ARLINGTON, Texas — There is a case to be made that for the Rangers’ evolution this season to match the design, there are no two more important players on the roster than Dane Dunning and Taylor Hearn.
And in the growth of Dunning and Hearn, there may not be a more important week this season than this one. They will each get two starts, one apiece against last year’s World Series participants, Houston and Atlanta. It’s the kind of test Rangers manager Chris Woodward wants. For the pitchers. For everybody.
“It’s a great opportunity,” he said Monday afternoon. “I look at it just like a great challenge for our team. We shouldn’t feel like ‘Oh, crap we’re playing a good team.’ We should want it. We desire to be a winning team. We’ve got to go head-to-head with these guys.”
