Spring production is either glass half full or glass half empty. If a player is struggling, and he is someone targeted to make the team, then it’s simply a matter of “spring stats don’t matter, he is just working on things.” If a player is struggling and he’s not […]
Texas split the first two games of a three-game series in Houston, and was up 3-0 late in the third game behind a dominating start from Yu Darvish but the Rangers’ generous bullpen gave up two in the eighth and one in the ninth to blow the win. Texas had […]
Remember Lucas Harrell? The human pitch count? Watching him pitch was painful, like watching the first year of kid pitch baseball. You had absolutely no idea where the ball was going to end up once he let it go. Except one thing. You knew it was going to end up out of […]
The best thing about spring training is the return of baseball. The anticipation of opening day and all the joy baseball brings with it. The worst thing about spring training is, at roughly six weeks, it’s five weeks too long. This year, the World Baseball Classic will at least bring […]
Now that Mike Napoli’s signing is official, and there is nothing really to talk about on the field, I figured I would re-print the farewell article I wrote about the guy Napoli is essentially replacing: Prince Fielder. I wrote this last year when it was announced Fielder’s playing career was over. […]
I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER. Originally published August 6, 2016. Offense, check. Defense, check. Relief pitching, check. Just enough starting pitching, check. The Rangers got back to playing Rangers baseball, just in time to avoid being swept in Baltimore. Shin-Soo Choo returned last night from what seemed […]
Needing bullpen help to take the place of Jake Diekman, who is lost for at least the first three months of the 2017 season due to ulcerative colitis surgery, the Rangers traded for right-handed knuckleballer Eddie Gamboa, who had been designated for assignment by Tampa Bay, for a player to be named […]
Due to the World Baseball Classic, exhibition games start early this year and the spring training schedule is a bit abbreviated. That makes for a hectic scheduling nightmare. The following is the schedule for important upcoming spring training dates: February 14: Pitcher and catchers report. Colby Lewis shows up, is […]
The Rangers won their fourth game in a row, sweeping Kansas City in a four-game series at the Ballpark in Arlington, beating current Ranger Dillon Gee and the Royals 5-3 on a Sunday afternoon, the last day of July. Mazara and Moreland went deep. Lucas Harrell, in his first start […]
As the trade deadline neared and the Rangers pitching woes added up, the trade rumors for Chris Sale raged on. Oh, and the Rangers won their sixtieth game of the year, 8-3, over Kansas City at home, on the strength of three home runs, two from Odor, one from Profar, […]
