The Rangers finished the first week of the season 3-4, having lost one series and split one series. Next week they have three in Seattle and then return home for four against Baltimore. So, what did the first week reveal? Here are ten things: One, Cole Hamels is an ace. He […]
It took the Rangers six weeks to win two in a row last year. This season it took them six games. That’s much better. The winning combination so far seems to be Hamels to begin it and Tolleson to end it. Tolleson’s other two outings ended up in disaster. This […]
It would appear the Rangers extended spring training is over. The offense finally showed up. And the relievers didn’t make you feel as if you just turned your daughter over to Bill Cosby. Needing a win after three crushing losses in a row, the Rangers got going from the […]
Since Derek Holland could go only five innings, the outcome of last night’s game was forced into the hands of the relievers. So far this season that had been the recipe for disaster. Tom Wilhemsen, with an ERA of infinity, was called in to pitch the sixth. He got two quick outs […]
The Rangers first series is in the books and you can look at it one of two ways. They could have been 2-1. They should have been 0-3. Texas had no business winning the first game with just one hit. But they won and that’s all that matters. […]
BAD NEWS: After last night’s loss, the Rangers are 1-1. They are now on a one-game losing streak. If they continue at this pace, they would finish the season at .500. That translates to eighty-one wins. Last year, they won eighty-eight. Which means right now the Rangers are playing […]
Opening day 2015. The Rangers are playing in Oakland. Sonny Gray is on the mound for the Athletics. Yovani Gallardo for the Rangers. Yes, Yovani Gallardo. This is one year after Tanner Scheppers pitched the season opener. Scheppers. Then Gallardo. Loss. Then loss. Shocker, huh? Last opening day the Rangers […]
What a difference a year makes. This time last year, the Rangers were sneaking into the backdoor of the season, hoping nobody had noticed what happened to them the previous year. ESPN The Magazine noticed. They picked the Rangers to finish in fourth place in the West, winning one more […]
Another spring training is behind us and this spring taught us all one thing: that spring training didn’t teach us a thing. There was very little competition for open jobs. About the only surprise was how well Ryan Rua hit. But, if you looked at what he did when he […]
Just another practice game. This one really even can’t be called an exhibition game because there wasn’t much on exhibit, other than a steady stream of nine Rangers pitchers who were all scheduled to throw anyway, regardless of the outcome. Ryan Cordell was the sum total of the offense, hitting a […]