It’s just three games. It’s just one series. It’s just the beginning of the season. The Rangers lost at least three in a row eight times last year, including right after their opening day win. So a win tonight puts them on the exact pace they were on last […]
Last season the Rangers had the second-worst bullpen in the major leagues. Only the team with the worst record in baseball, the Minnesota Twins, had a worse bullpen. Yet the Rangers didn’t make a single improvement to their pen over the off-season. The Rangers are 0-3. *** NO GAME TODAY. […]
With the game on the line, Mike Napoli the tying run at second, and no outs, the game called for the runner to be bunted to third. That way a sac fly, a ground ball to the right side of the infield, or even a wild pitch, could score […]
The first of the last thirty starts of the Yu Darvish era elicited the one word common to so many of his past starts as a Ranger. Disappointment. He had a 5-1 lead and couldn’t hold it. This is not the way Darvish, or the Rangers, wants to start […]
After 176 days of darkness, there is light again. Baseball is back. The world resets. 2016 has officially moved out of town and is living quietly in the pages of history. Disappointment gives way to hope. The Rangers will play 162 games over the next 183 days. At 183-days […]
The opening day roster has been finalized. It was announced that Joey Gallo will be the Rangers starting third baseman. While I am happy for him, I have to admit I am surprised and saddened that Adrian Beltre didn’t make the team. I know he’s old but I was rooting […]
I ran across an article yesterday on BleacherReport.com that I thought was fun. It’s about major league records you might not know. Everybody knows the big ones: Hank Aaron has the most legitimate home runs, 755. Ty Cobb’s highest lifetime batting average was .368. Pete Rose has the most hits: 4,256. […]
Prediction season continues on this off day as the Rangers move from Arizona to Arlington for two more practice games Friday and Saturday. Here is how I see the season playing out: AL East: 1 Boston—Pitching will not be as dominating as thought. Chris Sale will battle for Cy Young. […]
Is this year’s team better than last year’s team? It might be. Slightly. Take a look at the infield. While three of the four are the same—Beltre, Andrus and Odor—Napoli replaces Moreland, which puts the offense miles ahead of last year’s. Defense, not so much. Moreland drove in 60 runs; […]
The season hasn’t even started yet, but T. R. Sullivan wrote an interesting article about what happens at the trade deadline if all fails. The Rangers have a lot of talent to ship off. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen. This isn’t 2014. The team coming into 2017 is much stronger than […]