It worked... Part 2 coming soon

Half a year later and its safe to say that its worked out!

SportsStorm coming into this season you were the only baseball creator who correctly broke down what the Rangers strategy was. I look forward to seeing your follow up video.

As a Rangers fan, it is just great to see the owners spending money and being ambitious again. There is reason to be proud of the organization and the future.

October 24th, 2023: deGrom was forced to get a second tommy john surgery in late April. Rangers just clinched their 3rd AL championship against the Astros without him. He's been with the team on the sidelines for every game this year. November 1st, 2023: The Rangers just clinched their first ever World Series title. The risky team worked.

As a Rangers fan, I haven’t been this stoked for a season since the 2010’s

Can't wait for the follow-up video

Rangers are such a weird franchise right now, like I can’t fully trust them to be contenders even with all their talent, a lot of upside but not much to show for it

The way this aged... masterful

you know why im here

I have a buddy in Texas, absolute DIEHARD Rangers fan. For his sake, I want them to succeed, but I just don't know if they have the weapons. Regardless, thanks Sportstorm!

I’ve been a Cubs fan since 1967, but I live in Dallas and root for the Rangers, too. I hope their plan works. I love going to the games in Arlington.

Seems to be working out so far. Can't even imagine how good this team could be if Young, Leiter, and Rocker all hit their potential. Future is bright in Texas. As a Yankee's fan, it has been a delight watching this team. Just wish deGrom could stay healthy (though definitely improved Cole's Cy odds which is probably our best chance of winning anything this year).

Came back to this video after the rangers just beat the Astros in 7 to make the World Series (:

I'm glad DeGrom came to the Rangers because I've always wanted to see Trout Ohtani and DeGrom face off someday. Ohtani might experience deGrom's pitches as a hitter and make use of them as a pitcher.

It worked. Go Rangers!

Looking forward to the follow up video to this one.

Rangers bought 3/5 of a rotation, all of whom have a history of being injured. Good job Rangers, you primed the pump 2 years too early with injury prone players (don't forget about Segar). 4th place, and out of the playoff race by early September

This video aged well, the plan worked!!

I don't think enough people have given credit to how big of a shift going from Woodward and Beasley as managers to Bruce Bochy really can be for this team. With their absurd 1 run game records and large amount of blown saves, having a legendary manager who forged their dynasty off of great pitching could be what this team really needs. Interesting to note that a lot of fringe players on this team have incredible potential to be big contributors next year Robbie Grossman is a monster against left handed pitching but was hurt heavily by the shift against righties. Plus the Rangers have had a major hole in left field for years now, where he'd be able to fill with a consistent bat and proven defense in left. Bubba Thompson has the potential to lead the league in steals by a great margin. Jon Gray looked incredible last year whenever he wasn't dealing with blisters. Not only is Jonah Heim a solid switch hitting catcher, he is also a top 5 defensive catcher. Even if the rotation gets injured, the Rangers still have a lot of guys in their bullpen that are able to eat innings in the back of the rotation like Ragans, Hearn, Dunning, and Otto. This team is much more of a contender than people give them credit for, and I truly believe they're the biggest dark horse in baseball right now. If things go perfectly, they can be one of the best teams in baseball, but even if things don't go perfectly, they still have plenty of room to make a run for a good while.

Hey, i come from the future to say “IT FUCKING DID” LFG!!!

I don’t know quite why, but I get the feeling that this experiment is going to work and the Rangers are going to win the 2023 World Series.🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂

Rangers are in a weird position rn. If all goes right realistically they’ll just be fighting for second place. I don’t see anyone touching the Astros in that division. But I do like how aggressive they’re being and that they have an actual plan. We’ll just have to see if the Mariners can continue their run and if the Angels can actually put it together this year which would make the West a lot more interesting

The removal of the shift has made Seager lead the league in doubles and he has an OPS of 1.013 and OPS+ of 170….

As a Astros fan in a family whos split between the rangers and astros, the rangers have a good shot for playoffs this year. if they make it good for them, but they still gotta duel it out with houston before September ends

Worked out okay. 🎉

Risky but smart in my opinion especially on the pitching side. Degrom healthy, he is the best in the game. They give their top pitching prospects, another full year in the minors, another full year to develope, sure it cost them money this year, but in the long run, if they can stay healthy, and fulfill their potential as highly touted pitching prospects, the rangers should be even better come 2024 on the pitching side, hopefully the money is well spent this year on that pitching with all those starters they signed.

Not only did they make the playoffs, we are World Champions now!!!

Yesss, I love the Ragans shoutout. Big fan of his and wrote him up a couple times last yr. So happy to see his velo back and he could be a key piece for them, either as a multi-inning RP or sliding into the rotation to cover an injury

Very great video. Rangers are off to a good start just hope they can stay consistent!

I’d say a solid 81-81-83-78 esque season. The addition of Bochy is massive. I think next year they win 95 games. They need Nate Lowe to transpire into what he can be. As well as adolis, and leclerc and burke need to continue pitching well

Thanks for making this video. As a Rangers fan, I'm just happy that we are at least attempting to be more competitive. I like the pieces that we have acquired, and also feel really excited about the development of guys like Jung and Leiter. Obviously this rebuilding plan has plenty of potential to fail, but I'd rather swing and miss than not swing at all and be content as a cellar dweller

What has me more optimistic is not only has Chris Young been promoted to the role Jon Daniels had and brings in a different philosophy it feels like, but the coaches that were brought in. I've heard many times from former big leaguers how coaching was essential to gaining and maintaining their success. And I think bringing in Bochy was a great move but also bringing back Maddox as our pitching coach again will prove to be the most important and underated move for our pitchers. As a Rangers fan, after Maddox left, I don't remember our pitchers being any effective unless the players themselves had pure talent already. So I'm excited to see our pitching staff have some proper pitching development once again.

Watching Jon Daniels get fired and watching the new GM start writing checks was great

The issue is Jacob throws too hard…his ability comes from freezing batters who don’t know if his slider is coming or his four seamer. Dialing back the latter to 96-98 will enhance his durability and has proven to not hurt his ability to strike batters out.

Well so much for long-term huh we're already in the World Series and up one game to nothing against the Diamondbacks right now

You were spot on with Cole Ragans.

It worked.

I'm just glad that baseball could be meaningful again here in DFW. I've been so sick and tired of the Cowboys being the only thing that sports commentators talk about. The Stars playing well into the playoffs is another good thing.

2023 World Series Champions!!! And now the future’s so bright we’ll have to wear shades 😎

I think the Nationals showed the proper method for a team “rebuilding” develop your offense internally and buy pitching.

Halos, Mariners and Rangers are gonna be neck and neck all year for 2nd place, barring major injuries

as a rangers fan im excited we haven't been good in so long

The Rangers are hoping that all the money they are shelling out will pay out in the future. I doubt that will happen.

2023 World series champs 💪

I’m a Phillies fan going to the second game of the season. I’m really excited to see the matchup between the two teams

think it worked out

Jacob degrom has the best stuff Major League Baseball has ever seen however when he gets the ball up he is hittable he also doesn't pitch to contact enough and that has correlated into injuries I believe he has the stuff to be an elite top-shelf closer in the mold of John Smoltz. Eventually I think that's where he goes

Well considering they won the World Series, I’d say they pulled it off 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evaldi was an absolute steal. Yes, he's incomsitant and oft injured, but he always earns his money in october...

12-6 tonight, most likely going to 13..... 89-92 wins is my prediction. Just a feeling

"The Rangers just need some luck on their side"..... I love DeGrom, but he is literally the unluckiest MLB pitcher in the past decade 😅

I just became a Rangers fan in the past few years but i’m as die hard as they come. I love everything about the team and ill support them whether its 110-52 or 52-110🙌🏻

Can confirm, it worked

Jacob DeGrom has one of his worst starts in a while, and yet the Rangers went and won anyway with 11 runs. It's going to be a weird season in Texas this year

This aged like fine wine.

and it did lmoa

love the opening series in WHAT SHOULD’VE BEEN the 2011 World Series Matchup, but thanks baseball gods for fucking that up. Anyways, I really do not think this Rangers experiment will work. They have been so horrible for so long so I get what they are trying to do but the players they chose to invest in are so high risk that I just don’t trust a Degrom and a Semien both on the wrong side of 30 and an injury prone corey seager to lead this team anywhere. this roster also has almost no depth whatsoever.

That projection chart is wacky!! It undershot the Astros and Mariners win by probably 10 each

Ay man I love the channel been here from the start, you need wayyyyy more attention, great video and content. Keep it up!

You should make an update video since we have the #3 record in the AL rn lol

Is part 2 still coming? As a rangers fan, I would love to see it!! What a season it was for us, just incredible

Love degrom, when hes healthy hes the best pitcher not the best baseball player. You cannot take that away from ohtani LOL

what you said about the rangers becoming the new angels is what i was afraid of more than anything, but i guess there is always risk in whatever move you make in baseball. you really do have to just get lucky sometimes. so far they look pretty good this year though, gotta say they have the most complete lineup 1-9. and yeah seager was a huge victim to the shift, glad to see the new rules are helping him this year.

It worked!

Absolutely great and in depth video, thank you

If Texas still had an outside stadium, no way we pull in these players. I remember back in the 2010's, players wanted to play in Texas but not outside because it's really fucking hot.

Mark Cuban, TAKE NOTES!

While way early, 13-7 is looking like a great start. The teams is winning while Seager is out with a hamstring injury also.

The rangers are me in every franchise mode I do, there playing the show irl and it’s working

One month later... the Rangers are 8 games over 500 and in first by 3 games after winning 2 out of 3 in Anaheim.

The future is bright. I think they're approach is brilliant because they're not going all in now, but as soon as the Astros and Mariners take a step back, the Rangers are ready to strike.

Signing mediocre starting pitching isn’t getting the rangers anywhere. DeGrom, Perez, Eovaldi, Gray, Heaney is very meh imo I also feel like they’re similar to the Angels

How bout them Astros guys ?

We watched the Angels try building successful teams this way for years and it didn't work. They gave out huge deals to guys like Josh Hamilton, Albert Pujols, Justin Upton, CJ Wilson, and now Anthony Rendon. Big names, BIG money, small results. Teams that try to build a World Series contender through free agency alone are usually looking for a new GM and manager within 2-3 years Side note: Imagine if the rotation the Mets had envisioned worked out. When they were going through their rebuild, the starting rotation they had planned would have been DOMINANT: 1- Matt Harvey 2- Jacob DeGrom 3- Noah Syndergaard 4- Zach Wheeler 5- Steven Matz If Harvey didn't completely forget how to pitch and they all stayed healthy, the rotation alone would have had them contending year after year

Can you please do a video on whether or not Catfish Hunter should be in the hall of fame?

Who’s here after they sweped the Phillies to start the season

In the first 3 games the rangers have score 29 runs and swept the Phillies. Not a bad start

let’s not forget to mention that there are many more fans at the stadium now so they will also be making more money, not sure how it will be with them spending more money, are they making more money in the long run? i have no clue, but the stadium is definitely WAY more full

As a rangers fan, I'm just glad they're doing something

As a Mets fan I never like deform because he’s always on the DL

if you’re looking for a barrel of laughs check out semien’s turf vs grass splits in the first half of 2022. truly bizarre, even if he seemed to reign in the anomaly somewhat towards the fall.

I’ll take my chances!!

Crazy to watch after into the season

They've already tied 2 records and are 3-0. The risk was worth it

high risk high reward

seager hasnt show up yet so who knows when all cylinders start firing

“Seemingly inexplicable record in 1-run games.” Bro I’ll explain, I’ve been shouting it from the rooftops for years: We have no bullpen! I’m sick from all the kool-aid I drank over the last decade. We can’t develop our own pitching and unless we gut our farm before the break to get some bullpen arms, we’re fucked.

Smart video title.. definitely made me want to watch

“…positive regression…” 😂

THE RANGERS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!

Great video. Never would've guessed you only have 54k subs. Keep up the great work!

Man, this didn’t age well did it, Josh Young and Evan Carter both came in and a lot of our signings did exactly what they were supposed to do except for Jacob deGrom which understandable but Texas Rangers are the 2023 World Series champions in the next few years looks pretty bright

tatis at 160 ops+ is insane

So far its working

FA classes have top tier players literally every year, this idea that this class is “can’t miss” is so absurd next year there will be superstars, same as the next, and same as the next

Great analysis. Always enjoy your content!

the rangers have 4 starters hitting over 270 and 3 of them are double digit in home runs...in todays baseball that is like having a bunch of 320 hitters.....

Between the fragile arms and the lack of hitting depth I don't see the Rangers contending for the playoffs this year. Of course if the pitchers stay healthy and they pick up a bat or 2 you never know. It'll be interesting over the next couple of seasons what some of their prospects can do. Hopefully it'll be better than the last group (Gallo, Profar, Odor, Mazarra, et al ). Overall as a Rangers' fan I'm long-term optimistic. With the promising farm system, the willingness to spend and the dumping of Daniels, who wouldn't be optimistic.

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