Nobody said it was going to be easy. And nobody is going to feel sorry for the Rangers. Their sixth straight victory, and second consecutive sweep, came at a huge cost. All-Star rookie third baseman Josh Jung fractured his thumb on a rocket shot hit to him in the sixth […]
It wasn’t pretty. But they don’t all have to be. Jon Gray ran the Rangers rotation’s win streak to five in a row. It wasn’t pretty at all. He got down 5-0 after for innings. His control wasn’t really on from the very beginning, walking two in the first, then […]
Oh, yeah. The Rangers traded for a starter other than Max Scherzer. Last night was the Rangers debut of Jordan Montgomery, the thirty-year-old lefty Texas acquired from St Louis along with reliever Chris Stratton. Like Scherzer the day before, Montgomery picked up a win in his first Rangers start, with […]
As that first inning unfolded, and Max Scherzer delivered another one of his thirty-seven pitches, most of which were way out of the strike zone, and he walked off the mound having given up three runs, it was natural to evoke all those feeling of the Rangers being the most […]
Corey Seager slides into second, injures his thumb, is out for ten days, comes back, and in his first at-bat hits a two-run homer. “I don’t know what else to say about Corey. He’s amazing,” his manager Bruce Bochy gushed after the game. Amazing is a good word to start […]
The Rangers needed a serious upgrade in their rotation and their bullpen. They got a serious upgrade in their rotation. Will it be enough? The next two months will be telling. At least, for last night, the bullpen worked the way it was supposed to. The Rangers, as always, were […]
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? […]
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 […]
