Last night’s game was so important for many reasons. Beating the Astros, first and foremost, is how the Rangers start earning legitimacy in the West. But what last night showed was the Rangers can generate offense without Corey Seager and Mitch Garver. It was a team that was badly in […]
If the Rangers are going to be relevant, they have to beat the Astros. Houston has owned the American League for six years straight. It may surprise you to know they haven’t finished first in the west every one of those years. In 2020, they went to the American League […]
Now is when Bruce Bochy needs to reach into his Hall of Fame managerial experience and guide this team through adversity. How the Rangers navigate the loss of Corey Seager is going to go a long way to determining what this team is made of. Last night’s game was not […]
What a game. It matches the drama and improbability of opening day when the Rangers fell behind 5-0 to the Phillies, with their ace Aaron Nola holding the Rangers hitless. Then they exploded for nine runs and stunned the Phillies. The Rangers had a lead, lost a lead, had a […]
Two-point-two innings. Seven earned runs. Five innings. Zero earned runs. And a franchise-record-setting night. Andrew Heaney’s second start was light years ahead of his first start. Yes, his first start was against a rejuvenated Baltimore team and his second was against a surrendering Kansas City team. That certainly helps. But […]
It seems Bubba Thompson had something to prove. Nine games into the season he finally got his first start. In a getaway Sunday game in Wrigley in a game the Rangers really needed to win to avoid a sweep, and to avoid going under .500. Dipping under .500 at this […]
There isn’t a more appropriate day than Easter to ask when the Rangers bats are going to be resurrected. No matter how good the pitching has been, and it’s been good enough to win most games, you can’t win scoring two runs per game, which is the Rangers average since […]
Should it worry anyone that seven games into the season the Rangers have been shut out twice? They were shut out three times all of last year. In 2021 they were shut out three times in their first ten games. They lost 102 games that year. After coming hot out […]
Six games into the season, Josh Jung is starting to make a difference. He made a barehand play to throw out a runner at first early in the game. He drove in the Rangers second run with a single in the first to put the Rangers up 2-0. Then, when […]
Did the Rangers keep the receipt? The first time around, this new pitching the Rangers bought hasn’t exactly been what it the catalog promised. Jacob deGrom’s ERA is 12.27. Nathan Eovaldi’s ERA is 5.40. And, after last night’s 7-2 loss to Baltimore, Andrew Heaney’s ERA (please, for their safety, remove […]
