Evan Carter went 0-for-3 yesterday. Cactus League stats don’t matter, of course. But what does matter is his first two at-bats were against two different left-handed pitchers. He struck out against Jhonathan Diaz in the first, then grounded out against Danny Wirchansky in the third. His last at-bat was against […]
Centerfield isn’t the only position where there seems to be a battle on this 2025 Rangers roster (although in center, it’s mostly the backup role, assuming Carter’s back holds up). The Rangers also have a battle of sorts going on at catcher. What was Jonah Heim’s position since they traded […]
Kumar Rocker had a rough start in his first spring outing. Of note: it was a spring outing. Also of note, today’s starter is Nathan Eovaldi, who is making his second spring start. So far the Rangers have used Eovaldi, Tyler Mahle, Cody Bradford, Jon Gray, and Kumar Rocker. One […]
The Swiss Army knife of players started a game yesterday in centerfield. It seems Josh Smith is going to play all over the field. Literally. His first start in spring was at third. Yesterday, in center, just a day after the Rangers acquired Kevin Pillar to play center. You can […]
Not so fast there on those outfield plans. It seems Leody Taveras might not be the backup centerfielder for the Rangers in 2025. The plan coming into this spring training seemed to be Evan Carter would be the Rangers centerfielder, assuming his back holds up, and Leody Taveras would back […]
You’ve got to feel for Josh Smith. He went into last season a man without a position, trying to find his place on the team. All he did was make the All-Star team and win a Silver Slugger award after filling in for Corey Seager when he went down then […]
MLB is testing out its ABS system, Automated Balls and Strikes, or what is commonly called robot-ump. But they are doing it in a kinder, gentler way. Rather than have the computer determine what every pitch is, umpires will do that as always. But teams get two challenges per game. […]
It starts today. Guys in Rangers uniforms face off against guys in Royals uniforms at 2:05 in Surprise, Arizona. Most of the players in the lineup this early in spring games will never be seen on a major league roster. So, for a few games, this is the highlight of […]
The Rangers are scheduled to play thirty-three spring training games this year. Of those thirty-three, thirty will be broadcast in one form or another, either televised, on 105.3 FM, or audio webcast on rangers.com. Here are the games that will be televised: Wednesday, March 12 vs. Cincinnati 3:05 p.m. CT […]
The answer is Chris Martin. The question isn’t who is the lead singer for Cold Play? It’s, who is going to be the closer for the Rangers? That’s according to Kennedi Landry of TexasRangers.com. The next question one might ask is, exactly how successful has he been as a closer? […]
