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A New Formula Yields a Staple at Second?
Young. Hapless. In over his head. Disappointing. All of these adjectives were used to describe the start of the 2015 season by the Rangers’ second baseman Rougned Odor. Coming in to this season, both...
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It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Hambone
Speculation. That’s the main thing that enveloped Ranger Nation on and around April 27th, when Josh Hamilton was traded back to Arlington from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for not much more than a...
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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 ArticleRookie of the Year? Delino is making his case
As the season winds down, individual player awards start to make their way into everyday discussions. Most Valuable Players, Cy Youngs and everything in between are suddenly ripe for debate. However,...
View ArticleJon Daniels Top 5 Moves
When Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels took over for predecessor John Hart in 2005 as a mere 28-year-old, the Rangers were coming off a 79 win season. Five of the Rangers 10 highest season win totals...
View ArticleHamilton’s Taillights Disappear Around the Bend
I celebrate my 35th birthday in one week. The older I get the more nostalgic I feel. I started thinking about my first car; a 1984 Ford truck. How hard I worked to get that thing going. The money I...
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In Limbo: What Can The Rangers Get From The DFA Bin?
Friday marked the deadline day when Major League clubs needed to make a decision on which players, that were not already on their 40-man roster, would be added to the 40-man to protect them from the...
View ArticleJon Daniels Talks About The Offseason
Today Jon Daniels, during a chat with the media, had plenty to say about the team and the offseason plans. He mentioned Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli, Elvis Andrus, talked about the catching situation,...
View ArticlePreaching Patience isn’t Popular
Some part of me gets it. You sat in your office chair, on your couch, in your car, listening to coverage, swiping down so Twitter would refresh, or hoping that Shutdown Inning’s Live Winter Meeting...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Let the Cowboy Ride Away
There aren’t many people who love Nolan Ryan more than I do. He not only embodies Texas baseball, but he embodies the whole Texas spirit. A Texas cattleman who was part sports legend and part western...
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The Adrian Beltre Dilemma
Adrian Beltre has been the face of the Texas Rangers for the past five seasons. His value to the organization has gone far beyond his on-field contributions, which have been outstanding to say the...
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The Great Sambino Boldly Predicts The 2016 Season
Let’s face it: We’re in the boring times of Spring Training. The excitement of first report has faded into the ether, and now we sit in the murky bouillabaisse of meaningless game after meaningless...
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Captain Consistency
Through the first 10 days of the season, we’ve started to recondition ourselves to deal with the ups and downs of the 162 game grind. We are reminded that patience is an absolute must and that you...
View ArticleWhy Extending Adrian Beltre Is Wrong
I like Adrian Beltre. I don’t like Adrian Beltre’s extension. That is the distilled essence of what you’re about to read. This is not an assault on Beltre himself. Beltre has been a fantastic Ranger...
View ArticleWinter Patience Paying Early Dividends
Two clichés to ponder: “Patience is a virtue.” “You can’t win the division in April, but you can lose it.” The first has most certainly come into play in being able to use the second. Several of the...
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On Colby Lewis, and His Place In Rangers History
“Colby Lewis, starting pitcher. A man barely baseball alive. Gentleman, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first bionic baseball player. Colby Lewis...
View ArticleOn Lewis Brinson and baseball’s biggest challenge
Question: What’s the hardest part of baseball? Make no mistake, baseball is difficult. We don’t appreciate often the difficulty of the game that 162 times a year our favorite professionals make look...
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RANGERS HALL OF FAME: MICHAEL YOUNG
When I first started writing here at SDI, I used a pen name – Aaron Mathews (Hank and Eddie, of course). At the time I thought I had good reasons for it but now, in hindsight, it just seems silly. So,...
View ArticleOn the Trade Block: Jurickson Profar
Jurickson Profar is finally producing for the Rangers. The former #1 prospect is posting an unsustainable yet eye-popping, .380/.392/.620 (.415 BABIP and 2% BB rate) line. His isolated power (ISO,...
View ArticleForgotten man: The state of first base for the Texas Rangers
The last few years, many Ranger related discussions focus on the infield. Questions like “Can Rougned Odor keep this up?” or “Should the Rangers have a quick hook on Elvis Andrus if Jurickson Profar...
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