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) […]
When the Rangers hit the playoffs at the end of the 2015 season, only two of the nine starting position players (counting the DH) were homegrown: Mitch Moreland and Rougned Odor. And only one backup player: Hanser Alberto. Out of fourteen position players on their playoff roster, only three were […]
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 […]
It is raining in Dallas. It’s been raining almost twenty-four straight hours and there is no letup in sight. So here is a post from mid-May that seems appropriate today: *** WATER LEVELS. There’s an old saying that players live up to the back of their baseball cards. Meaning, a .260 […]
I am thankful I have an outlet where I can express my opinions about the Rangers every day, and that people actually come back every day. I am thankful that Jerry Jones does not own the Rangers. I am thankful for all the posters on RR3 who make this blog […]
If you recall, the first five weeks of the season the Rangers were unable to win two games in a row. It took a great pitching performance by Wandy Rodriguez to finally make that happen. And, surprisingly, it happened against the first-place Houston Astros. Here is a re-post of that, […]
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 […]
Since it’s the middle of the offseason and nothing is happening, I’ll re-post some of the articles from this season. Since it’s so close to Thanksgiving, I won’t post anything from April. No reason to ruin everyone’s holiday. Here is a post from May 5 the day after the Rangers beat […]
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 […]
It’s here. I have just released my new book about the Texas Rangers’ worst-to-first turnaround. It’s called Baseball Town: The Fall and Rise of the Texas Rangers. It’s a compilation of the best of two years worth of RR3 blogs that tell the story of how the Rangers went from last place in 2014 […]