The Rangers addressed their huge hole in left field yesterday. Halfway, at least. Texas signed Robbie Grossman to a one-year, $2 million deal. When you look at his numbers, you might scratch your head and think, “Is this guy better than what they had?” That’s a fair question. The ten-year […]
You gotta love spring training, right? Reporters descend on major league camps to— To do what? Report what? It’s just pitchers throwing to catchers. After one day of guys throwing balls to other guys, they are pleased to announce on texasrangers.com that, “Eovaldi impressing early.” Impressing doing what? Did he […]
Is it a coincidence that the day Rangers Rounding 3rd goes down, so does Jacob deGrom? Luckily, thanks to Twig, we are back up and running. Let’s hope deGrom’s setback is just as minor and he’s back in action just as quickly. For the next five years, any time deGrom […]
The equipment trucks are headed to Surprise. Filled with bats and balls and bags and hope. Pitchers and catchers are headed to Surprise. Filled with the promise of being the best rotation in Rangers history and a bullpen that is anybody’s guess, like most bullpens are from year to year. […]
Remember Ronald Guzman? The Condor. The six-foot, five-inch Dominican slugger who was the Rangers first baseman of the future. He was everything you’d want in a first baseman. Tall, with the ability to stretch out inches further than most first baseman and turn bang-bang singles into outs. Everything you’d want, […]
It seems the trade talk for a left fielder has died down. Which usually means a trade will happen any moment. So, for now, the Rangers are going into the season with the same offense they ended the season with. Lowe at first. Semien at second. Seager at short. Jung […]
Last night on MLB TV, they showed the Blue Jays-Rangers game from May 1, 1991. It was Nolan Ryan going for his seventh no-hitter. I watched the game even though the drama of whether he would get it or not was spoiled long ago. Hint: He gets it. (Which reminds […]
With about five weeks to go before spring training, the Rangers are still looking for that bat. They are still looking for that left fielder. Most of the left fielders that would cost them only money—the free agent kind—are gone. There are a few remaining, though. Trading for a guy […]
Wow, what a difference an off-season makes. And a new general manager. Last year, after a 102-loss campaign, the Rangers went into the 2022 season with this rotation: Jon Gray, Dane Dunning, Spencer Howard, Taylor Hearn, and Martín Pérez. Yes, Martín Pérez was the fifth starter. Worse, Jon Gray was […]
ZIPs is an annual projection from Fan Graphs. It looks at a team’s moves and comments on its roster makeup. Here’s what they said about the Rangers offense. Batters: The Rangers undergo rebuilding with a refreshing urgency you don’t always see, though that’s hardly surprising since they’re not actually a […]
