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Texas Rangers OF Nelson Cruz Linked To PED’s. What if He is Suspended?

To Texas Ranger fans this off-season could be categorized as “disappointing” due to players like Josh Hamilton, and Mike Napoli leaving via free agency, Michael Young being traded away, and failing…Read More

The Texas Rangers’ Offense Comes Alive

Last week I wrote about how I believed that the extra inning comeback win against the Los Angeles Angels would end the Rangers’ two-month slump and catapult them into the playoffs.  While that prediction’s…Read More

Texas Rangers Mailbag: Yu Darvish, Ace? Rangers Struggle Through Grueling Schedule

This week’s question about the Texas Rangers asks about Japanese phenom Yu Darvish. Jason, Ft Worth, Tx: Yu Darvish had another solid start Wednesday, has he been good enough to be considered the…Read More

Does Ian Kinsler’s Contract Extension Make Josh Hamilton or Nelson Cruz the ‘Odd Man Out’?

The 2012 Texas Rangers have a problem that most teams in baseball would love to have, and it has to do with Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, and Nelson Cruz.  The Rangers are coming off back-to-back AL Championships,…Read More

Texas Rangers Hitting Not Living Up to Potential

The Rangers are referred to as a good hitting team. The Rangers are hitting .263, second to, and 13 percentage points, behind the best hitting team in the American League, the Boston Red Sox. However,…Read More

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Texas Rangers Need to Choose Between Endy Chavez or Julio Borbon

Ron Washington will soon have to make a difficult decision. What is he going to do when Julio Borbon…Read More

Luck on Rangers’ Side in Win over White Sox

Playing less than 12 hours after their previous game concluded against the Chicago White Sox due to a…Read More

Texas Ranger Offense Showing No Signs Of Life

The Rangers lost their third straight game Saturday night to Cliff Lee and the Phillies, 2-0, at Citizens…Read More

Links Around the Metroplex

Dirk Nowitzki has been criticized from a lot of different angles in his career. From ‘soft’…Read More

Texas Rangers Stat of the Day: The Power Game

The Texas Rangers currently rank second in the American League and fourth in the entire Major Leagues…Read More

The Sabermetrics of Texas Rangers’ Plate Discipline

The Texas Rangers offense is lacking the same type of plate discipline that they had in 2010. In this…Read More

Rangers Approach Key Series, Kinsler’s Bad Luck

A strong consensus at the beginning of the season was that the Los Angeles Angels were merely average…Read More

Rangers Plenty Good Enough without Cruz and Hamilton

The notion that the Texas Rangers offense is now weak and filled with easy outs (since Nelson Cruz has…Read More

Rangers Need Offense But Aren’t Getting It

Texas’ 12-5 loss to New York Sunday afternoon was a perfect example of what kind of team the Rangers…Read More

Texas Rangers lose 4-1 to Los Angeles Angels, Drop Series

A few thoughts on Texas’ 4-1 loss to the Angels Wednesday night: -Another solid outing by Matt…Read More

Friday: Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles, 6:05 p.m.

Friday Pitching Matchup RHP Colby Lewis (1-0, 4.50 ERA) vs. LHP Zach Brittain (1-0, 1.50 ERA) Stark contrast…Read More

Friday: Red Sox at Rangers, 3:05 CT

The Rangers will host the Red Sox Friday afternoon in their season opener. First pitch is scheduled for…Read More

Projecting the Texas Rangers’ Opening Day Lineup

As the Rangers wrap up spring training this week let’s take a quick look at my projected starting…Read More

What to do with David Murphy

Ranger outfielder David Murphy recently expressed his wish to become an everyday part of the Texas lineup…Read More

The Month of March- Rangers Edition

Baseball in March only means one thing… Spring Training. You wouldn’t think the reigning American…Read More