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7 Thoughts After the Texas Rangers First 7 Games
The Texas Rangers are a full week into their 2012 season. It has been a good start for the 2010 & 2011 American League champions. Here are my key takeaways at this point of the season. 1. Confidence building Starting the season against the Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners at home is a great [...]
TweetJoe Nathan and His Future as the Texas Rangers Closer
The road back to being a dominant closer has gotten off to a rocky start for Joe Nathan. After signing a 2-year, $14.5 million deal with the Texas Rangers in November, the expectation level for Nathan was high entering the 2012 season. Thus far, Nathan has provided mixed results, as he has collected the loss [...]
TweetReport: Texas Rangers, Ian Kinsler Agree to Contract Extension
The Texas Rangers and second baseman Ian Kinsler have agreed to a 5-year, $75 million extension that will go into effect after the 2012 season. The Rangers previously held a club option for $10 million in 2013, which this extension effectively buys out and replaces to keep Kinsler a Ranger through the 2017 season, with [...]
Tweet5 Interesting Stories in Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners Series
In a battle of the early season AL West leaders, the Seattle Mariners visit the Texas Rangers for a four-game set in Arlington, starting tonight. This is the proverbial David (Mariners) vs. Goliath (Rangers) matchup that Goliath has dominated for the last couple of years (Texas has won 27 of the two team’s last 38 [...]
Tweet5 Things We Learned From the Rangers Opening Weekend
The Texas Rangers came out of their Opening Weekend against the Chicago White Sox with a 2-1 series victory, with little that happened in terms of season-altering significance, and just as importantly, no injuries. Here are the 5 key things that we learned from this series: 1. Colby Lewis still has one of the most [...]
Tweet5 Things to Watch in the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox Series
As the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox are among the last group of MLB teams to kick off their season, on what will be Opening Day number four of 2012, here are some key things to watch over the course of their three-game weekend series. 1. Rangers hitting against White Sox pitching The White [...]
TweetMitch Moreland and His Atypical Value for the Texas Rangers
There is nothing wrong with Mitch Moreland. There also isn’t a lot that is exceptionally right about Mitch Moreland. The Texas Rangers first baseman may very well be the best Opening Day first baseman the Rangers have had since Mark Teixeira last occupied the position in 2007. That fact alone does not necessarily make Moreland [...]
TweetA Look Back at Texas Rangers Opening Days
The MLB season has already begun, albeit somewhat confusingly in a 2-game series in Japan between the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners. The A’s and Mariners have since returned to US soil, and resumed playing exhibition games, which is illogical, but that is neither here nor there. For the Texas Rangers, the season doesn’t [...]
TweetFixing ESPN’s MLB Power Rankings Commentary
ESPN released their first MLB power rankings of the 2012 season. Stories about rankings are always interesting and can certainly spark debates among writers and readers alike. In this space, I will find no fault with the order of the rankings of the teams, but instead will focus on the content included in the rationale [...]
TweetUbaldo and Tulo, Moyer, the Blue Jays – the Spring Training Results That Actually Matter
It is a widely known and accepted meme that Spring Training statistics and results really don’t matter. For instance, in 2011, Kila Ka’ihue of the Kansas City Royals led all of Major League Baseball in Spring Training OPS with an astronomical 1.306 mark, but in the regular season he only played 23 games while batting [...]
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