It’s so wonderful to see the Rangers offense click. It’s so frustrating to see the Ranger offense click. You watch it when it’s good and wonder, why can’t they do this more often? And the next two or three games, they drop their meat in the dirt and you wonder, […]
When the Rangers can’t win a Jacob deGrom start, they’re in trouble. They don’t have much else to count on. They wasted a start in which deGrom struck out eight and gave up just four hits and two runs in six innings. All his offense could do was muster six […]
Back in the Jon Daniels era—the forgettable part which was his last six years as general manager—he used to explain the teams shortcomings by saying he left them exposed. He didn’t have enough pitching; he left them exposed. He didn’t have enough offense; he left them exposed. If that was […]
It appears that Kumar Rocker needs the training wheels. He does better when someone else pitches the first inning for him. Starting in the second inning, he pitched five, gave up two runs, struck out nine, and didn’t walk a single Marlins hitter in the Texas 4-3 win over Miami, […]
Finally. After wandering in the wilderness for the season, full of promise but oozing disappointment, Wyatt Langford is contributing. He started the season slow, hitting just .238 with one home run in the Rangers first 23 games. Then, injury kept him out the next 40 games. His return was less […]
If it’s not a first-inning meltdown, it’s a last-inning meltdown. This is the sign of a team that just cannot get out of its own way. MacKenzie Gore had one of his rare strong starts: six innings pitched, one run allowed. He left with a lead. For one of the […]
It was almost comical. The Rangers first inning woes struck again. They bury themselves before they even have a chance. In five of their previous six games, they have allowed runs in the first inning: Four, two, three, one, zero, two. They’d lost five of six. So, when deGrom allowed […]
A handy guide to those trying to fold a tent after a long weekend of camping or a season going nowhere fast. Step 1: Stuff: Your team has already given up multiple first-inning runs so the last eight innings of the game are unnecessary. Use that time productively to finish […]
After taking a World Cup break, the Rangers resume their season of frustration, having lost four of their last five, including the first two of the three-game series to the Minnesota Twins. In true soccer fashion, they’ve scored just two runs a game in this series. Just when they finally […]
The Rangers schedule is interrupted today by the World Cup. There are games being played in Jerry World, which would have made for chaos had the Rangers also played. So, they are sitting today out. Like they seemed to sit yesterday out. The Rangers, in fact, would probably do better […]
