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MLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingTyler Glasnow looking to combine athleticism and ability in L.A.
“It’s no big deal, really,” he said. (Yes, it is. There aren’t many people that big and tall who can do a backflip.) “Oh, I’m sure there are a lot of people bigger than me that can,” he said. (No, there aren’t.) Glasnow, 30, is a new member of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation, acquired […]
Continue readingInside the night the Rangers became World Series champions
More Teams. More Games. Take a dive into the ups and down of the Rangers’ journey to becoming the 2023 World Series Champions. (2:25) PHOENIX — AROUND 1 A.M., just hours after he managed the Texas Rangers to their first World Series championship in 63 years of existence, Bruce Bochy hoisted himself from a chair […]
Continue readingWay-too-early 2024 MLB power rankings
Now that the Fall Classic is over, it’s time to turn our attention to 2024 — and we’re kicking that off with some way-WAY-too-early power rankings. Where do Texas and Arizona rank after their exhilarating World Series runs? Were the Braves and Dodgers hurt by their division-round knockouts? And where did the Orioles and Astros […]
Continue readingRangers take out D-backs for franchise’s 1st World Series title
PHOENIX — The Texas Rangers spent seven months of this season terrorizing opponents with a menacing offense that feasted on home runs and hardly ever let up. The first night of November showcased the other aspects that make them dominant — gritty starting pitching, sound defense and a lineup versatile enough to manufacture runs when […]
Continue readingWorld Series Game 5 live updates: Can Rangers drop D-backs?
After a Game 4 romping of the Arizona Diamondbacks — in which Texas was ahead 10-0 at the end of the third inning — the Rangers hold a commanding 3-1 lead in the 2023 Fall Classic entering Game 5 at Phoenix’s Chase Field on Wednesday night. We’ll have all the action from the potential Series-clinching […]
Continue readingWorld Series Game 4 live: D-backs, Rangers meet in Arizona
We’ll have all the Game 4 action, from lineups and live updates and analysis during the game, to takeaways and more after the final pitch. Key links: Full playoffs schedule and results | How Game 4 pitching plans will differ Texas Rangers (Andrew Heaney) at Arizona Diamondbacks (Joe Mantiply) 8:03 p.m. ET, FOX Lineups Rangers […]
Continue readingRangers’ Adolis Garcia, Max Scherzer exit Game 3 with injuries
More Teams. More Games. Max Scherzer is hit by a line drive to end the second inning, and is pulled after appearing to be in discomfort while throwing warmup pitches before the fourth. (0:36) PHOENIX — Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia will undergo imaging on his left torso after grabbing it and leaving Game 3 […]
Continue readingRangers subdue D-backs in Game 3 behind Corey Seager, bullpen
More Teams. More Games. Corey Seager and the Rangers defeat the Diamondbacks 3-1 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 World Series lead. (2:10) PHOENIX — The Texas Rangers’ prowess on the road this postseason has been a source of widespread inquiry but very little explanation. Max Scherzer, whose 2019 Washington Nationals rode a similar […]
Continue readingWorld Series Game 3 live: D-backs, Rangers battle in Arizona
More Teams. More Games. The Arizona Diamondbacks answered back Saturday night with a commanding 9-1 win to even the series. (2:58) The Snakes are coming home. The 2023 World Series shifts to Phoenix with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers tied at 1 after each took a game in Arlington. Will the D-backs’ homecoming result […]
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