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Rangers Shake up farm system with coaching changes
The Rangers are making major changes to it?s organization starting next year in the development department. The entire coaching staff from the Ranger?s AAA club in Nashville was informed they are not coming back next season. This includes manager Jason Wood, hitting coach Howard Johnson, pitching coach Brian Shouse, bullpen coach Eric Gagne and bench coach Geno Petralli. It?s not clear yet if strength and conditioning coach Al Sandoval or trainer Carlos Olivas will be retained. Petralli has be
Sit Down Interview With Ronald Guzman And His "Power".
August 22, 2019- Oklahoma City When you see Ronald Guzman smile you can?t help but smile yourself. It?s infectious. Watching him interact with teammates, coaches and fans reminds you of the good in people, even professional athletes. Signed in 2011 as an International Free Agent, Guzman has climbed up through the Rangers Farm System. During my week covering the Nashville Sounds in Oklahoma City my number one goal was to get a sit down with Guzman, not only because he?s got significant major leTyler Phillips promoted to Frisco, Chris Seise out
There are a few things that came out today in regards to the Rangers farm system. Injury News The hits keep coming with the injuries to some key prospects. This time it is shortstop, Chris Seise. Seise was drafted in the 1st round of the 2017 draft, the 29th pick. God has a great plan for me ? Chris Seise (@seise_23) May 9, 2019 After the tweet we found out that Seise had surgery on his non throwing shoulder. Last year he injured his throwing shoulder so it's a bummer for him to miss prTalking Nashville Sounds Baseball With Director Of Broadcasting Play By Play Man Jeff Hem
Ask any true sports fan and they will tell you that a play by play announcer is the heartbeat of any event to someone listening. Their job is to put the fan at the game. To bring such a bright light of detail that who ever is listening can follow along and get the same feeling of actually being there. This is especially true for baseball as a lot of people don't follow the game because they find it boring. How can anyone listen to Vin Scully and find baseball boring?? Jeff Hem takes minor leagAround the Farm 5/1/19: Owen White gets TJ surgery
Around the Farm 5/1/19 Welcome to around the farm. I attempt to take us around each game played in the Texas Rangers farm system from the day before. This is around the farm 5/1/19 News There was another prospect of the Rangers that underwent Tommy John surgery today. Owen White was drafted in the 2nd round in 2018. He was on the de-load program that the Rangers are trying for Rookie pitchers out of high school. Maybe they need to reconsider that program. Then there is this: A.J. Alexy
Around the Farm: 4/29/19, Tyler Phillips issues 3 walks
Around the Farm: 4/29/19Thank you for joining me as we go around the Texas Rangers farm system from games played on 4/29/19. I'll give you a few highlights from each game. Let's go Around the Farm Nashville Sounds (8-16) The Sounds beat the Storm Chasers (Kansas City Royals) by a final of 5-4. Richelson Pe?a (4.97) got the start for the Sounds and pitched 5 innings. He allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Brady Feigl (2.19) has been pretty solid all year but had his 1st blo
Around the Farm 4/23/19: Emmanuel Clase sees action in Frisco
Around the Farm 4/23/19 Some big news on the day was Emmanuel Clase was promoted to Frisco. Wei-Chieh Huang was recalled from the RoughRiders to the Rangers. With that let's go around the Farm 4/23/19 Nashville Sounds (5-13) The Sounds have the day off. Frisco RoughRiders (12-7) The RoughRiders had another shutout as they beat the Travelers 1-0. Pedro Payano (2-0, 2.76) pitched 5 innings and didn't allow a hit. He walked 2 and struck out 9. Great performance. Need to give a shout-out tAround the Farm: 4/20/19, Frisco walks it off
Around the Farm 4/20/19 I was able to cover the RoughRiders game in person so I won't include them. You can read about it here. Let's go Around the Farm. Nashville Sounds (4-11) The Sounds have the worst record out of all the Rangers Minor-League affiliates. Taylor Hearn (1-3, 4.05) got the start for the Sounds and the loss even though he only allowed 3 runs. He pitched 6 innings and allowed 3 runs on 2 hits, 3 walks and 6 strikeouts. He threw 99 pitches and 57 of those were strikes. KyleAround the Farm: Brett Martin makes debut, Riders walk it off
Around the Farm 4/19/19 Welcome to Around the Farm. We take you through the good, bad and ugly of the games within the Texas Rangers farm system. The Frisco RoughRiders were the only affiliate to get in a game last night. All of the other games for the Nashville Sounds, Down East Wood Ducks and the Hickory Crawdads were post-poned. Let's start with the Debut of Brett Martin, a 23-year-old left-handed pitcher. Brett Martin It's no secret that the 2018 season was not Martin's best. He spent