Monthly Archives: February 2019


No experience needed. 29 comments

In most industries, the prerequisite for a job is experience. Employers value it. Employers demand it. If you don’t have experience, you needn’t bother calling. No experience, no job. That’s how it works in the world. Except for, it seems, in the baseball world. These days, experience is a four-letter […]


Impossible shoes. 36 comments

“I don’t think I am even close to being Adrian Beltre,” Asdrubal Cabrera noted when talking about his amazing diving play in yesterday’s Cactus League game. Cabrera may have the worst job in baseball this year. He gets to replace a legend. For his sake, let’s hope he isn’t hounded […]


A long way to go. 48 comments

When you start dissecting the talent level on the Rangers major league roster to see where they need to improve, you look to the important statistics to help shape your understanding. One very good measuring stick of a hitter’s overall worth is OPS. OPS is a hitter’s on-base percentage combined with […]


Ugly numbers. 37 comments

Last week, in an under-the-radar minor league signing, the Rangers brought in center fielder Ben Revere. He’s a former first-round pick by the Twins who, after three seasons in Minnesota, was traded to the Phillies, where he batted over .300 for three seasons, leading the National League in hits in […]


A game today. 66 comments

Finally. After four and a half months, the wait is over. Since the Rangers walked off the field September 30 in Seattle, (to a 3-1 loss, naturally), we’ve been waiting for this. We’ve been waiting for another Rangers baseball game. Today, it happens. Well, the next best thing. Today, at […]


Talent Scale. 57 comments

It’s that time of year for lists. We did top-ten lists. They did top-ten lists Everybody’s doing top ten-lists. Yesterday, it was MLB Network Radio’s turn. They did a top-ten list at every position. Then, they took it one step further. They created at points scale to see which team […]


A bold prediction. 29 comments

It’s almost time to make predictions for the year on how the Rangers will fare in 2019. But before that, here is one prediction that is guaranteed to come true, one hundred percent: Absolutely no Texas Ranger player will go on the Disabled List in 2019. You can take that to […]


Extensions. 25 comments

Rougned Odor signed a six-year extension before the 2017 season. Now the Rangers are looking to do the same with Joey Gallo and Nomar Mazara. They drafted and developed both players, and want them to be Rangers for life. Both Gallo and Mazara are interested as well. They said they […]


Whole Latta love. 54 comments

Everybody’s favorite player, Hunter Pence,  had a plan. After twelve pretty successful big league seasons, he felt he needed to rebuild his swing. So he went to the guy credited with turning Justin Turner into the hitter he is. That is quite a resumé. His name is Doug Latta. He’s […]