In six days, guys wearing Rangers uniforms will play guys wearing other teams’ uniforms. And the spring training exhibition season will be underway. Here is the schedule:    

According to The Dallas Morning News’s Evan Grant, the Rangers have the most pitchers in training camp they’ve ever had: 36. It reminds me of that Bruce Springsteen song, “57 Channels (And Nothing On).” A whole lot to see. But nothing to watch.  

  Jon Daniels has made a lot of jobs difficult this spring. Like the guy in charge of equipment. He has to find a place to order the XXXXXXXXXXXL jersey for Bartolo Colon. Like the caterer for the Surprise complex. How are you supposed to be expected to have on […]

Notes from camp so far: Irony abounds. Matt Bush is entering 2018 convinced he is going to be a starter. If this happens, it will be because Martin Perez can’t go to begin the season, and Bush will end his 2018 by the end of April with a severe arm […]

Aches and pains. Slings and arrows. Joys and heartbreaks. Winners and losers. Pulls and sprains. Hopes and dreams. Prayers and wishes. Veterans and rookies. Cinderellas and sayonaras. Sunrises and sunsets. Prospects and suspects. Balls and strikes. Fears and certainties. Expectations and disappointments. Pitchers and catchers report today. Baseball is back […]

MLB.com’s 2018 player preview is out. It lists the top 804 players, ranked in order from best to worse. It’s meant as a guide for fantasy baseball. It’s a good look at talent levels among the league. The top Ranger comes in at number 46, Elvis Andrus. Who would have […]

Pitchers and catchers report in a few days. Full squad workouts are about a week away. And Jake Arrieta doesn’t have a team. Neither do J. D. Martinez, Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer, Alex Cobb or Greg Holland. Nor do Edwardo Nuñez, Lance Lynn, or Jonathan Lucroy. Andrew Cashner is still […]

Yu Darvish, ex-starter for the Rangers who, for some reason, was either widely loved or widely hated, is now a Chicago Cub. He gets $21 million per year, plus incentives. In five major seasons, almost all with Texas, he has a 3.42 ERA and a .571 winning percentage. During the […]

It appears the Rangers are going into the season with the expectations that they are going to surprise a lot of people. That they are the underdogs. The 5’4” point guard, the 7’3” jockey. The Buster Douglas. In an article on mlb.com yesterday, T.R. Sullivan gave a peek under the […]

The Rangers are completing their We’re The Underdog Team of 2018 So Pull For Us Tour by signing reliever Seung-hwuan Oh. Oh is coming off a year when he was 1-6 with a 4.10 ERA and a WHIP of 1.339. He started the season as the Cardinals closer, but lost […]