MLB.com has a list of the top prospect on every team to watch out for. For the Rangers, it’s left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Here is what T. R. Sullivan said about him. Spring Training is giving the Rangers a chance to take a good look at Hearn, 24, who was acquired […]
The Rangers named their opening day start. To nobody’s surprise, it’s Mike Minor. He is the only of the five in the rotation who isn’t new to the Rangers this season. And he is the only one to have had a winning record last season. Minor was 12-8 with Texas, […]
Every year, Team Marketing Report tracks thing that are important to fans, like the average cost of sports tickets and the average cost for a family of four to attend a game. Team Marketing Report was first published in 1988 as the “only publication devoted to reporting innovative and […]
Well, it’s no wonder why Major League Baseball seems to so curious about trying all these new rules to “improve” the game. Panic. And over-reaction. According to Forbes, MLB attendance dropped below seventy million for the first time in fifteen years. Based on official numbers from the league, attendance was […]
We are now in the dog days of spring training. The newness of baseball’s arrival at our front porch has worn off. Now it’s time for it to get its lazy butt off the couch and get a job. So, while we wait for opening day to arrive, it might […]
Speaking of rule changes, a few are going to happen for next year. One, rosters size will change from 25 to 26. The players union loves that idea because it just created 30 more jobs, 30 more members. September call-ups are changing from a 40-man roster size to 28. That […]
The Atlantic League is an independent baseball league that has become a test lab for Major League Baseball. When MLB has ideas for rule changes, they test them in the Atlantic League, in part because a lot of former major leaguers play in the league so the results are more true to […]
We fans have spent a lot of time predicting the opening day roster for the Rangers. Now it’s time for the experts. T.R. Sullivan of mlb.com did just that. Here is his prediction: Catcher: Jeff Mathis, Isiah Kiner-Falefa. No surprises here. 1B: Ronald Guzman. Who else would it be? 2B: […]
There players who are helping their cause this spring: Hunter Pence: Pence went 1-for-3 with a double yesterday to raise his OBP to.421 and his OPS to a really nice .909. He came into the spring fighting for a spot as the fourth outfielder and just might wind up winning […]
What’s better than a Sunday afternoon of baseball? A Sunday afternoon with two Rangers games. A Sunday afternoon in which the Rangers collected a combined twenty-one hits. A Sunday afternoon in which thirty-six different Rangers positions players saw action, as well as eleven different pitchers. For most of these players, […]
