Pitchers and catchers.
The three greatest words. It means baseball actives have officially started. And that means baseball is back. Pitchers and catchers report to Surprise. Let the groin pulls begin.
Kevin Sutton
On the road.
The equipment trucks are loaded and heading to Surprise, Arizona. Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow. The rest of the team reports Monday. The first exhibition game is in ten days, Friday, February 23. With the start of spring training, the most successful season in Rangers’ history will officially be in […]
Enough?
Probably the most overused adage in baseball is you can never have enough pitching. As pitchers and catchers report on Wednesday, the Rangers have a total of five healthy starting pitchers on their entire forty-man roster. Five. Nathan Eovaldi, Jon Gray, Andrew Heaney, Dane Dunning, and Cody Bradford. And nobody […]
D.
The Athletic, which is a subscription-based sports site now owned by the New York Times, put out its offseason report card. The Texas Rangers earned a D. Their offseason needs were, of course, another starter, a certified closer, bullpen depth, and a DH. They got bullpen depth. The Rangers needed […]
RIP Nathan Whitten.
Rangers Rounding 3rd lost another member last month. John Nathan Whitten, who posted here under a few names and was always a positive force in RR3 Nation, passed away in January. According to his obituary, “Nate’s journey was one marked by a profound commitment to the field of mathematics and […]
Top Ten third basemen.
Josh Jung was in position to make a real run at Rookie of the Year when he was in the unfortunate position, standing right in front of a screaming line drive that shattered his thumb and took him out of the lineup. And out of contention. He experienced yet another […]
Top Ten shortstops.
Who are MLB.com’s Top Ten shortstops for 2024? Top on the list is someone every Rangers fan is acutely familiar with. Corey Seager. His game-tying two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1 of the 2023 World Series will forever make him the greatest shortstop […]
Top Ten second baseman.
When it comes to second baseman, the Rangers Marcus Semien is number three on the MLB.com Top Ten list. When it comes to second baseman any Rangers fan would want on his team, there’s no question Semien is first. He got off to a slow start in his first year […]
Top ten first basemen this year.
The list of Top Ten first baseman is out. As with the catcher list, there is no Ranger. Nathanial Lowe did not make it. But, it’s a pretty deep position. And it’s a subjective list. Lowe had to suffer the indignation of being the only Ranger infielder not to make […]
Top ten catchers this year.
MLB.com came out with its Top Ten Players at every position. Here are their top ten catchers, with last year’s ranking in parenthesis. 1. Adley Rutschman, BAL (Last year: 3)2. Will Smith, LAD (2)3. Sean Murphy, ATL (4)4. J.T. Realmuto, PHI (1)5. William Contreras, MIL (NR)6. Willson Contreras, STL (5)7. […]