In his six starts since becoming a Chicago Cub, Cole Hamels is 4-0 with a 0.69 ERA and one complete game. In his five starts before being traded, Cole Hamels was 1-3 with a 10.234 ERA. He went from Matt Moore to Jacob deGrom. That’s quite a transformation. How […]
After 134 games, what have we learned? The Rangers are not in the same league as the Dodgers, both literally and figuratively. Texas lost all four games they played against the Dodgers this season, including last night’s 3-1 loss. In fact, the Rangers are not in the same ballpark […]
It was immediate futures versus immediate futures on display at the Ballpark last night. Both team sent out their top rookie pitcher. The finest their respective farm system had to offer. Both showed signs of youth. With the Rangers’ Ariel Jurado, it was the inability to locate. With the […]
Jim Bowden, the former general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, whose team won the World Series in 1990, is now a contributing writer for The Athletic, the new online subscription-based daily national sports section. He just came out with his ranking of all thirty farm systems based on the […]
After Martin Perez’s latest loss, there was a lot of chatter on the internet and on the radio about what to do with him for next year. One school of thought that was popular was, even though he is a train wreck, keep him. The Rangers have an option […]
Not enough offense. Too much Martin Perez. We’ve heard that before. Lately, any Martin Perez is too much Martin Perez. The Rangers have now lost their last nine Perez starts. The last three have been especially brutal, giving up four earned runs, six, and seven. Just when the Rangers […]
The Rangers played a double header last night. They lost the first game 6-0 in four innings. They won the second game. 7-0 in six innings. If last night seemed like two completely different games were played in one, it’s because they were. It’s what happens now when managers […]
The dog days of the season are upon us. Sure, this dog has fleas and isn’t quite housebroken, has bad breathe and three legs, but it’s loveable as heck. One thing the Rangers are seeming to show as the second-half unwinds is the ability to beat the teams that […]
One pitch. That’s all it took for the long national nightmare to end. Shin-Soo Choo hit Edwin Jackson’s first pitch over the wall in left center to break the scoring drought. And just like that the Rangers had a lead in Oakland, after being shut out twice in a […]
Bats get hot all at once. Bats get cold all at once. The Rangers are in the Siberia part of that. After scoring three runs in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game against the Angels, the Rangers have not scored since. They have managed five hits and four walks […]
