“Going into the new ballpark, you want to put the best product you can going into a new stadium like that. I think that you are starting to see him build now for then. But you look at what the As did last year, and with the offense that Texas […]
More depth for the pile. The Rangers picked up three more pitchers in this front office’s thirteen-year quest to develop just one good one. They claimed Luke Farrell off waivers from Los Anaheim. Farrell is best known for being the son of former Boston and Toronto manager John Farrell. He’s […]
With nothing to talk about and no baseball for another five weeks or more, once again mlb.com has a list. This list is the fastest prospect in each organization’s system. Random, to be sure. But it’s early January. Much better than the list of teams in each division that have […]
Comedian Bob Einstein died yesterday. You may remember him as his alter-ego Super Dave Osborne, a character he created in the ’80s that was inspired by Evel Knievel. But the opposite. Every stunt Super Dave tried ended up in catastrophe and pain. Einstein got his start as a writer […]
With so many games against division rivals to kick off the season, it’s pretty imperative that Texas gets off to a quick start. So, how have the Rangers done lately in that regard? Not so good. The past five years, the Rangers are twelve games under .500 in April (adding […]
It’s 2019. Time to start looking forward to the upcoming season. Here is the schedule. You should be able to drag this off here and onto your desktop. The Rangers will be put to the test almost immediately. Twenty-three of their first twenty-eight games are against division foes. Texas could get […]
The last day of 2018. The season couldn’t have ended soon enough. In fact, it pretty much ended December 14 of 2017 when the Rangers, trying to bolster their rotation, traded for Matt Moore. So, enough of 2018. Enough of the season that derailed before it started. Enough of the […]
Not that this is any indication of actual results but it is an indication of how players are regarded: the first rankings of players for 2019 is out. This is done mostly for the fantasy baseball business. But before you scoff, realize this is a multi-billion-dollar industry, not unlike sport […]
The off-season is filled with rumors and silence. Mostly silence. When your team is trying to compete, that quiet can be a thrill, like the anticipation of good news, like when you were a kid and you were riding in a roller coaster that was slowly ascending that first hill, […]
MLBTradeRumors.com has a couple Rangers notes. It’s a possible third baseman, one not on the list of free-agent third basemen because he has primarily played second the last three seasons, although he has played a decent amount at third. That would be Josh Harrison, formerly of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Harrison […]
