To all those teams that desperately needed starting pitching at the trade deadline but refused to give the Rangers fair value for Mike Minor. Too bad. Minor proved why he is one of the game’s top pitchers again last night, against a team that is most likely playoff bound. He […]
At 43-119, the 2003 Detroit Tigers had the worst record of any team in American League history and came within one loss of tying the woeful New York Mets of 1962 with the most losses in modern major league history. The 2019 Detroit Tigers are almost as bad. A .299 […]
Just imagine if one team had two candidates for the Cy Young Award. Or two players battling it out for MVP. That would be pretty special. The Rangers are in that position. They have the two players who just might finish first and second in Comeback Player of the Year […]
Welcome to the major leagues, Scott Heineman. After hitting .412 in a handful of rehab games in the Arizona Rookie League this season, then moving on to Triple-A Nashville and hitting a whopping .372 with an OPS of 1.017, the twenty-six-year-old outfielder and first baseman was finally called up to […]
OPS+ takes a player’s on-base plus slugging percentage and normalizes the number across the entire league. It then adjusts to measure where a player ranks among league average. A score of 100 is league average, meaning, that players OPS is middle of the pack. A 150 is 50 percent better […]
On a day when everyone was wondering whether Mike Minor would get dealt, or any of the other Rangers, it turns out nobody was. But that doesn’t mean there were roster moves. Say goodbye to Asdrubal Cabrera and Tim Federowicz. Both players have been designated for assignment. Say hello to […]
You thought the Rangers bullpen was bad before? They had only three reliable relievers as it was. One, Shawn Kelley, is injured. The second, Chris Martin, is now a Brave. That leaves Jesse Chavez, which have been training a lot and also using supplements and you can see it here […]
The Rangers are running a commercial offering Lower Infield Box seats for the 1994 price of $18.00. This points out two things. One, the Rangers are having trouble getting fans to show up to the Ballpark in its final year. Two, how outrageously out of control the regular price of […]
The fickle life of a relief pitcher. One year you are an unstoppable force at the back end of the bullpen. The next year, you are the back end of a horse. When Jose Leclerc took over the closer job after Keona Kela was dealt to Pittsburgh last season, he closed […]
For anyone who likes a good mafia movie, tune in to today’s Rangers-Athletics game. A mob story is bound to break out. Baseball is like the mafia. You did something to us we don’t like, so you need to be taught a lesson. And memories, apparently, are long. Earlier this […]
