The shortened 2020 season saw the Texas Rangers with four catchers (not at the same time) on their roster; the four being Robinson Chirinos, Jeff Mathis, Jose Trevino, and highly touted prospect Sam Huff. Jeff Mathis and Robinson Chirinos Trevino and Mathis saw the most action last season. Sam Huff was a late call-up who still needs to benefit from …
The 2020 trade deadline has come and gone and the Rangers made “Minor” moves. With most of America essentially waiting on the dominoes to fall, the Rangers left with the ones that brought them. Brought them to a putrid record of 12-24 and 9.5 games out of first in the AL West They did trade LHP Mike Minor to Oakland …
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 …
I’ve decided to start a new thing called, “The Recliner Monologues”. My brain can go into overload with crazy ideas or opinions on all things Texas Rangers. Although it may be dangerous to unleash this on the public, I figured why not. My wife has to deal with my brain everyday and she is a saint. Why shouldn’t I expose …
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 …
The first of two exhibitions game between the Rangers and Rockies was something fans have been craving for many months now. While everyone is glad to have baseball back, there was one thing that has stood out throughout this Summer Camp. Robinson Chirinos suffered an injury on July 13th that took him out of action for a small period of …
The Texas Rangers open the season this Friday, July 24th against the Colorado Rockies. Due to COVID, they are allowed to start the season with 30 players. They have to pair it back to 28 after one week and then back to 26 at the end of two weeks. It’s is time to make roster predictions. Players in Bold are …
In a major turn of events, major league baseball players played baseball against each other last night. Yeah, I know, it was MLB The Show, but it was fun to watch live baseball action with MLB players actually playing the game. MLB All-Stars started a tournament that even this old man enjoyed watching. That is important because I am not …
We made the first run on the opening day roster. Since then I have been to Surprise to see the team in person. I came away impressed with certain players and had good conversations with others. The time has come to make a second go at this. NOTE: Any player listed in bold will be the player who is different from …
The time has come to make a prediction of who will start out the season on the major league roster for 2020. MLB just approved a 26th man on the active roster. Some wonder if that means that teams would carry a third catcher. Some wonder if that means an extra infielder or outfielder. MLB said that teams could only …
