The Tampa Bay Rays and Wander Franco have mutually agreed that he will go on the Restricted List and take leave from the Club for the duration of the current road trip.

— Rays Communications (@RaysPR) August 14, 2023

CoachAg19 said:

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ESPN article just came out ranking the wild-card contenders down the stretch. Their prediction for us is that we tie the Rangers for the division title, but we will win the tiebreaker for the top spot.

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tjack16 said:

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CoachAg19 said:

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ESPN article just came out ranking the wild-card contenders down the stretch. Their prediction for us is that we tie the Rangers for the division title, but we will win the tiebreaker for the top spot.

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If we keep winning series and the Rangers actually drop a series now and then that'll happen.

I think 95-67 wins the division. Right now we are at a 93 win pace and the Rangers at a 96

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Mathguy64 said:

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tjack16 said:

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CoachAg19 said:

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ESPN article just came out ranking the wild-card contenders down the stretch. Their prediction for us is that we tie the Rangers for the division title, but we will win the tiebreaker for the top spot.

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If we keep winning series and the Rangers actually drop a series now and then that'll happen.

I think 95-67 wins the division. Right now we are at a 93 win pace and the Rangers at a 96

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Fangraphs projects both at 93 wins.

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iamtheglove said:

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TRM said:

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I'd hate to see Urquidy traded. Not as good stuff as the others, but mentally tougher than Framber or Garcia.

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I'm curious what Garcia has done to be seen as "not as mentally tough"? Not arguing, just curious.

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tjack16 said:

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Boiling Denim said:

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iamtheglove said:

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TRM said:

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I'd hate to see Urquidy traded. Not as good stuff as the others, but mentally tougher than Framber or Garcia.

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I'm curious what Garcia has done to be seen as "not as mentally tough"? Not arguing, just curious.

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Probably lingering feelings from the 2021 playoffs watching him get blown up on multiple occasions. He gave in to a lot of hitters that run and led to a lot of bad moments.

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You mean like the shutout he pitched in game 6 of the 2021 ALCS? Or the 5 inning shutout relief appearance in the 2022 ALDS

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AggieDub04 said:

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tjack16 said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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tjack16 said:

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CoachAg19 said:

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ESPN article just came out ranking the wild-card contenders down the stretch. Their prediction for us is that we tie the Rangers for the division title, but we will win the tiebreaker for the top spot.

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If we keep winning series and the Rangers actually drop a series now and then that'll happen.

I think 95-67 wins the division. Right now we are at a 93 win pace and the Rangers at a 96

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Fangraphs projects both at 93 wins.

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If we play .600 ball the rest of the way we will end up at 94-68.

But the Rangers would need to decline quite a bit to finish 93-69. In fact they'd have to go 23-21 to finish with only 93 wins.

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The winning % of our remaining opponents is .480. Our win % so far this year is .57. Based on pythagorean averages we should play .585 ball and get to 93.2 wins if everything is neutral. Houston has 22 at home and 21 away so a slighty more favorable draw gets it to 93.5. This is an oversimplification that doesn't account for Alvarez and Altuve being injured or adding Verlander so you could argue for another win, give or take. That pegs the Astros right at 94.5.

The Rangers remaining schedule is .503. Their predicted pythagorean average is .582 which gets them to 95.5 wins at neutral. They have 21 at home and 23 on the road which gets them to 95.0. Unfortunately for the Rangers they're going the opposite way on injuries and they didn't quite the boost at the trade deadline because Eovaldi will miss some more time. That costs them maybe a quarter of a game so you're at 94.8.

The Rangers will need to have a game or two lead going into the last few weeks. The Astros last 6 series are Oakland, Kansas City, Baltimore, Kansas City, Seattle, and Arizona. Half of those are against teams mailing it in and two series are against teams on the brink. The Rangers last 6 series are Toronto, Cleveland, Boston, Seattle, LAA, and Seattle. The only team in that group that looks cooked is LAA.

This will be an incredibly tight race down the stretch.

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I read the girl lied to him, at the behest of her mom, to try and get close to Franco so they could get money out of him. If true, then he shouldn't be in too much trouble in my opinion. I agree that as an athlete he needs to protect himself and screen anyone trying to get close but if a girl lies about her age he shouldn't get in too much trouble.

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Oh he's going to be in plenty trouble either way.

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He absolutely should be in trouble. I can understand being potentially tricked into a 1 night stand. But he's supposedly was in a relationship with this girl.

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Should I have brought up @Chandler_Rome by name? https://t.co/Gwh2fGX9ln

— Matt Thomas (@SportsMT) August 14, 2023

Farmer1906 said:

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Is he calling Rome fanboy media? That doesn't make sense to me.

Should I have brought up @Chandler_Rome by name? https://t.co/Gwh2fGX9ln

— Matt Thomas (@SportsMT) August 14, 2023

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bearkatag15 said:

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Martín Maldonado's Catcher Framing Runs (via Savant):
2016 ---> +4
2017 ---> +20 😮
2018 ---> +4
2019 ---> -2
2020 ---> -2
2021 ---> -1
2022 ---> -1
2023 ---> -13 😬 pic.twitter.com/O317mafyGP

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) August 14, 2023

Codify is getting in on the Maldy bashing as well it seems.

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Mathguy64 said:

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Ah. The "I swear officer she said she was 18" defense. Works every time.

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Farmer1906 said:

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The kind of people you invest in matters. That, I think, is another point about why Tucker is less risky if given a mega deal. He's not a Tatis or Franco where you worry too much about off-the-field issues.

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