When this team is right, it’s very good. And sweeping Seattle in Seattle was nice payback for what just happened last week in Arlington when Seattle won three of four against the Rangers. Cole Hamels was brilliant again, almost unhittable through eight innings. The only blemish, a solo Nelson […]
Four bases-loaded moments made the difference last night. All went the Rangers’ way. In the top of the fourth inning, the Rangers had taken advantage of the generosity of two Mariners errors and two Felix Hernandez walks to take a 3-1 lead. The bases were loaded for Rougned Odor. […]
Two Rangers can barely walk, let alone run. Yet both Adrian Beltre and Carlos Gomez played key roles in the Rangers 3-1 victory over the Mariners. Beltre legged out the first run from third on a ground out to second. Gomez started the winning rally in the eighth with […]
It can always be worse. The Seattle Mariners are in just about the exact same position for a wild card spot as the Rangers. Meaning, somewhere in the middle of impossible and forget it. But while the Rangers have made the playoffs in two of the past four years, imagine […]
Adrian Beltre is so banged up, he can’t run. He is so banged up, he can’t play in the field. But he can hit. He can always hit. Remember when he pulled a hamstring on September 1 and was lost for the season? Thirteen days later, he was back […]
Barring a fluke, such as the Rangers winning a game the rest of this year, Texas is on the verge of something odd. In the last four seasons, they will have finished first twice and fourth twice. They are either really good or really bad. No in between. Fans […]
My mom told me if you can’t say anything good about something, don’t say anything. ***** TODAY’S GAME: Cole Hamels (10-3. 4.05) vs. Parker Bridwell (7-2, 3.94) Game time: 8:07 The Rangers have never faced Bridwell. How the Angels hit against Hamels.
Andrew Cashner has been one of the few pleasant surprises for the Rangers in 2017. Coming off a horrible season, with an ERA over 5.00 and a WHIP over 1.50, Jon Daniels tossed more money at Cashner than he could have ever thought possible. Drunken sailor on shore leave […]
Jeff Banister has made a lot of curious moves in his nearly three years at the helm of the Texas Rangers. Most of them have centered around his struggles at handing a bullpen. He rode Shawn Tolleson so hard for five games in a row to close out the […]
The 2017 Rangers season, as told by a dung beetle. (Click on image to play video.) ***** TODAY’S GAME: Mike Leake (9-12, 4.10) vs. Martin Perez (12-10, 4.81) Game time: 7:05 How the Mariners hit against Perez. How the Rangers hit against Leake