This past offseason saw the Texas Rangers make three key trades that the organization felt was necessary to move on as the rebuild continued. Lance Lynn was traded to the White Sox in exchange for Dane Dunning. Elvis Andrus, who had lost his starting shortstop job to Isiah Kiner-Falefa, was dealt to Oakland for Khris Davis and catcher Jonah Heim. …
The Texas Rangers have been quietly busy this offseason under new GM Chris Young. Young was hired on December 4th to replace Jon Daniels. Daniels will now focus on his job as President of Baseball Operations. Keep in mind that J.D. said he wasn’t going to throw Young straight into the fire and that he would work with him the …
On November 21st, I went on the “Sox In The Basement” podcast to discuss a possible trade involving Lance Lynn. We discussed where the Rangers were and where the White Sox were, heading into the 2021 season. Host Chris Lanuti and I decided that the Sox were going all in and needed another starting pitcher. It just so happened that …
The Texas Rangers have traded Lance Lynn to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Dane Dunning and a prospect, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Late Monday night, the Texas Rangers made the decision to trade away their best pitcher in the rotation. The team has been making notable moves over the past week including benching Elvis Andrus but also …
The Rangers aren’t good. This much we know. But, the season is already halfway over, and now the team is facing a rebuild. The team is in a reevaluating period, which means we’ll see a lot of young talent playing at the major league level. With that in mind, who should you keep an eye on? Rafael Montero Montero has …
WAIT! LISTEN! Hey! Hey! Hey! Everyone calm down a minute and hear me out. I am not saying the Rangers don’t make a trade before the deadline. I am saying, what if the Rangers don’t trade away their biggest trade chips? This is something most Ranger fans don’t want to hear. Like most fans, I feel like a wasted opportunity …
Well, it’s time for another installment of “Let’s Make A Deal”. My last idea was met with major scorn over the fact that I wanted to trade Nick Solak for Edwin Rios. I was emphatic in my stance that Nick Solak was not as good a player as Rios. Well, apparently Solak heard about this idea. He decided it would …
It’s safe to say it: Lance Lynn is the ace of this staff and big get for Rangers GM Jon Daniels. Daniels signed him to a three year $30 million dollar contract before the 2019 season. Lynn ended up fifth in the Cy Young voting going 16-11 in 33 stats with an ERA of 3.67 last year. He also pitched …
Opening Day should be a national holiday in my opinion. For me and my wife, it has been for the last 17 years. This would have been my 20th consecutive opening day game and 17th with my lovely bride. I tried to count up the number of opening days I have attended over my lifetime. The best guess I can …
After the Rangers lost their final exhibition game to the Colorado Rockies, manager Chris Woodward started out his post-game press conference with an announcement. “So, I will tell you guys our final roster moves I guess”, he started out. “We kept Ian Gibaut, Kolby Allard, and Joe Palumbo for our bullpen. We also kept Guzman, Refsnyder, Heineman, and Taveras”, he …
