This is the 110th consecutive day without a Rangers game. In the meantime, the Cowboys have Zeke Suspension’d themselves into a comfy wide-screen view of the playoffs, the Stars are trying to stave off their Wild Card competition, and the Mavericks face-planted out of the gate and/but are now in danger of getting Rick Carlisle’d out […]
Shin-June Choohoun: Rangers OF/DH puzzle likely hinges on these two.
(Editor’s Note: We at the Upset are sorry for the unsettling photo. Also, the editor is me, Levi. Furthermore, I’m not actually sorry. I almost went Full Horrifying and added sea creatures, but decided this was sufficiently creepy for one January afternoon.) The whole scenario is a bit like a game of musical chairs. As […]
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 […]
And Now: Some Wild Speculation and Predictions!
As I type this, it is currently 23° in Dallas, Texas. Were there slightly more precipitation in the air, perhaps we could see white spheres being hurled through the air in a poor approximation of the great game. Instead, we’re just huddled under blankets and wrapping our scarves a little tighter. It’s so cold, you […]
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 […]
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 […]