The Rangers open a three-game series against the White Sox today in Chicago. The White Sox were the pre-season favorites to win the Central, having won it in 2021 and finishing in second in 2020. In fact, Chicago was coming off its first back-to-back postseason appearances ever in team history. […]
Home sweet home. Road rotten road. That’s Dane Dunning’s motto. His road ERA is about a point-and-a-half higher on the road than at home. At home, Dunning is a very respectable 1-1 won-lost, 3.53 ERA, 0.981 WHIP. On the road, 0-0, 4.91, 1.675. It’s that WHIP that is so glaringly […]
Who thought Jon Gray was an ace? Who thought Jon Gray was even a number one starter? When the Rangers signed Gray in the offseason to a four-year contract for $56, they were making the ex-Rockie right-hander the centerpiece of their rotation for years to come. Yes, he had been […]
With all that happened in the past week, including the Rangers clawing back to .500, lots of kids getting called up and getting a chance, some players being DFAed or sent down, bullpen implosions and Marcus Semien inching his way past .190, the amazing catch Eli White made last week […]
The roster transformation continues. It was badly needed. After struggling to hit .136 with the Rangers this season, then complaining about being sent down, Calhoun failed to take advantage of his time in Round Rock, hitting a paltry .221 with an uninspiring .267 on-base percentage. The Rangers finally released had […]
A few years ago there was a popular ad campaign featuring the Most Interesting Man in the World. He would look straight into the camera and say, “I don’t always drink beer but when I do, I drink Dos Equis.” Adolis Garcia is the Rangers equivalent. He is the Most […]
There’s a wonderful website called This Great Game, which bills itself as The Online Book of Baseball. It’s filled with fascinating stories about the histories of teams and ballparks and players. In the Ballparks section, they have a history of Arlington Stadium, which you can read here, that’s really a […]
So much for the experts. Or, maybe, the experts were right but the players got it wrong. Either way, this season for the Mariners or the Rangers has not gone as predicted by those who know and predict these things for a living, or even by people who do this […]
Funny thing about prospects. They are prospects seemingly so long that when they finally come up, you’d think they were in their 30s. Bubba Thompson, however, is only 23. So is Leodys Taveras. Cole Winn is 22, same age as Jack Leiter. Sam Huff is another guy that has been […]
Unbelievable. That’s the only word you can use to describe what the Rangers did in May and what Martin Perez did in May. After starting the season 6-14, the thought of the Texas Rangers getting to .500 seemed like a pipe dream. That was April 29. The Rangers had just […]
