Free agency began at 4:00 Central yesterday. The Rangers did not make qualifying offers to Andrew Cashner or to Carlos Gomez, officially making them free agents. Any player receiving the qualifying offer of $17.4 million has five days to decide whether he wants to accept it. Around MLB, these nine […]
Is getting to the playoffs enough? There seems to be a sentiment that if you just get in, just win that wild card, anything can happen. True. As Rangers fans know all too well, anything can, indeed, happen. You can lose in the wild card game. You can lose in […]
Adrian Beltre said he did not want to go through a rebuild. So, it was really encouraging to read that when he and Jon Daniels met right after the season ended, Daniels convinced him they would be competitive next year. With that in mind, from MLB.com, here are the top […]
The Rangers 2018 rotation is beginning to take shape. As the off-season starts to unfold and teams begin the long process of getting rosters ready for 2018, clubs are already starting to decline options on players. It’s already starting to become apparent who the Rangers are going to target to […]
I want to thank everyone for coming to RR3 this season, and for coming back as often as you do. Without everyone here, I would be just talking to myself. And I have long ago chosen to ignore that crazy voice. You may not have agreed with me on occasion, […]
Wasted opportunity again. This time for Los Angeles. Two on, one out in the first. No runs. Two on, one out in the second. No runs. Two on, no outs in the third. No runs. Two on, one out in the fifth. No runs. Two on, no outs in the […]
Wasted opportunity. The Astros had their chances. They didn’t take advantage of them. It wasn’t like Game 5 when it was a video game and you hit a few buttons on a controller and the ball flies out of the park, although if you really are into video games […]
There’s been a lot of baseball chatter on the baseball stations about what is now being called “bullpenning,” this knee jerk over-reliance and over-use of the bullpen. Dave Roberts defended the use of his bullpen by pointing out that he won 104 games during the regular season this way […]
Just when you thought the World Series couldn’t get any more amazing than Game 2, Game 5 comes along. It was the same match-up as Game 1, Dallas Keuchel against Clayton Kershaw. But that’s was about all it had in common with that crispy played two-hour, twenty-eight-minute pitcher’s duel. […]
Baseball has evolved into a game of bullpens. Teams drop $300 million on starters to throw just five innings in critical games. They spend about ten cents on relievers who make or break them. And in bullpen baseball, the Los Angeles Kenley Jansens are a thousand times better than […]