The Rangers are 36-43
The losing streak is finally over, although it took a near-collapse in the bottom of the 9th inning to make it happen. What was a 5-0 game quickly became a 5-4 game in what…
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The Rangers are 29-30
And just like that, the Rangers are back below .500. It’s scary to think that the Rangers probably wouldn’t have scored at all tonight if Adrian Beltre hadn’t hit 2 home runs to drive…
Read more →Aaron Poreda Optioned; Tanner Scheppers Activated
After allowing 2 hits in a third of an inning last night, LHP Aaron Poreda has been optioned back to the minor leagues. The Rangers have activated Tanner Scheppers to assume his spot on…
Read more →Alexi Ogando Shut Down for Three Weeks
In news that doesn’t exactly surprise me, Alexi Ogando has ligament damage in his pitching elbow, and accordingly, will be shut down for at least three weeks. The Rangers are saying, for now, that…
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It’s Time To Realize Mitch Moreland Has Peaked
Last night, in the bottom of the 9th inning against Baltimore, the Rangers found themselves on the wrong end of a 1-run game, trailing 6-5. After a Shin-Soo Choo double play grounder put the…
Read more →Running Out Of Teaching Moments
Ron Washington has a strange way of holding Elvis Andrus to a different standard than the rest of his teams, and almost always has. It was only a month ago when I wrote about…
Read more →Six Things In No Particular Order
The Rangers playoff odds are as follows: 14.1% per FanGraphs; 14.2% per Baseball Prospectus; 12.3% per ESPN. One-in-seven to secure a WC spot, basically. The team’s run differential is -28; in the American League…
Read more →Tuesday Morning Things
Yesterday was an off day, so there hasn’t been a whole heck of a lot going on, and while I had wanted to write something a bit more substantial than this on Yu Darvish,…
Read more →The Rangers are 29-28
For awhile it looked like a typical Yu Darvish start, because heading into the 7th inning the game was scoreless. But after a botched hit-and-run attempt with no one out, Leonys Martin sprayed a…
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