The Winter Meetings came to an official end yesterday. Texas made a six-player deal with Tampa Bay. In the process, the Rangers got a new first baseman. Nate Lowe is now a Ranger. Texas also gets minor league first baseman Jake Guenther, and a player to be named later. The […]
The Winter Meetings—which were supposed to be in Dallas but instead turned out virtual—end today. By tradition, they end with the Rule 5 draft pick. The Rule 5 draft was set up to keep teams from stockpiling too much talent by allowing players who might otherwise be roadblocked a chance […]
He didn’t say many words in the news conference Monday to officially announce the hiring of Chris Young as his new general manager. But Ray Davis’s words said a lot. “When you have four straight years of losing, it doesn’t make sense to keep doing the same thing.” Maybe there […]
The Chris Young era has begun. His first act as the Rangers general manager is to trade Lance Lynn to the Chicago White Sox for pitching. In particular, for pitchers Dane Dunning and Avery Weems. The White Sox are looking for pitching to win now. The Rangers are years away […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. ADOLIS GARCIAAge: 27Right-Handed Hitting Outfielder Garcia’s route to Arlington was a long one. He was born in Cuba, played for the Cuban national team in 2015, defected, played for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan in 2016, signed with the Cardinals and played […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. JOEY GALLOAge: 27Left-Handed Hitting Right Fielder It’s hard to say who the real Joey Gallo is. And maybe that is the real Joey Gallo. Unpredictable. Is it the Joey Gallo who was on his way to an MVP-caliber season in 2019 before a […]
The second trade Jon Daniels made as the youngest general manager in baseball history was to deal Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez to San Diego for Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka. It was not a good deal for the Rangers. It was a very good deal for the Padres. This […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. DEMARCUS EVANSAge: 24Right-Handed Pitcher You’ve got to love a guy nicknamed the D-Train. Demarcus Evans showed up on the farm system radar for good in 2018. He struck out 103 hitters in 56 innings in Low-A, putting up an impressive 1.77 ERA, […]
Yesterday was the non-tender day for arbitration-eligible players. Teams had to decide to keep a player who they would then deal with in arbitration or to turn him loose and make him a free agent. With the pandemic wiping out so much revenue—$30 billion dollars according to Major League baseball, […]
Elvis Andrus’s streak of twelve consecutive opening day starts appears to be coming to an end. Jon Daniels and Chris Woodward announced yesterday in a press conference that Isiah Kiner-Falefa will be the Rangers shortstop in 2021 and Andrus will assume the role as a utility player. They said they […]
