First Pitch 6:30pm on ESPN
Let's Go Rangers

Repeat!!

I hope they are on something other than Ballys.


It’s opening day and I have no games on YouTube tv right now. Ridiculous

We've got my son's high school baseball game this evening, but I'm recording it. Was initially looking at tickets 2 weeks ago when the get-in price for seats (not SRO) was about $275. Just for grins, checked all the sites this morning and the get-in price was over $500. Rangers fever is at an all time high.

Go Rangers.
I cant believe Carter isnt batting leadoff. Where did we find this manager???
We have HS game tonight also.

Should be a good one! Steele vs Eovaldi.
What shocks me is the lack respect the media and odds makers give the Rangers. Not even projected to win the division this year. We need to rub that in everyone's nose and go back-to-back!

Just dropped the WS banner. Pretty Special Day !!! Lots of tears in the crowd

Nice

Rangers for the win in extra innings. Jonah Heim cleaned up his mess.

Yea, bad call by ump, should have been reviewable on a play at the plate. Glad it worked out for him though.

Since I don't have, and won't pay for Bally Sports, probably one of the few games I'll get to see this year.

Me too. I ain’t paying 20 bucks a month for Ballys. I may in October.

Yep. Heck of a game.

I dont think I can take 161 more games like this one.

GO RANGERS

Undefeated after two.
Go Rangers!

Team sure looks stout.. Back 2 back baby.

They do look good. Hopefully the guys can stay healthy get off to a real good start.

Love my little Rangers.

Astros 0-3 to start the year.

Go Rangers!

Man, the 8th inning was like batting practice. Great start to the season.

Damn, its fun to win.

👍👍

I saw those rings...... pretty cool.

well, dang it!! I guess we aren't going undefeated this year.

161-1…..

Astros 0-4.

We still have a bullpen issue it seems. The way the offense came back and tied it, if our bullpen had held that you feel good about our offense. Overall the bullpen looks much improved but I worry about LeClerc, he has allowed a lot of runners so far. Not what you want in your "closer".

Astros still occupy space in Ranger fans heads.

Likely. Only game I went to last year was when they swept us at home. Wasnt fun. World Series should heal many old wounds though...

Dane Dunning is dealing

And….Mad Max is getting closer.

Mid/late May could be a date.

That’d be good….

Actually, it's funny to see now because of all the bragging over the last 6-8 years and all the denials of cheating. The Astros finally won a game this year.

Jung out 6-8 weeks with a broken wrist. Not optimal.

hes got some bad luck

never fails

Guy is snake bit. Luckily for the Rangers we're knee deep in talent right now. Duran can pick up the slack at 3rd just like last year when Josh got hurt.

We might even see Foscue some. Luckily they have plenty of options and when he went down last year the offense kept going. Taveras is the one I worry about, he needs to get going or he many find himself without a spot. Jankowski hitting better than him at this point and we have plenty of OF help now.

That's how baseball go...

No team gets to the end of 162 without injuries.

What's the deal with the Rangers, guys named Josh that play for them, and injuries?

I'd change my name if I were him and wanted to stay in Arlington.

I see where you're goin with this. I like it

Yeah but those Josh guys are to the moon in talent

A big part of the Rangers success last year was the bench. We'll be fine.

Offense sputtered without him. Hopefully Garcia can get going. He may hit 45 homeruns and bat .190 this year. Carter is absolutely a stud. Has 0 hits and has an on base % of .380 and leads the team in runs scored. Really need him to start hitting.

I saw Foscue at Spring Training while in Arizona. He looked pretty good, but certainly won't produce the way Jung did. He's versatile and can play multiple positions, so can fill in at 2nd and 1st, as well. Just a lot on injury concerns coming out of the gate already. Can't sustain too many more.

how the heck does a MLB player drop a simple fly ball? I saw the replay; he was lost from the crack of the bat.

Oh well, game is starting now on BSSW

GO RANGERS

I didn't get to watch it, but I had ESPN Gamecast up today. Strong scoreless 7 innings from Eovaldi and the Rangers got 3 insurance runs in the top of the 9th to build a 4-0 lead. Good thing they did, because LeClerc was shaky again today, but ended up with a 4-1 win. Nice to take the first 2 series against good teams. Next up, Houston starting on Friday.

Jung's timeline now 8-10 Eovaldi was dealing today

Wow! That's stinks. I hadn't heard that revised timeline. That's looking at mid-June.

It seems most of the Rangers injury timelines are way short of reality. Nathaniel Lowe was expected to be back by now, but obviously he's not. I read from a guy on X named Stefan Stevenson that "he's now taking grounders at 1B. He said he's been hitting off tee and soft toss and hopes to start taking real swings soon." So that tells me he's probably another 2 weeks out. The intial projection was 3-4 weeks, but it will more likely be 6.

Same for the DeGrom, Scherzer, Jung, Seager, etc injuries last year. All of the initial estimates were understated if I recall. Hell, they thought DeGrom would be back by the end of June last year before shutting him down Tommy John.

Sure do like Dave Robertson in the pen, for a mid 30s dude that has been very good most of his career, he can still bring it, 95-96mph and just knows how to spin it. I forsee him as the closer instead of setup guy that he is now, especially if Leclerc keeps struggling.

Actually only 6 days shy of 39 yo, what a great pickup

Le Clerc is a bigger issue than injuries.

Looks like LeClerc is working himself into a 6th/7th inning guy. With Yates/Robertson/Sborz following him. I get it’s three games, but it looks a lot like the beginning of last season. His velocity is better, but the ability to find his location is not.

Texan born, Nathan Eovaldi of Houston has clearly established himself as thevRanger's #1, hopefully Okie born, Jon Gray can turn his fortunes around and secure #2, has too good of stuff to be struggling around like he can....Go Rangers....

Exactly. Wild misses and cookies, the only things he has right now.

I think until we get some guys back Gray is the key, he can look like an Ace and the next day look like a barely serviceable A pitcher. He has to be consistent all year until some guys get back. Heaney, Bradford, and Dunning looked good. Heaney is going to give you 4 solid innings but he seems to take a lot of pitches to get there. I kinda like him as a long reliever more than a starter.

nice win last night,

Very nice. And did you notice that Bochy pulled Garcia and Semien as soon as score got out of hand so the Astros relievers couldn’t use them for target practice. 👍

Bradshaw was incredible. Altuve lead off the game with a single and that was it until the 8th inning until he gave up another single. And the offense crushed out 16 hits. Great win.

First pitch second game coming up on BSSW. 6:05 I believe.

J. Gray looking good in 1st inning.

Rangers up 7-2 in bottom of 8th, 4 in for frame. Stros look like an old team with little hitting outside of Altuve, Tucker and Alaraez....

The boys approve of the root beer floats at the game!



My son caught a game ball

Very cool, sir!

yea buddy !!! So Great !!

You gotta love that! And the way the rangers are playing… good times!

The season is still young, but before we get too far down this rabbit hole, there will be NO petty trolling in either of the Astros' or Rangers' threads. Wanna be a petty troll, start your own thread. These threads are for the discussion of the merits of each team's 2024 season, by anyone. I've posted the same in the Astros thread. Thanks, folks, and enjoy the season.

Go Rangers.

Astros had it tonight

Rangers should work over the A's pretty good tonight. Hopefully keep the injuries to a minimum.

Up early

Hanging on by a thread with 2 to go

I can’t watch them again this year.

If I get a firestick can I watch? I ain’t paying for Ballys.

You gotta pay to watch MLB these.days. It’s still cheaper than going to a game, and a better seat.

LeClerc needs to be sent down.

I’ve noticed not many games on TV these days.

Weekends have Fox and ESPN games.

Keller and Baylor boy hurt them, Shea Langeliers with 2 HRs and all of A's RBIs, 4. LeClerc serving up that 9th inning HR killed them.

A’s extend winning streak to 3 games
Angels move into first place in AL west

As soon as I saw Leclerc running out of the bullpen, I told my kids this is not going to end well.

Yep… he’s hurting us

I said it already...LeClerc is hurting us more than injury. He needs to be put in a 6-8 inning spot reliever role facing a minimum number of batters when the situation deems necessary.

I have a firestick and service through Nortex. I get all the games for all the Dallas teams and I do not pay extra for Bally's ... although it's on my plan.

Jack Leiter making his MLB debut today at 12:10 in Detroit. Homegrown pitching has been abysmal for the Rangers, so would be great if he has success. I'm going to try to have that game on in the background.

Won a close one today.

Yates needs to remain the closer.

There’s hardly any baseball on during the day. With YouTube tv.

I got to see a good bit of the game. That was a pretty brutal outing. 7 ER in 3.2. innings. Although, he had 2 outs and 2 strikes and was almost able to get out of the 4th inning, but he didn't.

He had moments. I think he is going to be good. Im sure he was amped up and nervous. Taveras didn't help him any.

Taveras completely misplayed that ball thinking he was closer to the wall.

In his postgame interview, Leiter didn't indicate that he was nervous. Said he just missed on his pitches. I also think he will be good. This will be a great learning opportunity for him and I hope he's able to keep the team in games long enough so that he continues to get MLB development on a team that is expecting to contend.

Seattle up 4-0 in 5th, Dunning has given up 2, 2R HRs, one to Raleigh and one to Rodriguez. Gilbert has shut TX down pretty good so far.

Rangers go down 4-0 with 3 hits all night, 2 by N. Lowe so that is at least a highlight.

Im hearing Seattle is going to run away with the West

Rangers up 2-1 in middle of 4th after back to back solo shots in 3rd by Adolis and Carter, first back to back HRs for Rangers this year. Thank goodness Adolis is carrying the team so far hitting .318 with 7 HRs and 23 RBI.

Wyatt Langford gets his first major league home run today. INSIDE THE PARK to boot. Take the series from Cincinnati.

Needed that win.

I heard on the radio Dunning only needed 69 pitches to strike out 10. That's really impressive.