It seems like Ronald Guzman has been around forever. He was acquired by the Rangers during the same international signing period as Nomar Mazara, but didn’t break out offensively the same way that Mazara did. The 6’5” 245-pound first baseman was expected to develop game power that would catch up to a more advanced hit […]
The Upset
Hanzal Scores for Stars but They Lose to Devils 5-2
The 800th coaching win for Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock will have to hold, at least for another day. The Stars’s four game road trip hit a snag as they lost 5-2 against the New Jersey Devils. The Devils were playing on the second night of a back-to-back, losing in overtime to Montreal on Thursday […]
Rangers Trade for Matt Moore
Jon Daniels clearly identified the Rangers’ approach at the start of the offseason: they wanted pitching, and a lot of it. The team couldn’t reel in its leviathan (Shohei Otani), but today they added another arm that was once almost as highly-regarded. The Rangers have traded minor league pitchers Sam Wolff and Israel Cruz to […]
Furniture, Pete Incaviglia, and the Ohtani Splitter: the Incredible Odyssey of Chris Martin
December 11th, 2017: The MLB backdrop at the ballroom on the second floor of the Swan and Dolphin—hung this morning behind Alan Trammell and Jack Morris—has been taken down. In its place, a Yankees backdrop has been raised. Giancarlo Stanton is receiving his #27 jersey from the Yankees and taking questions from the media. Meanwhile, […]
STARS MAILBAG: Shootouts, home and away goalies, and an update on Nichushkin
No one asked about Valeri Nichushkin this week. Nichushkin has been a hot topic in past mailbags, and today I actually have a good answer. So, and I can’t believe I’m doing this, I will pose the question myself: Any update on Val? Yes. After talking to several people, some in Dallas and some not, […]
Winter Meetings Day Five: Rule Five.
“I have forgotten the sun,” one team official texted yesterday from a secluded suite high above the sprawling central Florida complex “where dreams come true”. So have the rest of us—Florida has spent the Winter Meetings trying to freeze us into skepticism about its nickname. Now it is Thursday morning. Team officials and media and […]