Boxer Mike Tyson once famously said, “Everyone has a plan. Until they get punch in the face.” The Rangers went into the season with a plan. They would begin with five starters—Nathan Eovaldi, Cody Bradford, Jon Gray, Dane Dunning, and Andrew Heaney—then they’d add Michael Lorenzen, who they had just […]
Every time the Rangers gain a little momentum, reality sets in. And they get a spanking like the Arizona Diamondbacks administered on them in a 6-0 shutout loss. The Diamondbacks are rolling. Their offense has been clicking lately, they’ve worked themselves into wild card contention, which, as every Rangers fans […]
On off day in the waning days of a disappointing season, an article popped up from June that was the 2024 rank of all thirty major league ballparks, from BallparkRankings.com. The two worst are no surprise, as they are the two franchises that have been trying to get stadium deals […]
Andrew Heaney went into the game with four wins and thirteen losses. That’s far from what anyone would call a good won-lost record. He hadn’t won a start since July 21, nine starts prior. At least he could take solace in knowing he had more wins in his twenty-seven starts […]
Has Jack Leiter turned the corner? The Rangers organization has been desperate for Jack Leiter to succeed. They have tried everything. And when he gave up seven earned runs in 3.2 innings in his first start, all we heard was how good the start was, just one or two minor […]
Goodbye, Elvis. One of the most beloved Rangers call it a career yesterday in one of those hokey “last contract signing” stunts. After a fifteen-year career with Texas, Oakland, and the Chicago White Sox, Elvis announced his retirement. (He hit .251 last year with the White Sox, you’d think they […]
Suddenly, the Rangers are, well, winning. Eight of their last ten, in fact. Of course, it helps to start any good winning stretch by playing the White Sox. They swept the White Sox in three, beat Oakland two out of three, beat the Yankees two out of three, and won […]
It appears in these final handful of games, the Rangers are left playing the unenviable role of spoiler. All they have left is to spoil the chances of other teams’ playoff runs. They should be good at it since they spent the first 140 games spoiling the season for themselves […]
What do you get when you combine horrible umpiring with horrible relief pitching? You get the Rangers being able to overcome the second coming of Angel Hernandez and a 4-3 Yankees lead. Neither was easy. After being the team last years with the leaky bullpen and propensity for blown saves, […]
Talk about being thrown to the wolves. Jack Leiter’s fifth major league start was against the Yankees. That’s a brutal assignment. In his previous four starts, he didn’t last more than four innings. In those four starts, he gave up seven earned runs, four, six, and two. The game where […]
