You have to feel for Dane Dunning. His defense let him down. His offense let him down. Then his manager let him down. A bad throw from Joey Gallo that sailed over the third baseman’s head allowed the first run to score. Jose Trevino forgetting to tag the runner at […]
Well, that was awesome. The one thing that makes a team fun to watch, as well actually competitive, is its ability to score late. For the first couple weeks of the season, the Rangers scored in the first inning, then, like retirees in Florida, called it a night after the […]
When you watch a game like last night’s, you remember how much fun good baseball is to watch. You remember what it’s like to watch it every night. You remember how much fun it was to go to the Ballpark and watch a good Rangers team win. And you remember […]
That is the fate of the Texas Rangers. Unable to develop a single viable starting pitcher in the entire run of the Jon Daniels era, they are resigned to finding it. This is what happens when you cannot grow your own pitching. You are at the mercy of someone else’s. […]
So, is this Kyle Gibson guy for real? He sure seems to be right now. After his very Kyle Gibson-like opening day start, he has been a different pitcher. Last night was more of the new Gibson. And a glimpse into what good baseball looks like. Great pitching, great defense, […]
This is what happens with young pitchers. It’s a learning curve. Dane Dunning was brilliant in his first three starts. Not so brilliant in his last two. And two of the those brilliant starts were against bonafide contending teams: Toronto and Tampa Bay. The other against Baltimore. Then he faced […]
Forgive Rangers fans but it’s been a while since they could say this: The Rangers have a second baseman. The promise of Nick Solak is starting to emerge. This is a testament to what happens when you give a player a permanent position and just let him play and quit […]
This isn’t Joey Gallo’s walk year in the traditional sense. The year he can walk away and become a free agent is 2022. But 2021 has become a different kind of walk year for Gallo. It’s the year where the only way to get on base is to walk. Sure, walking […]
Unfortunately, this is what happens when you have a team that’s rosterly challenged. You get great pitching, you lose because you can’t hit. You hit, you lose because you can’t pitch. You can’t pitch, you lose because you can’t hit either. After winning two of three against the Angels, the […]
Another great start from a Rangers pitcher was wasted. Kyle Gibson allowed one run in six innings. But it eventually was one run too many because the Rangers lost 2-1 to the White Sox. Out of twenty-one games played this year, Texas has scored two or fewer runs in ten. […]
