In the “Who Didn’t See This Coming” category, it appears Josh Jung will be out much longer than originally announced He injured his calf the first day of spring training and the Rangers announced he’d miss two to three weeks. Bruce Bochy announced yesterday that Jung isn’t ready to run […]
Spring training stats don’t matter unless you’re on the bubble. The Rangers have a few pitchers who are pitching themselves off the team. The Rangers threadbare rotation was looking for help from within. They aren’t finding it. In four starts, Cole Winn sports a 9.82 ERA, and a 2.00 WHIP, […]
Opening day is three weeks away. It’s still too early to read tea leaves into any of the close roster fights. And, usually, there are very few question marks anyway. It’s not like there’s a fight for, say, shortstop. Yes, Seager might not be ready for opening day and that […]
The last time Adolis Garcia was in a baseball game was October 30. It was Game 3 of the World Series. He had just signed the papers to own the Houston Astros, having hit five home runs in seven games, driving in fifteen. He had just hit the game-winning home […]
The legend of Evan Carter just keeps growing. The twenty-one-year old phenom led off yesterday’s game with a home run. Then followed that up with a grand slam. His 2-for-3, five RBI performance shot his spring batting average to .389 and his OPS to 1.178. Yes, it’s spring. But, wow. […]
The sports website The Athletic had an interesting, eye-opening article about the Rangers yesterday. More pointedly, about the Rangers incredible revolving door in left field. Ten years ago, after the 2013 season, Rangers left fielder David Murphy left Texas for Cleveland. In the process, he left a gaping hole in left field […]
Elvis Andrus signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday. Which brought up the thought: Where have other former Rangers gone? The crop that led to six straight losing seasons, and a decade of futility, are all still holding on to the dream in one form or another. […]
Last year, the Rangers signed the other Will Smith. Not the Will Smith cather, the Will Smith relief pitcher. And he seemed to be dancing on the ledge every appearance. Still, he saved twenty-two games and was valuable until he ran out of steam at the end of the season. […]
When the Yankees were dominating baseball back in the late ’90s and early ’00s, it was because of their “Core Cour.” Four players that they drafted and developed at around the same time, came up through the system, and contributed to four World Series championships in a five-year period. Derek […]
Even though spring stats are irrelevant, they do keep track of them, and it’s fun to see what people are doing. Like watching reality TV. You know it’s not real. But it’s on. The Rangers have played seven spring games, won five, lost one, tied one. There are some notable individual […]
