With a team as offensively challenged as the Rangers have been all season, it’s a mystery this team hasn’t been no-hit. Yesterday, was maybe even more embarrassing than that. The Rangers sent up twenty-seven totally batters. Three per inning. The Mariners essentially pitched a perfect game against the Rangers on […]
On Thursday, on MLB Radio, they had a sports writer on from the Seattle newspaper. The Mariners hopes of winning the west are fading fast. After having a ten-game lead over Houston in June, they came into this four-game series against the Rangers training by 4.5 games. That’s a monumental […]
Jacob deGrom is back. It really wasn’t a start as much as it was a bullpen game, and he was the first pitcher. He signed a five-year, $185 million contract, which was a lot of money to throw at a guy who spends most of his previous two seasons injured. […]
The Kumar Rocker era has begun. It came much earlier than anticipated, but Rocker was so dominating in the minor leagues that he forced his way into a big league start. He certainly didn’t look intimidating. Allowed to go just four innings, Rocker made the most of it. He actually […]
Boxer Mike Tyson once famously said, “Everyone has a plan. Until they get punch in the face.” The Rangers went into the season with a plan. They would begin with five starters—Nathan Eovaldi, Cody Bradford, Jon Gray, Dane Dunning, and Andrew Heaney—then they’d add Michael Lorenzen, who they had just […]
Every time the Rangers gain a little momentum, reality sets in. And they get a spanking like the Arizona Diamondbacks administered on them in a 6-0 shutout loss. The Diamondbacks are rolling. Their offense has been clicking lately, they’ve worked themselves into wild card contention, which, as every Rangers fans […]
On off day in the waning days of a disappointing season, an article popped up from June that was the 2024 rank of all thirty major league ballparks, from BallparkRankings.com. The two worst are no surprise, as they are the two franchises that have been trying to get stadium deals […]
Andrew Heaney went into the game with four wins and thirteen losses. That’s far from what anyone would call a good won-lost record. He hadn’t won a start since July 21, nine starts prior. At least he could take solace in knowing he had more wins in his twenty-seven starts […]
Has Jack Leiter turned the corner? The Rangers organization has been desperate for Jack Leiter to succeed. They have tried everything. And when he gave up seven earned runs in 3.2 innings in his first start, all we heard was how good the start was, just one or two minor […]
Goodbye, Elvis. One of the most beloved Rangers call it a career yesterday in one of those hokey “last contract signing” stunts. After a fifteen-year career with Texas, Oakland, and the Chicago White Sox, Elvis announced his retirement. (He hit .251 last year with the White Sox, you’d think they […]
