Texas Rangers interim manager Tony Beasley pinpointed the one number from 2022 that filled him with both frustration and promise. Actually, it was two numbers, side by side, with a dash in between — 15-35.
The 2022 Major League Baseball regular season is complete. As the postseason begins more managerial changes are likely to happen. On Oct. 5, the Kansas City Royals decided to part ways with manager Mike Matheny, creating the seventh opening of the 2022 offseason.
WHITT'S END 9.9.22: Whether you’re at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt’s End … *As Texas Rangers owner Ray Davis so eloquently reminded us upon firing manager Chris Woodward and general manager Jon Daniels last month, “We’re not good.” But just how bad are they?
WHITT'S END 9.2.22: Whether you’re at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt’s End … *If there’s one good thing
When the Detroit Tigers visit the Texas Rangers on Saturday night, the game will feature two starting pitchers who are thankful to be on the mound. Eduardo Rodriguez of Detroit and Dallas Keuchel of Texas have had tumultuous seasons, although for different reasons.
The Texas Rangers made major moves last week. They fired manager Chris Woodward and elevated third-base coach Tony Beasley to interim manager. Then, the Rangers fired team president Jon Daniels and put general manager Chris Young in charge of all baseball operations.
Typically when a mid-season coaching change happens, in any sport, it signifies more than losing. It suggests that a manager lost a clubhouse, which didn’t appear to be the case for the Rangers.
It’s nearly impossible to believe that at one point in the Texas Rangers’ recently-completed homestand that the most newsworthy thing was Jeff the Rally Bird.
With the departure of Daniels, general manager Chris Young took over as the chief baseball decision maker in Texas.
The Texas Rangers just fired their manager and their GM, but their next hire could bring at least some semblance of familiarity. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported Thursday that Boston Red Sox bench coach Will Venable is potentially in the running to be the Rangers’ next manager.
Josh Jung blasted two home runs for the Triple-A Round Rock Express on Tuesday, a day after the Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward and talked about “building momentum” for 2023.
A day after Texas fired Chris Woodward and elevated Tony Beasley to interim manager, the Rangers fell to the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field to snap a three-game winning streak.
The Texas Rangers made the shocking decision yesterday to relieve manager Chris Woodward of his duties. Third base coach Tony Beasley will serve as the interim manager for the remainder of the season.
The Texas Rangers need a new manager after firing Chris Woodward on Monday. What are they looking for? Well, that’s the question, isn’t it? Texas president
The Texas Rangers made the move to fire Chris Woodward on Monday, in part, because the club didn’t overachieve in 2022. Team president Jon Daniels spoke to the media on Monday after Woodward was let go after nearly four seasons and a 211-287 record.
Third base coach Tony Beasley has been named the team's interim manager.
On Saturday, manager Chris Woodward said that while Seager's condition hadn't worsened, a stint on the IL was possible.
Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward told MLB.com that first-round pick Kumar Rocker was “No. 1 pick in the Draft,” in his opinion, before Thursday’s game with the Miami Marlins.
“It was a joke,” Woodward said. “Listen, I love this place. This is like one of the cathedrals in all of sports. Everybody knows it’s a short porch in right field."
The Texas Rangers and New York Yankees split a Mother's Day doubleheader, with the Yankees taking the first game, 2-1, courtesy of a Gleyber Torres walk-off solo home run.
After the game, Woodward delivered a quote, blaming the short porch for the home run and calling it an “easy out in 99% of ballparks.”
ARLINGTON, Texas — It didn't take long for baseball's unwritten rules to come to the forefront of headlines this season. In the sixth inning of Tuesday's game between the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres, Giants infielder Mauricio Dubón hit a bunt single while the Giants still had a nine-run lead.
While Kershaw’s season didn’t end the way he or the Dodgers had envisioned, he remained very productive when healthy enough to pitch.
Well, Friday, November 19th didn’t just mark the Friday before Thanksgiving on the calendar. It was a deadline for teams to finalize their 40 man roster protecting players from the Rule 5 draft, which is scheduled to take place Wednesday, December 8th in Orlando.
Woodward’s extension is yet another reminder of the fact that managers are evaluated based off far more than wins and losses — and generally off a slate of factors that aren’t even visible to the public eye.
Who had fun with this Trade Deadline? The Rangers had three main guys on the queue that they were likely to deal heading to the week. On Wednesday (finalized Thursday), the Rangers sent Joey Gallo and Joely Rodriguez to the New York Yankees for four prospects that all ranked in the top-25 within the Yankees organization.
I doubt any Texas Rangers fan was watching Degrassi: The Next Generation on July 2, 2004, would imagine that the baseball player introducing the Downtown Sasquatch would be the team’s skipper seventeen years later.
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