There’s an old saying, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Today, for the Rangers, is more important than that. It’s the first day of the rest of their credibility. Today is draft day. Today is the day the Texas Rangers get the second overall pick […]
That’s three quality starts in a row for Jordan Lyles. After putting up the seventh-worst season in Rangers history for a starting pitcher last season, Lyles was turning 2021 into another disaster. Six starts into this year, his ERA of 7.39 was even higher than last season. It has hovered […]
Joey Gallo is in the home run derby. The eight contenders this year are Gallo, Pete Alonso, Trey Mancini, Shohei Ohtani, Matt Olson, Salvador Perez, Juan Soto, and Trevor Story. Aside from Gallo, there are a few interesting stories here. The biggest one might be Trey Mancini. He returned to […]
Two things were revealed in yesterday’s Rangers game. One, Kyle Gibson is human after all. Two, Joey Gallo is playing at a super human level right now. Since giving up five runs in his opening day start, really his opening day inning, Kyle Gibson has been pitching out of this […]
Dane Dunning got out of the first inning without allowing a run. That is rare. He has given up 18 first-inning earned runs this season. He’s given up 37 total earned runs. That’s just under half his earned runs scoring before most fans have gotten comfortable in their seats. Before […]
Three Rangers made the All-Star team. Kyle Gibson, Adolis Garcia, and Joey Gallo. For a team this bad to have three All-Stars is noteworthy. It just goes to show you how deficient they are in other positions. As far as position players go, the talent level falls off dramatically after […]
While Rangers fans are witnessing a historically great season from Kyle Gibson, the best ever by a Texas Rangers starter, curiosity led to the other end of the spectrum. Which starters have had the worse seasons in Rangers history? (One of them is currently in the rotation.) It’s a lot […]
Happy Fourth of July. Today marks my seventh year of running Rangers Rounding 3rd. It’s been wonderful in here. It’s been mostly bad baseball out there in The Ballpark and then The Shed. It’s so much more enjoyable to write about the Rangers when they are good and winning, like […]
The Rangers lost a winnable game. Both teams tried to give it away with walks and errors. But in the end, Seattle was the last team standing. The story, though, was that Kyle Gibson had another dominating start. He was the victim of the pitch count and fell one out […]
An optimist looks at this season as thank goodness it’s half over. A pessimist looks at this season as there’s still another half left to play. Any way you look at the 2021 Rangers season, it’s mostly forgettable. But, as of yesterday’s game, the Rangers reached the halfway point. Eighty-one […]
