Watching the Rangers bullpen collapse night after night after night after night reminds me of that depressing movie, “Leaving Las Vegas,” where Nicolas Cage’s character drinks himself to death. No matter what you do to try to stop him, he won’t. And even when you think maybe, just maybe, […]
Yesterday’s game was a microcosm of the entire Rangers season. The starting pitching wasn’t quite good enough, far too many walks, too inefficient with the pitch count, removed early. The bullpen is overtaxed and underwhelming and, ultimately, gave up the win. Every inning this bullpen throws is skirting disaster. Expecting […]
40-41. The Rangers reached the half-way point in the season one game under .500. The season is really a tale of the games that got away from them. And strike zones a mile wide. Yesterday’s game looked like it was going to be another late game meltdown. Cole Hamels, in […]
It does no good right now stating the obvious, which is: if you don’t have a bullpen you can rely on, quit relying on it. It’s too obvious to expect starters to go longer into games. It’s too easy of a solution to push starters to seven and—gasp!—even eight […]
There comes a point where you stop worrying about wins and losses. When you face it, this is a mediocre team. It’s not horrible. But it’s not great. There comes a point when you just go to the Ballpark or tune in simply to watch baseball. No matter how […]
The notion of Robinson Chirinos making the All-Star team isn’t as crazy as it sounds. But because every team has to have at least one representative, he might get squeezed out by Elvis Andrus. No Ranger is close at all to being voted in by the fans. So that means […]
You never know which Rangers team is going to show up from night to night. Last night, it was the offense that doesn’t score many runs. And it was pitching that doesn’t give up many runs. And for the first time in five tries, the Rangers beat the Indians. […]
On opening day, the Rangers were beating Cleveland 5-1 after four innings. They lost 8-5. Two days later, the Rangers were up 5-3 in the fifth over Cleveland. They lost 9-6. Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, it got way worse. The Rangers bullpen collapsed again […]
This Cleveland road trip is a bit of a homecoming for two Rangers pitchers. Cole Hamels is back with the Rangers, back in the rotation with guns and bulk ammo, after missing exactly two months of the season from injury. Getting Hamels back is a huge. It will be interesting […]
When the Rangers offense is clicking, as it has quite often since Adrian Beltre returned, this is a formidable group of hitters. Yesterday’s 8-1 win over the Yankees was another display of that. But even though Beltre’s bat is a huge addition to the lineup, the wins haven’t followed. When Adrian […]
