With a 5-0 victory over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday night, the Rangers claimed their first World Series championship in franchise history. They took the series four games to one, splitting the first two contests at Globe Life Field in Texas before winning all three at Chase Field in Arizona.
The franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators, before moving to Arlington in 1972. The Rangers won back-to-back AL pennants in 2010 and ’11 but lost in the World Series both years. They held the second-longest championship drought in baseball, a title that now falls to the Brewers, who have not won a World Series in their 55-year history. The Guardians, having last won a World Series in 1948, still hold the longest championship drought in the game at 75 years and counting.
Including Milwaukee, there are now just five franchises that have yet to win a World Series: the Brewers, Padres, Mariners, Rockies, and Rays.
The Rangers took fate into their own hands over the past two seasons, signing stars like Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Jacob deGrom, and Nathan Eovaldi to large contracts to accelerate their competitive window. They burst out of the gate in 2023, going 17-11 (.607) in April and 52-39 (.571) in the first half. General Manager Chris Young remained aggressive at the trade deadline, adding Max Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery to replenish a depleted rotation. The moves paid off, and the Rangers finished 90-72 with a +165 run differential. Although they lost the division crown on a tiebreaker, they swept their way to the ALCS and dethroned the Astros in a thrilling seven-game series. Just two years removed from a 102-loss season, the Rangers are World Series champions.
Seager was named World Series MVP for his dominant offensive performance against Arizona. In five games, he smacked three home runs, driving in six. The star shortstop led all players in the World Series in Win Probability Added (WPA), scoring a run in all four Texas victories. Overall, he hit .318 with a 1.133 OPS in the postseason. It is his second time winning World Series MVP honors, after previously taking home the award in 2020 with the Dodgers.
Additional hitters from the championship team who merit special recognition for their postseason performance include Adolis García and Evan Carter. On the pitching side, Montgomery and Eovaldi offered particularly praiseworthy performances, as did Josh Sborz and José Leclerc. García led the team with eight home runs and a whopping 22 RBI throughout the playoffs, taking home ALCS MVP honors. Unfortunately, his postseason ended early after an oblique strain in Game 3. Carter, the rookie phenom, was an integral part of the team’s offense despite making his MLB debut this past September. He is only 21 years old.
Eovaldi made six starts across the four series, going 5-0 with a 2.95 ERA. Montgomery was similarly dominant, appearing in six games (five starts) and posting a 2.90 ERA of his own. Meanwhile, Leclerc and Sborz were a lethal combination out of the bullpen. Leclerc, the longest-tenured player on the roster, was reliable as ever, pitching in 13 contests and putting up a 3.29 ERA. Sborz, for his part, showed up seemingly out of nowhere, tossing 12 innings and giving up just one run, good for a 0.75 ERA. Over the past three years with Texas, he has a 4.98 ERA. However, his underlying numbers have long suggested he is better than his ERA, and with his performance this postseason, he proved that to be true.
Manager Bruce Bochy collects his fourth World Series title, having won with the Giants in 2010, 2012, and 2014. Funnily enough, his Giants beat the Rangers to win it all in 2010. The long-time manager came out of retirement to join the Rangers in 2023, a surprising move at the time, but clearly a shrewd decision.
With the World Series wrapped up, it’s time for the offseason to officially begin. Teams can start making trades on Thursday, and they will be able to sign free agents on Monday. That’s also the deadline for teams to make option decisions, to issue qualifying offers, and to add players from the 60-day injured list back to the 40-man roster. The non-tender deadline is November 17.
Congratulations Rangers!
Great season for a young Diamondbacks team!
Mug tap! Good for Boch and CY
Congratulations to the Texas Rangers. World Series Champions.
Congrats to the Rangers on breaking the ice. Although there will come a time when they will regret some of those contracts, That time isn’t right now. Well Played!
Why do writers continually pretend that the “Indians” never existed. It’s sad really. The Guardians did not win a World Series in 1948. But the Indians sure did.
Redstitch
Why do the history books say blacks were slaves. That’s not what they called them back then. Remedy past injustices.
Long live the Guardians.
So the Montreal Expos never existed?
You can’t live in the past however if you forget the past there’s always the possibility of repeating past mistakes. Don’t be afraid to confront history because its how we learn
You sure don’t have to forget the past to repeat mistakes!!!!!
Manny – I totally agree about remedying past injustices, but that’s kind of a bad example. You’re comparing the official name of a professional sports franchise at that time to a slur that was meant to be hurtful. Not nearly the same thing.
And BTW – why does Baseball Reference, the HOF and everyone else refer to the “Negro Leagues” instead of changing it to the African American Leagues or the People of Color Leagues? Why is it still the NAACP?
Leo is a rookie writer who made a simple mistake, instead of writing “the Guardians” he should have written “the Guardians franchise” or “the Cleveland franchise”. He’ll get better as he learns.
The more we forget and erase our past the more likely we are to repeat wrongdoings.
Which is why almost a century of whitewashing history after the premature end of Reconstruction has brought us to the mess we are in now. Thank you for your great insight.
@thegreatbambi
Cant believe people are still stupid enough to believe that lie, but I shouldve figured they’d hang out here
So with your logic we should change the name of the state of Indiana?
“An Act of Honor or Exploitation? The Cleveland Indians’ Use of the Louis Francis Sockalexis Story”
Ellen J. Staurowsky
The Great bambi… there you are
The. El bombi 53..
White people don’t like thinking about what they did to Native Indians before. That’s why they want to eliminate history. It’s just like the Holo ca us t.
Speaking of the Holocaust, yesterday during a Senate hearing, Josh Hawley accused the DHS head of being anti semitec
Mayorkas responded by explaining several of his family members had died at Auschiwitz during WWII
White people don’t like thinking about what they did to Native Indians before.
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I didn’t do anything to the Native Americans.
And no living Brits did anything to me, though their behavior was pretty bad to my ancestors.
The one thing no one seems to get over, or want to get over, is that everyone abused everyone. I’m guessing that every country on earth has probably been invaded by their neighbors.
The main problem with calling the 1948 team the Guardians is, it is simply not factual.
Stop making a name a big deal. And yes it can be factual as it’s a name imbeciles that’s all that changed a name that was more appropriate. Ok boomers take the name change and deal with it. Or are you going to ban name changes after books? It’s about time some of you thought about others
They didn’t call the 1948 team the guardians.
“The guardians [franchise] haven’t won the World Series since 1948” is what that statement is saying, and that’s correct.
The sentence is about what current team has the longest drought, and like it or not that’s the Guardians.
If the sentence were about the specifics of the 1948 World Series it would be appropriate to talk about what the Indians did that year.
Funny thing about facts, majority of Native Americans polled about various team names have no problem with them.
Neat “fact”, @Silas.
From a published, peer-reviewed 2020 study from U of Michigan and Cal-Berkeley:
“Among Native Americans who frequently engage in tribal or cultural practices, 67 percent find the Redskins team name offensive; 70 percent find sports fans wearing chief headdresses offensive; 65 percent find sports fans chanting the tomahawk chop offensive; and 73 percent find sports fans imitating Native American dances offensive.”
If that’s too egg-headed for you, here is this from the National Congress of American Indians:
“As the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native people—including sports mascots—in media and popular culture”
Tribal leaders all across the US have been very clear for decades now that Native mascots are offensive.
Eighty Raw-Berkeley???? lol, that’s rich. I always look to “Berkeley” for fair and balanced polling. Geeze. How about the Washington Post Poll? You stay in your pretend world you’re much better off there.
Mad online. Lol
@Silas
It’s almost as if I knew you’d refute it just because of the source and addressed that in my original comment. Yawn. You, your anti-intellectualism, and your racism bore me.
As for that Washington Post poll, it’s flawed from the outset: it used people who self-identified as Native instead of using tribal members. Only 36% of respondents were in a tribe.
Sorry you lost and your racism isnt accepted any longer!
Mr Eighty, as a proud Seminole it gave me great joy to see Marcellus Osceola Jr. plant the spear at midfield before the FSU Homecoming game a few weeks ago. The university goes to great lengths to work with the tribe to insure respectful use of regalia and traditions. People like you like to go around spreading misinformation to fit your misguided narratives. I can assure you Native Peoples do not need or want your help. You see racists around every corner maybe it’s you that should seek help. Have a blessed day.
If you are indeed a proud Seminole, you would know that the other two, much larger Seminole nations vociferously disagree with FSU’s name and mascot. Your tribe doesnt even speak for all Seminoles, so what makes you think you speak for all American Indians? Racists lost. The names got changed. Because they were offensive.
Please point out one piece of misinformation I shared. I actually gave direct quotes and a title of another academic paper.
@asdfgh
I want to see these lovers of the old racist name to tell Kareem and Hakeem that they didnt actually play college basketball. “It’s not factual!”
I actually feel sorry for you sad man
What is funny is that I am half mexican and my mom’s side has Native American/Indian heritage as well. My family is relatively successful and does not care about these ridiculous nomenclatures. In my experience the ones who are always crying and talking about these so called injustices are the laziest, least hard working people who are chronically online and never left their hometown. For example some of my cousins are like that. Always posting about things that are “disrespectful” and racist but have never actually done anything worthwhile.
Hot take? Idk but I just think it is all so ridiculous to get so worked up about.
@Redstitch108* 2 The sentence in questions says “The Guardians, having last won a World Series in 1948, still hold the longest championship drought in the game at 75 years and counting.”
Basic syntax. The sentence is saying that the Guardians hold the longest championship drought, which is 100% true.
It doesn’t say “back in 1948 when the Guardians won the World Series”. If it were worded that way your point would apply.
The Guardians have a 75-year drought and counting, the Indians do not. Also, ratio
I have literally seen guys call them Cleveland or even say that the Guardians did something in 2005. It’s pathetic how people want to ignore history. How do you change/progress when you forget the mistakes of the past since they make you uncomfortable?
They were called the Indians then, they’re called the Guardians now and that’s fine. Let it go man
@In Seager/Kershaw We Trust
I get IRATE when people dont use a woman’s maiden name when talking about things that happen before she got married! Like you said, it’s pathetic how people want to ignore history!
Really goes to show how misogynistic our society is bro
It’s just a shortcut in writing when discussing franchises. They didn’t mention the Seattle Pilots or the Devil Rays, either.
Just imagine how awkward it would be if you had to be precise with MLB franchises whenever discussing their complete histories, especially some of the old franchises with several city or nickname changes like the Brooklyn Bridegrroms/Grooms/Superbas/Dodgers/Robins/Dodgers / Los Angeles Dodgers or the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland/Future Las Vegas Athletics. Even the expansion Angels are a mess in that regard!
@Lanidrac
Yeah, it’s literally how names work. Or will these people yell at me if I say that Joaquin Phoenix was in the movie Space Camp? That Dee Strange-Gordon was drafted by the Dodgers in 2008?
No, because those aren’t awkward to say or read (well, a little bit with the hyphenated name). Even so, people are just as likely to use their last names as shortcuts rather than their full names.
Congrats to Nate Eovaldi, one of my favorite players still active in the game today.
Why can’t the Red Sox get guys like that?
They had him…
Vrooooooom…..
Or whoooooshhh!
And won!!!
Saying, “why can’t we get guys like that” about a player that used to be on your team is an Old School baseball wisecrack. I think it comes from a manager in the ‘60’s or ‘70’s, but I don’t recall specifically.
I looked it up: apparently it was Lou Gorman referring to the trade of Jeff Bagwell to the Astros.
I looked it up: it was Lou Gorman cracking jokes about the Red Sox 1990 trade of Jeff Bagwell to the Astros.
They did get a guy like Eovaldi but they let him go. Forgot his name.
….and Rickey used to play with a first baseman that wore a helmet in the field just like Olerud…
bcjd – This is how some people here explain it:
“Derrr ….. Nate is old …… he’s hurt all the time …. Bloom was brilliant to let him leave … derrr……”
Red Sox let Eovaldi go, but somehow thought signing Kluber was a great idea…
acoss – And that is why we now call him “Former Red Sox POBO Bloom”.
Fever, you left out ‘he doesn’t pitch deep into games, look at how few innings a year he puts up’
They love that one.
GASox – Thankfully I hadn’t come across (or maybe just don’t remember) the “doesn’t pitch deep into games” foolishness.
Nate is probably the last remaining workhorse in the game, he proves it all the time. He’s an old school big game pitcher who threw 180 innings this year and 203 innings in 2021.
How many other pitchers have thrown 493 innings the past 3 seasons?
People can be so idiotic with the silly negative things they write about him.
Cole is a workhorse.
I’m sure Brian Cashman has a good answer for that question.
He wasn’t great for us
Congrats Bochy!
Bochy flexing by winning in an odd year in 2023
Even years were a giants thing. Odd years will be his rangers thing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bruce Bochy retires. Made it to the top of the mountain again.
I would be surprised, but he earned it either way.
I’d be surprised if he did. I doubt he came back just to win another ring, I think he likes being back in baseball, and isn’t ready to quit yet.
Three year deal
True but he has heart issues. I’m glad he came back as he’s great for baseball but surprised he did. I think it’s really how he get treated by the FO that decides if he stays or not, and I am not referring to money, he likely doesn’t want to hear FZ and his excuses for fielding garbage teams and claiming sabermetrics makes all things equal. That’s gotta be insulting to a old school guy like Bochy. Just an assumption on my part, after years of listening to how Bochy saw the game in interviews when he was with SF.
I would be surprised. Why would he not want to manage an All Star Game at home next year with deGrom joining later on?
Congratulations Texas!
And lots of people here were saying the Angels were a better team. Sorry Angel fans lol. Also the Dbacks deserve lots of praise.
Including writers on this site
I never said that. But I will own saying that I thought Houston was better. Texas choked down the regular season stretch but they got their mojo back at the right time. Flags fly forever!
Bochy is the greatest MLB manager ever. Congrats Rangers
.499 career winning percentage. Yawn
Check back with me after you look at that percentage in the playoffs. Ohhhh, plus 4 rings and 100% nod into the Hall…SMH
Playoffs are 100% luck. Bochy is a dinosaur who was rightfully kicked to the curb in SF. Zero chance he goes 50 games over .500 the last 3 years like Kapler did
GMoney are you seriously sarcastic saying Kapler is a better manager than Boch?. Hope so.
Kapler is easily better than Bochy. Took a very similar roster and won 15-20 more games on average.
Kap almost always finds the platoon advantage, optimizes the lineup perfectly, never extends arms, etc.
Bochy basically ruined Lincecum, Cain, Bumgarner and Peavy. All were toast by 28. Go look up Lincecum’s pitch counts in the second half of his rookie year – Bochy allowed him to exceed 115 pitches TEN DIFFERENT TIMES. Should have been spot-fired after the first time
“Should’ve been spot-fired after the first time”? what game have you been playing? Cricket? Look at how many innings Nolan Ryan pitched, how about Kershaw? Scherzer? Shall I go on? You sound like a bitter old man. We get it, you’re mad and don’t like boch.
You’re comparing career IP to single-game pitch counts for rookie SP?
Yikes. You can’t be younger than 87
Go to bed. You’re drunk.
How many rings did you say Kapler has?? Oh yeah…. ZERO
Thank you Mrs. Kapler!
Spoken like a depressed Padres fan
This is a very measured and reasonable take from a person who clearly isn’t taking it personally that our Giants currently suck horse dung through a rusty pipe. Get some rest, buddy. We’ll try again next year with more of Farhan’s injury discount guys that magically get injured again (wow who could’ve seen that coming?) and utility bat castoffs. I’m just not sure what Bochy did to hurt you or his SF players (who are currently wearing rings btw which is why you play in the first place no matter how many pitches you throw) but St. Bruce isn’t going anywhere but the HoF.
Nobody actually responding to points. Figured. Plebs
Points to four rings.
Still not responding to actual points
Would you rather have four championships or “points”?
Still not. I’m explaining to you why he was essentially fired and no other progressive front office wanted him. You have only fallacious arguments in response
It takes way more than a manager to win a World Series. Just ask Bochy himself
I’m asking you a question. Would you rather win championships, the highest possible achievement of baseball, or have points for your arguments in comment sections?
Ask Kapler while you’re at it.
You’re comparing me to Bochy? lol wut. Yeah, you’re def from Fresno
Keep digging. You’re acting like a clown and clearly nobody is taking you seriously.
Gmoney, I feel so sorry for you. Your whole day consists of waiting to get on here and putting people down to make yourself feel better. I’ll be praying for you buddy. God bless!
4 World Series rings.
Joe Torre has four rings … and a winning record.
Thanks to loads of cheaters.
cbssports.com/mlb/news/bruce-bochy-wins-fourth-wor…
lol. Best ever. Right.
Joe McGraw, Casey Stengel and Connie Mack would like a word. Even Joe Torre might chime in.
I’m sure all those dudes have that right to speak up, still doesn’t change the fact Boch is one of the best.
“One of” is not the same as “greatest ever.”
Never said he was…so maybe you’re talking to someone else.
Tony La Russa 2nd in all time wins behind Connie Mack is nothing to sneeze at.
Vegas
Of our generation, but not ever
W L T % Pennants/World Series won
John McGraw 2,763 1,948 58 .586 10/3
Sparky Anderson 2,194 1,834 2 .545 5/3
Joe McCarthy 2,125 1,333 29 .615 9/7
Bruce Bochy 2,093 2,101 0 .499 5/4
Walter Alston 2,040 1,613 5 .558 7/4
Don’t forget .600 in the postseason, where it counts. Or his record in elimination games.
Sparky Anderson
Bochy adding them rings
Huge MLB trade rumor if true.
I hear John Smoltz reports that the Orioles actually won due to their placement on MLB’s prospect rankings. Can anyone confirm John Smoltz’s report?
Can confirm, this did happen.
Congrats to the Rangers and also to the Diamondbacks. MLB continues to have the greatest parity in teams competing for championships and winning them despite a few franchises never trying. I hope that MLB can figure out the pitching problem so WS aren’t marred by questions of how teams can manage to get a staff through 7 games to finish the series.
Congrats to the Rangers, from a diehard Dbacks fan.
I want to say that I almost always credit the pitcher for shutting down the other teams’ offense, but tonight Eovaldi did not pitch well enough to be credited. He admitted himself after giving up 5 walks and 4 hits, that he didn’t have his best stuff. The Dbacks lost this game because their offense totally disappeared. I blame the Dbacks offense tonight rather than crediting Eovaldi. No sour grapes just reality.
Their offense didn’t completely disappear. It only disappeared when there were runners in scoring position.
They had a negative run differential all year
Yup. To add, they beat Philly because of their pitching. Their offense is not explosive.
We’re talking about this one specific game, not the whole season.
Or the fact that the Phillies were treated as gods after getting to the World Series last year when they barely got in. I think the Phillies are also very overrated
Cora 87 win season followed by 90 win season. I think the Phillies are properly rated as a 2nd tier team. They were 1 win away from being in back to back World Series. Are the Braves better? Yes. Are the Dodgers better? Yes. Is anyone else in the NL bette? It’s hard to say yes to thar.
Maybe so, but keeping Nola is no guarantee.
If they lose Nola, I’m certain they will sign another top end starter, but your point is true.
I guess my point is I wouldn’t expect them to beat a better Braves team 3 years in a row but I’ve seen crazier things.
I don’t think their window is open much longer.
Oh yeah. I mean the Braves are the best team in baseball IMO. I don’t think the Phillies are better than them, but they have proven they can beat them. I disagree about the Phillies window closing. They have a talented crop of starters in the minors. Their roster is still super talented. Again, Braves are better, but Phillies are that 2nd tier.
I’m just referencing Dan Plesac on MLB Network. He seemed to think this was the Phillies’ year and mentioned that they may not get the opportunity again.
I don’t disagree there. I think the Phillies will be very good again in 2024, but they can get eliminated in the 1st round. Opportunities aren’t guaranteed.
Do you not realize how insanely good eovaldi is with risp? Gallen out dueled sure but not when it mattered.
Relying on Sewald was a mistake, rangers have seen him plenty.
Bring on the hot stove!
Boo!
Congrats to the Washington Senators…I mean, Texas Rangers.
deGrom finally gets a ring.
You make it sound like deGrom is some all time great lol.
He does have the highest career K/BB ratio of all time and the 2nd best career ERA of the expansion ERA (1961). That’s 62 years! Only Kershaw is a few points ahead. It will be nice seeing those two pitch for Texas next season!
He’d be a shoo-in Future Hall of Famer if it weren’t for all the injuries, and he might still get in depending on how the rest of his career goes.
Congrats to the Rangers. Can’t wait for the hot stove to start now.
Eovaldi was a magician able to get out of jam after jam, credit to him for making an out when he needed to. Diamondbacks aren’t going away, especially with this expanded playoff format, they just gotta get into the playoffs just like they did in this run.
Second best day of my life!
Congrats to your team winning, didn’t even need Kershaw to sign with the Rangers.
Thanks! I expected a win in 4 or 5. I thiught Tampa would win and Houston would win, but I was right about Baltimore and Arizon being easy wins due to RD. They have an excellent future, but those teams were nowhere near the Braves and Dodgers in terms of ability. Houston may still win the West next year, but I’ll take it in and try to get sleep before work tomorrow. Thankfully, work starts at 10 AM for me!
It’s a great feeling man, you won’t sleep tonight just from the adrenaline lol
Congrats Seager! Flags fly forever, I’m glad y’all got your first. Cheers amigo
You may not always agree with him, but he has shown he’s a real Rangers fan. They deserve their joy and spotlight today all the same.
Congrats my friend!
When Semien hit that two run shot I was elated! THE BOYS GOT IT DONE
Much congratulations
Yeesh. This was an ugly World Series. Always sad to see a Cinderella run end, but really, aside from an exciting game 1, this was a snoozefest. I’m not really criticizing the DBacks here either. Sometimes that’s just baseball. DBacks swept the Dodgers and had a huge comeback series against Philly. No small task.
I don’t understand why it was such a snoozfest to you, “outside game 1.”
I can get if you just don’t like the teams, but, I saw some good entertaining games with guys stepping up to take advantage of miscues, rallys to get back into things even if they fell short, plays at the plate, heck, tonight there was a no-hitter through 6 innings and a 1-0 duel headed into the 9th.
It’s pretty simple to understand: they were not competitive games outside of game 1. That’s upsetting as a baseball fan. This doesn’t take anything away from Texas or Arizona. Both deserved to be there, but from an entertainment standpoint, this was boring. It wasn’t about disliking the teams. It just wasn’t competitive. Plain and simple.
Game 5 last night was very competitive for the first 8 innings.
7 innings, not 8, still end result is a blowout.
No, 8 innings. In what world is a one run lead not competitive, especially when it was the other team that had provided almost all of the offense before that point?!
The end result still doesn’t change how almost the entire game was close and exciting.
I never once felt like the DBacks were going to take that game. When it was 1-0, I felt like the DBacks were dead. The crowd was dead. The DBacks were playing tight. But whatever, I’ll give it to you. In 5 games we saw 18 competitive innings. 10 in game 1. 8 in game 5. That’s still a pretty boring world series. Not bashing either team. I just wish it was closer.
Games 2-4 were blowouts, sure, but last night was full of drama. DBacks looked like they were on the verge of breaking it open for the first 5 innings, only for Eovaldi and the Rangers to find a way to shut them down. Gallen pitched 5 perfect innings and took a no hitter into the 7th. Despite all of the DBacks pressure, the game was 1-0 in the 9th before the Rangers closed the deal. If that qualifies as a snoozefest for you then I’m not sure what you’re looking for.
You nailed it in your first sentence: Games 2-4 were blowouts. There were never any lead changes outside of Game 1. Not once did I think Texas was winning game 2. Not once did I think Arizona was winning games 3-5. Game 1 was fantastic. The rest was lacking drama. Game 5 was a great pitching duel, but I never really thought the DBacks were going to blow it open. Sure they threatened a bit, but never enough to wow me. Texas and Arizona fans shouldn’t take this as an insult. In fact, it’s super impressive how dominant Texas was, but as a fan of baseball with no rooting interest in these teams, I was disappointed in the lack of drama and excitement. In fact, outside of the ALCS and NLCS, every series was rather lopsided this year.
Arizona absolutely could’ve won Game 5 instead! In fact, they were quite a bit more likely to do so during the first half of the game when they threated A LOT, not just a bit.
If you say so. I never saw a huge threat, even with runners on base. Texas pitched around threats and got the outs they needed. They won Game 5 by 5. Most of the scoring came late, but as soon as Texas scored, it felt like the game was over.
Yeah, Texas had to pitch around a lot of threats, while their offense provided almost no threats at all during the first 6 innings. At that point, it looked like Arizona would probably score first and win the game, and even after Texas managed a run, a comeback still looked decently likely until the Rangers put it away in the 9th.
Grats to long suffering Rangers fans! You did it!
Good. Now we can get to the important things of the offseason.
Like Kershaw coming to Texas and Perez going oversees? I’d take that
I am a Rockies fan, if you can get Kershaw off the Dodgers…I am all for it.
Do you really want another aging pitcher with injury history and bad playoff history? That would cripple more than help.
Bochy has had an incredible ride! Stoked for Rangers fans!
Best days of my life: 1) Getting a 25% scholarship to Johns Hopkins University for a MS in Finance
2) deGrom signing
3) World Series win
Congratulations Seager! You’re awesome
I know!
Congrats to the Rangers and to Bruce Bochy coming out of retirement and making it look easy. Also congrats to the Diamondbacks on a great season. They beat 3 very tough teams to get to the World Series and should be proud of what they accomplished
The Padres have been around just as long as the Brewers with no rings.
I picked Phillies over Astros to start the season. Congrats Rangers from an Angels fan. Hopefully Astros run is over.
One of the worst World Series I’ve ever watched. Outside of 2020 (which I don’t count), this was probably the most boring one since the Whitesox won in I believe 2005 (could be wrong). The Ranger’s bullpen was a complete dumpster fire all year and yet they still won. I’m still a believer that a good bullpen is required to win a World Series, outside of this one victory. I mean Jose Leclerc and Josh Sborz are not even , in my opinion, major league calibur pitchers and yet they performed good enough for the Rangers to win. Poorly constructed team with money spent on the wrong players (Degrom, Scherzer, Semien overpaid). The Montgomery trade basically saved their whole season
Leclerc not a major league caliber pitcher? Career 293 innings with a 3 ERA with near 12 k/9? What would qualify as a major league pitcher? This was a great World Series!!
I agree with it being an awful World Series, but you lost me with that other nonsense. It’s not Texas’ fault the series was awful. DBacks upset 2 better teams, and you could argue that was more the Dodgers and Phillies choking than the DBacks winning. It’s like a low seed getting into the NCAA finals and getting run over by a superior team.
Von – OR MAYBE the Dodgers were over-rated since they haven’t won a ring during a full season since 1988. You don’t go into Philly and beat a superior team without talent and luck. Arizona had both and deserved the win as much as I hated seeing it. I thought Philly-Texas were the two best teams thanks to the two best GMs in baseball.
Oh don’t get me wrong, you don’t go to the series on luck alone. DBacks earned their spot. I just wish they had a better showing in the series. It was completely non-competitive and as a non-fan of either team, it waa the worst series in recent memory.
The Dodgers just lost too much of their starting pitching to injury. It’s the same reason the Cardinals were able to beat the otherwise much better Mets team in the 2006 NLCS, except those Cardinals actually went on to pull off a huge upset in the World Series over the hugely favored Tigers.
I don’t even know where to being with this. So many bad takes and in such a large paragraph for a TradeRumors post. It’s sorta fascinating.
The audacity. Especially from a Mets fan.
And how can you say add Scherzer to money spent on the wrong players when your Mets are paying the majority of his and Verlanders salaries. Also Semien has been one of the most valuable players in all of MLB for multiple seasons. Maybe you’re right about deGrom but come on he’s Jacob deGrom.
to any other Mets fans, I apologize for my words. But this guys a grade A doofus
I agree but you can’t judge us all by his posts. He needs Xanax or something.
Also, the Rangers ran through a GAUNTLET of the AL’s best teams to get there. The Rays, the Orioles, and in case you forgot, the AL and the World Series has run through Houston for years, and they capped it off by winning 6 and 7 in Houston. They kicked everyone in their junk and deserve this moment on top.
The Rangers are World Series champions. Get over it!!
And the absolutely deserve to be.
Well, lucky for the Rangers the Mets are still paying most of Scherzer’s salary, so deGrom is the only bad signing they’ve made. The rest of your post is just salty nonsense. Yes, the Rangers’ bullpen was bad during the regular season, but that’s because it was very shallow talent-wise. When you get to the playoffs, with the extra rest, bullpen depth isn’t as important. They also had the luxury of moving starters into the pen to eat up innings when needed, and Gray and Dunning both did good work there.
How did the Mets do again? Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Haha Rangers go brrrrr
Congrats Rangers fans!
Which teams are left without a WS championship?
Padres, Mariners, Brewers, Rockies, Rays.
Finally!! My boys take the trophy back to Arlington!!! Incredible run going 11-0 on the ROAD!!!
Being a longtime D’Back fan and going through the 110-loss season and never losing the faith in this team year after year it was a joy to watch this young team go out against the longest odds to produce a fun 2023 season. No one expected this team to go to World Series they were still two years away according to the front office. Here’s looking toward 2024 and see what upgrades this team has in one of the best minor league systems and on the trade market. Congrats Texas Rangers.
Congrats to the dbacks as well. No team has even made a WS with a negative run differential, but they showed they belonged there by spanking 3 of the best teams in the NL. Good young team with a bright future.
There is no such thing as a “longtime D’backs fan.” They’ve only existed, what, thirty years? That’s not a “long time.”
And based on current attendance figures from the last couple of years, they weren’t very many of them either.
There were $10 tickets to game 3 of the NLCS. That’s incredible.
What is a long time?
Not every baseball fan is 100 years old
Well, 26 seasons, but that still means they’ve always been there for every fan under the age of 30. That sounds like a pretty long time to me.
Boy, I miss Corey Seager.
I thought I’d be dead before my Rangers won a WS so I’m happy to be proven wrong.
Check your pulse! Halloween was just yesterday. Congrats!
Seager gets his first real WS MVP. Well done, sir. Aside from game 1, this series was a total stinker.
Did you even watch the game last night?
He is just a long-term troll of Dodgers
Congrats to Bochy and the Rangers. Love Bochy as a player and a manager. Have for decades. For all the people trying to say he is an old school and against analytics, please understand that the Rangers hired the data geek that started Baseball Savant, the site that has developed some of the most advanced analytics. Chris Young is an Ivy League graduate who was using advanced analytics as a pitcher with the Padres years ago.
Bochy is a great leader whose presence makes up for everything else, but he has made many bad moves, like hitting Grossman instead of Garver (no injury) vs RHP, hitting Semien 1st all season and postseason, not resting Semien, hitting Carter 9th, etc. He just makes up for it.
Name me one manager that doesn’t make “bad moves”.
Will Smith is not being talked about enough as a good luck charm. He has won 3 straight World Series with 3 separate teams.
That’s insane
And a Will Smith has won a World Series in four straight seasons.
Btw, Don Baylor managed to play in three consecutive World Series with three different teams (1986 Boston, 1987 Minnesota, 1988 Oakland), but only got one ring out of it.
Freakin Congrats Man. !
First Ring for the Franchise. Bochy connection as a Giants Fan. And we got one over them in 2010. Happy they finally got one !
Good For Them. I called it Rangers in 5. I was thinking win two on the road. But hey they are road warriors! Very exciting to watch and especially when Max & Garcia went down, wow what a game 5 and special series.
Congrats again to Texas Rangers Fans. Party Tonight !!!
A multi-billionaire owner, a huge media market. Why’d it take so long to purchase a championship?
All kidding aside, congrats to Rangers fans.
Congrats to the Rangers and nice battle by the Dbacks….but I’m honestly glad it’s over and so quickly too.
Maybe now I’ll stop asking myself ‘what if’ questions and let this season fade away like so many others.
Me too. It’s just sad what MLB has done here, all in a pathetic effort to chase down ratings to take back its market share from the NFL…and people still aren’t going to watch.
I just hate what this time of the season brought. You get every talking head who couldn’t be bothered with the game until now coming on with their choker/hero hot takes, no of who care/bother to care that every team looks like a World Series winner and the worst team in the league at some point in every season, but that doesn’t matter when you can get all sweaty faced in front of a camera and say who’s a choker for clicks.
MLB bending over backward to change the rhythm of the season to make sure everyone could see a playoff game, regardless if that mean shoving it in a 3pm slot on a weekday when shadows will certainly creep in to affect things, because again, ratings and money. It works for the NFL because they’re only playing one and dones, honestly, if people really want to watch games they’ll be there, why do you have to screw with the timing. If my team is in, I’ll see you at 7pm like every other game this season. You could even do a wrap around show like Redzone, since most casual fans are only going to care about the homers anyway. I’m not going to sit there and watch EVERY playoff game, maybe check in and out, and I’m someone who actually enjoys baseball, not a casual fan.
Oh well, I’m sure nothing’s going to change, because they don’t care. Hopefully the Pirates get in next year so I can sell whatever tickets I get as part of my package and offset what I’m paying for the regular season that means nothing now.
I can’t believe that it finally happened. 🙂
Now I can enter the winter feeling like a champion. Anyways, for the next Top 50 FA Predictions Contest, would it be possible to add managers to the list since they’re kinda FAs?
Proves money buys happiness
And a legendary manager who molded free agents and home grown talent into a championship team.
Does it? Best I can tell the Rangers only spent big on 3 players, one of which went down early in the season. 3.5 if you count the part of Scherzer’s salary they’re paying and he barely contributed as well. The rest of their lineup makes $4 million or less.
250 million dollar payroll and a 1.3 billion dollar stadium. Ray Davis is a happy man
Baseball is over. Dang now what am I going to do?
Hot stove season!
Start dating? Take up bowling? Watch football? Clean out the garage? Or do like me and get a case of alcohol.
I had Texas in 5. First prediction I’ve gotten right in this century.
“funnily”?
It’s how you pour liquid into a small opening?
Funnily enough
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This comment embiggens the most funnily of people.
Figured this would be the result, though I admit I was looking at 6 or 7 games.
It would not have been great if Arizona won with a negative run differential.
My bet is DBacks struggle to get back to the postseason next year. There’s no guarantee they make it and they had a negative run differential.
Advanced metrics point to more success from the Padres to surge as well.
Agreed
Friedman didn’t want to pay Seager and he goes on to win another world series MVP. Shocker!
Dodgers spent money on Freeman instead of Seager, over time, I think that will play out ok. But Seager has performed well in post-season, I agree.
Happy to see the Rangers win their first World Series title after witnessing the losses in 2010-11. They certainly made the commitment to spending and it paid off.
Texas wins MLB’s silly tournament
Will we now be hearing about how they too “bought” their World Series ring like we all heard when the Dodgers, Yankees etc did the same?
We already are…
Best team in MLB won.
Not quite… Atlanta, LAD, Houston, and arguably Tampa could be placed ahead of Texas, but the better team did certainly win the WS.
I define the WS winner as the best team so I would say that happens every year.
You need luck to be the best. Live with it.
Rangers showed that you need to build your team using all avenues to win. The draft, free agents, and trades. To make it work a GM has to weigh where he is drafting, and where you spend your money on free agents. The trades this team made at the deadline put them over the top like the Braves when they won being the wild card. Today teams with money restrictions have a hard time getting to the top like the D-Backs and Rays.
Now the most unwatched uninteresting WS is over may the off-season news be the most exciting ones like Bellinger signing the Yankees.
But first we will have to hear lots of silly rumors about how the Yankees will trade lower prospects and retreads in exchange for elite stars.
Bah humbug could care less
Respect to the rangers for taking care of business in a small sample size tourney.
But I’m sorry, the dbacks (which thank you for your service in eliminating the Phillies) have no business being in the playoffs. They had a negative run differential and ultimate really weren’t that great of a team to be worthy of playing in the playoffs much less a World Series. This system completely takes away any relevance of the regular season and needs to be fixed.
Is Bochy a top 5 manager all time?
He is a top 5 post-season manager of all-time just like Bumgarner would make the HOF for post-season if there was such a thing. Bochy has a sub 0.500 record so with his post-season success, I will limit my conclusion to that he is the most success manager of this generation.
Only team not to have pride day and they won it all oh yeah I guess the man upstairs sent a big message
Chicks
It takes a special kind of person to find a message like that out of a baseball game.
Not in a good way.
Prove it…..
When a team makes the playoffs, they deserve their shot. They’re not supposed to get there, roll over and lose just because another team has better statistics. Dbacks and Rangers were the last teams standing and deserved to be there. I’d like an official rule that teams can’t have a losing record and get into the playoffs, like they can now and in pro football. Game 5 was a 1-0 game going into the 9th. Highly competitive. Congratulations to both teams on their seasons and to the Rangers for earning their ring.
Congrats Rangers!
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Glad we finally vanquished the ghosts of 2011 & the Nolan curse!!! Nelson Cruz can finally show his face again in the DFW
After all Cruz did in thr ALCS in 2010 and 2011??? You have a short memory.
Stop hating on cruz. I am so tired of all you so called “fans”. I would have gladly had him back with open arms the seasons he left. Why does neftali not get any blame or wash for not subbing him out?
Dbacks fan here. After sleeping on it last night, I want to again congratulate the World Champion Texas Rangers.
And say how proud I am about the Dbacks’ surprisingly great season and deep post-season run. They exceeded all of my (lofty) expectations for the year, and I’m excited about the next several seasons of this talented, young ball club!
Tommy Lasorda once said of Bruce Bochy that he could win the world series with twenty five guys from Labor Ready.
Congratulations to the Rangers!!! Way to go NATE… the NATION still loves ya… this without degrom!!! Also kudos to A D… one hell of a year!!! Both showed all you need is a ticket to the dance….
Braves fan here stopping by to say congrats to Bochy and the Texas Rangers. Nicely done.
Wow Omar, how very gracious of you. Lol
So out of the five teams left not to win the WS…. The Mariners are the only team never to make it to the WS… doing this off of memory… think I am right but correct me if I am not.
Omar sounds like he’s big mad.
I guess some of you people don’t like God. Remember what he did with those two City sodoman and Gomorrah because of what they were doing. Again God wins he always wins great job Texas. Rangers. Enjoy
Good for Texas and Bochy.
Money can bring a winner.
Only the two 1969 teams,the 1977 team,and the two 1993 teams left as bridesmaids.
And three teams in the last six years have escaped it-Astros,Nationals,and Rangers.
HELL YEA!!
I now live in a world where the Texas Rangers have won the World Series.
Best days of my life: 1) Getting a 25% scholarship to Johns Hopkins University for a MS in Finance
2) deGrom signing
3) World Series win