The Rangers signed pitcher Ian Kennedy. Ten years ago that would have been huge news. Now it’s late-February, small type, “Elsewhere in baseball…” kind of news. Ten years ago, Ian Kennedy had an incredible season as a starter for for the Arizona Diamondbacks. His 2011 season included a 21-4 record […]
Want to see the Rangers play in person in their home opener at The Baseball Shed? It will cost you. You can’t get tickets anymore from the Rangers on their website. But sites like Stub Hub have plenty of seats available. The cheapest ticket is $135. That is upper upper […]
Pitchers and catchers have reported. Soon, the full squad will show up. But there are very few stories in spring training. Usually, ninety-nine percent of the jobs are already sewn up. No matter how much baseball managers say they will make decisions based on how certain players perform in spring, […]
The Rangers start camp with a rotation significantly weaker than last season. Kluber, Minor, and Lynn were cause for real hope. You can’t call the 2021 projected rotations one of the worst rotations in Rangers history because, well, it’s the Rangers. Bad pitching is this franchise’s brand. But the challenge […]
By all accounts, Chris Woodward seems like a good man. Whether he’s a good manager is difficult to determine. Woodward signed a three-year contract to manage the Rangers starting in 2019. This is year three. He started strong, though. In a reversal of the Jeff Banister years, the Woodward-led Rangers […]
Pitchers and catchers. Catchers and pitchers. Anyway you look at it, it’s great to see.
The freak winter storm that dumped snow and ice on the Metroplex and caused millions of Texans to lose power has damaged Globe Life Field, the Texas Rangers new billion-dollar, publicly-riduculed ballpark. Rangers officials have vowed their new home will be repaired in time for the start of the season. […]
As is commonly recognized throughout Rangers nation, the current front office has a dismal record when it comes to drafting and developing major league players. Hopefully, with the addition of Chris Young to work under Jon Daniels, that can change. Hopefully, Young can bring success to what has up until […]
Andrew Simon of mlb.com wrote an article yesterday featuring the most unusual spray charts in MLB. One he chose to feature was Joey Gallo’s. Mainly because it is so unusually lopsided. Spray charts indicate where a player hits a ball. Simon chose to feature Gallo’s spray chart because it is […]
All sorts of questions pop up as the Rangers make their way to Surprise, Arizona, for spring training. One question is, how will the new ball affect Joey Gallo? Here’s a guy who already got it into his head that he cannot hit a home run in the cavernous The […]
