Now that the Rangers have shored up their rotation by acquiring Ross Detwiler and Yovani Gallardo, where does this put them? Assuming James Shields lands somewhere other than the American League West, and assuming there are no other huge blockbuster deals, below are the projected starting rotations for all five […]
Newly acquired starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo is in the last year of a contract that pays him roughly $13 million. Jon Daniels has said his intention is to either offer him a long-term extension to keep him here, or offer him a Qualifying Offer at the end of the year, which […]
This is re-posted from September 22, 2014, during the Rangers’ late season burst of spontaneous non-losing. Enjoy: Rangers’ fans have seen the franchise clean out the pantry when it comes to players appearing in major league games this year. The front office found cans of stuff hidden behind the pickles […]
It wasn’t Scherzer or Shields. It wasn’t Hamels (although by all reports the Rangers went in deep on acquiring him). It wasn’t anyone who is going to shake up the baseball world (in fact, this was the third biggest story on MLB Radio yesterday, following the Scherzer signing and a […]
It’s a new year, a new team, a new website. Gone is 2014, gone are the injuries that devastated this team, gone are the snide comments about Mitch Moreland. Good news is, those comments can, and probably will, be re-generated once play begins. Jon Daniels says the Rangers are absolutely not in […]
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Open mouth, insert foot. Or, better yet, open computer, insert foot. Baseball sabermetrics guru Bill James got himself in a world of hot water with a tweet, which he subsequently removed, that said major league players are no more valuable to the game than the beer vendors. Bill James single […]