Lone Star Ball Feb 17, 2020
2020 ZiPS Over/Under Poll: Nick Solak
Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Do you think Nick Solak will post an OPS over or under the 786 OPS that ZiPS projects for him? It is that time of year again...time for the ZiPS over/under polls for the Texas Rangers. In case you are new or have forgotten, every year, once the ZiPS projections come out, we do daily polls asking whether you think whatever Ranger we picked for that day will put up an OPS (for position players) or ERA (for pitchers) over or under what ZiPS projects. We are starting out the polls today with Nick Solak — I wanted to lead off with someone...
Lone Star Ball Feb 3, 2020
Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports I believe it is customary to say: “It’s now baseball season” Good morning. T.R. Sullivan writes about the journey to the big leagues for brothers Tyler and Scott Heineman. Patrick Conn writes that Rougned Odor won’t have as long of a leash if he struggles early in 2020 with Nick Solak looking for an everyday opportunity. Will Leitch ranks the 30 expected Opening Day starters around the league with Mike Minor in the top ten. Matt Kelly takes a look at the players who have the current longest tenure with one team with Elvis Andrus having spanned a...
Lone Star Ball Jan 27, 2020
LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — Final Results
Photo by Buck Davidson/MLB Photos via We have the top 35 (or 36) prospects in the Rangers system Congratulations to A.J. Alexy and J.P. Martinez, who each had exactly 40 votes and exactly 21% of the vote on Friday. Since I planned on ending the voting after 35, rather than doing a runoff, I’m calling this a tie for the #35 spot in the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings. Here’s the final results: 1 — Leody Taveras 2 — Josh Jung 3 — Nick Solak 4 — Hans Crouse 5 — Sam Huff 6 — Sherten Apostel 7 — Joe Palumbo 8 — Kolby Allard 9 — Cole Winn 10 — Brock Burke 11...
Lone Star Ball Jan 24, 2020
LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #35
Congratulations to Cole Ragans, who has won the voting to be named the #34 prospect in the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings... Congratulations to Cole Ragans, who led the voting to be named the #34 prospect in the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings... Our list so far: 1 — Leody Taveras 2 — Josh Jung 3 — Nick Solak 4 — Hans Crouse 5 — Sam Huff 6 — Sherten Apostel 7 — Joe Palumbo 8 — Kolby Allard 9 — Cole Winn 10 — Brock Burke 11 — Bubba Thompson 12 — Taylor Hearn 13 — Steele Walker 14 — Davis Wendzel 15 — David Garcia 16 — Ricky Vanasco 17 —...
Lone Star Ball Jan 23, 2020
LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #34
Photo by Dianne Manson/ Congratulations to John King, who has won the voting to be named the #33 prospect in the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings... Congratulations to John King, who led the voting to be named the #33 prospect in the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings... Our list so far: 1 — Leody Taveras 2 — Josh Jung 3 — Nick Solak 4 — Hans Crouse 5 — Sam Huff 6 — Sherten Apostel 7 — Joe Palumbo 8 — Kolby Allard 9 — Cole Winn 10 — Brock Burke 11 — Bubba Thompson 12 — Taylor Hearn 13 — Steele Walker 14 — Davis Wendzel 15 — David Garcia 16...
Lone Star Ball Jan 22, 2020
LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings — #33
Photo by Cooper Neill/MLB Photos via Congratulations to Kyle Cody, who has won the voting to be named the #31 prospect in the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings... Congratulations to Kyle Cody, who won the runoff against Keithron Moss be named the #31 prospect in the LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings... Our list so far: 1 — Leody Taveras 2 — Josh Jung 3 — Nick Solak 4 — Hans Crouse 5 — Sam Huff 6 — Sherten Apostel 7 — Joe Palumbo 8 — Kolby Allard 9 — Cole Winn 10 — Brock Burke 11 — Bubba Thompson 12 — Taylor Hearn 13 — Steele Walker 14 — Davis...
