Chris Davis vs Mitch Moreland: Settling The Debate
**ORIGINAL POSTED DATE 8/24/12** This week the Baltimore Orioles paid a visit to Texas and, as always, a debate began on Twitter as to who was the better first baseman: Chris Davis or Mitch Moreland? A...
View ArticleMike Olt Strikes Out
He is highly valued by the Texas Rangers front office. Next to Jurickson Profar he is considered to be “untouchable” as far as prospects go. His highest worth is at third base, but he is currently...
View ArticleThe Past, Present, and Future Of First Base
First base is a position that has garnered a lot of attention in the past few seasons. Will Clark & Rafael Palmeiro each had the position covered from 1994-2003, and more than adequately I might...
View ArticleAll Me Exes
The offseason saw the departure of Ranger greats Michael Young, Mike Napoli, Josh Hamilton and the bearded one (Scott Feldman) among others. This season, we have painfully watched Chris Davis become...
View ArticleFormer Rangers Greats
With the season half over and the All-Star break a week away, it seems like as good a time as any to see how some of our ol’ favorites are doing in their new digs. Let’s start with one of the greatest...
View ArticleWho Is On First?
Back in May, I wrote an article about some of the Rangers’ problems and how Moreland wasn’t one of them. As of May 15, Mitch was hitting .290/.344/.565 and well on his way to being a solid regular...
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Evaluating The Jon Daniels Trade Deadline Deals
It happens around this time every year. The Hot Stove is fired up, rumors are swirling and fans are sitting on edge hoping their team makes the right move. Here in D/FW, fans are waiting until they can...
View ArticleQualifying Offers Part 2: Rangers Targets
Yesterday, on Qualifying Offers Part 1, we went over what a Qualifying Offer is, what the consequences are for teams that offer and sign Qualifying Offer eligible players, and who on the Texas Rangers...
View Article2016 Position Preview – First Base
The countdown to Spring Training rolls on, as we take a look at “the other” Hot Corner – First Base. It’s been said (by someone…somewhere…) that if someone can’t field, hide ’em at First Base. Maybe...
View ArticlePower, strikeouts, and misconceptions: The Joey Gallo comps
When the Rangers called up Joey Gallo on Tuesday, scores of Rangers fans rejoiced. For a team struggling to generate offense post All Star break, seeing Gallo’s name in the lineup was a momentary...
View ArticleThe Texas Rangers All-Traded Team
How many times have you been watching a baseball game on picture box or listening to a game on the sound machine and say to yourself, hey that’s a former Rangers great! Boy, there have been some great...
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The Texas Rangers Drafts Are A Problem
The Texas Rangers have been a very good baseball team for all but one injury-plagued year since 2010. They have been run very successfully by their front office and built on the backs of one of the...
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