Rangers On Deck

So the Rangers are what they are. And what they are is.... meh. Much like this season, this episode is shorter and lonelier. Plus, a show announcement at the end.

What can you say about the Texas Rangers at this point? It's kinda depressing to even think about. Well, lucky for us, Sean Bass is on this show. And he's about to unload!

The 2020 season has been a rough one so far. Which would be ok if we were all in on what the plan is for this team moving forward. Sean, Tepid and Scott try to figure it all out on this episode.

One week into the season, and what do we know? Well, pretty much what we expected at the start of the season: the offense and defense will struggle, and the Rangers will be carried by their pitching. That's a sentence that is stranger to write than you'd think!

We honestly did not think this day would come, but here we are. Baseball is back and the Texas Rangers are officially kicking off their 2020 campaign. There are a lot of questions and some surprises and a whole lotta craziness with the shortened season. They go thru it all in this episode.

Baseball. Actual baseball. They are practicing and getting ready for the season... for now. Sean, Scott and Ted talk about what the shortened season will look like and who to watch for on the Rangers during this unusual season.

Will there even BE a 2020 season? The way the owners and players are talking, it's not the given some people think that it is. Plus, the guys talk with Bobby Crook from the Rangers scouting department about how they handled a very unusual player draft this year.

Could it be? Might it be? Actual Major League Baseball right around the corner? There are still A LOT of details to be worked out, but at least the powers-that-be are talking about a return. Scott, Sean and Ted go through all the options in the hopes baseball can return.

Amid all the speculation about what baseball will look like post-pandemic, the guys take a break to discuss who is their favorite baseball player of all time.

This would have been the start of the Rangers 2020 season, but just like everything else, that is on hold. How will the 2020 season ultimately play out? TV voice of the Rangers Dave Raymond joins the show to discuss some of the possibilities.

The guys try to talk some baseball, but real life keeps getting in the way.

The Rangers are in second place in the Cactus League which of course means Championship baby!!!! Scott, Sean, Tepid and Ted chat about which prospects have been making a name for themselves this Spring, and who is on track to break camp on the Big Club.

The legend Mike Rhyner joins Sean, Tepid and Ted talking a little Rangers baseball, a little classic rock and a whole lotta nonsense!

Cactus League games are on the horizon.... but those darn Astros keep dominating the headlines. There are some Ranger-related storylines worth following, however. Tepid, Sean, Scott and Ted are here to do it.

The truck has left. Pitchers and catchers have reported. But of course, all conversations lead to.... the Astros.

Scott, Michael and Sean discuss the system as we inch closer to spring training. Comments from Joey Gallo, Willie Calhoun and Chris Woodward at the club's winter mini-camp earlier this week in Dallas. Also 2019 futures game MVP Sam Huff interview.

The RoDPod guys pile on the Astros situation and still find some time to talk Rangers and even break some news live!!!!

Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News (eventually) joins the show to talk about the team's new digs and the brand new toys for the 2020 season. Also, more lamenting the state of the MLB/MiLB relationship.

It's the annual RoDPod Thanksgiving debate. Plus, the minor league landscape could look drastically different in a very short amount of time.

It's the offseason (for the Rangers any way), but that's not stopping the guys from talking a little baseball. The AL West is stocking up, but the Rangers aren't completely being left behind.