A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. TYLER HEARNAge: 26Left-Handed Pitcher Hearn was grateful for one thing in 2020. He got the opportunity to drop his major league ERA below 108.00. He is certainly a talent in demand. He was drafted by the Pirates in 2012. By the Reds […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. RONALD GUZMANAge: 27Left-Handed Hitting First Baseman In spring, the Rangers tried to give away Guzman’s roster spot but they couldn’t find anyone who could hit. Greg Bird couldn’t. Ronald Guzman couldn’t. But since Isiah Kiner-Falefa was hitting, they moved Todd Frazier over […]
Chris Young, it seems, is living up to his name. He is making the Rangers much younger. In yesterday’s trade of Rafael Montero to the Seattle Mariners, they swapped a thirty-year-old pitcher for one that’s just seventeen. After bouncing back from Tommy John surgery, Rafael Montero had two highly productive […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster: KYLE GIBSONAge: 33Right-Handed Pitcher Now that the the Rangers tradde Lance Lynn, that makes Kyle Gibson the Rangers opening day starter. That is a depressing thought. Even more depressing is this. Had the Rangers not traded Lance Lynn, Kyle Gibson would have […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. DAVID GARCIAAge: 20Switch-Hitting Catcher You’ve got to love a switch-hitting catcher. Texas signed David Garcia out of Venezuela in 2016 when he was just sixteen. He struggled in his first season in the Dominican Summer League, but took a good step forward […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. ARAMIS GARCIAAge: 27Right-Handed Hitting Catcher With four catchers on their 40-man roster (and two Garcias), the Rangers seem to have finally moved on from Jeff Mathis. Don’t lose hope though, Rangers fans, there’s still time to sign the free-agent catcher. The Rangers […]
David Dahl can hit. But in his career, what the 26-year-old outfielder has hit most is the Injured List. In 2015, he ran into an outfield wall in the minor leagues and had to have his spleen removed. He suffered a stress fracture of a rib in 2017. Then, when […]
The Winter Meetings came to an official end yesterday. Texas made a six-player deal with Tampa Bay. In the process, the Rangers got a new first baseman. Nate Lowe is now a Ranger. Texas also gets minor league first baseman Jake Guenther, and a player to be named later. The […]
The Winter Meetings—which were supposed to be in Dallas but instead turned out virtual—end today. By tradition, they end with the Rule 5 draft pick. The Rule 5 draft was set up to keep teams from stockpiling too much talent by allowing players who might otherwise be roadblocked a chance […]
He didn’t say many words in the news conference Monday to officially announce the hiring of Chris Young as his new general manager. But Ray Davis’s words said a lot. “When you have four straight years of losing, it doesn’t make sense to keep doing the same thing.” Maybe there […]
