Baseball Prospectus’s 2026 PECOTA predictions are in, and they have the Rangers winning two more games than they did last year. But still finishing third in the division. PECOTA stands for too many random words to care about, but it’s a sabermetric system of evaluating player performance, running it through […]
Bad luck strikes the Rangers even before the first full-squad workout. Highly regarded prospect Sabastian Walcott will miss significant time in 2026 due to elbow surgery. He might even miss the entire season. If so, that will be a huge blow to his development, considering the almost certain loss of […]
Jordan Montgomery is coming back to the Rangers. In the words of the Grateful Dead, what a long, strange trip it’s been. The thirty-three-year-old right-handed pitcher spent six solid seasons with the Yankees, was traded to the Cardinals at the deadline of 2022, pitched well for Saint Louis, then traded […]
The Rangers emptied their prospects pantry to get MacKenzie Gore. This was a farm system that was already void of depth. But the one player they held tight was Sebastian Walcott. He seems to have been on the Rangers prospect radar for a decade. Somehow, Walcott is only nineteen. He’s […]
The Collective Bargaining Agreement between players and owners expires at the end of the 2026 season. Enjoy this season. It will be the last one for a while. Any hope of avoiding a work stoppage went out the window yesterday when The New York Times reported owners will push for a salary […]
The Rangers have been busy at the Dollar Store. Almost the same time the Rangers signed catcher Danny Jansen, they signed a former closer in Alexis Diaz and another bullpen arm in Tyler Alexander. Alexis Diaz. Diaz is a twenty-nine-year-old former reliable closer for the Reds. The key word here […]
The Rangers offense got a little better with the announcement that they have signed catcher Danny Jansen to a two-year, 14.5-million-dollar deal. The thirty-year-old right-hand batting catcher has had a couple down seasons at the plate after seven really strong years in Toronto. In fact, 2022 was his best year, […]
The Winter Meetings start Monday, and it’s anyone’s guess what the Rangers will do. They have so many holes to fill, and only a tiny spoon with which to dig. In swapping out Marcus Semien for Brandon Nimmo, the Rangers offense has invproved a bit. But it had more than […]
Baseball can be a cruel sport to play. On Cloud Nine one minute, on the way out of the door the next minute. Friday, the Rangers cut Adolis Garcia and Jonah Heim. It would be cruel if it wasn’t deserved. According to BaseballReference.com, of the 155 players to have accumulated […]
The non-tender deadline is Friday. That’s the day teams decide whether they want to offer a contract to player who are eligible for arbitration or let them go into free agency. The website MLBTradeRumors.com predicts four Rangers hitters will be non-tendered: catcher Jonah Heim, first baseman Jake Burger, right fielder […]
