In an effort to coddle their struggling young starter Kumar Rocker and exact some sort of value out of him, the Rangers employed the rare two-opener strategy yesterday. Not the usual opener who goes the first inning then bring in Rocker, they went with an opener for the first inning, […]
Even though the Rays have the best record in baseball, they just cannot seem to win when they come to the Shed. Kind of like the Rangers going to Seattle and finding a black hole there, the Rays came into last night’s game having lost nine games in a row […]
With yesterday’s 9-2 loss to Sacramento, the Rangers finished 6-7 against the Athletics. They went 5-8 against the Angels. That in a nutshell is why they are languishing at under .500, and gasping for playoff air. If you cannot beat the teams your supposed to beat in your division, you […]
The American League West just got tougher. It just added another team. The Los Angeles Angels Well, the Angels have always been in the division, but they’ve just been irrelevant for so many years. They were a team that boasted having the two best players in baseball in Mike Trout […]
Welcome to September, the stretch run in baseball, when scoreboard watching is its own sport. The Rangers have 24 games remaining—15 at home, nine on the road. At home, Texas plays .561 baseball. On the road, they play .431. Doing simple math, playing .561 at home times 15 home games […]
The Rangers went on the road for six games, three each against two division winners. The good news is, it was a total success. They didn’t get swept in either series, going 1-2 in both three-gamers. That was the best they could realistically hope for. The second half has not […]
The Rangers season in a nutshell was described by a graphic they showed in the bottom of the seventh of last night’s game with the Brewers leading 3-1 and bases loaded and no outs. BATTING AVERAGE WITH BASES LOADED TEXAS RANGERS: .212, 28TH MILWAUKEE BREWERS: .350, 1ST Then the Brewers […]
During last night’s Rangers telecast against the Brewers, they showed an illuminating stat. Milwaukee has the most bunt hits of any National League team with 30. The team with the most bunt hits in the American League is Tampa Bay, who have 45. By comparison, the Rangers have six. By […]
It’s too late to improve the Rangers roster to a point where they could be considered better than mediocre. With the Astros winning last night, they have taken a one-game lead on the Rangers for the A.L. West crown. Remember, the Rangers need to win by one games in order […]
The Rangers lost two out of three to the first place White Sox. And for that, they get to move on to play the best team in baseball—the Brewers—for three in Milwaukee. It didn’t help that they ran themselves out of the first inning, with Corey Seager getting picked off […]
