Approximately thirteen seconds after posting my article about yesterday’s comments by Chris Gimenez, the news cycle nodded politely and moved on to bigger things: Zack Greinke might be moving eastward. I spent the evening in the hotel lobby asking new friends what they were hearing. One guy with ties to the Diamondbacks front office told me […]
Winter Meetings Day 3: Chris Gimenez and the question of Clubhouse Culture
Chris Gimenez was Yu Darvish’s personal catcher for parts of two seasons in Texas. Thad Levine was the assistant GM in all but Darvish’s last year with the Rangers. And in an article by Mike Berardino of TwinCities.com, it seems like that tandem might be putting on the full-court press to lure Darvish to Minneapolis. […]
Winter Meetings Day 2: re-Yu-nion? I apologize for this headline.
Earlier today, after the news broke that Arlington native Chris Martin would be returning home for the 2018 season, there was a brief flurry of Twitter action when one national reporter tweeted that the Rangers and Mets were in talks about a Jurickson Profar / Matt Harvey deal. It didn’t seem to make much sense […]
12/9/17 – The Rangers Upset Update, featuring: Jake Diekman’s award
The intro to the Upset Update got a little long, so I made it into its own entry over in the Writer’s Room: “Welcome to the Winter Meetings“. It has been a day. Let’s get to rounding up the baseball stuff from the last few days. 1. Shohei Ohtani chose the Angels. …Welcome to the […]
It’s not stealing signs if you buy them.
When your minor league players aren’t protected by the MLBPA and make about as much money as a carnival worker, you have to expect that some of them are going to occasionally sell off some gear to pay for whatever it is that these minor leaguers want to buy. Food? Soap? Who knows? At any […]
12/6/17 – The Rangers Upset Update, now with 100% more Conspiracy Theories!
It’s my birthday today, so for that reason, all our Rangers news is being combined into one article, and then I’m going to eat some cake and steak, not in that order. You hear that, Shohei??? We have steak here!! Assuming you care at all about the baseball off-season, this one in particular is interesting for […]