The Rangers scored the tying and winning runs yesterday in the eighth inning without benefit of a hit. After a walk and a double, a ground out scored run number four. Then a sac fly scored run number five. Execution is something that is always welcome. This spring […]
Rangers radio broadcaster Matt Hicks was trying to find a little silver lining in the Rangers 2-6-2 start after ten spring games. He prefaced it by saying spring records don’t matter one bit. And he’s right. Still, he pointed out that the Rangers have had big early leads in almost […]
Well, that didn’t take long. No sooner than Jeff Banister announced his plans for a six-man rotation, Cole Hamels voiced his opinion on it. No. He told ESPN, “It’s not part of baseball. You might as well be in college.” He doesn’t like the six-man rotation a few reasons. The […]
Jeff Banister is preaching the benefits of a six-man rotation. Pitchers put less stress on throw fewer pitches, put less stress on their arms, they go deeper in games, he explains. Not buying it. A six-man rotation means you are running an extra guy out there that has no business […]
It’s spring. It’s early. But here is one interesting stat from Rangers camp: Five games played. Zero home runs hit.
Bartolo Colon, Doug Fister, Jesse Chavez, Matt Moore, Mike Minor, and now Tim Lincecum. The signing of “The Freak” gives the Rangers the best pitching staff in baseball. In 2010. Too bad it’s 2018. Once again, Jon Daniels goes shopping at the Dollar Store to try to plug major […]
The most disappointing player on the Rangers last year was Rougned Odor. Offensively, he was a train wreck. The most scrutinized player on the Rangers his year will be Rougned Odor. He has to prove last season was a fluke. T.R. Sullivan wrote about that yesterday on mlb.com. About Odor’s […]
When last the baseball world saw Kevin Jepsen in 2016, he was reeling off an ERA of 5.68 for Tampa Bay, and a 6.16 for Minnesota. Numbers like that will make any big league club ignore you, and they all did in 2017. But before his disastrous 2016, Jepsen […]
Breaking news: Jesse Chavez is a Ranger. (A brief moment as the mock fanfare blares.) The Rangers reportedly added Chavez on a minor-league contract. Chavez is probably best known for being serviceable. That might be a backhanded compliment most years but this year being serviceable immediately makes Chavez a […]
