Even though the Rangers are 4-1 and seeming clicking on all cylinders, there are still a few hitters who have yet to get it going. Josh Jung is 0-for-17. He got a night off. Joc Pederson was 0-for-4. He got a start and went 0-for-4. And Wyatt Langford was 2-for-19 […]
Is Tyler Alexander the Rangers closer? He certainly played the role last night. With the Rangers having only a three-run lead, new manager Skip Schumaker made the decision to close with Alexander over Robert Garcia or Chris Martin. Smart choice. With a 5-2 lead in the ninth, and with the […]
The Rangers got out of Philadelphia with two wins, no assaults, no closer, an offense that made up for a bullpen that walked ten batters in three games. MacKenzie Gore’s first start echoed what he has done in his career. Five stellar innings, loads of strikeouts, unable to get out […]
There’s an old saying that goes, “You invest in what matters.” Conversely, you don’t invest in what doesn’t matter. And what doesn’t matter to Chris Young and the Rangers is a closer. That’s the only way anyone can rationally describe this franchise’s mindset when it comes to closers. Blowing leads, […]
The Rangers resume action today after much needed off day. Jacob deGrom takes the ball today. While he had a successful 2025 season, he was prone to giving up the long ball, surrendering 26 homers. It was the second-most he’d giving allowed in one season in his career. The long […]
It was what an opening day pitching matchup should be. The Rangers ace, who put up an almost hard-to-believe 1.73 ERA last year, against the Phillies ace, who toted around a 2.50 ERA. The Rangers Nathan Eovaldi threw up two mistakes. The Phillies Cristian Sanchez was nearly unhittable. When Eovaldi […]
Hope has returned. Baseball is back. The Texas Rangers 2026 season starts today. The team that has missed the playoff altogether in eight of the last nine years, but won it all in that one glorious year, is back to try it all again. This is an important year for […]
The idea behind ABS, the automated balls and strikes system that officially goes into play in tonight’s season opener between the Yankees and Giants, got its start back in 1939. Batters and umpires have been at odds with strike zone calls almost from the very first pitch of the very […]
As the new season looms, it’s time for the annual predictions of how the divisions will end up. But what it comes down to, really, is which American League teams plays the Dodgers in the World Series. As of now, the staff at Rangers Rounding 3rd has been correct with […]
As the Rangers head east, back to Arlington to prepare for two more practice games, both with Kansas City before Thursday’s opening day game in Philadelphia, they still don’t have their bullpen solved. Cutting payroll meant they decided not to invest in the one area they have been lacking since […]
