Don’t look at the record for the 2021 season. You have to look at the process and what is happening. About halfway through the shortened 2020 season, the Texas Rangers waved the white flag and officially began the rebuild. Yes, they had already been in somewhat of a rebuild. However, there was hope with the arms they added in the …
The season is early, but the Rangers are already reaping from young players from trades and dealings earlier this year. This past series against the Blue Jays opened a lot of eyes and raised many hopes for this young lineup for the rest of the season. Guys like Jonah Heim, Nate Lowe, and Dane Dunning came in with some buzz …
We are less than a week from the Opening Day and it’s time to put out our final roster prediction. I got together with Chris Halicke of Sports Illustrated and Alex Plinck of Dallas Sports Fanatic to do a series of predictions for final roster spots. We did one for the Rangers Nation Podcast first. Then we got back together …
There are a lot of full roster predictions out there for opening day 2021. In fact the Rangers Nation Podcast did a ‘Way Too Early Prediction ” episode with Alex Plinck of Dallas Sports Fanatic and Chris Halicke of Sports Illustrated. The plan is to do another one very soon. We haven’t decided which podcast it will air on. I …
Should Nate Lowe begin the 2021 season in Round Rock? This is not the question the Rangers were planning on asking themselves. In a trade that had most Texas fans excited about this coming season, the Rangers went and got what they assumed was their new starting first baseman. December 10th the Rangers sent Osleivis Basabe, Heriberto Hernandez, and Alexandr …
Rangers President of Baseball Operations Jon Daniels sat down with the media this morning to answer a few questions, one of which was a bit eye-opening. Daniels was asked if Guzman had any extra considerations of making the team since he is out of options cannot be sent to the minor leagues without first clearing waivers. A comparison was made …
December has been a very interesting month for the Texas Rangers, as they have executed multiple trades and signings. Each move has had a purpose behind it, with the motive to become younger but to continue to bring talent to this team for the future. This could be looked at as another splash move after the Rangers also made the …
With the trade for Nate Lowe from the Tampa Bay Rays, the Texas Rangers are starting to come to shape. There are more moves likely to happen, but I thought it might be fun to look at what the opening day roster might be with the starting lineup. Let’s go with the roster, depth chart, and opening day lineup. Remember, …
