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 […]
Baseball teams are smart. They have scouts. They watch game film. If a rookie comes up and starts killing it, they eventually find his weakness. So, it’s no surprise opposing teams have figured out how to beat the Rangers. After considerable scouting, teams know that the secret to keeping the […]
Since sweeping the Angels in a three-game series in mid-April, the Rangers have now lost six series in a row, losing the rubber game in Boston yesterday in typical 2025 Rangers fashion 5-0. It was another uninspiring offensive performance. The Rangers actually got more walks than hits. They had a […]
Oh yeah, you still need a bullpen. With all the agony over the bats going silent, you forget that the bullpen is starting to show cracks. Just as the offense is finally starting to heat up, the bullpen melted down. Tyler Mahle was allowed to go only five innings, leaving […]
Bret Boone has a good first day on the job. His employees showered him with gifts. Josh Smith brought him three singles. So did Adolis Garcia. Joc Pederson, the poster boy for getting hitting coaches fired, offered up two hits. Two. In one game! Recently, it took him two week […]
After a sustained period of putrid offense, the Rangers have started to make some significant changes. Donnie Ecker is out as offensive coordinator, replaced by Bret Boone. Leody Taveras is out as the Rangers centerfielder, replaced by Evan Carter, who is being activated from the minor leagues today for the […]
The Rangers needed to go nuclear, and they started. Yesterday, they fired their offensive co-ordinator Donnie Ecker, one more remnant of the Jon Daniels era. It’s never cause for celebration when a coach loses his job, but that comes with the territory. This Rangers offense—that he was in charge of—has […]
