Texas Rangers


A hitter’s park.

Finally, someone else is getting it. It’s not The Shed that is flawed, it’s the team playing in it. Today on mlb.com, Rangers writer T.R. Sullivan noted this: “The Rangers hit 27 home runs in 30 games at Globe Life Field. The Dodgers and Braves combined for 25 homers over […]


Top off-season decision.

Will Leach of MLB.com addresses each team’s top decision this off-season. Here is what he has to say about the Rangers: “Rangers — Do they trade Lance Lynn? The Rangers look like they’re about to enter an extended reconstruction period, and their best trade piece is Lynn, who has been terrific […]


Pressure Index.

The Athletic issued its second-annual Pressure Index, which ranks every team’s chances of improving this winter. The Rangers were in their bottom-tier teams labeled, “The Rebuilders Stay Tanking.” They were ranked twenty-seventh least likely to improve. Here’s what the publication had to say: “The Rangers picked the wrong season to open […]


Leather experts.

For the ninth time in Texas Rangers history, two Rangers have won Gold Glove awards in the same season. Isiah Kiner-Falefa at third. Joey Gallo in right field. It was the first Gold Glove for each player. The Rangers are used to having an elite glove at third. Adrian Beltre […]


Finalists named.

The finalists have been named for the important awards for 2020. Not a single Ranger in sight. That’s not a surprise. In the American League, the only surprise is Mike Trout’s name isn’t one of the three. The finalists are Jose Abreu of the White Sox, DJ LeMahieu of the […]


A split decision.

The Rangers had the eighth worst ERA in baseball in 2020. For that, they’ve hired two pitching coaches.  Considering they had the second lowest batting average and second lowest OPS in baseball in 2020, you have to wonder how many hitting coaches they are going to need. Six? It seems […]


673 words every front office should hear.

Vince Gennaro is the host of a show called “Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR-Style” on MLB Network Radio. He’s the author of Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball. He is a regular on MLB Network TV studio shows, sharing his deep, well-respected insight on the game of baseball from […]


Baseball happened.

They pulled it off. The league pulled it off. The players pulled it off.  This improbable, unprecedented season happened.  The league entered into this totally unchartered territory with a plan. But, like Mike Tyson famously said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punch in the face.” And the league […]


Missing but not missed.

The just completed World Series had it all. A classic Game 4. An attempted steal of home. A sacrifice bunt. Home runs stolen. Boneheaded management decisions. The best teams in each league. A positive COVID test. A lot of offense. A lot of great pitching. Of all the things this […]


Impressions of the new place.

The last baseball game of the 2020 season was the first baseball game I attended in 2020. I went to see a World Series game. I had seen two World Series games before. They were both in St. Louis. Games 6 and 7 in 2011. I don’t recall what happened. […]