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 […]
Shohei Ohtani Circus of Disappointment Tracker
FINAL UPDATE: 12/8/17 – Statement from Jon Daniels: “We’re disappointed we weren’t Shohei Ohtani’s choice, but wish him the best in Anaheim. He impressed us on and off the field at every turn. However, had he asked our opinion, we would have suggested the National League. “The upside of this pursuit is that it really […]
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, […]
12/1/17 – The Rangers Upset Update
Today we have updates on Mike Napoli, Anthony Gose, Shohei Ohtani, and Alex Claudio, plus some information from the Rangers on how to attend this year’s awards ceremony. For the last two years, this column was called the “Baseball Texas Daily”. But with the move to the new site, I no longer had the rights […]
What the heck to do with Jurickson Profar?
There was a time, in the early twenty-teens, that to envision a Texas Rangers team of the future without starting shortstop (or second baseman) Jurickson Profar was madness. He was one of the guaranteed stars of the years to come, a can’t-miss prospect who headlined the hopes and dreams of Rangers fans, and surely, between […]