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Water Boy said:
Knizner again!
Maybe we need to shift him into the DH spot when he is not catching
Lorenzen with 5 shutout innings so far. Hopefully he can get through the 6th as well before turning it over to the bullpen.
KT 90 said:Water Boy said:
Knizner again!
Maybe we need to shift him into the DH spot when he is not catching
Ok, he struck out that time, but I am blaming that on blue for that horrible call for strike two
Grossman blocking out the haters today.
Water Boy said:
Grossman blocking out the haters today.
Grossman & Knizner: you can't stop them, you can only hope to contain them
Lefty killers
Grossman and Knizner bobble head night coming soon!
Garcia is in a SLUMP!
After the first two at bats thought we were once again impotent with the bases loaded, but Langford came through!
Putting the call in now: Langford hits his first "over the fence" HR in tomorrows game against whatever lefty they are throwing on Sunday.Kyle98 said:
After the first two at bats thought we were once again impotent with the bases loaded, but Langford came through!
Man what a pickup Lorenzen has been this season. Not getting much attention from the media but he has been nails and will probably get himself a nice deal in the offseason
Wendzel protection.KT 90 said:
Foscue is eligible to return from the 60 day on Friday, per Evan:More Rangers: Justin Foscue took a significant step towards his return on Friday. https://t.co/5bi5CgC0uI
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) June 1, 2024
Wendzel **** the bed so bad that I can still smell it.
Mahle/Rocker/Scherzer all could face hitters this week. Gray may be back by Friday as well.
More Rangers: Tyler Mahle will face hitters this week. Kumar Rocker should, too. And it wouldn't be surprising if Max Scherzer made it a trio. https://t.co/gkhq7hMev3
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) June 2, 2024
Interesting on Lowe. I didn't think he looked good when he came in late yesterday. We need him to work his way out of his funk.
Nathaniel Lowe gets 2nd straight day off. https://t.co/6jTARP6KpL
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) June 2, 2024
Is Lowe nursing some type of injury?
Good start
Idk, but he hasn't been able to touch a 94+ mph fastball in two+ years, and my patience with him is wearing thin. First base is a slugging spot, and we don't get much from him there.
Yeah, it seems like he can get to it when he's fresh and uninjured. But I think any combination of wear and tear of the season or injury, he just can't do it. And unfortunately, that's MLB. Not gonna avoid being tired or having nagging injuries as an everyday player
Yeah, he ran into a clutch one last year in the postseason but for the most part he simply couldn't catch up to the fastball.
I wanna go to Miami for a game.
Good to see Garcia hitting the ball hard
Anderson great in relief.
Really nice road trip.
Really nice road trip.
Hello Win Column!
Back to back shutouts!
Back to back shutouts!
5 of the last 6
Jung, Carter, Scherzer, Bradford, Gray, etc... all on the DL.
And we're a game under 0.500.
And we're a game under 0.500.
Rangers win Astros lose.
Injuries are so bad we forget we have one of the best pitchers on the planet on the shelf.
Water Boy said:
Injuries are so bad we forget we have one of the best pitchers on the planet on the shelf.
I think anything we get out of deGrom at this point found money. If I set the over/under on deGrom wins this year at 3, I doubt anyone would go heavy on the over.
Proposition Joe said:Water Boy said:
Injuries are so bad we forget we have one of the best pitchers on the planet on the shelf.
I think anything we get out of deGrom at this point found money. If I set the over/under on deGrom wins this year at 3, I doubt anyone would go heavy on the over.
I think the fact that we won the WS in 1 year of his tenure will all but hide the talk around his contract being one of the worst ever given out which at this point seems fair to argue
Id take that bet on next season tho.Proposition Joe said:Water Boy said:
Injuries are so bad we forget we have one of the best pitchers on the planet on the shelf.
I think anything we get out of deGrom at this point found money. If I set the over/under on deGrom wins this year at 3, I doubt anyone would go heavy on the over.
If deGrom can give us 4GS of 4-5 IP and sub-2.0 ERA playoff games, I think it will have been $40M well spent... that didn't cost prospects.
Proposition Joe said:Water Boy said:
Injuries are so bad we forget we have one of the best pitchers on the planet on the shelf.
I think anything we get out of deGrom at this point found money. If I set the over/under on deGrom wins this year at 3, I doubt anyone would go heavy on the over.
Hell I'd probably take the under if you were talking about games he pitches in
Jimbo Franchione
From Jeff Wilson about Johnny Cueto:
Rangers have a decision to make. It's tough because I don't like wasting pitching or let it walk out the door. Maybe they should give Cueto a major league start.Quote:
The out on his minor-league deal arrived Saturday, and the 16-year MLB veteran said he will give the Rangers 72 hours to make a decision on calling him up before he weighs other opportunities.
"I'm going to talk to my agent and see where I go from there," Cueto said.
He's coming off his finest start since joining Round Rock, tossing six scoreless innings Thursday. He said that his pitches had the action he'd been seeking, which told him he's ready to get big-league hitters out.
The outing was similar to a late-spring outing, one when pitchers put together everything they had been working on. He wanted to give the Rangers something to think about.
"I felt great, aggressive, and I felt the ball movement was exactly what I wanted it to be," said Cueto, who has a 2.50 ERA in four starts/18 innings with 15 strikeouts and two walks. "I felt dialed in, so that's why I was aggressive, to show them that I am ready to go."
The Rangers signed Cueto to a low-risk minor-league deal to see if he could help the big-league club at a time when the team was dealing with multiple injuries in the rotation. They still are, though right-hander Nathan Eovaldi returned Tuesday from the injured list and Jon Gray thinks he has a chance to return soon.
Eovaldi gives the Rangers five big-league starters along with left-hander Andrew Heaney and right-handers Michael Lorenzen, Dane Dunning and Jose Ureña. Lorenzen tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings Saturday in a 7-0 win at Miami, and Heaney is scheduled to start Sunday in the finale against the Marlins.
Without deGrom, we may have not even made the playoffs last year. That makes his contract worth it to me. As far as this season, just let him get to full strength and make as many rehab starts as possible to be ready for next season. deGrom is a once in a generation talent but the odds of him coming in after a year off and dominating in the playoffs is extremely low. It's going to take a lot of games back for him to get his control and feel back.
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