So many games turn on one at-bat. The difference between a good team and a struggling team is what that team does with that one game-deciding at-bat. For the Rangers, that at-bat was in the seventh inning. After taking a 3-0 lead over the White Sox, the Rangers gave up […]
This might be the game the Rangers needed to get their swagger back. Down 6-0 in the third, it looked like another loss and another series loss was coming. This was a team whose offense had sputtered. And when Jon Gray’s return from missing a few starts sputtered as well, […]
A win is a win. Especially one that is as badly needed as a win right now for the Rangers. They came into yesterday’s game with the Blue Jays having lost seven of nine, and in danger of losing three series in a row, which could still happen with a […]
This is what a slump looks like. You finally get enough hitting, and your pitching caves. You finally get good pitching, and your offense goes cold. You get pitching and offense, and your defense lets you down. Last night, it was b: good pitching, cold offense. Martin Perez was coming […]
Three things became glaring apparent in this four-game series with the Angels. One, the umpiring in baseball is worse than it’s ever been, even with Angel Hernandez gone. Two, the Rangers have a good team, despite losing three of four. Three, Shohei Ohtani is better than the entire Rangers team. […]
That elusive Big Hit the Rangers couldn’t find the first two games in the Angels series, they found last night. It took a while but they found it. The Rangers didn’t get their first hit until the third inning, when Leody Taveras slugged his sixth home run of the year. […]
The Rangers are officially in their first slump of the season. One win in their last six games. The rotation, which had been such a strength, is suddenly threadbare. Jacob deGrom is lost for the year. Jon Gray has a blister, which is usually a nagging, lingering thing. Martin Perez […]
They Rangers have a stacked lineup, one to nine. The Angels have two players. As last night showed, that’s all you need sometimes. Because their two players just happened to be the two best players in baseball. The Rangers had so many chances last night to win, each time they […]
Can someone please send a search party out to find 2022 Martin Perez? What we are seeing lately is Original Martin Perez and that leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. Yesterday’s meltdown against Tampa Bay was Perez’s third start of the year in which he has given up six […]
When Major League Baseball banned the shift, it was reported that the player who would benefit most from that would be Corey Seager. It was estimated he had more than thirty hits taken away from him because of the shift. It seems they were right. From the opening bell of […]
