Yovani Gallardo stares down the Rangers six-game losing streak. It all starts with the starter. It always does. Yovani Gallardo pitched the most important game of the season for the Rangers yesterday. By far the most important. After digging themselves out of the early season hole, and actually scaling a somewhat […]
On the first pitch to his second batter, Adam Rosales became an official member of the Texas Rangers 2015 bullpen, surrendering a home run to Toronto’s Danny Valencia on an 82-mph change up, or fastball. Adam Rosales gave up a home run to the second batter he faced last night in Toronto. […]
Mitch Moreland’s three hits, including a solo home run in the fourth, weren’t enough for the Rangers. After yesterday’s 6-3 loss, I heard an interesting fact: The Rangers have scored three runs or fewer in 52% of their games. They have scored two runs or fewer in 36% of […]
This one was over early, after Wandy Rodriguez gave up a game crushing grand slam in the first. The law of averages always averages out. Especially for someone as average as Wandy Rodriguez. Rodriguez is an average pitcher. After last night’s thrashing by the woodshed, his career record is […]
Chi Chi Gonzalez came into the game having surrendered just three runs in his first thirty innings. He gave up six in fewer than six last night. If you’re old enough to remember the 70s, you remember Skylab, a NASA-operated space station that orbited the Earth starting in 1973. But […]
The All-Star Game is lining up to be a big mess. Thirty million votes were just thrown out and declared ineligible. That allowed Miguel Cabrera to recently pass Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer at first base. But the Royals lead in seven of the remaining eight positions. Mike Moustakas is leading […]
The Rangers bullpen, like most of us, is over taxed. The Rangers bullpen, like most of us, could use a day off. The Rangers bullpen, unlike most of us, gets today off. That actually might be the best thing for the psyche of the fans as well. The one thing about […]
Not a bad run. The Rangers survived murderer’s row. They just played four games against four of the most dominating pitchers (thankfully they didn’t face Max Scherzer) they will face in a row. They went a very respectable 2-2. They beat Clayton Kershaw, the guy who won the NL Cy […]
Dear Robin Ventura: Thank you so much for falling for the trap of modern-day managers. Thank you for counting pitches instead of watching pitches. Thank you for counting pitches instead of counting on your pitcher. Thank you for taking out the most dominating pitcher in baseball throwing his best game […]
The Rangers offense was given the day off yesterday. The end was a surprise. The outcome certainly wasn’t. The Rangers entered the game with an intentionally weakened lineup. It did what it was designed to do. It struggled. The Rangers went out weakly in order in the first, second, […]