Team USA won its first World Baseball Classic pool game against Brazil. That was no surprise. This is a stacked team, top to bottom, and it should have no problem cruising all the way to the final, gold medal game. Brazil isn’t known as a baseball powerhouse. In fact, there […]
The Rangers are at the halfway point of spring training. Brandon Nimmo made his first appearance in a spring training game yesterday. That was by design. When the soon-to-be thirty-three-year-old outfielder came to the Rangers in the Marcus Semien deal from the Mets, Nimmo asked new Texas manager Skip Schumaker […]
On the heels of a winter Olympic games that saw national pride in USA men’s and women’s hockey, the World Baseball Classic gets underway today. The WBC was hatched because of the Olympics, in fact. When baseball was dropped from the summer Olympics, Major League Baseball decided to conduct its […]
The Josh Jung redemption tour hit a snag. On Saturday, he went down with “something in his hamstring” as he described it. That something is a Grade 1 adductor strain. It’s expected he will miss two weeks. Injuries have plagued Jung his entire career. Last year, though, he was injury […]
Only two major league teams in 2025 failed to have a closer to record double-digit saves. One was the lowly White Sox. The other, as you may have guessed from the name of this blog, was your Texas Rangers. Now, that doesn’t mean they were at the bottom two teams […]
MacKenzie Gore must have the best agent in baseball. Not his sports agent who negotiates his contract. His press agent who somehow negotiates baseball writers to say the most wonderful things about him. First, it took five prospects from an already thin Rangers farm system to pry him away from […]
One of the few guys fighting for a spot this spring is Kumar Rocker. The Rangers’ fifth spot in the rotation is open. By virtue of being a first-round pick, Rocker automatically goes to the front of the line, whether he deserves it or not. The Rangers really really really […]
The Rangers offense did get better this offseason. How much better is going to be the question. And is it enough to make a playoff run possible? One place they surely improved was Danny Jansen over Jonah Heim at catcher. Yes, Heim was a fan favorite after being an All-Star […]
This is a big season for Wyatt Langford. Big as in important and, hopefully, big as in production. Since breaking camp with the Rangers as a twenty-two-year-old fresh out of college ball in 2024, Langford has been heralded as the next big star. Truth be told, he’s had two good […]
The surest sign of spring, more certain that a groundhog sighting, is the annual ritual known as “bestshapeinmylifeness.” Every year, players come into camp, “In the best shape of my life.” “Never felt better.” But mother nature wins over human nature every time. This year’s bestshaper is Evan Carter. He […]
