Usually when you struggling coming out of the bullpen, you aren’t promoted to the rotation. But who else did the Rangers have? Kolby Allard is fortunate to pitch for the Rangers and their paper-thin pitching roster. When injuries created an opening, there was nobody else to step into the rotation. […]
You know the inconsiderate guy who doesn’t go Christmas shopping for his wife until 6:00 on Christmas Eve at Walmart? That’s the Rangers front office strategy when it comes to building a bullpen. See what’s left on the shelves. A Lady Schick razor. A bag of bite-sized Heath Bars. Or […]
The last time Texas played Minnesota, the Rangers were flying high. They won three out of four in Minneapolis, moving them to 16-17. They had actual delusions of playoffs. Then, 9-27 happened. The culprit has been everything. Not enough offense. Not enough starting pitching. And a bullpen that fails far […]
Ever since he was called up to the Rangers in September of last year, they’ve been waiting for him to turn the corner. Maybe yesterday he didn’t quite get there, but at least the corner seemed within reach. After 117 at-bats, White hit his first major league home run in […]
Demarcus Evans entered the bottom of the tenth with a 3-2 lead. He preceded to walk Myles Straw on four pitches. With the ghost runner at second, that put runners on first and second. He then threw four strikes to pinch hitter Jason Castro. Unfortunately, home plate umpire Jerry Meals […]
As the calendar starts moving through June and into July, talk begins about trade deadline deals. And nobody is more attractive to teams looking to add quality pitching than Kyle Gibson. Every game he takes the mound for the Rangers is an audition for better trade chips. Teams like the […]
So far, you would have to classify this road trip as successful. One win out of three games might not seem much to brag about. But it was one win against the Dodgers, which is always cause for celebration. That win broke the Rangers sixteen game road losing streak. The […]
Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson. The US Olympic hockey team beating USSR. Kolby Allard beating Trevor Bauer. In Hollywood’s backyard, the most Hollywood of outcomes happened. Allard beat the reigning Cy Young winner. The Rangers beat the reigning World Champs. The Rangers broke a sixteen-game road losing streak. The Rangers […]
The odds were pretty good it was going to happen in one of the innings in this three-game series. It happened in the sixth. The Rangers scored their run. Isiah Kiner-Falefa led off with a double. With one out, the Dodgers errored him over to third. Then, the Dodgers fielder’s […]
On paper, this looks like such a lopsided three-game series, if it was a boxing match they would call it on account of the mercy rule. The Dodgers, reigning world champions, pretty much unanimous pick for being the best team in baseball, play the Rangers, one of the three worst […]
