The accent is the first thing you notice. Anthony Gose was raised in Bellflower, California, about halfway between Los Angeles and Long Beach, just north of Lakewood. By borders, it’s a small community, an anonymous cog in a mega-city, boasting little more than a couple of shopping centers, a handful of hotels, and a K-Mart. […]
The Athleticism of Willie Calhoun
Athleticism is a tool that is often misunderstood based on a player’s speed, build, and weight. While those are important to note in an overall view of athleticism, they aren’t the only key factors in determining whether or not a player is a quality athlete. It’s important to look beyond these easily identifiable traits in […]
So, Mike Minor is a Ranger, huh?
After a flurry of deals Monday afternoon–four players signed to minor-league deals and Tony Barnette returned to the fold on a one-year deal—the Rangers waited until later in the day for news to leak out about perhaps the biggest move of the day (no, still not that one). Mike Minor, soon-to-be-30-year-old left-hander who was a […]
Tony Barnette returns to Rangers for 1 year and $1.5m
Just a few hours after the team announced that they had brought back recently-non-tendered Chi Chi Gonzalez, the Texas Rangers reunion tour continued: the team announced that Tony Barnette will be back in his familiar #43 in Arlington in 2018. Barnette has spent the last two seasons as a Ranger after pitching in Japan from […]
Chi Chi’s back, plus uhhhh David Hurlbut?
Word came down the John Blake information water slide late Monday that Texas had officially signed four players to minor-league deals: Chi Chi Gonzalez, Anthony Gose, David Hurlbut, and Christian Lopes. All four will also receive invites to do Spring Training with the big-league club (though Chi Chi is going to miss most—if not all—of […]
Rangers Non-Tender Four: Griffin, Martinez, Gonzalez, and Alberto
More than anything, the Texas Rangers are looking for starting pitching this off-season. So, good news for the Texas Rangers: three starting pitchers just hit the free-agent market. A.J. Griffin, Nick Martinez, and Chi Chi Gonzalez are now free to sign with whatever team they like. Griffin had been rumored to be a non-tender candidate, […]