His sinker looks special tonight.

I'm liking Bubba so far.

wbt5845 said:

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Reporting tonight from my palatial seats at beautiful Globe Life Field. The Karbach craft brews are mighty fine.

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If only they were still craft, but I digress.

Indeed - they had Wild Acre out in left field earlier this year, but alas no more.

Dunning really looks good tonight. Just one ball to the outfield IIRC.

Every time I see Emmanuel Clase pitch, I think it should be a crime against humanity that we traded him.

WestTexasAg said:

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Dane Dunning only has 1 win in 20 starts. Yikes! His 4.30 ERA isn't great, but not awful. Probably deserves better than a 1-6 record.

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Yeah, as you said, not great but definitely snakebit as hell in his starts. The team is 5-15 in his starts, but there are 10 one run losses and most of them were relatively low scoring games. At least 3-4 of them are 2-1 losses. He's been the eating the biggest share of the one run loss bad luck crapburger

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Yeah but that 1/3 of an inning we got from Corey Kluber was totally worth it right?!

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One of the biggest **** yous from the baseball I have ever witnessed. It's a full on meme. We got 18 pitches from him

How long until Jung gets called up?

https://www.mlb.com/rangers/news/texas-rangers-top-mlb-prospects-updates-2022?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

We got 18 pitches from a guy past his prime and they got one of the now most dominant relievers in baseball. We definitely won that deal!!

My guess is that he'll play another week in the Arizona league, then likely straight to AAA. I don't think we see him in the MLB until at least the beginning of football season.

If anything, he would be a September call-up.

Nice!!!

Love seeing guys change their approach with 2 strikes. Adolis swung out of his shoes the first two pitches and with 2 strikes chose not to over swing and he drilled a bases clearing double. LOVE IT!!

Just a funny, little coincidence, but since we analyzed Justin Foscue earlier last week, and concluded that he is underperforming some this season for what he profiles as as a player, he has absolutely gone off lol.

Not having a position is an issue, but they do need a DH.

I agree, hope he continues to improve as a hitter and move up prospect rankings and then we trade him for a real impact player who has a future with the team.

DannyDuberstein said:

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Not having a position is an issue, but they do need a DH.

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That might be Josh Jung's spot if he can't stay healthy. Or maybe 1B

Howard ain't that guy.

He's back everyone. Spencer Howard is back.

Howard just ain't it, but we knew that already. It is pretty wild that we have someone in the rotation with as high an ERA as he has

thegoodolag15 said:

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Howard ain't that guy.

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He's consistently inconsistent. Likes to tease us with the occasional good outing.

Howard's breaking pitches are beach balls to any and all hitters.

wbt5845 said:

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Announced attendence last night was over 38,000. Great atmosphere with the place so full.

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I've been as down about the new ballpark as anyone but I was there last night and that was fun.

CampingAg said:

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wbt5845 said:

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Announced attendence last night was over 38,000. Great atmosphere with the place so full.

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I've been as down about the new ballpark as anyone but I was there last night and that was fun.

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I don't understand what all the hate towards the new ballpark is about. I think it's great.

Maybe I just spent too many nights sweating my a$$ off at the last two, but simply having a retractable roof makes it a winner in my book.

What do you guys think the ceiling is for Duran? He has been fairly impressive so far. Could he end up being the answer at 3B if Jung is not?

rbtexan said:

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CampingAg said:

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wbt5845 said:

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Announced attendence last night was over 38,000. Great atmosphere with the place so full.

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I've been as down about the new ballpark as anyone but I was there last night and that was fun.

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I don't understand what all the hate towards the new ballpark is about. I think it's great.

Maybe I just spent too many nights sweating my a$$ off at the last two, but simply having a retractable roof makes it a winner in my book.

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Retractable roof is great. Especially with the game time temps in the 100s.

Having said that... The outside looks like a Home Depot and the inside was about as sterile as a toilet with a new "breath mint."

The natural orientation of the seats are to dirt/turf seam above 2nd base, making it difficult to have conversations. I've literally looked over the person's shoulder next to me, looking at home plate.

Wins
- Retractable roof
- Concourses feed together (RBiA had the 3rd level that rarely had concessions because few people were up there and it was isolated). So... more money for the owners.
- Morgan's box
- Grab-and-Go refreshment areas. Means concessions sold with shorter wait lines. Translates to more owner money.
- More Revenue for owners

Losses
- Everything else.
-- Site lines
-- Payroll
-- JD (had to maintain my rep of hating him)
-- Narrow walkways
-- Fewer restrooms
-- Elevation
-- Sterile
-- Isolation of the expensive/close seats keeping kids from moving to open seats.
-- Having to learn of all the new places.

WestTexasAg said:

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What do you guys think the ceiling is for Duran? He has been fairly impressive so far. Could he end up being the answer at 3B if Jung is not?

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I think he could be an answer if Jung can't stay healthy. But if Jung doesn't get injured again, he's the guy. He's a better hitter than Duran (not that Duran is bad at all) and the Rangers need offense from that position. FWIW, Jung is playing now in AZ, and is tearing the cover off the ball. He's playing in the field as well, and I'll bet he gets a September call-up, because he's going to have to be added to the 40 man anyway...might as well give him a cup of coffee this season.