Circle last night’s game. It was the worst game of the season. On a day the Rangers offense finally came alive with thirteen hits and six runs, their pitching fell apart, their defense fell apart, and their baserunning fell apart. It was a sloppy, embarrassing game highlighted by three runners […]
Cross your fingers. Kolby Allard looks like he might stick for a while. The 22-year-old lefty wasn’t drafted or developed by the Rangers so there is real possibility here of him being the real deal. All he did yesterday was hold this rejuvenated Toronto Blue Jays offense to three runs […]
Fourteen runs in eight games. Just when you think it couldn’t get worse, it can. In fact, it has. Ten years ago, to be exact. In a five-game span the week of September 13, 2009, the Rangers scored a total of one run. They lost to Seattle 5-0 that Sunday the […]
Eighteen years ago, the Cleveland Indians authored the greatest comeback in major league history. They were down 14-2 after the fifth, and it stayed that way going into the bottom of the seventh, when they picked up three seemingly meaningless runs off Aaron Sele, who had formerly been a Texas […]
Two 1-0 shutouts in a row. Mike Minor could have been in a Yankees uniform doing that. He could have been doing that for the Braves. Or the Brewers. Or any one of the handful of teams desperately looking for pitching but apparently not hard enough to make a legitimate […]
One of the main reasons the Ranger had such a surprising run earlier this season was their uncanny ability to hit with runners in scoring position. One this road trip, where the Rangers are 1-4 so far, they are 0-for-18 in that situation. The problem stems from an age-old nemesis. […]
MLB has a marketing campaign entitled, “Let the kids play.” The Rangers are taking that to heart. A twenty-one-year-old pitcher started it for the Rangers last night. A twenty-one-year-old pitcher finished it for the Rangers last night. Kolby Allard’s Rangers debut was encouraging. Short, but encouraging. Heading into the fifth […]
Edinson Volquez didn’t work. Neither did Drew Smyly. Or Shelby Miller. Or Taylor Hearn. Or Joe Palumbo. Or Jesse Chavez. Or Adrian Sampson. So, now the Rangers nation turns its lonely eyes to Kolby Allard. The guy the Rangers traded Chris Martin to Atlanta for is starting for Texas today. […]
When you face a team like the Detroit Tigers, .200 hitters become .300 hitters. Sore armed pitchers become Cy Youngs. Good players become All-Stars. And All-Stars become Hall of Famers. Then reality sets in. Then you score two runs in three games and you are lucky enough to leave Cleveland […]
Now that the dust has settled from the trade deadline, mlb.com’s minor league expert Jim Callis ranks the top 15 minor league systems. They are: 1. San Diego Padres 2. Tampa Bay Rays 3. Los Angeles Dodgers 4. Miami Marlins 5. Arizona Diamondbacks 6. Detroit Tigers 7. Atlanta Braves 8. […]
