Monthly Archives: November 2021


Rangers hire hitting coach.

Talk about a guy who has his work cut out for him.  The Rangers just hired a new hitting coach, Tim Hyers. He came from Boston, where he had been the Red Sox hitting coach for the past four seasons. Before that, he was the assistant hitting coach with the […]


Ground floor opportunities.

Rangers GM Chris Young released a statement last night to all free-agents in an effort to convince them to consider signing with the Rangers, one of the three worst teams in baseball over the past two seasons. Actually, it was more plea than statement. Actually, it was more grovel than […]


And the nominees are…

The finalists for Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young, and Most Valuable Player were announced yesterday. The winners will be announced next week. In totally unsurprising news, not a single Ranger was to be found anywhere.  MVPAMERICAN LEAGUEVladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto. Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles.Marcus Semien, Toronto. […]


Gold Glove winners.

The Gold Glove winners were announced yesterday. A Ranger won. Sort of. AMERICAN LEAGUEC: Sean Murphy, Oakland.1B: Yuli Gurriel, Houston. 2B: Marcus Semien, Toronto.3B: Matt Chapman, Oakland.SS: Carlos Correa, Houston.LF: Andrew Benintendi, Kansas City.CF: Michael A. Taylor, Kansas City.RF: Joey Gallo, Texas/New York.SP: Dallas Keuchel, Chicago.  NATIONAL LEAGUEC: Jacob Stallings, Pittsburgh.1B: […]


Freeman and Pujols.

Ten years ago, the Cardinals had just won the World Series. Their 32-year-old franchise player was in the final year of his contract. And they were in the position of making an offer to keep him. St Louis offered Albert Pujols a ten-year deal at $210 million. Instead, he signed […]


How to get to .500.

Evan Grant from The Dallas Morning News unearthed an interesting stat yesterday. “The Rangers scored three or fewer runs in 80 of their games last year. They were 7-73. When they scored either four or five, they were basically a .500 team (20-21).” So, as the Rangers head into the off-season, […]


Rebuilding.

For the past five seasons Rangers fans have seen the tear down. Now, as was announced and promised, comes the rebuild. But the reality is, the only way to rebuild this team into a true playoff-caliber team is with more tear down.  Not a single player on the Rangers post-trade-deadline […]


Off-season deadlines.

Now, the long cold dark winter is upon us. Here, from CBS Sports, are the important upcoming off-season dates and deadlines. For convenience, clip and save on your refrigerator. Nov. 3: As of 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, all eligible players with six-plus years of service time, are free agents. Free […]


Atlanta wins it all.

Jorge Soler was named the World Series MVP. He hit three home runs, including the back breaker in the clinching Game 6, drove in six, and had an OPS of 1.191. But there was another Brave who deserved MVP honors more than Soler. It’s Braves GM Alex Anthopolis.  With his […]


Back in Houston.

Game 6. For Houston it’s do or die. For Atlanta, it’s a free game, playing with house money. After coming back from 4-0 in Game 5, Houston has to be on full-swagger mode. After being up three games to one in the Championship Series in 2020, only to lose it, […]