Corey Seager slides into second, injures his thumb, is out for ten days, comes back, and in his first at-bat hits a two-run homer. “I don’t know what else to say about Corey. He’s amazing,” his manager Bruce Bochy gushed after the game. Amazing is a good word to start […]
The Rangers needed a serious upgrade in their rotation and their bullpen. They got a serious upgrade in their rotation. Will it be enough? The next two months will be telling. At least, for last night, the bullpen worked the way it was supposed to. The Rangers, as always, were […]
The Rangers have played two entirely different seasons so far this season. Season One was the first two months of the season. The Rangers were 35-20, and—other than Tampa Bay, who won their first thirteen games of the season and have now fallen into second place—they were the most dominating […]
A day after acquiring Max Scherzer, the Rangers bring in two more pitchers. One starter, one reliever. Texas gets lefty starter Jordan Montgomery and righty reliever Chris Stratton from the Cardinals for two prospects—pitcher Tekoah Roby and infielder Thomas Saggese—and one failure—reliever John King. They desperately needed the starter, having […]
Max Scherzer is coming to the Rangers. So far, Rangers general manager Chris Young has addressed the pitiful bullpen by acquiring Adolis Chapman from Kansas City. Now, he addressed the fading rotation by acquiring Max Scherzer from the New York Mets. This is an interesting trade. What are they getting? […]
For the Rangers to have a chance in games like last night’s, Bruce Bochy is going to have to let his starters go longer. Once he took out Dane Dunning after five innings and went to his bullpen, he threw up the white flag. The Rangers bullpen has an ERA […]
The Rangers three-game series against the Padres might take on more significance than usual. Instead of wondering what kind of lead the Rangers will have in their division when they leave San Diego, the intrigue is which Padre they might leave town with. The San Diego Padres are a huge […]
They stepped up. After an embarrassing defeat Monday and a frustrating defeat Tuesday, the Rangers were in danger of letting the Astros tie them for the lead. The odds were stacked against them. Houston had its best pitcher. The Ranger had its number five starter. Andrew Heaney lived up to […]
There’s no feeling sorry for the Rangers. It’s up to them. If they can’t beat the Astros, they don’t deserve to be in first place. If they can’t win the division and are forced into a wildcard three-game do-or-die playoff series because they weren’t good enough to beat the Astros, […]
Sometimes there’s nothing to say. Chris Young has eight days to totally remake the Rangers bullpen and to find at least one quality arm for the rotation. If he fails to do that, expect more of the same. Until he does that, expect more of the same. *****
