Lone Star Ball

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tigers 3, Rangers 2 Tigers 3, Rangers 2 Ah, well. Can’t win ‘em all. Especially with an umpire calling a shitty strike zone. Dane Dunning wasn’t great but overall he was fine. He allowed one run in his first five innings, then started the sixth by allowing two straight hits and was pulled. Jonathan Hernandez … [Read more...] about Thoughts on a 3-2 Rangers loss

Photo by PA Images via Getty Images Jack Leiter throws well again Down East starter Aidan Curry continued his strong start to 2023, throwing six shutout innings, striking out nine, and allowing one walk and two hits. D.J. McCarty struck out three in two shutout innings. Wyatt Sparks had a scoreless inning. Tommy Specht tripled. Cam Cauley had a hit. Yeison Morrobel … [Read more...] about Minor league update for 5/31/23

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Links! Morning, all! Despite yesterday’s loss, the Rangers had a great May and have reversed the trend of recent years of being absolute pants on the road. In the last 32 months of play, six losing seasons, the Rangers have only won more than 13 games six times... and this month they won 13 games on the … [Read more...] about Thursday Morning Links

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images So far this year, the Rangers have gotten a remarkable level of offensive performance throughout the batting order If we cast our minds into the distant past, going back through the mists of time to the ancient days of March, 2023, we may recall that one of the big questions about the Texas Rangers was the team’s offense. Yes, the … [Read more...] about The Rangers lineup is not top-heavy after all

Photo by Ben Ludeman/Texas Rangers/Getty Images Welcome, Mr. Anderson The Texas Rangers scored a girthy ten runs while the Detroit Tigers plated a mere six runs. Where has Grant Anderson been all our lives? I love a funky sidewinding reliever. The Rangers squads that turned the corner in the turn of a decade ago had Darren O’Day and then Yoshinori Tateyama as … [Read more...] about 35-19 – Anderson to the rescue! Rangers stave off Tigers 10-6

Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports Rangers 10, Tigers 6 Rangers 10, Tigers 6 Welcome to the Show, Grant Anderson. That was quite a major league debut for the unheralded righthanded reliever who was with the Round Rock Express just a few days ago. Asked to bail out Martin Perez, who struggled with his command all game and was pulled with two outs in the fifth and six runs in, … [Read more...] about Thoughts on a 10-6 Rangers win

Photo by Salvatore Allegra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images More minor league action Wood Ducks starter Jose Corniell went 5.2 scoreless innings, walking one, allowing two hits and striking out seven. Adrian Rodriguez struck out the one batter he faced. Dylan MacLean struck out four in three scoreless innings. Cam Cauley had a single, a double and a stolen base. Tommy … [Read more...] about Minor league update for 5/30/23

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Links! Morning, all! Garret Anderson was historically good in his debut, becoming the first reliever to strike out seven in his debut since Hayden Wesneski struck out eight in his debut in 1922. Evan Grant observes that sending Jacob deGrom on a rehab assignment might just be wasted pitches given his injury history and clean … [Read more...] about Wednesday Morning Links

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Texas and Detroit, the finale Texas Rangers lineup for May 31, 2023: starting pitchers are Dane Dunning for the Rangers and Joey Wentz for the Tigers. The Rangers look to sweep the Tigers in Detroit this afternoon in the final game of their road trip. Corey Seager gets a half day off, and Bubba Thompson is getting a rare start. The … [Read more...] about Texas Rangers lineup for May 31, 2023