In 2017, the Rangers made a bid to land Shohei Ohtani, who was all the rage as a two-way star in Japan. Seven teams bid on Ohtani, who ultimately choose to sign with Mike Trout and the Angels. Ohtani did not know at the time that the Angels owner makes […]
There was some good news in the four-game split. The Rangers got four exceptional starts in a row. Jacob deGrom went eight scoreless innings on Thursday. Nathan Eovaldi went 5.2 scoreless innings on Friday. On Saturday, Tyler Mahle went six innings, allowing one run. Leiter gave up three runs in […]
Be honest, in the bottom of the third when Marcus Semien struck out with bases loaded to strand three runners, you figured, here we go again, another frustrating offensive performance, right? You wouldn’t be alone. And you wouldn’t be wrong for thinking it. Because, while the Rangers offense is showing […]
That thud sound you heard was the Rangers winning streak coming to an abrupt end. It happened in the top of the seventh inning with the Rangers holding a 2-0 lead when, after Texas got the first two out, and with Houston having a runner on first, the wheels fell […]
Sometimes a perfect game isn’t a pitcher retiring all twenty-seven batters he faces. Sometimes it’s bigger than that. Jacob deGrom didn’t pitch a perfect game last night, in fact, he lost that bid with two outs in the second. He gave up five hits and a walk. But it was […]
Now the test begins. Sweeping the Colorado Rockies is easy. Everyone is doing it. The Rockies are currently 7-36. The are on pace to win 26 games this year and lose 136 Remember, the Chicago White Sox set the record for futility last year by just 41 games and losing […]
That’s four in a row. The Rangers matched their longest winning streak of the season with a 4-1 win over the Rockies. While it’s always nice to get a win, it almost seems shameful celebrating it over the Rockies, an embarrassing mess of a team that has now fallen to […]
The Rangers anemic offense returned. Jake Burger returned. Wyatt Langford’s power returned. The Rangers returned to .500. Rangers frustration returned. This is what a .500 team looks like. On a night they get another smothering pitching performance from Tyler Mahle, who gave up one earned run in 6.1 innings to […]
‘ The story of the year has been the abysmal offense. Overlooked in the daily hand wringing is just how well the Rangers starters have been. Texas legitimately has three starting pitchers who could be All-Stars. Jacob deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi, and Tyler Mahle. Those three pitchers are in the top […]
Forty games into the season—a quarter of the schedule—Joc Pederson hit is first home run. He started out miserable. Embarrassingly bad. For a while Pederson was statistically the worst hitter in baseball. But slowly, he is starting to come around. Baseball-Reference breaks down a player’s stats for the past seven […]
