Yesterday, ESPN.com’s popular Grantland sports blog featured an eye-opening article by staff writer Jonah Keri. He took his annual look at baseball’s worst contracts. This is not something you want to look at if you are a fan of the Texas Rangers, which, since what you are currently reading is […]
With thirteen more days until pitchers and catcher report, here is a re-post of an article from the morning after I saw Tom Petty in concert. I got a lot of comments about this one being particularly lame. So I am re-posting it now so those who disliked it the first time can enjoy […]
Rangers pitchers and catchers report in fourteen days. Absolutely nothing exciting will happen that day, nor for the next four weeks after that, until the final week of spring training when the guys who will actually play will actually play. But it’s baseball. It’s the Rangers. It’s something. So, get here quick, […]
The Rangers signed veteran outfielder Ryan Ludwick to a minor league contract yesterday. It is the perverbial lightning in a bottle signing. Ludwick is the quintessential Jon Daniels signing. Damaged goods. Low risk. Low investment. He comes back to the team he broke into the major leagues with, having played […]
Ex-Ranger MVP and almost 2011 World Series hero Josh Hamilton has to undergo shoulder surgery. Hamilton set his goal for 2015 at 30 home runs, 100 RBIs and a .300 batting average. That is in jeopardy now, assuming it were possible in the first place. He will be out at least […]
It was announced on MLB.com that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will be in spring training camp for the Rangers. He will not play. Which got me thinking, so what? Why would anyone care about this? Aside from the snarky comments that the Rangers have the best quarterback of any team in Dallas, […]
Happy February. Just eighteen days until pitcher and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona. It will be a few weeks of long toss, then throwing off a mound, then building arm strength a few innings at a time to get ready for the season. Where they can throw no more than a […]
Re-posted from December 14, 2014. Enjoy. This is the toughest off-season in Rangers’ history. There are way too many ifs. First are the injury ifs. If Fielder can once again be Fielder, and if he hits thirty or more home runs and if he is an RBI machine. If […]
There have been few advancements in baseball in the last few years more significant than the emergence of a website called baseball-reference.com. In fact, I have heard more than one writer say that whoever started this site belongs in the Hall of Fame next to the writers and broadcasters and […]
Let’s say every position player comes back healthy. How good do you feel about the offense? Choo, Fielder and Beltre are pretty formidable. After that, it’s a long way down. There are more holes in the lineup than in a teenager’s alibi. Take away a healthy Choo, a healthy Fielder, and normal Beltre, and what […]