Hey friends. Thanks for serving as my creative writing teacher this week, giving me prompts and forcing me to do something other than scrawl band logos in my notepad. This time of year—especially in a slower-than-usual off-season—it can seem like there are no real baseball things to write about, so it’s very helpful to get […]
Did You—Yes, You—Break Austin Bibens-Dirkx?
Two things seem to happen every year: the first is that—once there is no reason to hide an injury report—a gaggle of injuries come to light. Mike Napoli’s leg, Rougned Odor’s ankle, and so on and so forth. This happens to every team in baseball, and probably every team in sports. The second seems to […]
Rangers Mailbag: Defensive Metrics, a Bad Trade Idea, and it’s Fight Time
The first time we did a Rangers mailbag, this thing devolved into ranking the various stages of Cole Hamels’ beard. That seems like an unmitigated success to me, so let’s do another one! How much of an upgrade defensively is Cain to Delino in CF? — Kevin Turner (@ktfuntweets) January 6, 2018 Oh. OH. We’re […]
Cold Stove: why the Rangers’ off-season has been so quiet (or has it?)
You might not have noticed the relative lack of content here in the Rangers section of the site. After all, we just careened headlong through the road-trips-and-flight-delays portion of the holiday season, and now you’re unpacking your gifts and begging the kids to get their Lego Foot Destruction blocks off the floor. But the last […]
Community Post: Your 2017
Nothing noteworthy has happened in Rangers world in the last few days. I’m grateful for that; it has been nice not to have to panic-leave any family gatherings to go write up a trade or a free-agent signing. But that also means we don’t have many baseball updates for you. There is one major announcement […]
9 Stories to Look Forward to in 2018
We’re getting ahead of ourselves, of course. It’s not yet Christmas, and I’m already pulling on the bit a little, nudging my head towards green grass and white lines and cracking bats and popping mitts. The free agent market hasn’t even fully shaken out, and there’s every chance that the next week renders this list […]