SportsDay Aug 21, 2019
Will the Rangers go to a six-man rotation before the 2019 season comes to a close?
ARLINGTON -- Chris Woodward said the Rangers could use a six-man rotation at some point in the final five weeks of the season, meaning veteran rotation stalwarts Mike Minor and Lance Lynn could miss a turn through the rotation in favor of younger pitchers."[Lynn] wants to see some of our guys pitch," Woodward said. "He's still got two more years invested here. He wants to win. ... He's invested in the team probably more than anybody."-- Brock Burke, who threw six shutout innings in his major-league debut on Tuesday, will remain in the Rangers rotation and start Sunday at the White Sox.Roster...
Lone Star Ball Aug 21, 2019
Game 128 Game Day Thread - Anaheim Angels @ Texas Rangers
Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Old man Minor will try to lead the young Rangers to a series win against Anaheim Anaheim Angels @ Texas Rangers Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 6:05 PM CT The Ballpark LHP Patrick Sandoval vs. LHP Mike Minor Today's Lineups ANGELS RANGERS David Fletcher - 3B Shin-Soo Choo - RF Mike Trout - DH Danny Santana - 1B Justin Upton - LF Elvis Andrus - SS Kole Calhoun - RF Hunter Pence - DH Albert Pujols - 1B Willie Calhoun - LF Brian Goodwin - CF Nick Solak - 2B Luis Rengifo - 2B Logan Forsythe - 3B Wilfredo Tovar - SS Delino DeShields -...
Lone Star Ball Aug 21, 2019
Texas Rangers lineup for August 21, 2019
Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports Nick Solak is back in the starting lineup again, and Rougned Odor is sitting Texas Rangers lineup for August 21, 2019 against the Anaheim Angels: starting pitchers are Mike Minor for the Rangers and Patrick Sandoval for the Angels. Hey, its Nick Solak at second base today while Rougned Odor sits! I bet no one will have anything to say about that... Choo — RF Santana — 1B Elvis — SS Pence — DH Calhoun — LF Solak — 2B Forsythe — 3B DeShields — CF Mathis — C
SportsDay Aug 19, 2019
Why the Rangers may have too many left-handers vying for spots in their 2020 starting rotation
ARLINGTON â” The Rangers this week begin the process of vetting possible 2020 starting rotation candidates in earnest.On this, they face the same question they do when it comes to their lineup: Are there too many left-handers?The Rangers began a four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels Monday in which all four scheduled starters are lefties. Only Mike Minor, who will start the series finale, is guaranteed of a 2020 spot (and that’s provided the Rangers don’t trade him this offseason). Monday starter Kolby Allard, along with Brock Burke and Joe Palumbo, the scheduled starters for...
Lone Star Ball Aug 18, 2019
Kolby Allard, Brock Burke, Joe Palumbo start next three
Photo by Vaughn Ridley/ The Rangers are rolling out their lefty rookie starters for the first three games of the Angels series The Texas Rangers play four games in three days against the Los Angeles Angels to start this coming week, and rookie lefthanders Kolby Allard, Brock Burke and Joe Palumbo will start the first three of those games, with Mike Minor starting the series finale on Wednesday. I think this has been anticipated, but the Rangers made it official today, saying Burke would make his major league debut in Game 1 of the doubleheader, and Joe Palumbo will pitch Game 2 of the...
SportsDay Aug 17, 2019
Mike Minor gives up a pair of home runs as Rangers lose to Twins , 4-3
Rangers starter Mike Minor allowed two rare home runs at Globe Life Park.It was enough for the Twins to capitalize in a 4-3 victory. Jonathan Schoop launched a two-run homer to left field with one out in the seventh to put the Twins ahead to stay. In the sixth, Nomar Mazara's double to the wall had scored Shin-Soo Choo and Willie Calhoun to briefly give the Rangers a 3-2 lead. Minor (11-7) also allowed a fourth-inning home run to Max Kepler after Jorge Polanco reached when Rougned Odor dropped a pop-up for an error. Woodward and Minor each noted the swirling winds out to right in the...
Lone Star Ball Aug 16, 2019
60-62 - The Big Chill stays frosty but Rangers fall to Twins 4-3
Photo by Tom Pennington/ Texas could never get that big hit in the end to finish off the late rallies Mike Minor hadn’t allowed a run this month until giving up a two-run homer to Mitch Garver one pitch after a Rougned Odor error in the top of the fourth inning in tonight’s 4-3 loss to the Twins. Since the Texas Rangers had scored a total of two runs for Minor in his starts this month, one could have assumed this game could just be chalked up as a loss right then and there. However, the Rangers scored a run in the bottom of the inning and then took a one-run lead in the sixth with...
Lone Star Ball Aug 16, 2019
Game 122 Game Day Thread - Minnesota Twins @ Texas Rangers
Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Featuring Mr. August Mike Minor Minnesota Twins @ Texas Rangers Friday, August 16, 2019, 7:05 PM CT The Ballpark RHP Jake Odorizzi vs. LHP Mike Minor Today's Lineups TWINS RANGERS Mitch Garver - C Shin-Soo Choo - DH Luis Arraez - LF Danny Santana - 1B Jorge Polanco - DH Elvis Andrus - SS Miguel Sano - 3B Willie Calhoun - LF Max Kepler - CF Nomar Mazara - RF C.J. Cron - 1B Rougned Odor - 2B Marwin Gonzalez - RF Delino DeShields - CF Jonathan Schoop - 2B Isiah Kiner-Falefa - 3B Ehire Adrianza - SS Jeff Mathis - C Go Rangers!
Lone Star Ball Aug 16, 2019
Texas Rangers lineup for August 16, 2019
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Game two of the Rangers series at home against the Twins has Mike Minor on the mound Texas Rangers lineup for August 16, 2019 against the Minnesota Twins: starting pitchers are Mike Minor for the Rangers and Jake Odorizzi for the Twins. Well, yesterday was bad, but today will be better, right? Starting lineup: Choo — DH Santana — 1B Elvis — SS Calhoun — LF Mazara —RF Odor — 2B DeShields —CF IKF — 3B Mathis — C
Lone Star Ball Aug 13, 2019
59-60 - Road trip from hell continued for Rangers with 3-0 loss to Blue Jays
Photo by Vaughn Ridley/ Texas is back below .500 The worst crime the 2019 Texas Rangers can commit is being is boring to watch and that’s pretty much exactly what they’ve been since they began this road trip and decided scoring runs was not going to be a part of our lives anymore. Tonight, the Rangers scored zero runs. In the eight games so far on this nine-game trip, the Rangers have scored a total of 14 runs for an average of 1.75 runs per game. They’ve actually managed two wins on this road trip, two games they won by the score of 1-0 with Mike Minor on the mound being the...
Lone Star Ball Aug 12, 2019
Texas Rangers Week 20 Recap: Two Minor Wins
Photo by Dylan Buell/ Mike Minor was awesome this week. The offense though? Not so much... Season record: 59-58 Week 20 record: 2-4 Series record: 15-13, 10 splits The Texas Rangers had just two wins this week. Both were 1-0 scores. Both had Mike Minor has the starting pitcher. Both included Jose Leclerc saves. It was a very weird week for the Rangers as far as offense goes. The entire Cleveland series was low scoring and it felt like it had been a while since we had seen the Rangers have such a low scoring game, much less three games in a row in one series. The Rangers were outscored...
Lone Star Ball Aug 12, 2019
Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update
Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Where we laugh at contenders for not having Mike Minor Good morning. T.R. Sullivan writes about Mike Minor shoving on Sunday just in time to show teams in contention the big mistake they made. Stefan Stevenson reacts to the win and Minor getting back into the groove in August after a rough July. Evan Grant writes that the Rangers should look to extend Minor’s contract now that he hasn’t been traded and he has shown that he can bounce back from struggles. Levi Weaver looks into how Minor was able to turn things around and the story isn’t as simple...
SportsDay Aug 11, 2019
Rangers starter Mike Minor dominates Brewers in win with eight shutout innings
MILWAUKEE -- Mike Minor struck out 11 in eight innings, and the Texas Rangers beat Jordan Lyles and the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.Minor (11-6) allowed four hits and walked one. José Leclerc finished the four-hitter for his eighth save, securing Texas' second win in in six games.Milwaukee star Christian Yelich missed his fifth straight start due to back stiffness, but the reigning NL MVP batted for reliever Alex Claudio in the eighth. The sold-out crowd of 44,411 greeted Yelich with M-V-P chants but the slugger struck out on a 92-mph offering from Minor.Isiah...
Lone Star Ball Aug 11, 2019
59-58 - Minor shows ‘em what they’re missing in 1-0 interleague finale win for Rangers
Photo by Dylan Buell/ The Rangers end the losing streak and get the heck out of the National League with a finale win How bad is National League baseball? Jeff Mathis, the worst hitter of this decade, was intentionally allowed to reach base freely in a key situation forcing Mike Minor to bat. I can’t believe the sport survived a hundred years with that league’s rules. Nevertheless, the Rangers are finished with NL style baseball for the rest of the decade and they leave the Senior Circuit in true NL-style with a 1-0 victory! The one run, of course, coming on a real thinking-man’s...
Lone Star Ball Aug 11, 2019
Game 117 Game Day Thread - Texas Rangers @ Milwaukee Brewers
Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via The Rangers turn to Mike Minor to avoid a sweep Texas Rangers @ Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, August 11, 2019, 1:10 PM CT Miller Park LHP Mike Minor vs. RHP Jordan Lyles Today's Lineups RANGERS BREWERS Shin-Soo Choo - RF Lorenzo Cain - CF Danny Santana - 1B Keston Hiura - 2B Elvis Andrus - SS Mike Moustakas - 3B Willie Calhoun - LF Ryan Braun - LF Rougned Odor - 2B Yasmani Grandal - 1B Delino DeShields - CF Manny Pina - C Isiah Kiner-Falefa - 3B Trent Grisham - RF Jeff Mathis - C Hernan Perez - SS Mike Minor - LHP Jordan...
