I hope Jon Daniels is getting a lot of rest during this All-Star break. He has a big decision to make. The trade deadline is coming fast, and he has to decide: How good is this team he built? Not whether it is good, because both its record and […]
The American League wins 6-3. The Rangers now have home field advantage in the World Series. Too bad they have the worst home record in all of baseball. We cannot catch a break.
As bad as the Rangers are this year offensively, surprisingly there are worse teams. Here is where Texas ranks in offensive categories at the break: Team batting: .247, 11th in the American League Home runs: 94, 4th in the American League Runs scored: 370, 10th in the American League Batting […]
The first half is over. It’s only appropriate to sum up a team that called it quits this month by quoting the Grateful Dead, a band that called it quits this month, “What a long strange trip it’s been.” But what kind of trip has it been? With a horrible […]
Okay, so Shawn Tolleson is human after all. He has saved 12 out of 13. That is a save percentage of .923. Unfortunately, his blown save came at a bad time, which all blown saves do. So, let’s see if he can do what other elite closers can do. And that […]
Welcome back, Adrian Beltre. It’s amazing how well the Rangers do when someone other than Fielder hits for power.
All we hear about is how bad the Rangers are this season against left-handed pitching. And they are bad, as I wrote about a few days ago. But after watching this team lose its fifth in a row, and 14 of its last 19, scoring two runs or fewer in twelve […]
The mound is elevated ten inches, but to Matt Harrison it must have felt like a ten-mile high mountain he just scaled. He wasn’t sharp, but he was there, and that’s what mattered. Forget about last night’s game. The Rangers are in a free fall, and sometimes outcomes don’t matter. […]
Well, look on the bright side. The Rangers left only four runners on base. That an improvement, right? Right?
All we hear about is how bad the Rangers are this season against left-handed pitching. Which got me to wondering, exactly how bad are the Rangers against lefties? First, let’s look at the benchmarks. Last season, the top batters versus left handed pitchers were: Jose Altuve, .420 Nori Aoki, […]