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Why the Rangers will not trade Jurickson Profar

Speculation-based posts aren’t my usual cup of tea, but I think that this speculated topic has some legitimate merit worth exploring. As you very well know by now, Jurickson Profar, the 20-year old,…Read More

The Rangers Are 22-13

- The Rangers trailed 2-1 when Nelson Cruz did this (Drew Sheppard). Damn. - Tied 2-2 heading into the 7th inning, Jeff Baker scraped home run about 4 feet beyond the right-field wall, which gave the…Read More

Yu Darvish Is A God Amongst Men

Yu Darvish, your master Here is what I wrote about Yu Darvish on January 23rd: Dan Symborski, who every year runs his ZIPS projection system, has Darvish at 193.0 IP, with 226 K’s, 86 BB’s, an ERA…Read More

Elvis Andrus, Ranger For (At Least Most Of His) Life

According to sources (per everywhere), the Rangers and SS Elvis Andrus are apparently close to an 8-year, $120 million extension, though it’s unclear whether Texas would shred his current deal —…Read More

Comprehensive 2013 AL West Projections

In 2012, the AL West was expected to primarily be a dog fight between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels. The Rangers were coming off of their second consecutive trip to the World Series and…Read More

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Rangers Upper Management Changes are Good News and Bad News

So it came down Friday. Jon Daniels got a promotion and is now President of baseball operations and General…Read More

Two Days In The Desert

Last weekend I went to Arizona to see the Rangers. Here’s what happened: The Prelude On Friday…Read More

Elvis Andrus Speaks To Richard Durrett

– Richard Durrett shoots the shit with Mike Olt, and gets in-depth with Elvis Andrus in their one-on-one. Basically,…Read More

The Puzzling Logic of the Kinsler Extension

In April of 2012, the Rangers and Ian Kinsler agreed to a 5-year contract extension worth $75MM, with…Read More

Questions Abound as the 2013 Texas Rangers Begin

After one of the oddest off seasons in recent memory, there are many questions surrounding the 2013 version…Read More

30 Rangers In 30 Days: Elvis Andrus

NFL teams tend to draft proven collegiate talent with high upside. The first 14 lottery selections in…Read More

Mike Napoli Will be Missed for More Than His Bat

I knew that we had been in on Mike Napoli when his original deal with the Red Sox fell apart. (3 year,…Read More

Does Ian Kinsler Have a Good Excuse for 2012?

Nobody knows how serious the Rangers were about Ian Kinsler moving to first base. Prior to this off-season…Read More

The Perception Of Ian Kinsler

I’m looking forward to the infusion of Ian Kinsler hate that I expect to flood in over the next…Read More

Searching For A Reason

If you believe everything the media tells you, then apparently Jon Daniels and the Rangers Front Office…Read More

Rangers Sign Berkman For One Year, $11M

Whether due to the silent calm of inactivity, or the potential that he is indeed a difference maker,…Read More

What a Long Strange Rangers Off Season….So Far

I know it’s not over yet, but this has been one of the strangest since the days of John Hart and Tom…Read More

Cliff Lee Trade Still Makes Sense

Last summer, while it never came to a roar, there was quite a bit of buzz about the Rangers possibly…Read More

Late Season Texas Rangers Collapse Runs Through Off Season

I wasn’t an active blogger before the spring of 2012. I had a blog where I would rant about sports,…Read More

The Dominos Fell on the Texas Rangers

Nobody loves a good conspiracy theory more than me.  Baseball is famous for its collusion, umm excuse…Read More