It’s time for the annual RR3 predictions. So far, after six years of prognosticating, this site has been one-hundred percent right in predicting no World Series championships for the Texas Rangers. Could this be the seventh year in a row? It will be an interesting season to say the least. […]
With four days until opening day, the Rangers roster is getting closer to being set. Yesterday the Rangers sent nineteen players to their training site. That, according to T.R. Sullivan of mlb.com, leaves them with 39 players. That means nine players are playing the next four days for a roster […]
Edinson Volquez isn’t retiring after all. He is pitching out of the Rangers bullpen. In past years, that’s the next closest thing. Volquez was informed yesterday that he has made the team and will be on the opening day roster. Last year, he was in the Rangers starting rotation, and […]
While everyone is talking about how Isiah Kiner-Falefa is taking over Summer Camp, the one person who is being overlooked is Scott Heinemann. He is batting .500, or close to it, according to Jered Sandler. Heinemann tripled in the inter-squad game yesterday to drive in the first run in a […]
One week until opening day. The Rangers seem to have answered some questions about their infield. Todd Frazier appears to be shifting across the diamond to first. Isiah Kiner-Falefa will play third. Basically Kiner-Falefa has come in and taken Ronald Guzman’s and Greg Bird’s jobs. Neither first baseman turned any […]
Does anyone have worse luck than Willie Calhoun? After years of being yoyo-ed from Triple A to the big leagues, he was finally given the starting left field job for 2020. Then he gets his jaw smashed by a fastball in spring training and he is going to miss, well, […]
No, it wasn’t an exhibition game. It was something even less meaningful. An inter-squad scrimmage. Really, not even that. It was glorified batting practice. Major league pitchers throwing to major league hitters but with coaches in the outfield and Joey Gallo batting every inning. All they needed was ghost runners […]
The top ten lineups list appeared on MLB.com yesterday. The Rangers weren’t on the list. That’s no surprise. But what doesn’t bode well for the Rangers in this short sixty-game sprint is that three of those top ten are in the American League West. Can you name them? One hint. […]
Rangers manager Chris Woodward was asked by MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan how the New Ballpark plays. Here was his response: “The angles of the fence are something I don’t think we were anticipating when we first saw the designs of the stadium. There are a lot of little ones you can’t […]
After getting a lot of different results back from his COVID tests, Joey Gallo finally got two negatives in a row and can now come back to the Rangers. When you think about it, Joey Gallo is the star of this team. He may not be the face of the […]
