Bmurph
F the Houston Astros
That article was trash.
Jon Daniels isn't a member of the coaching staff. The pitching and hitting deficiencies do not fall on JD. The biggest thing that I think JD should have done differently right now is not signed Napoli. But even with that, that's one problem in a large group of problems.
Napoli's hitting was likely to be an issue even if he hit 30 HR's for the Rangers. While he did that last year and drove in 101 runs, the Rangers OBP wasnt going to be what the Indians was last year and the guy just isnt much of a situational hitter at this point it, so the opps to drive in runs wasnt going to be as good.
This tends to be a bit more of an issue when you see what Moreland is doing now and the fact that even his disappointing production as a Ranger at times was replaced with what Nap is providing now, which isnt jack shit.