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. …
Arlington, Texas – According to the press release, The Texas Rangers today hired former Major League player Ian Kinsler as a Special Assistant to the the General Manager Chris Young. The former Rangers second baseman will assist CY in many of the day to day things that happen. Kinsler, who was inducted into the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of …
Ian Kinsler, whose combination of speed and power made him the most prolific leadoff hitter in club history, and John Blake, who has led the communication efforts for the franchise for more than three decades, have been selected as the 25th and 26th members of the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame, it was announced today. Kinsler and Blake will be …
The 2021 MLB draft is going to be 20 rounds compared to the 40 it used be, with the exception of 2020 when COVID reduced it to 5 rounds. Looking back on the past draft picks for each round, the Rangers success seems to be closer to the top with some scattered successes in the teens. Of the best player …
The Texas Rangers are in the midst of a rebuild after the best 10 year stretch of baseball ever played in Arlington. Between 2010 and 2020 they made the playoffs 5 times and went to the World Series twice. There is no dispute that the last four years have not been good. Most look to the 2017 year as the …
We are here and there is still no sports to watch. The Dallas Cowboys had a great draft, but I write about baseball, and Dallas Sports Nation has covered that wonderfully. Let’s go back to 1994 when Globe Life Park opened and see who were the best draft picks each year of its existence. Some of the more recent drafts …
