Here’s one way to look at this recent freefall the Rangers are in. They’ve won two of their last twelve games. They lost their last four series, being swept in two of them. They cannot hit. Their defense has been horrid. Their bullpen is the worst in baseball. They’ve lost four […]
Sometimes you wonder if they’ve ever played before. A throw Lowe couldn’t catch at first in the second followed by a caught stealing that instead of ending up actually catching the runner stealing ends up with the throw sailing into the outfield. All of which ends up with two runs […]
It was the tale of two teams. One, marching toward the playoffs. The other, sliding into irrelevance. Both teams ran out their best starting pitchers. Jon Gray with his 2.08 ERA, and Ranger Suarez with his minuscule 1.37 ERA. Both teams left a two-out walk on base without scoring in […]
It’s here. There comes a moment in every season when it’s time for the players to step up and see what the team is made of. That moment is here. That moment is tonight. That moment is this three-game series against the Phillies. At 34-14, the Phillies are the best […]
The Rangers have been playing like a Little League team lately with their sloppy defense—dropping easy fly balls, making throws that sail into the outfield, unable to complete routine ground ball outs. It’s too bad, though, that they aren’t playing by Little League rules, which dictate a game’s length at […]
As a reminder, there are thirteen ways a team can score with bases loaded and fewer than two outs. One, a sacrifice fly. Two, a wild pitch. Three, a passed ball. Four, a fielder’s choice ground out. Five, an error. Six, catcher’s interference. Seven, a hit. Eight, a balk. Nine, […]
For too long, Rangers fans have been hoping this year’s team finds the magic of 2023. Last night it seemed the Rangers harkened back a few years further. They looked an awful lot like the 2021 Texas Rangers that lost 102 games. The offense has been non-existent for most of […]
Benjie Molina hit for the cycle. Bartolo Colon hit a home run. Joe Neikro’s only career home run came off his brother Phil. Weird things happen in baseball. Unexplained things. Things so bizarre you nobody ever could see them coming. A guy once threw two no-hitters in a row. A […]
The Rangers are still paying the price for the Jon Daniels era. It’s going to take Chris Young a while to populate a farm system that was left unable to produce sustainable pitching vegetation. Yesterday, they sent Jack Leiter back down to the minor leagues after his third unacceptable start […]
It comes down to math. Q: If the Rangers starting pitcher allows 16.4 runs per nine innings, and the Rangers are scoring .5 runs per nine innings, how many innings will it take to score enough runs to overcome their starting pitcher? A: There aren’t enough innings in a game. […]
