A COMBINED NO-HITTER FOR THE ASTROS 🔥
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) May 26, 2026
Tatsuya Imai (6.0 IP) + Steven Okert (1.0 IP) + Alimber Santa (2.0 IP) hold the Rangers hitless to secure MLB's first no-hitter since the Cubs back in 2024 👏 pic.twitter.com/yIFQydUDI0
*****Official Texas Rangers 2026 Season Thread*****
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I'll say it, I miss JD
The lowest I've felt leaving the Ballpark in my life as a Rangers fan, going back to 1979z
Soft franchise. Since 2000 we have to be the most no-hit team in MLB.
More importantly, no sign of Mr. Gigem for 3 weeks now. If one of you knows him personally, please tell him we hope he's doing OK. I hope he didn't get in trouble.
More importantly, no sign of Mr. Gigem for 3 weeks now. If one of you knows him personally, please tell him we hope he's doing OK. I hope he didn't get in trouble.
Astro Jason Alexander will look like Cy Young and Babe Ruth tomorrow night!
Can't wait to trade Evoldi for Willie Calhoun this summer.
bigcat22 said:
I'll say it, I miss JD
I could also use some Jack Daniels
This is beyond pathetic. It's like Skip just throws darts or some other scatterbrained method to choose what the lineup is and then the defense is just horrendous. At the moment this is the worst team in MLB bar none. This could be an historic 15-20 game losing streak we are about to witness.
bigcat22 said:
I'll say it, I miss JD
He finished his Rangers career with 6 straight losing seasons.
There is franchise-wide ineptness at essentially every level of front office, player evaluation, minor league development, players, coaches, up to the top. It is baked into the DNA of our franchise and has resulted in 52 forgettable seasons in our 55 year history.
Jimtim1216 said:
This is beyond pathetic. It's like Skip just throws darts or some other scatterbrained method to choose what the lineup is and then the defense is just horrendous. At the moment this is the worst team in MLB bar none. This could be an historic 15-20 game losing streak we are about to witness.
Meanwhile Will Venable has the White Sox over .500 and in second place in their division
First swept by the worst team in the majors (LAA) and then no hit by your biggest rival. This organization needs a complete rebuild from the top down.
And the White Sox actually spent this offseason by getting Murakami, and lo and behold it actually helped their team. Dude mashes and is probably gonna win ROY. So weird how that works.
Jimtim1216 said:
This is beyond pathetic. It's like Skip just throws darts or some other scatterbrained method to choose what the lineup is and then the defense is just horrendous. At the moment this is the worst team in MLB bar none. This could be an historic 15-20 game losing streak we are about to witness.
Yep. I said it earlier, it isn't innovative, creative, cool........whatever you want to call it to repeatedly bat Joc Pederson at leadoff. Rest of the lineup is all over the board too. Like you said, throwing darts.
What can we get for deGrom, Evo, Gore, Seager and Burger at the trade deadline?
I think we are at the point where Chris Young needs to really be looked at for being able to rebuild a roster. He s gotten very little right in anything about hitting in these last 2.5 years. Lineup has been awful.
Watching a called strike three to end a team no hitter is wild.
Rangers offense last two games:
— Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) May 26, 2026
.055 BA (3-55)
20 K
1 R https://t.co/8Bi5Lif20r
Something stinks in Arlington besides the results.
Baseball sucks right now for us, and with good reason. But it sucks for pretty much everyone right. Baseball is in a bad, bad spot.
Team needs a reboot, but really hard for me to get that upset about the lineup last night getting no-hit. The lineup last night was a AAA lineup.
I've got to think next season, MLB will do some combo, if not all of:
- lower the mound
- move the mound back
- change the baseball (again)
- loosen bat rules
Because yes we suck and are 5 below .500 but just about every ball club has multiple starters batting at or below .200. That doesn't mean that hitters all of a sudden stink, it's that everyone throws 95+ now…gone are the days of starters and relievers sitting at 90 and I can't see a rule where they make guys throw softer.
- lower the mound
- move the mound back
- change the baseball (again)
- loosen bat rules
Because yes we suck and are 5 below .500 but just about every ball club has multiple starters batting at or below .200. That doesn't mean that hitters all of a sudden stink, it's that everyone throws 95+ now…gone are the days of starters and relievers sitting at 90 and I can't see a rule where they make guys throw softer.
AND SHORTEN THE SEASON.
We absolutely, positively do not need 162 flipping games. Take off 20-30 games. Inject some meaning and jeopardy into regular season games again. Try to bottle up whatever the World Baseball Classic was and apply it to the MLB regular season.
I also think the mound is getting moved back another foot or so. Not a huge fan of lowering the mound again, as I think we'd see arm injuries shoot through the stars (there's good science out there that throwing downward, aka with gravity, is easier on the arm), but moving it back some I am all for.
We absolutely, positively do not need 162 flipping games. Take off 20-30 games. Inject some meaning and jeopardy into regular season games again. Try to bottle up whatever the World Baseball Classic was and apply it to the MLB regular season.
I also think the mound is getting moved back another foot or so. Not a huge fan of lowering the mound again, as I think we'd see arm injuries shoot through the stars (there's good science out there that throwing downward, aka with gravity, is easier on the arm), but moving it back some I am all for.
One of the Indy leagues that MLB partners with tried the moving the mound back. It didn't work. The loss in velo was offset by more time for the ball to break and offense stayed the same.
Man if they cut down 20-30 games, I think you could argue the offense would be worse because then the guys in the back of the pen / rotation (that actually get teed off on) would see less innings
Random. What if they added a DH for a field player as well and increased roster size by a player.
That's definitely an argument. There's probably a counter argument to any of the suggested potential changes to MLB right now, but at some point you have to start trying things unless you want one half of your sport to continue to get worse, and worse every year.
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