Chris Gimenez was Yu Darvish’s personal catcher for parts of two seasons in Texas. Thad Levine was the assistant GM in all but Darvish’s last year with the Rangers. And in an article by Mike Berardino of TwinCities.com, it seems like that tandem might be putting on the full-court press to lure Darvish to Minneapolis. […]
The Upset
Who’s better right now: Rafael Palmeiro or Tim Tebow?
He’s never going to play in the big leagues. Let’s get that out of the way right now. There are too many players, elite athletes who have spent their entire lives honing every seemingly-insignificant detail of their game to become the elite of the elite—this many years out of the game is too big an […]
Julius Honka takes advantage of press box reprieve, may have chance for extended clemency
Those in the #FreeHonka movement can sleep well tonight. After Julius Honka scored the only goal in a 2-1 shootout victory against the New York Rangers, Dallas Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said that the defenseman would be back in the lineup Wednesday against the New York Islanders. “He was good, he got his feet wet, […]
Stars Snap Losing Skid with 2-1 Shootout Victory Over Rangers
On the first game of their four game road trip through the Tri-State area, the Dallas Stars collected two points in the shootout against the New York Rangers winning 2-1. Ondrej Pavelec drew the start for the Rangers in lieu of future Hall of Fame goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, but you would never know it. Pavelec […]
Winter Meetings Day 2: re-Yu-nion? I apologize for this headline.
Earlier today, after the news broke that Arlington native Chris Martin would be returning home for the 2018 season, there was a brief flurry of Twitter action when one national reporter tweeted that the Rangers and Mets were in talks about a Jurickson Profar / Matt Harvey deal. It didn’t seem to make much sense […]
It’s still the pitching, stupid.
A quick addendum to the earlier article about potential starting pitching targets: I asked Jon Daniels if—after the acquisitions of Doug Fister and Mike Minor—any position players were starting to creep up the priority list. Despite recent rumors that the Rangers might be interested in Carlos Santana, Daniels said that pitching was still the first, […]