Here is an article from T. R. Sullivan of MLB.com with a shocking headline for all Rangers fans. Apparently the Rangers are hoping to win the AL West again this season. Who knew? Stupid headline aside, it’s a good read. Here it is.
The internet is filled with lists. I stumbled across an interesting one yesterday. A list of the top catchers in baseball, compiled by Ben Leibowitz of PointAfter, along with their 2015 salaries. He used a lot of metrics, both offense and defense, to generate his list. A few of things […]
It’s that time of the offseason when there’s no news. And the time of the year when everyone looks back on 2015. So here was one of the better games of 2015, and another reminder of how important Adrian Beltre is to this team: *** DIVISION SERIES, GAME 1: TEXAS […]
Christmas is over. The off-season’s unofficial half-way point is behind us. Now it’s time to start getting serious about the upcoming season. Lost in the shuffle of the holiday week was the Rangers signing right-handed starting pitcher A.J. Griffin. This could be a steal. Or this could be a Tommy […]
Merry Christmas to everyone at RR3. Thank you for coming every day and making this site special for a whole lot of people. Since it’s Christmas, today let’s remember someone special we lost this year. From May 23, 2015: *** FOR MOJO Today is the memorial service for one of our […]
It’s the holiday season. Filled with cheer and joy and other words like that. So here is a re-post from Game 162 of this year. When the Rangers finally made the playoffs after three years of missing. Enjoy, and happy holidays: *** GAME 162. They did it. And it all came […]
This time last year, only three of the top twenty free agents remained on the market. After Mike Leake signed a five-year deal with the Cardinals yesterday, ten of the top twenty free agents are still unsigned. Outfielders Alex Gordon, Justin Upton and Yoenis Cespedes are still out there. So […]
Here they are. Mark your calendar accordingly.
After yesterday’s discussion of Matt Bush, it’s only appropriate that we go to the other end of the human spectrum and talk about a player who represents everything good in this game. Another Matt, in fact. Matt Harrison. Matt Harrison is the opposite of Matt Bush. And after talking about Matt […]
Matt Bush was the first overall pick in 2014, drafted by the San Diego Padres as a shortstop. He wasn’t the Padres first choice, however. They had wanted to take either Stephen Drew or Jered Weaver ahead of Bush, but since both of those players had Scott Boras as their agent, […]