Texas returned to twenty games over .500 with another late-inning rally over the Rockies, whose bullpen was as horrible as the Rangers’. ***** TAKING ADVANTAGE. Originally published August 10, 2016. Remember all those games the Rangers would lose with Wilhelmsen coming out of the bullpen? Or Cesar Ramos? Or Luke […]
It was supposed to be a joke. The first injury of the spring was so predictable. Last week I posted: 9:00, First full squad work out. 9:01, Josh Hamilton injured, lost for the season. Yesterday, Josh Hamilton went down with an injured left knee after doing running drills. […]
Texas scored three in the top of the ninth to pull out another come-from-behind win, 4-3, over Colorado in Denver. Beltre led off the ninth with a single, then was erased on an Odor fielder’s choice. Profar walked. Odor and Profar pulled off a double steal. Elvis singled both of […]
Spring production is either glass half full or glass half empty. If a player is struggling, and he is someone targeted to make the team, then it’s simply a matter of “spring stats don’t matter, he is just working on things.” If a player is struggling and he’s not […]
Texas split the first two games of a three-game series in Houston, and was up 3-0 late in the third game behind a dominating start from Yu Darvish but the Rangers’ generous bullpen gave up two in the eighth and one in the ninth to blow the win. Texas had […]
Remember Lucas Harrell? The human pitch count? Watching him pitch was painful, like watching the first year of kid pitch baseball. You had absolutely no idea where the ball was going to end up once he let it go. Except one thing. You knew it was going to end up out of […]
The best thing about spring training is the return of baseball. The anticipation of opening day and all the joy baseball brings with it. The worst thing about spring training is, at roughly six weeks, it’s five weeks too long. This year, the World Baseball Classic will at least bring […]
Now that Mike Napoli’s signing is official, and there is nothing really to talk about on the field, I figured I would re-print the farewell article I wrote about the guy Napoli is essentially replacing: Prince Fielder. I wrote this last year when it was announced Fielder’s playing career was over. […]
I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER. Originally published August 6, 2016. Offense, check. Defense, check. Relief pitching, check. Just enough starting pitching, check. The Rangers got back to playing Rangers baseball, just in time to avoid being swept in Baltimore. Shin-Soo Choo returned last night from what seemed […]
Needing bullpen help to take the place of Jake Diekman, who is lost for at least the first three months of the 2017 season due to ulcerative colitis surgery, the Rangers traded for right-handed knuckleballer Eddie Gamboa, who had been designated for assignment by Tampa Bay, for a player to be named […]
