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, …
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 …
First of all, this is not a part of The Recliner Monologues. I am no longer playing fantasy GM in my lizard brain. Now, we are going to look at rumors and ideas to improve the second-place Texas Rangers. Ideas that could help a team capable of the playoffs, reach them and make noise. In order to do this, you …
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 …
Disclaimer: I am a huge conspiracy theorist when it comes to baseball and trades. I study every transaction and try to work up crazy trade theories in my weird lizard brain. In honor of today being a normal trade deadline day, my cranium started plotting some moves the Ranger just made. First let’s study the facts that surround trading players …
The Rangers made their splash during the offseason adding Corey Kluber, Jordan Lyles, and Kyle Gibson to the rotation. However, it’s the offense that has caught the attention of baseball fans. Over the first 5 games, the Rangers have a grand total of 13 runs, leaving Ranger fans shaking their heads after watching the team go 2-3. In the first …
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 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 …
Baseball is getting closer and closer by the minute, as the Rangers begin to prepare for their opening day on July 24th against the Colorado Rockies. In preparation for the new restart of the season, the Rangers have taken to some of their own personal intrasquad games. These games serve as a scrimmage and allow players to stay ready while …
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 …
