Back in November of last year, we had a lot on our minds. So when the Rangers signed Andrew Cashner for about $10 million, it didn’t draw much attention. He was coming off a whirlwind year, being traded from San Diego to Miami and failing to pitch well enough to garner a long-term deal.In hopes of recovering his value he came back to North Texas. It was here that he first showed his baseball promise, as a star with TCU. The hope was that this season would be enough for Cashner to figure out what it would take to become a pitcher who wouldn’t settle next winter.When you look at the Rangers pitchers on Baseball Reference, Cashner reigns supreme. He’s at 3.5, above now Yu Darvish (3.0), Cole Hamels (2.8), and bullpen unicorn Alex Claudio (2.4). The Conroe native has paid off to the point where if Texas does sneak into the playoffs, Cashner is the probable second starter in the rotation.So how did we get here?
