Friday, December 23, 2016

Mike Napoli may soon sign up for his third tour with the Texas Rangers

CLEVELAND, OH - NOVEMBER 02:  Mike Napoli #26 of the Cleveland Indians sits in the dugout prior to Game Seven of the 2016 World Series against the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field on November 2, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio.  (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com reports that it’s a “strong possibility” that the Rangers will sign Mike Napoli.
The Rangers were in the bidding for Edwin Encarnacion, and now that they lost him, they could use a 1B/DH type. Mike Napoli was just with the Indians and now that they signed Encarnacion, they don’t have a place for him and he needs a landing pad. It’s a chocolate/peanut butter moment for sure. And it’s not like they’re strangers to one another. Napoli played for the Rangers in 20011-12 and again in 2015.
Napoli is 35. He hit .239/.335/.465 with a career-high 34 home runs and 101 RBI in 2016. The Rangers can’t necessarily expect that again, but he still appears to have a good deal left in the tank.

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