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 […]
Top Ten Rangers Prospect Rankings: #s 6-10
Prospect lists aren’t inherently the most useful of tools due to their subjective nature at heart. A mentor once described the process as, “forming our subjective thoughts about a player into an objective scale”, which stuck with me. As scouting grades were designed as an objective scale where each grade had an objective meaning, it’s […]
Rangers Add Six to 40-Man Roster
Don’t call it a rebuild, but as recently as Monday morning, the Rangers found themselves with just 75% of a roster. A trade and a slew of contract purchases later, and they now sit at 37 slots filled on the 40-man roster. In all, six minor league players were added to the 40-man in advance […]