Just announced: The Rangers announced their spring training report days. Pitchers and catchers report to Surprise on February 12, with their first full workout the following day. Position players report February 18. The first spring game is February 23 against Kansas City. Just 68 more days until Texas resumes baseball […]
Every so often, T.R. Sullivan answers fans’ questions about the Rangers on mlb.com. Here are a few questions he answered yesterday: Q: Do you think Jon Daniels will be exploring trades from our depth of left-handed-hitting corner outfielders/designated hitters—Nomar Mazara, Willie Calhoun, Shin-Soo Choo—in order to get young pitching? A: […]
The latest Japanese All-Star pitcher, left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, is being posted. Which means all thirty teams have thirty days to negotiate with him. He can agree, or not, to sign with the team of his choice. The Rangers have been actively scouting him and, like with Yu Darvish and Shohei […]
Never before has this team been so set in the designated hitter role. But when you have a general manager who thinks he is playing fantatsy baseball, where defense doesn’t matter, that happens. Choo’s, Calhoun’s, Profar’s, and Mazara’s best position is DH. And before Odor’s stunning reversal of fortune, he […]
Jose Bautista, anyone? He’s available. He’s a free agent right fielder. Too bad for him he is at the end of his career and he probably won’t have many takers lining up to take a shot at him. (Sorry, wrong choice of words.) But it’s doubtful one of the biggest […]
On Texas’s 40-man roster are six potential center fielders: Jurickson Profar, Delino DeShields, Joey Gallo, Scott Heineman, Drew Robinson, and Carlos Tocci. So, with six choices, the Rangers won’t need to spend $400 million on Bryce Harper. Harper is perhaps the most polarizing free agent in a long time. He […]
The Rangers have more left field candidates than they can shake a stick at. It would be nice of one of them is able to consistently hit something with that stick. Heading into 2019, possible Rangers left fielders are: Joey Gallo, Willie Calhoun, Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, and Nomar Mazara. […]
The Rangers have an opening at third. Perhaps you heard of the guy who used to occupy that spot. His name was Adrian Beltre. He retired. He is having a press conference today to thank everyone. Chances are you will never hear about him again. Until five years when he […]
Once again, Elvis Andrus goes into the season with an opt out at the end of the year, meaning, once again, he could be playing his last season in a Rangers uniform. Difference is, with Beltre retiring, now Andrus is the de facto captain. He is the revered veteran. The […]
Unlike their counterparts at first, some quality free agent second basemen are available. Enough that if you are looking to plug a hole up the middle, you can find a player who just won a gold glove at second in either league (Ian Kinsler, D.J. LeMahieu). You can find a […]