That thud sound you heard was the Rangers winning streak coming to an abrupt end. It happened in the top of the seventh inning with the Rangers holding a 2-0 lead when, after Texas got the first two out, and with Houston having a runner on first, the wheels fell […]
Sometimes a perfect game isn’t a pitcher retiring all twenty-seven batters he faces. Sometimes it’s bigger than that. Jacob deGrom didn’t pitch a perfect game last night, in fact, he lost that bid with two outs in the second. He gave up five hits and a walk. But it was […]
Now the test begins. Sweeping the Colorado Rockies is easy. Everyone is doing it. The Rockies are currently 7-36. The are on pace to win 26 games this year and lose 136 Remember, the Chicago White Sox set the record for futility last year by just 41 games and losing […]
That’s four in a row. The Rangers matched their longest winning streak of the season with a 4-1 win over the Rockies. While it’s always nice to get a win, it almost seems shameful celebrating it over the Rockies, an embarrassing mess of a team that has now fallen to […]
The Rangers anemic offense returned. Jake Burger returned. Wyatt Langford’s power returned. The Rangers returned to .500. Rangers frustration returned. This is what a .500 team looks like. On a night they get another smothering pitching performance from Tyler Mahle, who gave up one earned run in 6.1 innings to […]
‘ The story of the year has been the abysmal offense. Overlooked in the daily hand wringing is just how well the Rangers starters have been. Texas legitimately has three starting pitchers who could be All-Stars. Jacob deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi, and Tyler Mahle. Those three pitchers are in the top […]
Forty games into the season—a quarter of the schedule—Joc Pederson hit is first home run. He started out miserable. Embarrassingly bad. For a while Pederson was statistically the worst hitter in baseball. But slowly, he is starting to come around. Baseball-Reference breaks down a player’s stats for the past seven […]
Baseball teams are smart. They have scouts. They watch game film. If a rookie comes up and starts killing it, they eventually find his weakness. So, it’s no surprise opposing teams have figured out how to beat the Rangers. After considerable scouting, teams know that the secret to keeping the […]
Since sweeping the Angels in a three-game series in mid-April, the Rangers have now lost six series in a row, losing the rubber game in Boston yesterday in typical 2025 Rangers fashion 5-0. It was another uninspiring offensive performance. The Rangers actually got more walks than hits. They had a […]
Oh yeah, you still need a bullpen. With all the agony over the bats going silent, you forget that the bullpen is starting to show cracks. Just as the offense is finally starting to heat up, the bullpen melted down. Tyler Mahle was allowed to go only five innings, leaving […]
