PatAg said:
I really like Woodwards approach to this season so far.
Do you work for the team?Danny Vermin said:
I just spent 20 minutes talking to Erin Woodward here at the ballpark. What a wonderful lady and a baseball encyclopedia. She could not have been any nicer and almost had tears when I told her how the Rangers fans( us) feel about Woody. I told her the only negative was not walking Trout in the Anahiem series and she laughed about that. I'm guessing AP can confirm what a nice lady she is.
bigcat22 said:PatAg said:
I really like Woodwards approach to this season so far.
Big fan of Woody so far. Hopefully JD can bring in some help and see what he can do with a real team.
Danny Vermin said:
It's amazing how arrogant their fans are after one fluke world series win. Such trash fans that dwell in Houston.
Had no idea, but it wouldn't surprise me. Those *******s will stoop to any level.Danny Vermin said:
No, I do not work for the team but my job allows access. Can't really say more than that.
Another thing she did tell me was that a bunch of teams, including the Dodgers, Rangers and even the Yankees, all filed grievances with MLB accusing the Astros of cheating multiple ways. I had no idea. Did you know about that?
Danny Vermin said:
It's amazing how arrogant their fans are after one fluke world series win. Such trash fans that dwell in Houston.
Danny Vermin said:
No, I do not work for the team but my job allows access. Can't really say more than that.
Another thing she did tell me was that a bunch of teams, including the Dodgers, Rangers and even the Yankees, all filed grievances with MLB accusing the Astros of cheating multiple ways. I had no idea. Did you know about that?
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Rangers manager Chris Woodward said closer Jose Leclerc may be tipping his pitches
"They have to have something on him, because he's not getting the chase on those borderline pitches that he normally does with his changeup," Woodward said. "We thought something was going on before, that teams had something on him as far as tipping his pitches. I believe that, because guys are dead on his fastball and not swinging at his changeup. You saw the results last year, when you don't know it's coming."
Leclerc said he doesn't think he is tipping his pitches.
"I'm trying to do too much," Leclerc said. "Everything feels good. I think I'm trying too hard to show I can do the best that I can ... trying to be too perfect."
I thought I could see a wider grip from the center field camera, but I wasn't looking for it. Hard to know how soon the batter would pick that up, but he could be separating his glove and hand sooner, which would also be a symptom of missing up with the fastball. I'm guessing they have better film guys than this hack, though.KT 90 said:Danny Vermin said:
No, I do not work for the team but my job allows access. Can't really say more than that.
Another thing she did tell me was that a bunch of teams, including the Dodgers, Rangers and even the Yankees, all filed grievances with MLB accusing the Astros of cheating multiple ways. I had no idea. Did you know about that?
Woodward doesn't accuse them of cheating, but he may be taking high road by mentioning tipping pitches rather than stealing signs. But if our signs are easy enough to steal, that is on the Rangers to fix that issue imo.Quote:
Rangers manager Chris Woodward said closer Jose Leclerc may be tipping his pitches
"They have to have something on him, because he's not getting the chase on those borderline pitches that he normally does with his changeup," Woodward said. "We thought something was going on before, that teams had something on him as far as tipping his pitches. I believe that, because guys are dead on his fastball and not swinging at his changeup. You saw the results last year, when you don't know it's coming."
Leclerc said he doesn't think he is tipping his pitches.
"I'm trying to do too much," Leclerc said. "Everything feels good. I think I'm trying too hard to show I can do the best that I can ... trying to be too perfect."
It's annoying on both sides honestly. Either the game starts too early, or too late. Later is definitely worse, but still. Doesn't make sense for the west coast fans either.KT 90 said:
And this is one of the weeks where you hate that we are in the AL West... time for a west coast trip and late night start times this week....
I think he isn't getting the chase because he is struggling (to put it politely) to throw strikes with his fastball. So they can ignore the breaking ball and just wait for a fastball to be in the strike zone at the pro level of reaction time, no?KT 90 said:Danny Vermin said:
No, I do not work for the team but my job allows access. Can't really say more than that.
Another thing she did tell me was that a bunch of teams, including the Dodgers, Rangers and even the Yankees, all filed grievances with MLB accusing the Astros of cheating multiple ways. I had no idea. Did you know about that?
Woodward doesn't accuse them of cheating, but he may be taking high road by mentioning tipping pitches rather than stealing signs. But if our signs are easy enough to steal, that is on the Rangers to fix that issue imo.Quote:
Rangers manager Chris Woodward said closer Jose Leclerc may be tipping his pitches
"They have to have something on him, because he's not getting the chase on those borderline pitches that he normally does with his changeup," Woodward said. "We thought something was going on before, that teams had something on him as far as tipping his pitches. I believe that, because guys are dead on his fastball and not swinging at his changeup. You saw the results last year, when you don't know it's coming."
Leclerc said he doesn't think he is tipping his pitches.
"I'm trying to do too much," Leclerc said. "Everything feels good. I think I'm trying too hard to show I can do the best that I can ... trying to be too perfect."
yea, its the absolute worst.KT 90 said:
And this is one of the weeks where you hate that we are in the AL West... time for a west coast trip and late night start times this week....
Very interested to see how the team does.KT 90 said:
And this is one of the weeks where you hate that we are in the AL West... time for a west coast trip and late night start times this week....
94chem said:I thought I could see a wider grip from the center field camera, but I wasn't looking for it. Hard to know how soon the batter would pick that up, but he could be separating his glove and hand sooner, which would also be a symptom of missing up with the fastball. I'm guessing they have better film guys than this hack, though.KT 90 said:Danny Vermin said:
No, I do not work for the team but my job allows access. Can't really say more than that.
Another thing she did tell me was that a bunch of teams, including the Dodgers, Rangers and even the Yankees, all filed grievances with MLB accusing the Astros of cheating multiple ways. I had no idea. Did you know about that?
Woodward doesn't accuse them of cheating, but he may be taking high road by mentioning tipping pitches rather than stealing signs. But if our signs are easy enough to steal, that is on the Rangers to fix that issue imo.Quote:
Rangers manager Chris Woodward said closer Jose Leclerc may be tipping his pitches
"They have to have something on him, because he's not getting the chase on those borderline pitches that he normally does with his changeup," Woodward said. "We thought something was going on before, that teams had something on him as far as tipping his pitches. I believe that, because guys are dead on his fastball and not swinging at his changeup. You saw the results last year, when you don't know it's coming."
Leclerc said he doesn't think he is tipping his pitches.
"I'm trying to do too much," Leclerc said. "Everything feels good. I think I'm trying too hard to show I can do the best that I can ... trying to be too perfect."
I know his fastball is fine, velocity-wise, but I thought we were seeing a little more cutting-action on it, which is why he was so deadly against lefties. He doesn't need to throw 98. 95 - 96 with cut is more effective. If he doesn't have movement, he looks like Ogando - tons of velocity, but not enough swings and misses.
Some of them were saying their lineup lost some of its momentum when Carlos Beltran retired. I guess he's smarter than all of their other hitters and he was giving them tips on the right approach to take against certain pitchers / teams.Danny Vermin said:
I need to investigate more but it looks like the WS win for the Astros deserves a big asterisk for cheating. The Patriots of baseball. No respect for a team like that.
