Mike Minor struggled again yesterday, dropping to 0-4 with a bloated 6.94 ERA. He now leads baseball in losses, and is second to the bottom in ERA among qualifying pitchers. It took a while but Mike Minor is, unfortunately, official pitching like a Texas Ranger. After three particularly brutal starts […]
San Diego led 10-3. They had bases loaded in the top of the eighth. Fernando Tatis was up. The count was 3-0. Then he did something that changed the course of humanity forever. Or, you would have thought so the way the Rangers reacted. More aptly, the way they over-reacted. […]
You can’t assume a double play. But you can expect that one to have been made in the bottom of the second inning yesterday. Because of a horrible throw from Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor, on the relay, the batter was safe at first on what should have been an […]
The Rangers don’t hit a lot of home runs. They have hit just fourteen home runs in 2020. Mike Trout has nine. In fact, no team has hit fewer home runs than the Texas Rangers (with the exception of the Cardinals who took off a week and a half and, […]
Give Lance Lynn two Ws for his complete game last night. One W for beating the Colorado Rockies dominating offense. One W for beating the Texas Rangers sloppy defense. Actually, give him a third W for beating convention. After striking out all three batters in the eighth inning, Lance Lynn […]
For any Rangers fan who thought Derek Dietrich’s spark plug of a debut at second base for the Rangers on Wednesday night meant that he was now the second baseman for the Rangers every night, sorry. Rangers manager Chris Woodward made it clear yesterday that Rougned Odor is still the […]
The Derek Dietrich era has begun. So who is this guy? Dietrich plays first, second, and third. He has also logged in time in left and, for one game in his seven-year career, in right. Most of his games, though, have been at second. Which is weird because the Rangers […]
Bullpens are fickle. It’s hard enough to find a rotation that’s effective. A team is lucky if it has three quality starters, let alone five. Then there’s the bullpen. What are reliever but failed starters. So, if a team cannot find enough talent to stretch across a rotation, how are […]
The roof was open for the first time. Jon Daniels said he was curious how the new ballpark plays under the natural sky. The Seattle Mariners sure loved it. Under the night sky, they knocked out fifteen hits, scoring ten runs. The Rangers got their usual two runs. There were […]
Two players. Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Rougned Odor. Both were coming off sub-par seasons. Both were trying to turn around their careers. Both worked hard in spring training and then the ensuing summer camp. Both put up great numbers in exhibition games, hitting the ball hard nearly every at-bat. Both declared […]
