At this point, it really doesn’t matter whether the Rangers lose 1-0 or 11-0. Both yield the same result, an L in a rapidly diminishing supply of games. That their 11-0 trouncing came at the hands of the Astros is irrelevant. The Astros are not their target. Seattle is. Seattle […]
Five weeks ago, Dustin Harris was DFAed. The Rangers acquired Merril Kelly, Phil Maton, and Danny Coulombe and needed to make room on their forty-man roster. Harris was the odd man out. At one time, Harris had been a valued Rangers prospect. But, like with Blaine Crimm and Justin Foscue, […]
The Rangers return home for six games against two division leaders, three against Houston and three against Milwaukee. It’s playoff-caliber baseball with a roster that has been getting by on smoke and mirrors due to injuries. Texas plays well at home and Houston has been struggling to score runs. And […]
You think it’s tough being a Rangers fan this year? At least you’re not a Mariners fan any year. The only reason the Ranger have a legitimate shot at catching the Mariners for that third wild card spot is because it’s the Mariners. If it was any other team ahead […]
The six-game winning streak ended when the Rangers lost a 2-0 lead, eventually losing the game 5-3. Jacob Latz, getting the chance to be part of the Rangers rotation because of the injury to Nathan Eovaldi, did his best Eovaldi imitation for five innings, holding the Diamondbacks scoreless. But walks […]
How does a team lose four of its best players and actually get better? Without Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Evan Carter, and Nathan Eovaldi, the Rangers have run off a string of six wins in a row. They’ve won nine out of ten games. They’re getting hits with two strikes. […]
It’s September First. The dog days of summer are, indeed here. The waning days of the season. Eight more three-game series, which in math terms means twenty-four more games, twelve on the road, twelve at home. The Texas Rangers are two-and-a-half games out of the third wild card spot. By […]
What’s gotten into Josh Jung? He picked up three hits for the third game in a row. In his last seven games, in fact, Jung is 15-for-29, hitting a whopping .517, with a Hall of Fame worthy OPS of 1.257. In the second half, he’s hitting .311. That’s quite a […]
If the Rangers harbor any hope of pulling off a miracle, it’s going to take guys to step up and perform at a level they aren’t used to. Last night, Josh Jung, a major league average hitter for most of his career, found another gear and collected three hits. Jonah […]
The impossible just got impossibler. It was going to take a miracle for the Rangers to make up enough ground to win the A.L. West, or to win enough games while the teams ahead of them lost in order to sneak into a wild card slot. Then, they lost Marcus […]
