For six seasons, from 2013 to 2018, Corey Kluber was one of the elite pitchers in baseball. He led the American League in wins in 2014, and won the Cy Young award (for Rangers fans, that an award they give to the best pitcher in each league.) He led all […]
Here’s the good news about the offseason so far. The Rangers starting pitching, which ranked twelfth out of fifteen American League teams in ERA, has improved. Every man, woman, and child in America, except for one, knew that Smyly, Miller, and Volquez were going to be monumental failures. Gibson and […]
“Okay, everybody, welcome to the annual winter auction. You know what to do. Our first item up for bid is this exquisite Chinese Ming Dynasty vase. Our opening bid for this rare find is three-hundred thousand dollars. Do I hear three-hundred-and-one? “Five hundred!” “The gentleman in the baby blue cap […]
Martin Perez signed a one-year contract with Boston yesterday. He will be paid $6.5 million dollars in 2020 by the Red Sox. His identical statistical twin, Kyle Gibson, will be paid nearly twice that, $11 million, in 2020 by the Texas Rangers. The difference is the Red Sox are on […]
The Rangers weren’t willing to go to seven years. The Angels were. And, in the end, the Angels land prized free-agent third baseman Anthony Rendon, and the Rangers are left to explore Plan B. Or C. Or D. The good news is, almost anyone the Rangers add at almost any […]
The Rangers are finally seeing the potential in Nomar Mazara. They had to trade him get it. His name is Steele Walker, a 23-year-old left-handed hitting center fielder acquired from the White Sox organization for Nomar Mazara. Walker, a graduate of Prosper High School and Oklahoma University, was selected in […]
Day One of the Winter Meetings in San Diego are over and the talk is about Anthony Rendon. According to MLB.com, the Rangers and Dodgers are the “two main players in the running for free agent third baseman Anthony Rendon.” Which means one thing is 100 percent certain. Neither the […]
What kind of pitching could you get for $43 million? That’s how much Jon Daniels has spent on his short-term, low risk, just-throw-a-dart-at-the-board-and-see-what-sticks strategy over the past three seasons. In 2017, he spent $18 million on Andrew Cashner, Tyson Ross, and A.J. Griffin. ($10-, $6-, and $2 million, respectively.) For […]
The Rangers have another pitcher. Jordan Lyles. They signed him to a two-year, $16-million contract. Lyles could be a starter. He could be a reliever. He’s done both, successfully and not so successfully, throughout his career. Texas will be Lyles’s fifth team in five seasons. Lyles began 2019 with the […]
“Hello, darkness my old friend…” The dog days of the offseason are upon us. Nothing is happening. At least nothing outwardly. Millions of phone calls and emails and texts are going out to agents and other GMs. But we mere mortals aren’t privy to that. Someone on MLB Network Radio yesterday […]
