Pssst, guys, this Cleveland bullpen ain't bad.
Bats are fine. Lets go get a plus arm.
Bats are fine. Lets go get a plus arm.
*****Official Texas Rangers 2023 Season Thread***** [Staff Warning]
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Another 10+ run game
Let's just hope the power Rangers are back!!!!
This is nuts
Apparently Adolis saved the Home Run derby for today. And the whole team is in on it
My goodness
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Been hearing this for a month now, yet the rangers are about to go to 5-17 in their last 22, and will probably drop another series to an average to below average team. The pitching has been enough, if the bats could string any semblance of an offense together and get hits with RISP. That's with Tampa and Houston coming up soon.
Nailed it.
Wouldn't mind seeing another HR the way June ended and July started. But now that Miller is batting probably not.
beagle2009 said:
Getting knocked around by another **** team. Picking right back up where we left off….
Picking right back up where we left off
Proposition Joe said:Quote:
Been hearing this for a month now, yet the rangers are about to go to 5-17 in their last 22, and will probably drop another series to an average to below average team. The pitching has been enough, if the bats could string any semblance of an offense together and get hits with RISP. That's with Tampa and Houston coming up soon.
Nailed it.
Couldn't be happier to be wrong. It's been a frustrating month, and I don't have a track record of being someone who overreacts to one baseball loss.
Hopefully tonight will be the spark to have a strong second half of the season, and they can start stringing together series wins again, and some sweeps in there. I stopped checking the thread and the score on the mlb app after 4-0, and have only have score updates since then. I'll stick to the for awhile.
That's the way to start the second half
AND 9 LOB.TefIon Don said:
Another 10+ run game
17H, 4HR. LFG
Hello Win Column!
Great win to start the second half of the season!
Great win to start the second half of the season!
Have to remember they were on a stretch of 30 games in 31 days before the ASG. They were out of gas. Iirc we don't have another stretch like that
Proposition Joe said:DeangeloVickers said:
NSIAPJonah Heim caught 259 called strikes on first-half pitches that were out of the strike zone and there's nobody else even close. pic.twitter.com/BwAQ9RwS8z
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 14, 2023
Wow. Great stuff. Knew he was good at framing but didn't realize that good. Does beg the question though, is a frame the baseball equivalent of a flop?
Have y'all seen some of the discourse on this? Don't agree that it's a form of "cheating"
And NFL refs don't see the DB's hand on a wide receiver every time a pattern is run, they don't see all the holding calls, and NBA refs don't see every foul. 'Cheating?' Really?
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 14, 2023
The ability to frame pitches is part of what makes a catcher a great defensive catcher. It's an art imo
Framing has been going on at least since I was in little league 40 years ago. (I know it's been around probably since the beginning of balls and strikes.) I remember my coach telling me to frame pitches if they were out of the zone. If Jonah is the best, great for him and the team.
Double Talkin' Jive...
Lots of days off the next couple weeks.AgBQ-00 said:
Have to remember they were on a stretch of 30 games in 31 days before the ASG. They were out of gas. Iirc we don't have another stretch like that
If the positive developments for the big league team weren't enough for you, Walcott hit his 6th home run of the season tonight for the ACL Rangers - this is his 12th game
Man, I'm definitely pulling for the Angels this series against HOU. However, the longer the Angels can go without falling completely out of it, the higher odds they keep Shohei, miss the playoffs, and get nothing in return when he walks.
Great comeback win! We needed that one!
Re: Ohtani trade… deleted, just realized there is a whole thread for this.
#Rangers have placed Jack Leiter on the development list at Double A Frisco. He's fine physically. The plan is to work on his mechanics with no timetable for a return.
— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilsonTXR) July 15, 2023
I'm afraid it's time to cut bait here.
It is what TexAgs does best!
Overreacting? He's gotten worse since he's been here, and he's absolutely no where near helping the Rangers. I'm not saying he's totally washed or won't make the big leagues, but if he does I doubt it's with the us. We drafted him to help this franchise by the end of this season or the beginning of next, and that isn't anywhere near happening, so trade him him now and try to get someone who can help this team sooner rather than later.
Here's what will happen. The Rangers will trade Leiter for next to nothing, because that's what he'd bring right now. Once he gets in a new organization, he'll figure out that his daddy isn't the pitching coach he needs and he'll start listening to instruction and doing what his actual coaches are telling him to do, and he'll turn into the stud he should be. Meanwhile the Rangers will be the team who gave up on a player "too soon".
The problem isn't with Jack. The problem is Al Leiter.
The problem isn't with Jack. The problem is Al Leiter.
Jimbo Franchione
That is a little bit of an overreaction. I get he was expected to help in the next year or so.. but you don't just bail on your top 5 picks like that. You do have some help that should be ready by next year in Bradford and White. You just hope that with the flashes he has shown and some time on the development list, he can get something figured out and keep improving his command.
And command tends come with more time and experience.
And command tends come with more time and experience.
It's definitely possible, but it just isn't happening for him in this organization right now for whatever reason. Whether that be his dad, how the organization develops pitchers, or his own personal battles, it's rough. Now, I don't want to trade him for a bag of chips, but if you need to add him in a multi-player deal to get someone like Corbin Burnes or any other high caliber pitcher, then he's getting included for me.
In other news, Baseball America came out with their top 100 prospects list post draft, and Wyatt Langford (#11) just edges out Evan Carter (#12) for the top spot on our organization. Walcott also cracks the top 100 at #93, which is super impressive for a 17 year old. He and Ethan Salas of the Padres might be the youngest guys on there at 17.
In other news, Baseball America came out with their top 100 prospects list post draft, and Wyatt Langford (#11) just edges out Evan Carter (#12) for the top spot on our organization. Walcott also cracks the top 100 at #93, which is super impressive for a 17 year old. He and Ethan Salas of the Padres might be the youngest guys on there at 17.
Tksymm7 said:
but if you need to add him in a multi-player deal to get someone like Corbin Burnes or any other high caliber pitcher, then he's getting included for me.
I wouldn't be against that, but only for Burns or Cease.. and only if we can lock them down long term!
I'll hang up after this, but this is exactly what I am talking about. I don't want to trade him for Lance Lynn or some 35 year old veteran we're going to have for one season, but for someone who's currently in their prime and willing to stay here. Easier said than done I know.
Are we really scapegoating his dad? This franchise hasn't produced a top SP from the farm in decades. The last one actually had to beg to be converted from a RP.
Daddy may not be helping, but he isn't hurting and has every reason to believe his son might get mishandled.
Daddy may not be helping, but he isn't hurting and has every reason to believe his son might get mishandled.
Every single thing I've read, including comments from scouts outside the Rangers organization, is that Al has been meddling and interfering, arguably hampering Jack's development. If nothing else, contradictory input could at the very least be confusing for a young struggling pitcher. He needs to stay the hell out of it. Ranger's history of developing pitchers has nothing to do with that.Proposition Joe said:
Are we really scapegoating his dad? This franchise hasn't produced a top SP from the farm in decades. The last one actually had to beg to be converted from a RP.
Daddy may not be helping, but he isn't hurting and has every reason to believe his son might get mishandled.
Jimbo Franchione
I agree with that
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