They’re the worst offensive team in baseball. Second-lowest team batting average of all 30 teams. Scored the second-fewest runs. Second-worst OPS. Third-fewest hits. No, not the Rangers. The Mariners. Seattle has turned into what Texas was early in the season: boring. Imagine an entire lineup of Corey Seagers. Guys who […]
It’s not an overstatement to say that this upcoming four-game series between Seattle and Texas is the most important series of the season for the Rangers. There are five potential outcomes: 1. They sweep, gaining four games on Seattle. 2. They go 3-1, gaining two games. 3. They split, treading […]
The Rangers lost to the White Sox 4-2 and once again, they lose their way into first place. At 51-51, they have a half-game lead over the Mariners, who come to town for four games starting Friday. The most shameful thing isn’t that this pitiful division is led by an […]
Kumar Rocker, where have you been? Last start, he gave up seven runs in 5.2 innings. Before that, three runs in 4.1 innings. His July ERA was 9.00 coming into last night’s game. June, 4.50. He hasn’t been overwhelming. Last night, he was excellent. Six shutout innings with just one […]
That thud you’re hearing is the Rangers falling back down to earth. When Jacob deGrom has a bad game, the Rangers are in trouble. DeGrom gave up five runs in 4.2 innings last night. The Rangers were mugged 10-3. DeGrom’s outing came on the heels of Nathan Eovaldi’s 8-5 loss […]
The Rangers rotation is taking on water. (The defense has sprung a leak as well.) In the just completed series loss to Atlanta, the Braves outscored the Rangers 29-13, with 15 of those runs gifted from the Rangers three starters: Cal Quantrill, MacKenzie Gore, and Nathan Eovaldi. Quantrill came down […]
This time of year, every baseball publication publishes stories about the trade deadline. Who is going to be a buyer. Who is going to be a seller. Which team needs what. Which players are moving. This year’s trade deadline has the added complication of knowing there probably won’t be a […]
Have the Braves stopped scoring? It was 15-1 at one point. Who knows how many more runs they have tacked on. It could very well be 55-1 by now. The Rangers weren’t going to beat Chris Sale. He’s a lefty. And he’s Chris Sale. Cal Quantrill got the nod to […]
They call the portion of the season after the All-Star break the second half. But it’s really 40 percent. At 49-47, the Rangers have played 60 percent of their games. ‘ Now it’s a sprint until August 3, which is when the trade deadline is. That’s just 18 days away. […]
As if it wasn’t hard enough to find a Rangers game on TV, they’ve made it even more complicated. After Bally, the company that held the right to broadcast Texas Rangers games declared bankruptcy, folded, and stiffed the Rangers on millions of dollars of rights fees, the team moved quickly […]
