It’s easy to forget this is a team that’s 15 games under .500. When they play other bad teams like the Angels, you think the Rangers are amazing. Then they play a good team and reality sets in. Texas has a long way to go to be good. They […]
Not even rain can cool off Rougned Odor. What he has done this season has been miraculous. To go from where he was to where he is currently is truly remarkable. It all starts with desire. Or maybe it starts with shame. Odor had fallen about as far as […]
Color Analyst. Front office. Coaching. Ticket sales. Scouting. Scoreboard operator. Mascot. Vendor. Usher. Ticket taker. Ballpark security. Marketing. Accounting or finance. Digital co-ordination. Stats. Administrative assistant. Office lobby receptionist. Umpire. Grounds crew. If Martin Perez wants to remain in major league baseball, there are plenty of positions he can […]
Full disclosure. I didn’t watch a single pitch of last night’s game. I’m in New York. It was a Friday night. For the first time in nearly two seasons, Rangers fans have reason for optimism. They won’t win a division anytime soon, barring some miracle where Martin Perez sprouts […]
It’s always been said that if you go to a baseball game you might see something that’s never been seen before. In the 106-year history of major league baseball, there was a never-before-happened moment last night in the Ballpark. It was the first triple play in the history of […]
Just in case you were on Mars the last forty years and are just now returning, the Rangers are pitching poor. At every level. They have no help on the horizon. But the bad news is, there really aren’t a lot of choices in the upcoming free agency market. […]
Take all the numbers, all the sabermetrics, all the analytics and toss them out the door. Only one number matters. Wins. The team with the best WAR does not win the division. The team with the best OPS+ does not win the division. The team with the most wins […]
Felix Hernandez. Justin Verlander. Rick Porcello. Zack Greinke. Bartolo Colon may be at the tail end of his career (come to think of it, with the state of Rangers pitching, he might have a few more years in him because a 55-year-old Colon will probably out pitch anyone in […]
Martin Perez was working on a perfect game going through the first third of an inning yesterday. Then he lost it. Literally and figuratively. He gave up a monster shot to Giancarlo Stanton, the second batter he faced. Then, in true Martin Perez fashion, he caved in the fifth […]
After the second batter he faced homered, it looked like it was going to be another long day for Drew Hutchinson. Especially when the Yankees scored again immediately after that. Hutchinson never had a one-two-three inning, but he kept getting off the hook, which is the sign of a guy […]
