Left field was mostly a dead zone for the Rangers in 2015. They used a dozen different players in left, most of them failed. Then, when they finally found one who worked, he broke down. I wrote about it back in September when a desperate Jeff Banister inserted Mike Napoli into left […]
Here is the list of free agent shortstops available this off-season. Sadly, some badly needed upgrades could be found, but the Rangers are seemingly not in a position to move Elvis Andrus and his restrictive contract: Joaquin Arias (31) Mike Aviles (35) Willie Bloomquist (38) Asdrubal Cabrera (30) Ian Desmond […]
Adrian Beltre is a Hall of Famer in waiting. A member of the 400 Home Run Club. The man with the most hits of any Dominican Republic-born player ever. One of the ten best fielding third basemen in the history of the sport. A man that manager Jeff Banister said […]
It’s almost not worth even looking at the list of free agent second basemen because the Rangers are locked and loaded at that position. Anyway, here are the available second basemen, with their ages in parenthesis: Joaquin Arias (31) Mike Aviles (35) Emilio Bonifacio (31) Stephen Drew (33) Jonathan Herrera (31) […]
Teams have until 5:00 eastern today to make qualifying offers to their free agents. This year, the qualify offer is expected to be $15.8 million. If the player rejects the offer, the team gets the first-round pick from the team that eventually signs its free agent away. Players have seven days […]
It’s free agent season. Hot stoves are blazing all over. Talking heads are speculating on TV. There’s that certain crispness in the air. The crispness of fresh million dollar bills. For the next several days I will list, position by position, the available free agents the Rangers have to choose […]
Here are the Rangers offense leaders for 2015, with where they ranked league-wide in parenthesis. Hits 1. Fielder 187 (3) 2. Beltre 163 (21) 3. Andrus 154 (29) 4. Choo 153 (30) 5. Moreland 131 (57) 2Bs 1. Andrus 34 (16) 2. Beltre 32 (28) 2. Choo 32 (28) 4. […]
It’s easy to let the way 2015 ended sour the taste of the good things that happened this season. I am guilty of this, because the season ended with a slap to the face and a punch to the gut. That pain still resonates. But 2015 was a far cry […]
Christian Colon had zero at-bats in the Division Series. Zero at-bats in the Championship Series. And only one at-bat in the World Series. He sure made it count. Behind in the count 0-2 with a runner at third and one out, he fouled off a few pitches, then lined an […]
Mets’ second baseman Daniel Murphy went as Elvis Andrus for Halloween last night, making a soul-crushing error in the eighth inning that cost his team the game. Last night in Game 4, the Kansas City Royals did what they do. They took advantage of a gift, and made the […]