Every year MLB.com does a top prospects list for every major league team. Yesterday they published the top 30 prospects for the Ranger. Here it is. It will be interesting to see how many, if any, actually pan out, and how many, if any, actually make an impact with the […]
Yesterday, Jeff Banister underwent arthroscopic elbow surgery and rhinoplasty surgery at the Becker ENT Center, instantly putting him on general manager Jon Daniels’s radar. “Banister is just the kind of pitcher we like looking at.” He explained that as a general manager on a tight budget, he is always looking for pitchers with good […]
In an interview with Stefan Stevenson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tanner Scheppers said that, with all the changes in the Rangers bullpen at the end of last year and in the off-season, he is worried he will be a forgotten man. Don’t worry, Tanner. Everybody remembers how horribly you pitched. We […]
In what might be the final act of the Winter of 2015, the Texas Rangers have brought back Colby Lewis, perhaps the only seventeen-game winner in major league history to go unused in the playoffs. With his team up two games to none, needing just one more win to advance, Jeff […]
The winter meetings start today,
Another one about Elvis. Hopefully, another team’s GM will accidentally bump into RR3, read all these great things about Elvis, and make Daniels a trade offer he cannot refuse. I am trying to do my part. This one is from September 2. *** SEPTEMBER BASEBALL. September baseball is different than […]
Sports Illustrated writer Ben Reiter published his eighth annual Reiter 50, his list of the top fifty free agents and where he thinks the best fit for each one is. So far, he is 0-for-2, having picked Matt Weiters to go to the Braves (he accepted the Orioles’ qualifying offer) […]
A couple days ago, Derek Holland was on the radio talking about how his season ended, being asked to dredge up the shipwreck that was Game 3 of the division series against Toronto when he gave up six earned runs after what seemed like just two batters. “I didn’t do my job,” Holland […]
Adrian Beltre is the undisputed heart and soul of this team, a role he inherited from Michael Young a few years back. As long as Beltre is in the lineup, the Rangers have a legitimate shot to win. There was talk about trading him earlier this year, and I get […]
The off-season quiet produced a few notes about the Ranger on MLBTradeRumors.com. Here they are: Colby Lewis, who underwent meniscus surgery after the playoffs, will have a checkup later this week. The Rangers are interested in re-signing Lewis, of course, since he won seventeen games for them in 2015, but […]