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Last time versus Cole.
Garret Cole is the ace the Rangers don’t have. He’s finished in the top five in Cy Young award voting five times in his ten-year career. He’s led the league in ERA, strikeouts, wins. But the last time he faced the Rangers, he was anything but superman. It was last […]
Scorned player ahead.
Now it gets interesting. The Rangers head to New York to take on the Yankees. And Joey Gallo. And Isiah Kiner-Falefa. And Jose Trevino. With the pitcher they got for Joe Gallo pitching tonight, probably to the catcher they essentially got for Kiner-Falefa. The Rangers have won four in a […]
Where is the offense?
The Rangers took a 0-0 game into the tenth inning last night. They could muster only six hits, same as the Phillies. Can’t anyone hit anymore? Looking at the roster, Corey Seager is hitting .253. Marcus Semien, .179. Mitch Garver, .189. Adolis Garcia, .200. Andy Ibañez, .258. Nick Solak, .220. […]
Another clutch pinch hit.
For the first day, at least, General Manager Chris Young’s decision to send down Willie Calhoun paid dividends. The guy Calhoun was replaced with on the major league roster, Zach Reks, delivered the game-winning dagger. In a 3-3 tie going into the sixth inning, the Rangers took advantage of yet […]
Willie wants out.
Willie Calhoun hopes he has played his last game as a Ranger. Stand in line, Willie. Most Rangers fans are in front of you. And they’ve been waiting for that same outcome a long while. Calhoun was optioned to Triple-A on Sunday as part of the MLB mandated thinning of […]
It’s always the little things.
Baseball seems so easy when you win. It’s so fun when you win. It’s a frustrating ball of confusion when you don’t. But it usually comes down to executing little things, which turn into big things in the end. Small ball turns into big plays. There’s nothing more exciting than […]
Dunning dominates.
From the very beginning, this was a different Dane Dunning. For one thing, he didn’t give up runs in the first like he normally does. Instead, he came out slinging, striking out Ronald Acuña Jr, Matt Olson, and Austin Riley to start the game. Those are three top-quality hitters. Doing […]
Same story, different night.
Talking about the Rangers is a lot like doing the weather forecast in Texas in summer. The same story day after day after day. It’s going to be hot. The Rangers are going to lose. The Rangers built a roof to deal with the heat. Next, they need to build […]
Waiting.
For six innings, Martin Perez was perfect. For six innings, the Texas Rangers couldn’t score a run to support him. That seems to be the reoccurring theme for 2022. Great in one aspect of the game, struggling in another. The offense just wasn’t there last night, or really any of […]