The biggest surprise of the 2022 season isn’t Marcus Semien’s continued struggles. After last night’s 0-for-4, Semien is now hitting .171, with an anemic .461 OPS. Six weeks into the season, he is still lost at the plate. Here’s a guy who had 45 home runs last year and drove […]
The Rangers went 3-2 on their just completed road trip. Now, they come back home with a better road record than home record. After being shut out yesterday in New York, the Rangers are now 7-6 on the road but only 4-9 at home. Last year they had a .444 […]
Four weeks of the 2022 season are in the books and what everyone thought would be the strength of the Rangers, their offense, has been their weakness. And what everyone thought would be the weakness of the Rangers, their pitching, has been their strength. After jumping off to a fast […]
Garret Cole is the ace the Rangers don’t have. He’s finished in the top five in Cy Young award voting five times in his ten-year career. He’s led the league in ERA, strikeouts, wins. But the last time he faced the Rangers, he was anything but superman. It was last […]
Now it gets interesting. The Rangers head to New York to take on the Yankees. And Joey Gallo. And Isiah Kiner-Falefa. And Jose Trevino. With the pitcher they got for Joe Gallo pitching tonight, probably to the catcher they essentially got for Kiner-Falefa. The Rangers have won four in a […]
The Rangers took a 0-0 game into the tenth inning last night. They could muster only six hits, same as the Phillies. Can’t anyone hit anymore? Looking at the roster, Corey Seager is hitting .253. Marcus Semien, .179. Mitch Garver, .189. Adolis Garcia, .200. Andy Ibañez, .258. Nick Solak, .220. […]
For the first day, at least, General Manager Chris Young’s decision to send down Willie Calhoun paid dividends. The guy Calhoun was replaced with on the major league roster, Zach Reks, delivered the game-winning dagger. In a 3-3 tie going into the sixth inning, the Rangers took advantage of yet […]
Willie Calhoun hopes he has played his last game as a Ranger. Stand in line, Willie. Most Rangers fans are in front of you. And they’ve been waiting for that same outcome a long while. Calhoun was optioned to Triple-A on Sunday as part of the MLB mandated thinning of […]
Baseball seems so easy when you win. It’s so fun when you win. It’s a frustrating ball of confusion when you don’t. But it usually comes down to executing little things, which turn into big things in the end. Small ball turns into big plays. There’s nothing more exciting than […]
