ARLINGTON, Texas — It was such a promising start. The first batter of the season for the Rangers homered. The next three all reached and scored.
And that, friends, constitutes the entirety of the Rangers’ first inning scoring for the year. They are 18 games in now in case you are wondering. Not ideal. Especially not ideal when you consider that newcomers who cost the Rangers more than half a billion dollars and Isiah Kiner-Falefa have taken all but 16 of the plate appearances at the top of the order.
The Rangers brought guys like Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, Mitch Garver, Kole Calhoun and Brad Miller in to get things started. They are still waiting. Another first inning came and went with nothing happening Wednesday in a 4-3 loss to Houston.
