The Ranger Zone

We could describe moving the Texas Rangers’ infield around like chess pieces, but we all know it’s checkers. In this episode, we address the potential infield log jam Sebastian Walcott’s imminent debut causes (CBA willing). Could we see Josh Jung at first base just as easily as the trading block? When is Corey Seager going to vacate shortstop? Will Walcott outgrow the infield and wind up in centerfield? Does Jake Burger have any trade value? How many more questions do we need to ask for you to listen to this episode?   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines  License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

The AL West is a mess-t. Down the home stretch, and for most of the season, the Rangers, Astros and Mariners look as graceful as ostriches in a three-legged race. In this episode, we search for clues to tell us who might accidentally stumble across the finish line with the AL West title. Is it home/road splits? One-run games? Extra-innings games? Remaining schedules? One thing’s for certain: the buffoonery is not over yet.   SHOW NOTES: Pokemon Bats ⚾ https://bit.ly/4xy3U5Z    LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

Someone left the booth unlocked again. And when the cat’s away, the mice call baseball games. Welcome to the fifth installment of Amateur Broadcast Theater. This was the June 7th rubber match against the Cleveland Guardians. This one went exceptionally better than the last time we called one against the Guardians, and we got to channel our inner Vin Scully, Eric Nadel, and Harry Caray while trying out several home run calls. Enjoy the shellacking; we did.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/vince-mcgill/buffalo-girls  License code: R1KLSV2JNVSWGKG5 https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/bring-the-energy  License code: FZ7MBWD0HXC7VTZ5 https://uppbeat.io/t/stan-town/bust-a-move  License code: XR4W1R4KV4BGGXOI https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/are-u-ready  License code: FFOGPBCSPLGTPAUL https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/ranger-funk-patrol  License code: HD00NVQUEIT3L6XL

The Rangers are still holding the middle down in an eternal dance with .500, but there’s naive hope on the horizon. In this episode, we take a stab at the back half of 162 and call our shots across the league. Robbie thinks Yordan Alvarez has a serious case to take the Triple Crown, Tony sees the Big Dumper taking the rest of the M’s to the trash heap and missing the postseason, and Chris thinks the Rangers make Joc an $18.5 man again in 2027.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

If we have to blow it up, this is how we’d do it. In this episode, we imagine the worst and envision a scenario where the Rangers burn everything to the ground to build anew. Robbie targets promising prospects and veteran gap fillers, Chris eyeballs catchers of the future, and Tony reminds us why Jacob deGrom is valuable to all 30 teams.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines  License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/break  License code: DG7OR9NDFZGOT3KA

The voting sham that is the MLB All-Star game is nearly complete, and despite what all of Canada thinks, we believe no Blue Jays (except Ernie Clement) should even sniff the ballot. In this episode, we put together our All-Star rosters and make a case for two Texas Rangers position players to join the prolific squad in Philadelphia this season, and vow to start rioting if Jacob Latz isn’t an All-Star.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

We’ve reached the first milestone of the season – the quartermark. In this episode, we explain how the first 41.5 games weren’t all dreck and dismay. The pitching has held firm from 2025, aside from a few dozen home runs from No. 1 and No. 2. And the hitting… well, the hitting has been hard and fast, but often right into a fielder’s glove – unless you’re Josh Jung or Ezekiel Duran.    LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines  License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

The fourth and final installment of Beast of the Best has cometh, and it might be the most depressing. In this episode, we visit the last three positions available – pitcher, catcher, and designated hitter. And what if I told you names like Nolan Ryan and Yu Darvish aren’t on this list? Well, you’d be as flabbergasted as we were to learn who outshined their single-season WAR accolades as a Texas Ranger.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

The newest threads of Nike’s City Connect program are here and we’ve got inflammatory opinions. In this episode, we describe in painful detail every nook and cranny of the seven new City Connects, including, of course, your Texas Rangers, rather – Tejas Rangers. We also give our top-3 personal rankings, but which one takes the cake? San Diego’s fireberry and marigold accents? Pittsburgh’s dagger-based font treatment? Milwauk… just kidding, we know it’s not that Wisco garbage.   SHOW NOTES: Bluebonnet Jerseys ⚾ https://bit.ly/4tsYPtH  San Diego Jerseys ⚾https://bit.ly/4ddykT5  Kansas City Jerseys ⚾https://bit.ly/4dtT7D4  Pittsburgh Jerseys ⚾https://bit.ly/48OZPkn    LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

You can have your peanuts and Cracker Jack, we’ll take the chicken-fried hot dog served on a biscuit with gravy. In this episode, it’s FOOOOOOD! We bring you all the wild, wacky and worrisome food coming to Globe Life Field this season, as well as some other delicious dishes from around the league, like the Pig Kahuna, the Blooperito, the Glizzilla, the Bratwurst Smashie and many more mouth-watering concoctions straight from the pre-diabetes dreams of Wilford Brimley.   SHOW NOTES: Rangers Food ⚾ https://bit.ly/4sT10X0 Diamondbacks Food ⚾ https://bit.ly/41TGRW2 Mariners Food ⚾ https://bit.ly/4cMgC91  Braves Food ⚾ https://bit.ly/4tPzlI9    LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ