You knew the winning streak couldn’t last. MacKenzie Gore had already had one great start, expecting another would be asking too much. Reality returned in the second inning. Gore allowed the Guardians to score five runs, and with that, the six-game winning streak was over. But, true to form, he […]
It was scorching in Cleveland yesterday, and it wasn’t just the weather. The hottest team in baseball had their ace on the mound, and he was pumping in the heat at 110.5 miles per hour. Jacob deGrom gave up a first-inning two-run homer to the Guardians, then shut them down […]
They’re coming, they’re going. The transaction train was busy yesterday. Texas made some moves because of injuries. They signed starter Chris Paddack, called up infielder Cameron Cauley, brought Evan Carter off the I.L. and sent Wyatt Langford back to the I.L. Brandon Nimmo and, of course, Corey Seager, are hurting […]
Location, location, location. That’s the most important word in real estate, and the most important word in baseball. At least for the Texas Rangers. It may be a joke of a division, but the Rangers are in first place. Talk about being at the right place. Like the tallest munchkin […]
That’s called a winning streak. The Rangers have won three in a row and can go for a sweep of Toronto today. This is thanks to an offense that is finally clicking. The Rangers jumped out ahead with one run in the first, then put it away with five in […]
“Alright you guys, let’s listen up. We won a game yesterday. We win one today, that’s two in a row. We win one tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.” That’s the classic line from the manager in the movie Major League. After the Rangers 5-4 win […]
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, […]
