Jon Daniels is legendary for his scrap heap pick up pitchers. Guys who are so banged up and beyond redemption that nobody in their right mind would consider them. Except for Jon Daniels. Most of them have been total busts. Bad money thrown down a bad hole. So it’s hard […]
Let the groin pulls begin.
Pre-season rankings are starting to pour in, and here where David Schoenfield of ESPN.com ranks the Texas Rangers, and why. He has the Rangers as an 82-win team, mostly on the strength, or lack thereof, of their starting pitching. Pretty hard to argue when you consider what the Rangers starting staff did […]
Badly in need of left-handed hitting first basemen, the Rangers signed Ike Davis to a minor league deal yesterday. You may recall his dad, Ron Davis, who was a pretty good relief pitcher in the late 70s and early 80s with the Yankees and Twins, and an All-Star in 1981. […]
Nothing. Pitchers and catchers report in three days.
Perhaps we finally found the one way to get Derek Holland to pitch like he is capable. Perhaps the solution to curing what’s in his head is with what goes around his head. At the end of 2013, and again at the end of 2015, Holland had a line drive […]
Here is an article from T. R. Sullivan about prospects who are looking forward to spring training.
I wrote this a year ago. Fielder went on to win the Comeback Player of the Year award. *** RIPKENESQUE. February 12, 2015 157, 158, 159, 162, 161, 162, 162, 162, 42. Until last season, Prince Fielder rarely missed a game. From the time he became a regular first baseman for […]
With the signing of Mitch Moreland the last significant piece of the roster has been nailed down, and now begins the job of getting the team to opening day Not a single starting job is up for grabs. Left field is Hamilton’s. He is leasing it as long as his knees can […]
IN ARBITRATION COURT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016. ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM IS TEXAS RANGERS FIRST BASEMAN, MITCH MORELAND, WITH HIS AGENT, BOB GARBER. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM IS TEXAS RANGERS GENERAL MANAGER JON DANIELS. PRESIDING OVER THE PROCEEDINGS IS IMPARTIAL ARBITER JAMES PHILLIPS. JUDGE PHILLIPS […]