ARLINGTON — Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young singled out a variety of ways that his club needs to improve this offseason — with references to everything from age to toughness — but singled out the physical front first. 

“It’s going to be very important, and goals of ours, to really address the makeup of this team in terms of health, reliability, dependability,” Young as part of his opening statement at the team’s end of year news conference at Globe Life Field on Monday afternoon. 

The Rangers endured 34 different injured list stints this season, tied for the most in the AL West, and were without their theoretical starting players for significant lengths of the year.

They started shortstop Corey Seager and left fielder Wyatt Langford in the same lineup only 76 times because of five combined injured list stints between the two. They were without third baseman Josh Jung for 47 games because of a calf strain that lingered far longer than expected. They lost right-handed pitcher Jack Leiter (ankle surgery) for 88 games and right-handed pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (elbow inflammation) for 31 games. They saw Kyle Higashioka and Danny Jansen — their two top options at catcher —miss a combined 126 games becasue of soft tissue injuries. 

That doesn’t include the freak injuries (like designated hitter Joc Pederson’s fractured hand) or those who gutted through nagging bumps and bruises for much of the year (like right fielder Brandon Nimmo and right-handed pitcher Jacob deGrom). 

How can that be addressed? 

“It’s looking at their offseason programs, head to toe, and really understanding what they’re doing and, to the extent that we can, monitor that and make adjustments when necessary,” Young said. “We’ve been very proactive in involving outside doctors and therapists in terms of assessing their bodies using some of the best institutes in the country, getting private assessments and putting together programs. There’s a lot that goes into it.”

Young clarified that he doesn’t believe the training staff is at fault. 

“It’s the same training staff that’s kept Jacob deGrom on the field and he’s made every start for the last two years,” Young said. “There’s just a lot that goes into it. It’s a hard game, these guys put their bodies through a lot, they deal with a lot, but when you do have repetitive injuries like this, at some point we have to start making adjustments and looking at their individual programs.”