Major League Baseball announced that left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn was named the Texas Rangers 2022 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Capital One, baseball’s most prestigious individual honor for Major Leaguers. The Roberto Clemente Award presented by Capital One is the annual recognition of a Major League player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, …

The Texas Rangers split a double header with the Yankees on Sunday in part thanks to great pitching. Dane Dunning was rock solid in game 1, which the Rangers wound up losing 2-1. Dunning went 6 innings, giving up one run on two hits with 5 k’s. John King gave up the walk-off home run in the ninth for the …

Texas Rangers fans are having trouble seeing positives at the moment. I mean, who can blame them really? The team is 2-7, the team ERA is 6.19, last in all of the MLB. The bullpen has been nothing short of embarrassing. However, there are some positives that we can look at as a fanbase. Enjoy my “glass half full” look …

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 …

The Texas Rangers have 11 starting pitchers on their 40 man roster who have big league experience. They also have 2 non roster invitees who have starting experience. There is also a group of young starting pitchers who have never made to the big leagues that are in camp. The competition for the rotation could be an interesting one to …

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 …

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 …

Every once in a while I want to know what everyone else is thinking. I figured I would open things up to you. Let’s do a Q&A from Twitter or Facebook. Let’s get after it. Ben Ponce (Twitter): Anyone getting called up for the starting rotation? The Recliner Nerd (TRN): As it stands right now, yes. The Winter Meetings begin this Sunday …

Dallas Sports Nation had a TOP 20  countdown before spring training began in Surprise Arizona. As we approach midway through the season, there are adjustments that need to be made. Injuries have caused many top prospects to fall off the preseason list. They are still considered top talent. However, the rise of healthy players has caused major changes to the DSN list. Many who have jumped past others …

It is time for our weekly Minor League Update. Every week I will be giving a rundown of the top performers in the Texas Rangers organization, along with the results for Dallas Sports Nation Top 20 Prospects. This week we look at the results from April 18 thru 24… DSN TOP 20 LIST 1. Hans Crouse Crouse is a RHP …