Cole Ragans is having a great spring training. He has struck out 20 of the batters he has faced and only walked 4. Ragans has pitched in 13 innings, giving him a 13.8 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched. That’s good, in case you don’t know. His velocity is up significantly from 2022. He is hovering around 95 mph and in …

The answer is very good. Debatably elite. If Ian Kinsler isn’t the spitting image of the type of player we want to focus on, then who is? He ranged from good, to very good, to great/elite for about 12 straight seasons.  In Texas, he made his name as the type of player others hated playing against and loved playing with. …

The Texas Rangers decided to offer outfielder Robbie Grossman a contract. It has worked out well for them so far. Through 31 plate appearances Grossman is slashing .375/.484/.708/1.192 with a couple of homers. He is solidifying himself as the left fielder. Now he will platoon with Brad Miller and also Bubba Thompson will get some time there when Leody Taveras …

Despite there still being 21 days until Opening Day, the Texas Rangers are already dealing with the injury bug. On Monday we moved on from soreness and tightness when GM and President of Baseball Operations Chris Young announced that center fielder Leody Taveras suffered a low-grade oblique strain. The positive news for Rangers fans is that Opening Day is “not …

It’s always fun this time of year to try and project which Texas Rangers players will be on the opening day roster. Almost all the writers and bloggers do it. I’m going to take my shot at it. The Obvious Ones We are going to start today with the ones that we know are going to be on the roster. …

During the offseason, one of the many questions the Texas Rangers had to answer was their left field situation. Those questions were reasonably placed on a team whose left-fielders ranked at or near the bottom of pretty much all offensive categories at the position in 2022. In a winter that saw the Rangers focus primarily on starting pitching, the club …

Every season the Texas Rangers have one player that no one expected to be on the roster surprise the team. He usually comes out of nowhere and makes a huge impact. In the past it has been players like Nomar Mazara, Adolis Garcia, Brock Holt and others. I want to take a look at who the surprise player could be …

Following an Offseason which saw the Rangers sign both Marcus Semien and Corey Seager hours before an MLB Lockout, not many people expected Texas to top that in the offseason following the 2022 season. Little did they know, GM Chris Young and the Rangers’ front office had some major moves up their sleeves.  Now that the full squad is back …

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The Texas Rangers have begun spring training 2023. Pitchers and catchers reported over the weekend and the full squad is not there in Surprise, AZ. Some non-Rangers news is the fact that Elvis Andrus will be the new second baseman for the Chicago White Sox. Elvis will be moving positions to be able to play for the Sox. I’m glad …