Free agency began at 4:00 Central yesterday. The Rangers did not make qualifying offers to Andrew Cashner or to Carlos Gomez, officially making them free agents. Any player receiving the qualifying offer of $17.4 million has five days to decide whether he wants to accept it. Around MLB, these nine […]
Adrian Beltre said he did not want to go through a rebuild. So, it was really encouraging to read that when he and Jon Daniels met right after the season ended, Daniels convinced him they would be competitive next year. With that in mind, from MLB.com, here are the top […]
I want to thank everyone for coming to RR3 this season, and for coming back as often as you do. Without everyone here, I would be just talking to myself. And I have long ago chosen to ignore that crazy voice. You may not have agreed with me on occasion, […]
For anyone who has watched baseball long enough, the game as it is played now might seem foreign. It has turned into a three outcome game. Home run, or walk, or strikeout. Game 2 proved that. The Dodgers had five total hits. Four home runs. In fact, most games in […]
Who? His name is Enrique Hernandez. The call him Kiké. This season he hit eleven home runs and drove in 37. Last night he hit three and drove in seven. He hit a solo home run, then a grand slam, then a two-run homer as the Dodgers cruised into […]
As abysmal as Rougned Odor’s 2017 season was, and it was abysmal, he would be the offensive star of the Houston Astros in this Championship Series. That’s how bad their offense has been. Odor-rific. Josh Reddick, 0-for-13. George Springer, 1-for14. Marwin Gonzalez, 1-for-12. Alex Bregman, 2-for-13. Through the first four […]
The best thing about playoff baseball is more playoff baseball. Today is a full slate, with all four division series games. That’s because both AL East teams woke up, both won, both extended the series, both are still alive. The Red Sox won big in a slugfest. The Yankees won […]
One of the two starters in the Rangers rotation named Martin Perez gets the start tonight. Which one it is will remain to be seen. Hopefully it will be the Martin Perez who has won six decisions in a row, with a 3.15 ERA, averaging seven innings per start, […]
The Rangers had a really great shot at a rare four-game winning streak. What they ended up with was a doubleheaders split. They also ended up leapfrogging over three teams in wild card race that nobody seems to want to win. So here is the deal: They have twenty-three […]
The old fashioned double header. I miss those days when it was actually scheduled, when you could go to the ballpark knowing you had five hours of baseball ahead of you. Now you get five hours of baseball in a typical 1-0 Rangers-Padres game, with twenty pitching changes and […]
