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. …
April 1st is looming along with some very tough decisions that the Texas Rangers have to make. Going over final roster decisions, there could be as many as 5 non roster invitees that deserve to make this team. That would force the Rangers to clear five spots in the process. With a young roster, this could force some eye opening …
It is 2021. It is Spring Training again for Major League Baseball. It has been the first full Spring Training since 2019, as last year was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and eventually split in two. This spring has started out with different challenges. Mike Minor was traded during the season in 2020, and Lance Lynn was dealt in the …
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 …
The Texas Rangers are getting closer to the start of the regular season and player evaluations are becoming more and more clear each day. I’m no Jim Cramer but I decided to pretend nonetheless. The following are some of my picks to make the opening day roster basically treating them like stocks. CF Eli White // BUY White has clearly …
2020 opened some eyes in the front office, and seeing Rougned Odor continue to be a below-average major league baseball player is on their mind. This being said, second base looks to be up for grabs on this team with such poor play this season. Everyone knows the story of Rougie Odor, having watched him burst onto the scene with …
It has become apparent that the Rangers are not expected to big huge players in the free-agent market. The names Trevor Bauer, George Springer, J.T. Realmuto, D.J. LeMahieu, and Marcell Ozuna are names that any team could use. The Rangers will not be players on any of them except possibly Ozuna. There is, however, one player they should be all …
One thing I have learned is that playing “Armchair GM”, is solid proof that I have no business running a major league baseball team. Full disclosure: My moves tend to favor the Rangers and usually laughed at by fans. It’s the offseason and free agency has begun. Teams can also start dealing players. So, let’s have some fun. Move 1 …
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 …
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 …
