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 […]
Jose who? And just like that, the Rangers have replaced their closer. It wasn’t a struggle. It didn’t even cause heart palpitations. Closers are interchangeable drill bits. And the Rangers have a new one. Jose Leclerc was the most recent pitcher to hold the title of Rangers closer. He is […]
No wonder they are called Angels. They came bearing gifts. The Angels realized the Rangers cannot score runs on their own, so they gifted the Rangers the three runs they needed in order to win. As a Rangers fan, it was exciting and embarrassing at the same time. Todd Frazier […]
Players have to produce when they are given a chance. In his first chance, twenty-two-year old switch-hitting middle infielder Anderson Tejeda produced. In a big way. In his first three at-bats, he saw three pitches. He flied to left on his first pitch. He singled in a run on his […]
