If Spring Training teaches anything, this one taught us two things: One, the Rangers have an offense good enough to win with. Prince Fielder doesn’t have to win Comeback Player of the Year honors to be a huge boost to this lineup. If he could just get near his typical hundred RBIs, […]
Yesterday, seeing the Rangers lose two games in the last inning after scoring a ton of runs, but giving up much more, makes me think about that thing they use in Men In Black, where they point it at you, push a button, there’s a flash of light, then you forget […]
With one week to go to until the season starts, teams and rosters are starting to take shape. Here are my predictions for each division. This, of course, doesn’t take into account which team gets Cole Hamels, or any other major trades. It’s based on where these teams are today. National […]
Here are highlights from yesterday’s game. None of which would be considered surprise developments: Nick Tepesch imploded. After being given a 3-0 lead, he immediately gave it back, and more. Seven more, to be precise. Five in the third, two more in the fourth. His day was done, and maybe […]
The Rangers are desperately trying to find the last few pieces for their bullpen. Two nights ago they gave Phil Klein the chance to see what he could do in a critical situation. He promptly gave up three runs to the Oakland Athletics in the bottom of the ninth inning to lose […]
Do not panic. Phil Klein would have never been brought on to close out a game in the bottom of the ninth. That is not his role. Mark Canha would have never been allowed to stay in and bat with one out an the winning run at the plate. That is not his […]
The Rangers beat the Rockies 6-3. But let’s not get too carried away here. Only two teams are coming into the season worse than the Texas Rangers. The Colorado Rockies were one of them. (Arizona the other.) And, while the Rangers started what appeared to be their opening day regular lineup, […]
No pitching. No defense. No offense. No runs. There is nothing to see here. Move along, move along. Guys who didn’t help themselves in this sloppy, sleepy fourteen strikeout dud: Delino DeShields went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts to drop his spring average to .193. I hope we have a self-addressed […]
Yesterday’s 15-8 drubbing of the Angels proves it’s always better to win meaningless games than to lose meaningless games. Better than that, though, is to never forget that these are just meaningless games. To illustrate that, this story: In the spring of 2013, the Red Sox brought their next great phenom […]
A guy named Chi Chi is quickly making a name for himself. Alex “Chi Chi” Gonzalez has a minor league ERA of 2.94 in two short seasons, and just seems to get better and better at every level he pitches. Is he ready to make the jump from AA to […]