The Cold Wire on Texas Rangers

Rangers Set To Call Up Top MLB Prospect

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers are one pitcher away from fielding an entire starting rotation on the injured list. As of Tuesday, they have Cody Bradford, Tyler Mahle, Max Scherzer, and Jacob deGrom on the shelf. Nathan Eovaldi (2.92 ERA) has been his usual reliable self, but outside of Michael Lorenzen a...

Rangers Insider Reveals Latest Josh Jung Update

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers received some bad news when Josh Jung had to depart Monday's game after suffering an injury when he swung and missed a pitch. He was subsequently placed on the injured list, and the Rangers called up top prospect Justin Foscue to replace him. More details on the procedure an...

Rangers Insider Shares Corey Seager Opening Day Update

Jarrett Prendergast • 2 years ago   The defending champion Texas Rangers are hoping for similar success in 2024. They will bring back most of their roster and even added some reinforcements. One player the Rangers need to stay healthy to compete for another World Series is shortstop Corey Seager. He is an often-injured player,...

Top Rangers Prospect Is Having A Spring To Remember

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   During last year's MLB Draft, everybody assumed Dylan Crews would be the first pick until the Pittsburgh Pirates, prioritizing their pitching needs, went ahead and took Paul Skenes with the No. 1 selection. The Washington Nationals took Crews after that. The fourth pick, Wyatt Langford, is ha...

Rangers Show Off Special New Uniforms

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers won the first World Series in franchise history last year, taking an exciting matchup against the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games. To celebrate their "golden" moment in history, the team released some cool new uniforms. "The Rangers have unveiled their World Series commem...

Rangers Reveal First Lineup Of 2024

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers are the reigning World Series champions. Against all odds and despite Jacob deGrom being out for most of the season and Corey Seager losing significant playing time due to injury, they were able to overcome all obstacles and lift, for the first time in franchise history, the...

Fans React To Today's Adolis Garcia News

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers and star slugger Adolis Garcia appeared headed toward an arbitration meeting. Those can get really ugly and, as we saw with the Milwaukee Brewers and Corbin Burnes, can end up being detrimental. Fortunately, for the parties involved, there was another way of avoiding the hea...

Adolis Garcia, Rangers Come To A Full Resolution

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers and outfielder Adolis Garcia were set to have an arbitration hearing after not being able to agree on his 2024 salary. That would have been a mistake by the Rangers: Garcia was one of their most important players in their 2023 World Series run, and risking ruining their rela...

Insider Reveals Latest Adolis Garcia Update

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   Adolis Garcia was one of the single most important players in the Texas Rangers' World Series run. He hit 39 home runs in the regular season with a 124 wRC+ and 4.8 fWAR, and he scored 108 runs and drove in 107. Even defensive numbers liked him. Then, in the postseason, he turned into a monst...

Rangers Make Thrilling Adrian Beltre Announcement

Jarrett Prendergast • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers have to be having the best offseason of any MLB team. But, it is not because of the moves they made to improve their team. Rather, it is due to what they are celebrating this offseason. The Rangers won their first World Series this past season and that puts them at the pinna...

Corey Seager Tops Prominent 2024 Fan-Voted List

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   MLB Network has been urging fans to share their votes for an important project: determining the top-ten players right now at each position. It's a fun offseason exercise, and it keeps fans involved and exchanging opinions and points of view on certain players. Next up is the shortstop positio...

Rangers Add Intriguing Reliever On Low-Risk Deal

Andres Chavez • 2 years ago   The Texas Rangers were crowned World Series champions just a couple of months ago. That doesn't mean, however, that they don't have to improve their roster or try to find low-risk alternatives to shore up their depth. With that in mind, they executed a potentially important transaction with m...

Rangers Add To A Great 2023 With Long List Of Player Honors

Jarrett Prendergast • 3 years ago   The Texas Rangers had the most memorable year in their franchise history this past season. Everything they have built over the years resulted in them winning the World Series for the first time. One reason for their success is that their players are very good. They have done a great job in fr...

Rangers Insider Reveals Initial Injury Plan With Max Scherzer

Jarrett Prendergast • 3 years ago   The defending champion Texas Rangers got some unfortunate news on Friday. After winning the World Series, this offseason was supposed to be joyful for the Rangers. But they just lost one of their top starting pitchers for a large portion of next season. Max Scherzer underwent surgery for a he...

Insider Details Tyler Mahle's Deal With The Rangers

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   The Texas Rangers won the 2023 World Series in spectacular fashion, led by an incredible offense. The pitching was good enough to complement the highly productive lineup, even if they couldn't quite enjoy Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer for much of the season. They lost Jordan Montgomery to fre...

Fans React To Latest Max Scherzer Injury News

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   Max Scherzer is a supremely talented and accomplished pitcher. He will likely have a spot in Cooperstown when all is said and done. However, he is 39. That means he doesn't have the same durability as he used to have. He hasn't surpassed 200 innings since 2018. That's part because teams try t...

Rangers Reveal Crushing Max Scherzer Update

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   In MLB, the most competitive league in the world, it's a bit unusual to watch pitchers near or over 40 years old dominate and make it through the whole year healthy. The New York Mets learned that the hard way in the last couple of seasons. Now, the Texas Rangers are experiencing the same. Th...

Marcus Semien Set An Ironman Mark In 2023

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   In the 2021-22 MLB offseason - the one with the ugly lockout that threatened the 2022 campaign - the Texas Rangers made a statement. They spent $500 million on just two players: Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. Seager got $325 million and Semien got $175 million. Lots of people criticized the...

Texas Gets Ready To Celebrate Rangers Title With Parade

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   The Texas Rangers did it: after playing in MLB under that name since 1972, the franchise finally won its first World Series title. They got the best of the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games to lift the trophy. The city of Texas has been celebrating ever since: players had their time at Chase...

Video Highlights Rangers' Magical Run To First Title

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   The final results of the 2023 MLB World Series might not look like it, but the matchup was actually close. Yes, the Texas Rangers won 4-1 and took home their first World Series title against the Arizona Diamondbacks, but the latter were two outs away from winning Game 1 until Corey Seager tie...

Rangers Pitcher Completes Unlikely Three-Peat

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   Will Smith's MLB career has taken him to unexpected places. It's normal for a baseball player to travel a lot, get traded, and start over in a new city. Well, it's probably not normal, but it's part of the job description. In Smith's case, he has been fortunate enough to play for not one or t...

Corey Seager Has Joined A Legendary MLB Club

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   The Texas Rangers won it all: with five late runs, they defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-0, in Game 5 of the 2023 World Series on Wednesday, lifting the trophy for the first time in franchise history. They ended up taking the series 4-1, winning three of them at Chase Field in Arizona. Of...

Video Shows Rangers Fans Celebrating A Long-Awaited Title

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   The Texas Rangers lost 102 games in 2021 and 94 last year. Yes, they made sizable investments in the last two offseasons and were supposed to be much better in 2023. World Series champions? That was probably too optimistic in the minds of most. But here we are, with the Rangers celebrating th...

Rangers Made Rare World Series History In Blowout Win

Andres Chavez • 3 years ago   The Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks didn't score any runs during the first inning of Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday. By the end of the third frame, however, the Rangers were up 10-0. 10-0! That's how explosive this lineup is. Texas scored five times in the second frame and f...