One of the best things about baseball is it’s filled with stories about unsung heroes. Guys who have failed, persevered, and came out on the other side. Cal Quantrill is one of those guys. This is his eighth major league season, and sixth team. Which means, he has been DFAed […]
What if being average is good enough in the American League West? The Rangers, who finished 81-81 last year and nine games out of first, are textbook average. But average this year is good enough to win the A.L. West. Nobody is good in this division. But here’s the tricky […]
Is it too late to return MacKenzie Gore? Okay, maybe he’s slightly used, so Texas gets only three or four of the prospects they dealt for him back, not all five. Like a restocking fee. Let the Washington Nationals keep something for him. Gore would be better served as a […]
You have to wonder where the Rangers would be without Elias Diaz. He was nowhere on the Rangers radar when the season started. Diaz started the season with the Royals, played ten games, hit .227 but had a decent .852 OPS. Still, Kansas City cut him. Luckily for the Rangers, […]
It didn’t take long for Josh Smith to be unbanished from the minor leagues. All it took were injuries to Corey Seager and Wyatt Langford to open a space for him. Mainly, they had nobody else to bring up. Being optioned was a wake up call for Smith. It happened four […]
And just like that, the Rangers are back at .500. They had a nice run, then reality set in. There’s only so much you can expect of the bottom end of their rotation. But if there is good news to be taken out of the 6-3 loss to Detroit, and […]
The Rangers have one All-Star. It’s not a hitter. It’s not a starter. It’s their closer, Jacob Latz. That’s it. Not to diminish what Latz has done this year. He’s grabbed the closer role that the Rangers have not had for the past two seasons, and has not only held […]
Soon, the Rangers are going to need to make a decision on Corey Seager. You remember him, don’t you? He played shortstop for the 2023 World Champion Texas Rangers, won the Series MVP as a matter of fact, the second time he won that honor. Since then, he’s dabbled in baseball, […]
Suddenly, the Rangers aren’t the most boring sport in Arlington. After two and a half seasons of boring baseball at home, where they can’t score, don’t execute, and play offensively-challenged baseball, something happened. Well, two things happened. The World Cup hit Arlington. And the Rangers started hitting. The World Cup […]
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 […]
