By Erwin Quiñonez
02 Nov 2023, 00:39 AM EDT
The World Series won by the Texas Rangers had an important repetitive factor within their team and was the championship experience of several of its members, however, there is one that stands out among all, it is reliever Will Smith, who has won this title for the third consecutive year and with three different organizations.
The left-handed pitcher seems to be an amulet for teams that currently want to win the ‘Fall Classic’, and in 2021 the Atlanta Braves achieved it, in 2022 he repeated with the Houston Astros and when that was already quite surprising and striking, he He did it for the third consecutive season, but now with the Texas Rangers.
Although he has recorded a total of 113 games saved throughout his career in the Major Leagues, in the last few years of his career his performance has dropped considerably to the point of having been discarded at times in the last three postseasons, however, this It has not taken away the merit of being champion.
In fact, of these three seasons that he has won the title, the recent one with the Rangers was the one in which he had the most participation, pitching in 60 regular season games, leaving an ERA of 4.40 with 22 saves and 55 strikeouts.
But as he has been consistent in the three championships he achieved, the different managers seem not to have full confidence in him in the postseason. This year he was relieved of his position as closer, which was left to the Dominican José Leclerc, who managed to meet expectations in a great way.
The most curious thing about all this is that after becoming champion, the left-handed reliever is released by the organization. It will be better not to neglect his next team since he could spring a new surprise and score another championship ring.
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