A player to be named later went each way in the deal with the Cubs for Drew Smyly. Usually, the only time you will ever hear that player’s name is when he is finally announced. It’s a procedural thing. Paperwork. The guy’s name is logged in, he is sent to […]
Lost in the news that the Rangers have a new manager in Chris Woodward was the news that the Rangers on-field rebuild has started. They now have a starting pitcher to go along with Mike Minor. Two down, three more to go. On Friday the Rangers acquired 29-year-old left-hander […]
The Rangers have a new manager. Chris Woodward, fresh off the World Series, where he was the third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A former big leaguer, Woodward was an infielder for twelve seasons, mostly with Toronto. Let’s just say he didn’t make a big-league club on […]
It’s not surprising, but here is a list of the teams that struck out the least in the American League and the teams that struck out the most. Fewest strikeouts in the AL, and where they finished in their division (number of wins): Cleveland, 1189, first (91) Houston, 1197, first […]
In an article in yesterday’s The Athletic, Rangers beat writer Levi Weaver was discussing all the candidates for Rangers manager and promoted a radical idea. What if they don’t hire a manager? What if all they need is a bench coach to perform the perfunctory activities like taking out the […]
Thanks. Thanks for sticking with RangerRounding3rd.com for another season of Rangers baseball. Our slogan, “Making Rangers baseball tolerable since 2014,” couldn’t have been more appropriate. 2018 was a mostly forgettable season. The front office threw in the towel. Fans followed suit soon thereafter. The Ballpark looked like a Sears on […]
One last thought about the World Series. What we need are more Steve Pearces. More regular guys winning the World Series MVPs. More longshots and underdogs. More Rudy stories and Hoosiers stories and 1980 US Olympic hockey team stories. That is what makes baseball so amazing. Everybody has a shot. If you […]
This one was effectively over after the third batter of the game. Steve Pearce, who would go on to win the World Series MVP, hit a two-run homer in the top of the first inning off hard luck Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw to put the game away. From that […]
Maybe it’s appropriate that it’s Halloween season and the Boston Red Sox offense is like the villain Michael Myers from the Halloween movies. You cannot kill him, no matter how many times you try. It looked like the Red Sox were on the ropes yesterday. They lost that heart-breaking 18-inning […]
The longest World Series game in history ended after seven hours and twenty minutes, and after eighteen innings. It was long. Long enough for two seventh-inning stretches. Long enough for two complete games. Long enough for Boston to burn through three starting pitchers. And Boston reliever Nathan Eovaldi to pitch […]
