The Andrew Cashner era starts today. Cashner joins the Rangers rotation after splitting the season with San Diego, then Miami. With the Padres in 2016, he was 4-7 in sixteen starts, with a 4.67 ERA. He was traded to the Marlins, where he went 1-4 in twelve starts, with […]
Who needs a bullpen? No, seriously. Who needs a bullpen? The Rangers have one to sell for the low low price of $8.99. Mike Hauschild became an official card carrying member of the Rangers bullpen yesterday in just his second appearance. He gave up three runs in the ninth inning, […]
Before the sky totally falls on the Rangers season, let’s remember one thing. Closers like Mariano Rivera and Joe Nathan are the rarest of breeds. Because of that, memory of them tends to skew our thoughts on closers. In reality, closers are a dime a dozen. If one goes down, […]
Did you ever go to sleep and have one of those recurring nightmares? Like you discover you didn’t finish high school and had to go back and retake classes? Or your fingernails keep falling off? Or someone is chasing you and you cannot run? Or Sam Dyson is your closer? […]
Some good, some bad, some ugly from Week One. Nomar Mazara was very good. So good, in fact, he was named A.L. Player of the Week. His nine RBIs lead the league. He has ten hits, and is using the entire field. This is the Mazara we saw last […]
Sam Dyson entered the game: After one out: After a walk then a double play:
In their quest to win two games in a row, the Rangers were able to muster just two hits. Athletics pitcher Kendell Graveman stifled the Rangers offense which, up until last night, was the one part of the game that was clicking. Yu Darvish was up to his old tricks, […]
Okay. Raise your hand if, after the Rangers took an 8-0 lead in the first two innings and A. J. Griffin gave back half of it the next two, you were sure they were going to blow the lead again? After all, with disappointing starting pitching and abysmal relief pitching […]
It’s just three games. It’s just one series. It’s just the beginning of the season. The Rangers lost at least three in a row eight times last year, including right after their opening day win. So a win tonight puts them on the exact pace they were on last […]
Last season the Rangers had the second-worst bullpen in the major leagues. Only the team with the worst record in baseball, the Minnesota Twins, had a worse bullpen. Yet the Rangers didn’t make a single improvement to their pen over the off-season. The Rangers are 0-3. *** NO GAME TODAY. […]
