The Rangers played the waiting game once again last night. Get dominated by a rookie starting pitcher for seven innings and wait until he is taken out, then go to work on the new guy. For the Rangers, a relief pitcher is someone who gives them relief from a […]
Yu Darvish was brilliant yesterday. In the past he has taken perfect games into the ninth. He has had no-hitters going into the eighth. But yesterday he was about as dominating as he’s ever been. He certainly pitched his best game of the season. He scattered five hits, didn’t […]
Sabermetricians must hate Lucas Harrell. He single-handedly upends everything they stand for. They are all about numbers. And his numbers paint a really ugly picture. Look at the mess he has created: Starts: 2 Innings: 9.2 Hits: 9 ER: 4 BB: 8 K: 7 Pitches: 186 Strikes: 92 Balls: 94 […]
Last season Houston Astros ace left-hander Dallas Keuchel was a phenomenal 15-0 at home, with an ERA of 1.46, which is why he won the American League Cy Young Award. This season Texas Rangers left-hander Martin Perez was 1-6 on the road with an ERA of 5.95 (this after […]
Offense, check. Defense, check. Relief pitching, check. Just enough starting pitching, check. The Rangers got back to playing Rangers baseball, just in time to avoid being swept in Baltimore. Shin-Soo Choo returned last night from what seemed like an eternity, and immediately made an impact. Like, the-fifth-pitch-of-the-game immediately. Choo […]
Before we start a mutiny, let’s be patient. The smartest thing the Rangers did was get two hitters with some experience on them. They have been relying on too many hitters with little to no experience. Profar and Mazara are just kids who are both essentially in their first years. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Arlington, Texas—The Texas Rangers have announced that the coming out party to introduce their radically beefed up offense as the result of their trade deadline deals to acquire All-Star hitters Carlos Beltran and Jonathan Lucroy was delayed one day due to an unfortunate scheduling glitch caused by a […]
Desperately needing to replenish their starting rotation, the Rangers picked up three pieces in the trade deadline yesterday: a catcher, a DH, and a closer. Welcome to the new Rangers: Jonathan Lucroy, catcher. Lucroy, like Hamels last season, has been on the Rangers trade radar since spring training. The Rangers have […]
It’s the thick of trade season, and Rangers general manager Jon Daniels is trying to pull off a magical trade by 3:00 Central in which he gets the parts that take his team to the Promised Land. And while the trade deadline goes a long way to defining a GM’s […]
Pretty good week for Mitch Moreland. Some people are saying he is stepping up to fill the void left by Prince Fielder. But that void has needed filling since the second game of the season. So that’s not really true. What he is doing is what Mitch Moreland so […]
