First half debrief: Despite heavy blows, Rangers remain standing
When the season started for the 2016 Texas Rangers, the fans held lofty expectations. Certain professionals had them listed as division winners, at the least, and a select few were expecting a...
View ArticleRay(s) of hope: Tampa Bay the key to Texas’ pitching revival
When I first started playing fantasy football in 1995, I joined an existing league and one of the veteran owners warned me, “That guy is the devil. Don’t make any trades with the devil, you’ll regret...
View Article2016 Texas Rangers 2.0: Win Now
By the time 4:00 PM EST/3:00 PM CST rolled around on Monday, August 1st, 2016, the Texas Rangers had changed from utilizing role players with a perpetually fighting “next man up” mentality to a...
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Jonathon Lucroy: Texas’ New Pitch Framing Expert
I’ve listened to a lot of sports talk radio while reading several articles and tweets since the Rangers picked up Jonathan Lucroy yesterday at the non-waiver trade deadline. The general consensus seems...
View ArticleDiagnosing(and curing) the Rangers’ offensive maladies
I don’t think it’s a big secret that a lot of analysis is based in guesswork. At least in how you start. You identify a problem or situation, before figuring out what’s wrong or right. It’s rare that...
View ArticleThe Most to Prove: Rangers playing with a purpose in October
When FanGraphs has conceded that the Texas Rangers are the inevitable American League West Division Champs, it’s easy for us blog writers to say “No News is Good News.” Right now, nothing terribly...
View ArticleOn the Fringe: Best and Worst Last Impressions for Rangers Postseason Roster
One-hundred and sixty-two games have been played. Now, what? Now it’s time to play more, of course, but the question remains: Who gets to play? Who gets to be a part of the Rangers postseason roster?...
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Texas Rangers Opening Day 2017
Opening Day for the 2017 season is finally upon us. Months of following rumors, trades, acquisitions and news around the league have all led us to this point. Your college football and basketball...
View ArticleSettling into the groove
“No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.” ―...
View ArticleCole, Joey, Robinson….take a bow
Friday night in Arlington, Cole Hamels took the mound knowing that the Rangers needed him to go deep into the ballgame. A day after the Rangers 13-inning, 1-0 marathon win, there was no room for an...
View ArticleDarvish responds to Oakland adversity with complete effort
The great thing about baseball season is that, in the span of 4 days, a team can completely change their stripes. On Wednesday afternoon, we wrote about a team that was heading home having lost their...
View ArticleWhat a letdown
Punch to the gut. Letdown. Meltdown. Collapse. Free fall. Lost. Lack of identity. That list of words and phrases could go on for some time and all of them are fair assessments both of last night’s game...
View ArticleHome is where the shutout is
It’s hard to get much lower than the Rangers were after Monday night’s game. Their season was slipping away from them and it seemed no matter what they did, things just weren’t falling into place. No...
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Even if it breaks your heart
“Pennant races drain the energy from the best of them. Old-fashioned baseball races are to me the most grueling daily test in any sport. Gotta keep coming out, every day, in the face of looming...
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