Yu Darvish is blaming his probable need for Tommy John surgery on the American practice of five-man rotations. He claims that the six-man rotation they employ in Japan prevents Japanese pitchers from getting Tommy John surgery because that extra day allows the elbow ligament enough time to rest between starts. Which […]
Offensively, the Rangers have really stagnated the last two and a half years. Much of that was due to injury last year, but a lot of it was due to not getting hits with runners in scoring position. The Rangers seem to doing that for now. A few observations: Odor can […]
More thoughts on the Darvish shut down. If Martin Perez can come back in June, the Rangers will get a huge boost in their rotation. This is probably Daniels’s thinking. Wait for Perez to come back, see how he does, then determine where the team is. Let’s just hope they can […]
Can there be life after Darvish? Whether we want to admit it or not, Darvish is out for the season. For a team that had hopes (misplaced hopes perhaps, but hopes) of contending this season after finishing with the worst record in the American Leauge last season, this is pretty devistating […]
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Number of times an athlete says, “It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.”: 5,467,123. Number of times it’s actually nothing, so don’t worry about it: 4. Yu Darvish came out of yesterday’s game with triceps soreness. He immediately said it was nothing, don’t worry about it. Just like Derek Holland’s […]
Elvis Andrus declared he’s ready to go this spring after an abysmal 2014 season in which he wasn’t ready to go. He has already begun wiping away the Ron Washington era with his non-grammatically-challenged statement yesterday, “That’s the way baseball is,” when talking about, at 26 years old, begin the longest-tenured […]
Exhibition games start today. The Rangers play the Kansas City Royals at 2:05 DFW time. Other than it’s the first time the Rangers are playing again since September, the only significance of this game will come in the first inning when Shin-Soo Choo and Prince Fielder take what will probably be […]
It was talked about yesterday here, but I wanted to add a few thoughts. Evan Grant published the first of his weekly predictions of the Rangers opening day roster. And while it’s hard to argue with most of his predictions because most roster spots are already determined, the one name […]
Rangers uniforms played against Rangers uniforms yesterday. Even though that’s nothing, least it’s something. Here’s something from July 12, 2014, in the middle of the dark days. Enjoy: —– “That Garrett Richards throw a good game, you got to tip your cap to Garrett Richards.” “Hector Santiago is a major league pitcher. And […]