It turned out to be a mostly unforgettable season. But there were some special moments. This is the first in a series of the Top Ten moments in 2017 Texas Rangers baseball. ***** TOP TEN MOMENT #10: Rougned Odor hits two home runs on opening day. It was great while […]
Certainly not surprising news, but encouraging news, reported at mlbtradrrumors.com today: The Rangers “have had preliminary contact” with right-hander Alex Cobb’s representative, Jon Paul Morosi writes. Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported earlier this month that the starter-needy Rangers covet Cobb, one of the top hurlers on the […]
I always hate the off-season. First and foremost, because there is no baseball. But, basically, because it’s all a waiting game. Not that I don’t mind anticipation, but I hate the rumors and insider expert speculation. I hate the BS. The term “talk is cheap” had to origonate from the […]
With the 6,140 home runs that were hit in 2017, MLB set the record for most home runs in a single season. The previous record, set in the heart of the steroids era, was 5693. What’s even more noteworthy, and not in a good way, is that nearly 43 percent […]
Corey Kluber won his second Cy Young. Max Scherzer won his third. Combined, they now have five more Cy Young awards than the entire Rangers franchise. The Cy Young Award has been given out since 1967. Every team in the American League has won the award at least once except […]
Minnesota Twins Paul Molitor and Arizona Diamondbacks Torey Lovullo won Manager of the Year honors. From MLB.com, here is an interesting list of previous MOY winners. Most Manager of the Year wins by franchise: l. White Sox: 5 2. Cubs, Nationals/Expos: 4 4. Indians, Dodgers, Pirates, Giants, Braves, Rangers, […]
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Cody Bellinger won the Rookie of the Year award in the National League and Aaron Judge in the American League. Each was the unanimous choice in his league. Each hitter broke the rookie home run record in his respective league as well. In the […]
Baseball’s Winter Meetings start today in Orlando. Let the Rangers rehabilitation begin. The Rangers will lay the groundwork for deals that might not ever happen. But they have so many holes to fill, they won’t be able to address everything anyway. They are just three starters, three relievers and three […]
Here is an article about Jon Daniels’s biggest target of the off-season, Shohei Ohtani. Even though he wants to be a two-way player, he is respectful enough of the system that he acknowledges it’s not up to him. If this is any indication, it seems earlier reports that he […]
No industry honors itself more than Hollywood. Baseball is threatening to be a close second. After announcing the Gold Glove Award winners on Tuesday, now they announce their Defensive Player of the Year awards. Okay. They named a players at each position. They named an overall best defensive player (Minnesota’s […]