Baseball America released its ranking of all 30 farm systems. Once again, the Rangers’ was among the bottom. Texas is ranked 21 out of 30. Granted, that’s up from 27 last August. But the people who do this for a living have a vastly different opinion of the Rangers system […]
Good news on Willie Calhoun. According to T.R. Sullivan, Calhoun underwent jaw surgery yesterday for a non-displaced fracture and “club officials are expressing hope” the injury is not as serious as initially feared. These are the same club officials who expressed hope the Rangers could contend the last few years […]
Some images are hard to watch. Seeing Willie Calhoun lying on the ground for nearly ten minutes after a 95-mile-per-hour fastball broke his jaw was gut wrenching. The game meant nothing. The Rangers won the game. They lost something far more important. Texas probably lost its left fielder for the […]
Yesterday in the third inning of his start against the Brewers, Kyle Gibson did what he does so often. Gets himself into trouble and counts on the double play ball to get him out. As T.R. Sullivan pointed out on mlb.com, over the past six years, no pitcher has thrown […]
Corey Kluber is the difference between the Rangers having hope in 2020 and the Rangers playing for 2021. Not too long ago, Kluber was the top pitcher in the American League. The only thing that knocked him off that perch was a line drive that broke his arm. In Kluber’s […]
With three weeks to go before opening day, the Rangers are having a really strong spring training. At 9-5, they have the second-best record in the Cactus League. But their success has mostly been built on the backs of players who won’t be in a Rangers uniform come March 26. […]
We interrupt this unimportant spring training to bring you a legendary announcement. The statue of Pudge is now up outside the New Ballpark. We now resume our regularly scheduled schedule. *****TODAY’S GAME: Game time: 2:05
You know the old saying: if a tree fell in the woods and nobody was there to hear it, did it make a sound? What if spring training happens and nobody is there to win the first base position, does anyone play there? About a third of the way into […]
The Texas Rangers are 6-4. They are one of the top teams in the Cactus League. Tied for third, in fact. With the Giants. The Giants, by the way, finished 29 games out of first in 2019, in third place. So did the Rangers. What does this great start mean […]
Three guys who are helping their cause so far this spring: Nick Ciuffo: He’s fighting for the backup catcher role. It’s a crowd that includes Jeff Mathis, Jose Trevino, Blake Swithart, Sam Huff, and Tim Federowicz. Ciuffo is crushing the early returns, batting .556, with a .600 on-base, and an […]
