A day after acquiring Max Scherzer, the Rangers bring in two more pitchers. One starter, one reliever. Texas gets lefty starter Jordan Montgomery and righty reliever Chris Stratton from the Cardinals for two prospects—pitcher Tekoah Roby and infielder Thomas Saggese—and one failure—reliever John King. They desperately needed the starter, having […]
Max Scherzer is coming to the Rangers. So far, Rangers general manager Chris Young has addressed the pitiful bullpen by acquiring Adolis Chapman from Kansas City. Now, he addressed the fading rotation by acquiring Max Scherzer from the New York Mets. This is an interesting trade. What are they getting? […]
For the Rangers to have a chance in games like last night’s, Bruce Bochy is going to have to let his starters go longer. Once he took out Dane Dunning after five innings and went to his bullpen, he threw up the white flag. The Rangers bullpen has an ERA […]
The Rangers three-game series against the Padres might take on more significance than usual. Instead of wondering what kind of lead the Rangers will have in their division when they leave San Diego, the intrigue is which Padre they might leave town with. The San Diego Padres are a huge […]
They stepped up. After an embarrassing defeat Monday and a frustrating defeat Tuesday, the Rangers were in danger of letting the Astros tie them for the lead. The odds were stacked against them. Houston had its best pitcher. The Ranger had its number five starter. Andrew Heaney lived up to […]
There’s no feeling sorry for the Rangers. It’s up to them. If they can’t beat the Astros, they don’t deserve to be in first place. If they can’t win the division and are forced into a wildcard three-game do-or-die playoff series because they weren’t good enough to beat the Astros, […]
Sometimes there’s nothing to say. Chris Young has eight days to totally remake the Rangers bullpen and to find at least one quality arm for the rotation. If he fails to do that, expect more of the same. Until he does that, expect more of the same. *****
When you looked at the lineup and saw no Corey Seager and no Adolis García, you had to think this was going to be a long day for the Rangers. When you saw Brad Miller was starting at DH, you have to think, “Wait, is he even on the team?” […]
Well, it was a game for about five minutes. The Rangers jumped out to a 1-0 lead after Marcus Semien’s leadoff home run, the two hundredth of his career. Then the Rangers 2022 pitching staff showed up. Dan Dunning gave up five earned in three innings. Not to be outdone, […]
Maybe the Rangers needed a game like this to remind them that this roster isn’t perfect, that there are flaws that need to be addressed in the next few weeks (actually, they needed addressing months ago) before the trade deadline on August 1. Just as quickly as it too for […]
