You may have never heard of Shohei Ohtani. What’s remarkable about him isn’t that he was just named as the Japanese league’s best pitcher, but he was also chosen as the league’s best DH as well. Remember when Madison Bumgarner asked—and was politely turned down—his team if he could compete […]
Well, it was bound to happen. On the heels of a great World Series—where the ratings were through the roof, where people were talking about baseball again, loving baseball again, actually tuning in to watch baseball again—comes the stupidest word that could possibly be uttered by anyone associated with major […]
Once again, I want to express to everyone here how thankful I am that you are here. I’m grateful you come to RR3 and make this a smart, troll-free place to talk about life, the universe and everything else associated with baseball and the Texas Rangers. This site would be nothing […]
According to T. R. Sullivan at MLB.com, three big names are on Jon Daniels’s radar. Chris Sale, Andrew McCutchen, and Edwin Encarnacion. Sale would fill the gaping hole in the rotation. McCutchen would solve centerfield for the foreseeable future. Encarnacion would add the power that Prince Fielder was expected to […]
There was some talk on MLB Network Radio yesterday about who would end up at first base/DH for the Rangers. The general consensus was Mark Trumbo. But one under-the-radar name is probably now on Jon Daniels’s radar. His team released him a couple of days ago. In 2015 he hit 22 […]
From Sports On Earth’s Will Leitch, a fun article recapping the MVPs all 30 teams have had, and his predictions for the next one they will have, including who his prediction for the next MVP from the Rangers could be. Enjoy.
At the trade deadline this past July, the Rangers were looking at pitcher Andrew Cashner. Pitching coach Doug Brocail said he could “fix” him. Yesterday, the Rangers reportedly signed Cashner to a one-year $10 million deal. Brocail is going to need a really big tool box. Cashner is coming […]
Jon Daniels can’t resist it. He did it with Neftali Feliz. Did it with C. J. Wilson. And Alexi Ogando. And Tanner Scheppers. And Robby Ross. He can’t resist taking a perfectly effective relief pitcher, try to transform him into a starter and then watch his career crash and burn. The […]
It’s the off-season. Might as well let somebody else write these. This is from T. R. Sullivan at MLB.com about the Rangers’ efforts to land pitching. Enjoy.
Cleveland’s Terry Francona won the American League Manager of the Year award last night, beating the Rangers’ Jeff Banister. Francona received twenty-two out of thirty first place votes, with Banister receiving four. Both led their teams to division championships, but the Indians’ was much more improbably, having won the Central […]