Texas Rangers


Langford joins hitters.

Even though the Rangers are 4-1 and seeming clicking on all cylinders, there are still a few hitters who have yet to get it going.  Josh Jung is 0-for-17. He got a night off. Joc Pederson was 0-for-4. He got a start and went 0-for-4. And Wyatt Langford was 2-for-19 […]


Closer material?

Is Tyler Alexander the Rangers closer? He certainly played the role last night. With the Rangers having only a three-run lead, new manager Skip Schumaker made the decision to close with Alexander over Robert Garcia or Chris Martin. Smart choice. With a 5-2 lead in the ninth, and with the […]


Rangers offense backs Gore.

The Rangers got out of Philadelphia with two wins, no assaults, no closer, an offense that made up for a bullpen that walked ten batters in three games.  MacKenzie Gore’s first start echoed what he has done in his career. Five stellar innings, loads of strikeouts, unable to get out […]


Rangers get what they wanted.

There’s an old saying that goes, “You invest in what matters.” Conversely, you don’t invest in what doesn’t matter. And what doesn’t matter to Chris Young and the Rangers is a closer. That’s the only way anyone can rationally describe this franchise’s mindset when it comes to closers.  Blowing leads, […]


It’s deGrom’s turn.

The Rangers resume action today after much needed off day. Jacob deGrom takes the ball today. While he had a successful 2025 season, he was prone to giving up the long ball, surrendering 26 homers. It was the second-most he’d giving allowed in one season in his career.  The long […]


Opening day.

Hope has returned. Baseball is back. The Texas Rangers 2026 season starts today. The team that has missed the playoff altogether in eight of the last nine years, but won it all in that one glorious year, is back to try it all again. This is an important year for […]


Challenge season begins.

The idea behind ABS, the automated balls and strikes system that officially goes into play in tonight’s season opener between the Yankees and Giants, got its start back in 1939. Batters and umpires have been at odds with strike zone calls almost from the very first pitch of the very […]


Closing spring without a closer.

As the Rangers head east, back to Arlington to prepare for two more practice games, both with Kansas City before Thursday’s opening day game in Philadelphia, they still don’t have their bullpen solved. Cutting payroll meant they decided not to invest in the one area they have been lacking since […]


Punchless USA loses to Venezuela.

Team USA proved something to the world that Rangers fans have been painfully familiar with the last two years. If you can’t hit, you can’t win—no matter how great your pitching is.  The Americans ripped through Brazil and Great Britain in pool play, winning 15-5 and 9-1. Then, the offense […]