two spots according to Roster Resource, but Smyly, Volquez, and Miller make up the final three. These hurlers combined to toss a total of 16 innings in the big leagues last year, all of which were thrown by Miller.