In less than two weeks, the Texas Rangers went from six games back in the AL West to a one game lead over the Oakland Athletics. Texas, along with the Los Angeles Dodgers, have been the hottest teams in baseball. Even after losing Nelson Cruz for 50 games, Texas’ offense has kept on clicking. Coming [...]
On Saturday night, the Texas Rangers found themselves alone in first place. Less then two weeks ago, Texas trailed the Oakland Athletics by six games in the AL West; but after a stretch in which they have won 11 out of 12 games, Texas sits alone at the top. Alex Rios was picked up by the [...]
Less then two weeks ago, the Texas Rangers were six games behind the Oakland A’s for first place in the American League West. The Rangers didn’t trade for a bat at the deadline while fans sat around in bewilderment. After Nelson Cruz was suspended earlier this week by MLB, the writing was on the wall [...]
On Monday, the Texas Rangers finally received confirmation of what they had been fearing all season; Nelson Cruz will be suspended for 50 games due to his participation in the Biogenesis scandal. It had been speculated for a long time that the suspensions were coming. We just weren’t 100 percent sure when MLB would hand [...]
Coming into Saturday’s game against the Oakland Athletics, the Texas Rangers had a five-game winning streak. The five-game streak was the tied for the longest of the season for Texas. During the streak, Texas had crawled back from a six-game deficit to Oakland and only trailed by 2.5 games. Matt Garza made his third start [...]
On Friday night against the Oakland A’s, Ron Washington tied Bobby Valentine for the most wins as the manager of the Texas Rangers. With the 8-3 win over the A’s, Washington now has 581 wins as the skipper. Valentine, the Rangers’ manager between 1985 and 1992, needed 1,186 games to reach the mark. Washington did [...]
Coming into this week, it was almost a certainty that the Texas Rangers would try to add another bat to this struggling lineup. The Rangers and their fans are anxiously waiting news on whether or not Nelson Cruz is going to be suspended for his role in the Biogenesis fiasco. Cruz leads the team in [...]
When the Texas Rangers started the season, nobody could foresee the possibility they would be desperately trying to acquire a starting pitcher before the trade deadline. With a starting rotation of Yu Darvish, Derek Holland, Colby Lewis, Matt Harrison and Alexi Ogando, the Rangers seemed set to challenge the Oakland Athletics for the division crown. With [...]
After an impressive outing on Monday night against the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers fans seemed to have backed away from the edge of the cliff. Just a few hours prior to Yu Darvish shutting down the Yankees in a 3-0 win, word came out that the Rangers had made a trade with the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Matt Garza. This was [...]
Saturday night was another prime example of why the Texas Rangers must add another starting pitcher to the rotation for the stretch run of the MLB season. While another bat in the line-up is a necessity for Texas, manager Ron Washington must have another reliable pitcher he can send out there every fifth day. With a roster depleted by injuries, Washington has done [...]
