Dane Dunning was a first-round pick for the Nationals in 2016. Since then, he has been traded twice. Once for Chris Sale. Once for Lance Lynn. That’s some quality talent. That says a lot about what teams think of Dunning. Tommy John surgery derailed him. But finally, a few weeks […]
You can tell it’s late January because the minor transactions are transacting. According to Kennedi Landry with texasrangers.com, the Rangers have signed right-handed pitcher Hunter Wood to a minor league contract with an invitation to the major league camp. The good news here is that Wood was drafted by Tampa […]
Spring training is less than one month away and most teams have not released a report day. The Rangers are one of those teams. All they list is TBA. Like it or not, COVID is going to have a huge impact on the 2021 season. And unless baseball operates in […]
Yesterday, MLB.com published its MLB Pipeline’s sixth annual All-Defensive team. These are the best defensive players in the top 100 in the MLB Pipeline, as rated by MLB.com. The Rangers had one. Leodys Taveras. Here is what they said about Taveras: “Taveras was clearly the best center fielder in the […]
The international signing period was supposed to have started, as always, last July. But due to the pandemic, it was switched to January 15, a few days ago. So far, twenty-eight of the top thirty international prospects have signed. None with the Rangers. This is where the Rangers, and particularly […]
There was a store in the mall that, every time we walked past it, my kids would want to go into just to smell the leather. Leather jackets, leather purses, leather gloves. Instead of saying “No thanks, we’re just here to look around” when the sales clerk approached us, it […]
It’s difficult trying to project the Rangers opening day roster of 26 based on the current 40-man roster. Mainly, because it’s incomplete. And, because there are still a few questions. Like, will they have a six-man rotation, which is being talked about around baseball this year since last year most […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. JOE GATTO Age: 25Right-Handed Pitcher Joe Gatto. Joey Gallo. This won’t be too confusing. But it might not end up being an issue, considering how Gatto has pitched before the Rangers picked him up from the Angels after they released him. In fact, […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster. DANE DUNNING Age: 26Right-Handed Pitcher The biggest return the Rangers got for trading Lance Lynn to the White Sox was twenty-six-year-old right-handed starter Dane Dunning, a first round draft choice by Washington in 2016. After a successful three-year career pitching for the University […]
A continuing look at the Rangers 40-man roster: BRETT DE GEUS Age: 23Right-Handed Pitcher The Rangers plucked right-handed reliever Brett de Geus in the Rule 5 Draft from the Dodgers. They have to keep the thirty-third round pick in 2016 on the Rangers 25-man roster in 2021, or return him back […]
