The Rangers return home for six games against two division leaders, three against Houston and three against Milwaukee. It’s playoff-caliber baseball with a roster that has been getting by on smoke and mirrors due to injuries. Texas plays well at home and Houston has been struggling to score runs. And […]
You think it’s tough being a Rangers fan this year? At least you’re not a Mariners fan any year. The only reason the Ranger have a legitimate shot at catching the Mariners for that third wild card spot is because it’s the Mariners. If it was any other team ahead […]
The six-game winning streak ended when the Rangers lost a 2-0 lead, eventually losing the game 5-3. Jacob Latz, getting the chance to be part of the Rangers rotation because of the injury to Nathan Eovaldi, did his best Eovaldi imitation for five innings, holding the Diamondbacks scoreless. But walks […]
How does a team lose four of its best players and actually get better? Without Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Evan Carter, and Nathan Eovaldi, the Rangers have run off a string of six wins in a row. They’ve won nine out of ten games. They’re getting hits with two strikes. […]
It’s September First. The dog days of summer are, indeed here. The waning days of the season. Eight more three-game series, which in math terms means twenty-four more games, twelve on the road, twelve at home. The Texas Rangers are two-and-a-half games out of the third wild card spot. By […]
What’s gotten into Josh Jung? He picked up three hits for the third game in a row. In his last seven games, in fact, Jung is 15-for-29, hitting a whopping .517, with a Hall of Fame worthy OPS of 1.257. In the second half, he’s hitting .311. That’s quite a […]
If the Rangers harbor any hope of pulling off a miracle, it’s going to take guys to step up and perform at a level they aren’t used to. Last night, Josh Jung, a major league average hitter for most of his career, found another gear and collected three hits. Jonah […]
The impossible just got impossibler. It was going to take a miracle for the Rangers to make up enough ground to win the A.L. West, or to win enough games while the teams ahead of them lost in order to sneak into a wild card slot. Then, they lost Marcus […]
You have to give it to this Rangers team. They sure know how to frustrate their fans. A 20-3 whacking of the Angels looks nice. Very impressive. A lot of stats padded. This makes them 5-1 on this six-game homestand and it pumps a few last gasps of oxygen in […]
If the struggle to remain at .500 didn’t say it, or the 26-40 road record didn’t say it, or the offense worse than the White Sox, Rockies, and Pirates didn’t say it, then then news that Nathan Eovaldi is likely gone for the season screamed it loud and clear. The […]
