Monthly Archives: January 2026


Rangers add Gore.

MacKenzie Gore was a top prospect after San Diego drafted him third overall in 2017. He was destined for front-of-the-rotation stardom. Funny thing happens to baseball prospects once they get called up. Cruel reality sets in. Gore didn’t escape it. He made it to the big leagues with the Padres […]


The final season.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement between players and owners expires at the end of the 2026 season. Enjoy this season. It will be the last one for a while. Any hope of avoiding a work stoppage went out the window yesterday when The New York Times reported owners will push for a salary […]


Ready, set, stumble.

Chris Young, the Rangers president of baseball operations, said Friday that the Rangers are “likely set” on the position player side of their roster, and are now just looking for arms to fill out their bullpen and rotation. Let’s hope “likely” is GM-speak. Otherwise, it’s going to be another long […]


More meh from the Rangers.

Ten days into 2026 and the Rangers are still trying to fill out a roster on the cheap.  They just picked up Zak Kent, a perfectly non-descript reliever they drafted back in 2019 then traded away. He was DFAed by Cleveland.  The twenty-seven-year-old righty has kicked around the minor leagues […]