Another filler article on mlb.com, this one was about each team’s predicted lineup if the season started today. Good thing the season doesn’t start today because the Rangers need to find a third baseman. But, here it is nonetheless: LINEUP IF SEASON STARTED TODAY: 1. Delino DeShields, CF 2. Elvis Andrus, […]
If anyone wondered what happens to a guy like Adrian Beltre after he retires, here is the answer. The player may be gone but the legend lives on forever. Adrian Beltre Field is an indoor baseball training complex inside the Texas Rangers MLB Training Facility in west Dallas, […]
Nothing to report in Rangersland except for what is on MLBtraderumors.com: “The Rangers have continued to discuss a couple of free-agent infielders—Josh Harrison and Yangervis Solarte—and stayed in contact with free-agent right-hander Adam Ottavino, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports. “Either Harrison or Solarte, the latter of whom […]
Interesting article from Jason Stark yesterday. MLB’s overall attendance last season was down three million. He attributes it to the weak free agent market before the 2018 season, and warns that this weak off-season will be a harbinger for even more attendance declines. His reasoning is, when teams make a […]
One month from today. Thirty-one days. Pitchers and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona, on February 12. The real surprise will be how many of these pitchers are able to bounce back from surgery. Between the five expected starters for Texas—Lance Lynn, Mike Minor, Edinson Volquez, Drew Smyly, and Shelby Miller—there […]
Light a candle, everyone. Call your congressman. While 800,000 federal workers are not being paid during the shutdown, the true national tragedy is being swept under the rug. For the first time since 2010, MLB payroll dropped in 2018. It fell $18 million. Only $4.23 billion went to players in […]
The Rangers went shopping at the Goodwill store again. This time they picked up twos pitcher and an outfielder. Pitchers Shelby Miller and Jeanmar Gomez signed deals with Texas. Miller’s is a major league deal and he is expected to go into the Rangers rotation. Gomez’s is a minor league […]
It’s not much Rangers news but its about all there is. The Rangers have hired Eric Gagne as their bullpen coach in Triple-A Nashville. Gagne was a former dominating closer for the Dodgers. So dominating, in fact, he won he Cy Young in 2003 as as a reliever. He finished […]
We have talked about who is available to play third this season for the Rangers. T.R. Sullivan must have heard us. He wrote about it yesterday: Miguel Andujar: He hit .297 with 47 doubles, 27 home runs and 92 RBIs for the Yankees last season, finishing second in voting for […]
Gerry Fraley from the Dallas Morning News answered readers’ questions about the Rangers yesterday. Here are some of the more interesting points made. When asked about the Rangers approach of stockpiling pitchers, as opposed to what the Cubs and Astros did of stockpiling offense and then buying pitchers, Fraley response […]
