#Chris Woodward

Two years of going for it and another with the best intentions - if not the all-in financial expenditures - led the Texas Rangers to a point of no return last season. By June, the decision was made that the Rangers would be rebuilding, and 2019 will be more of the same from the team that won back-to-back American League West titles in 2015-16. And…

OAKLAND - Consider the odds for a moment. In 2013, there were nearly 475000 boys playing high school baseball in the country, according to a survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations. That total was made up of 15632 schools. So, my beloved mathematicians out there, what are the chances that two of those players…

Give the Rangers this much: They're interesting, which beats unwatchable. On any given night, you never know what you might get. One minute, Eli White gives his teammates a ride on his Superman cape; he comes to the plate, and he's Clark Kent again. The bullpen comes to the rescue or sets itself on fire. Adolis Garcia runs through a wall or falls…

The playoffs are moving into the Division Series, and the Rangers are watching from their couches for the sixth straight October. But if they feel like catching a game, they won't have any trouble spotting familiar faces. They could watch the Padres (featuring Yu Darvish and Jurickson Profar) take on the Dodgers (Joey Gallo and Chris Martin). They…