Yep.

Position player pitching time!

fc2112 said:

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Position player pitcher tonight?

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Prediction: accurate.

That's a guy walking to the dugout who wanted the CG shutout badly. Love to see it.

damn...1 out away

Ugh, knew something like that would happen as soon as Raymond started talking about the shutout and strike out figures and only having two base runners all game.

dave94 said:

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Every game, someone gotta dog on Dave Raymond

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Yep. That's a CG shutout if Trevor is at 3rd.

dave94 said:

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Every game, someone gotta dog on Dave Raymond

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It's hard not to. His whole "I'm glad we didn't get the review because the game should end on an actual play" was moronic even for him.

Good chance to gain on the Angels and rays tonight. Both teams are losing right now.

Man I hope not. Only game I am attending all year. Would like to see a bunch of the starters play. And would like to see one of our main starters pitch too.

I think Otto could be an effective piece out of the pen. He's got better command than Howard (not that hard lol) and wipeout slider. His slider could be a real weapon.

gigem1223 said:

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Rumors are that Otto may get the call tomorrow. May be an Otto/ Bradford night to give the starters and BP extra rest going into the Stros series.

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Just don't want it to be like the last St. Louis game. Can we balance resting people without punting games? Or at least put up a competitive effort in the games we try to rest folks?

Would hate to give the Astros a free opening to "gain ground" on us all in the name of rest.

Dunning enters among the Qualified SPs by reaching 80.1 IP (Rangers have 80GP).

1. 2.23 McClanahan (TB)
2. 2.49 Valdez (Hou)
3. 2.67 Gray (Min)
4. 2.69 Dunning (Tex)

6. 2.82 Eovaldi (Tex)
8. 2.89 Gray (Tex)

When do we see Dunning as a legit SP?

We had an exchange about Keller (Pit) in the past couple days. I'm as guilty as any looking at our SPs and seeing their body of failures and have little confidence they're over the hump.

Are we still waiting on Dunning to revert back to average or are we gaining confidence in him?


I'm disappointed for Dunning he didn't get the CG SHO... but what a great game. BP fully rested. It certainly makes a decision for Otto/Bradford easier, if that was what they considered.

Astros win tonight, but the good news is Javier doesn't look like an ace lately. His era is inching up to 4.00

Hopefully that upward trend continues.

gigem1223 said:

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Rumors are that Otto may get the call tomorrow. May be an Otto/ Bradford night to give the starters and BP extra rest going into the Stros series.

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I would love that, for Otto.

I think after Dunning, he was 8th, maybe going into the season:
deGrom, Eovaldi, Gray, Heaney, Perez
Odorizzi, Dunning, Otto

Funny comment from that link from February:

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Dunning was Mr. Durability in 2022 compared to the 4 not named Perez. Dunning likely ends up in the rotation, the only riddle to solve is which one of the 5 goes on the DL/IL.

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That would be deGrom, Odorizzi, and Otto.

Otto makes for some trade leverage. Serf in 2024, then 3 years of Arb.

Could Dunning get ASG Consideration or is he not that big of a headline yet?

gigem1223 said:

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Wouldn't call starting Bradford or Otto punting a game.

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Depends on the lineup we roll out.

But Otto pitching and a lineup filled with smith, grossman, garver, and huff all at the same time would stink. I'd understand it if we won the first 3 of this series, but lose tomorrow and it's a disappointing split. The game tomorrow is still important to win.

Confirmed Bradford will start tomorrow

Grapesoda2525 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Wouldn't call starting Bradford or Otto punting a game.

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Depends on the lineup we roll out.

But Otto pitching and a lineup filled with smith, grossman, garver, and huff all at the same time would stink. I'd understand it if we won the first 3 of this series, but lose tomorrow and it's a disappointing split. The game tomorrow is still important to win.

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Kinda goes back to punting last game against Cards….

Isn't Pitching generally a selection and not voted on.

I think the real question becomes would they be willing to add a SP from the Rangers, and if so... how many.

I'm honestly not super sure on how you're an All-Star pitcher besides that the starters are selected by the manager. Selecting pitchers does make a little more sense though.

Also of note in the minors last night, South Grand Prairie's own Josh Stephan threw 5 perfect innings at high A Hickory, with 10 Ks. He is 21 and on the season he is 6-3 with a 2.17 ERA. Expect he'll get moved up to Frisco fairly soon.