Redemption. The Rangers bullpen has lost its fair share of games. In fact, it’s the second worst bullpen in the American League. It’s lost more than its fair share of games. The Ranger defense has lost its fair share of games as well. In fact, they have the second worst […]
The nine-game road trip started last night, and trip is the operative word. It was a trip down bad memory lane. A lot of April showed up last night. Inconsistent starting pitching. The inability to take advantage of runners on. Sloppy defense. It all added up to another loss, […]
Off-day stat check. After six weeks of baseball, here are the individual Rangers leaders in certain key stats, as well as where the team as a whole sits: Rangers offensive leaders: Hits: Prince Fielder, 52 (1st in AL). Home Runs: Shin-Soo Choo, 6. RBIs: Prince Fielder, 23. AVG: Prince Fielder, .344 (4th […]
There’s an old saying that players live up to the back of their baseball cards. Meaning, a .260 hitter is not a .340 hitter. He might be hitting .340 now, but he’s a .260 hitter. It will all even out in the wash. Streaks and slumps will come and […]
He came into the game batting .159, one of the last holdovers under the Mendoza line. But, really, with Robinson Chirinos and Carlos Corporon as your two catchers, it’s a crapshoot of who you put behind the plate. Colby Lewis likes pitching to Chirinos, so he got the […]
Last night, in the first inning, Adrian Belte padded his Hall of Fame resumé with the 400th home run of his career, moving into 52nd on the all-time home run list. He joins nine Hall of Famers in the 400 Club, including Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken, Jr. Any […]
A split with the best team in baseball. Does that mean the Rangers are as good as the best team in baseball? No, but it means Texas is playing much better than it was when it was the absolute worst team in baseball. This team is still a starter or […]
This morning, somewhere in Denver, Troy Tulowitzki and his agent are sitting down to breakfast with Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort and GM Jeff Bridich to ask to be traded. Imagine the monumental upgrade it would be for the Rangers to have Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop over Elvis Andrus. Not just […]
I could write a thousand words about last night’s game and perfectly sum it up. I could write three words about last night’s game and perfectly sum it up. There was a lot of positive to take away. There was a lot of negative to take away. What the […]
The Rangers are 5-0 when playing first place teams this season. The Rangers are 2-0 when hitting three or more home runs in a game. In the last seven games, Adrian Beltre has collected half the home runs and RBIs he has all season. In the last seven games Adrian Beltre is batting […]