Willie Calhoun taking part in for the Texas Rangers, CCed by Liscense 2.0
Taking a look at the place Willie Calhoun’s profession stands now, you’ll be able to both label him as a bust, given the place his prospect rating as soon as stood – or you’ll be able to say he was simply adequate to make the Majors as a reserve participant who by no means panned out as a full-time starter.
Calhoun was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers within the fourth spherical of the 2015 MLB Draft and would finally discover himself with the AAA Dodgers in 2017, hitting a powerful .298 for Oklahoma Metropolis. Calhoun’s prospect rating was fourth on the Dodgers on the time when he was then shockingly traded to the Texas Rangers for all-star proper hander Yu Darvish.
Calhoun made his Main League debut on September twelfth, 2017, for Texas to start what can be an up-and-down, injury-filled tenure within the Lone Star State. Going into the 2018 season, Calhoun was rated because the No. 36 prospect by Baseball America, and that might be his highest-rated general rating. Getting used primarily as a DH, Calhoun would often play in left, however supplied moderately shaky protection. Being in what can be a platoon function when not on the IL, Calhoun would solely seem in additional than half an everyday season as soon as with Texas when he appeared in 83 video games in 2017. This is able to be a trademark over Calhoun’s profession as he would common simply 48 video games per season over the course of the subsequent six years. Regardless of showing within the majors over an eight-year span, Calhoun would solely accumulate simply over 4 years of MLB service time. Now, Calhoun finds himself taking part in his age 30 season within the Mexican League in what has seen a sub .275 common in 80 video games.
Calhoun nonetheless has time to make a comeback to the majors, however has a number of components working in opposition to a return. He’s already been out of the league for greater than half a season after being an unsigned free agent after his DFA from the Angels. Defensively, he’s restricted to DH or nook roles and has offensive stats nicely under alternative worth, highlighted by a profession .702 OPS. If Calhoun is ready to shut out the season sturdy within the Mexican League, he can doubtlessly land on an MLB staff in want of DH depth or as a low-risk minor league filer in 2026.
