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Great job by Latz
Warning: The White Sox might win a baseball game.
This is just brutal to watch when we bat.
LeCLerq with the WTF was that
LeClerc dealing tonight!
How the eff are we this bad at scoring runs!?
He can be SO goodWestTexasAg said:
LeClerc dealing tonight!
Well what do you know, another solo home run
Marcus!!
SEMIEN!!!
According to Baseball Reference that is home run #9,999 in the history of the Rangers/Senators franchise.
Snap out of it and make it an even 10K Corey.
Snap out of it and make it an even 10K Corey.
Please close this out here!
What a signing Yates was! Never thought I'd say this in April but this bullpen is filthy.
Kirby ****ing Yates
YATES!!!
Hello Win Column!
$4.5Mgigem1223 said:
What a signing Yates was! Never thought I'd say this in April but this bullpen is filthy.
SMDH
Hello win column. Great win.
Jared Sandler said rangers had exactly one hit in each of their 8 innings. Gotta start stringing them together.
Jose Leclerc's last 5 games
— Jared Sandler (@JaredSandler) April 27, 2024
6.0 IP
0 R
2 H
8 K
4 BB
sburg2007 said:
Jared Sandler said rangers had exactly one hit in each of their 8 innings. Gotta start stringing them together.
Yep the lack of sequencing is killing us
From the article:
I may have added the bold.
He was all "the get" during FA and the Rangers dodged a huge one, there...
Quote:
"It's been four years running now. So I was angry for a few days, frustrated, mad, everything you could imagine. And then, my paycheck got deposited and I was giggling like a school girl on prom night.
I may have added the bold.
He was all "the get" during FA and the Rangers dodged a huge one, there...
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Offense will snap out of it. We really need 1 or 2 guys to get really hot tho and just mash.sburg2007 said:
Jared Sandler said rangers had exactly one hit in each of their 8 innings. Gotta start stringing them together.
Obviously 1A is seager. Getting Jung back and rolling will be huge in a month.
Let's tap the brakes...
Sandler discussed this in the post-Game.
Langford is hitting .245 with a .327 OBP.
League average right now is like .240. I forget what he said the league average was for OBP, but he indicated Langford was above it. If you look at TEAM OBP in the AL, the Yankees are leading the league at .327.
As most of us have seen, scoring and hitting is down this year and it is league wide. He gave some statistics, but I was in the car and don't have the memory I used to. His numbers compared through April 2024 with through April in other years and said the numbers were noticably down. That takes out the idea that the warmer summer months might inflate the numbers. Has it been seasonably cooler this year? My garden says yes.
Doing my own looking:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/bat.shtml
2024 AL: .233 BA, .306 OBP, .377 SLG, .684 OPS
2023 AL: .247 BA, .317 OBP, .412 SLG, .729 OPS
2022 AL: .242 BA, .309 OBP, .392 SLG, .701 OPS
2021 AL: .245 BA, .316 OBP, .415 SLG, .731 OPS
That's an 8.5% drop in SLG and a 6% drop in OPS.
<Note-to-self: OPS+ is the best statistic, but it isn't listed>
<Note-to-self: OPS+ is a normalized statistic>
Regarding the Rangers, let's start with SLG. Sandler mentioned LST
18. Langford: .298
19. Seager: .301
20. Taveras: .301
Heim: .410 <- 4th on the team and just noted to give perspective on the other 3.
They are: 18th, 19th, and 20th at the BOTTOM.
Notables:
7. Arozarena: .255
12. Garver: .271
13. Bregman: .273
Sandler mentioned that if your SLB starts with a 2... you are either the #9 hitter... OR... you are no longer on the team. Ok... fair enough with Taveras.
He said that scouting on Seager last year was that he hit everything well. He is down breaking/curve balls in '24. He recognized like most of us, that Seager missed most of ST and probably still ramping up. We all know he is likely still recovering from his surgery. I think we all agree, he has gotten more days off than would otherwise be normal, and it is likely a reflection on Bochy knowing he isn't quit back to himself. We all know Bochy is loyal to a fault and likely continues the same path. We can probably all agree Seager probably needs to be told to sit for a 10IL stint to work his way back.
Personally, I think with Langford... he has been eager and likely topping the ball resulting in a low launch angle (I could be wrong... didn't look it up). Last year, Bochy to Jung that he was going to struggle but that he was going to be his guy in the #5 spot no matter what.
When letting Langford know he made the team, we saw Bochy tell him (with CY present) that it was their expectation after the 2023 season, that Langford would make the club out of ST. I can't help but believe there was a similar converstation with Langford as was had with Jung.
As most of us agree, once Langford gets that 1st HR, he'll get them in bunches.
Last point... the Rangers are #3 or #4 in the AL for almost every team batting statistic. And yet, our MVP-2 from '23 is 19th in SLG and we have 3 of the 20 worst in SLG. Yikes.
Hitting is down in 2024...likely a deadened ball, or a ball no longer juiced. Langford and Seager are both struggling despite the Rangers hitting well as a team... which means, when those 2 get rolling, we should be in for a very exciting run.
My essay didn't even take into account Jung.sburg2007 said:
Obviously 1A is seager. Getting Jung back and rolling will be huge in a month.
Knowing that hitting is down, now let's look at the top pitchers, because we know injuries have been rampant.
Top ERA in MLB (2023)
1. Snell (SD): 2.25 <- 15IL. 3GS, Left adductor strain(Groin)
2. Cole (NYY): 2.63 <- 60IL. Likely TJ
3. SonGray (Min): 2.79 <- 3GS, Hamstring.
4. Bradish (Bal): 2.83 <- 15IL. 0GS, starting rehab
5. Senga (NYM): 2.98 <- 60IL. Shoulder capsule strain
6. Steele (Chc): 3.06 <- 1GS. Hamstring strain
7. Gausman (Tor): 3.16. 5GS. Shoulder fatigue
8. Monty (Tex): 3.20. Late signing.
9. Verlander (Hou): 3.22 <- 2G. Shoulder soreness
10. Webb (SF): 3.25 <- 6GS, 2.33 ERA
Webb is the only Top10 MLB ERA SP from 2023 that has been fully available.
Top ERA in MLB (2023)
1. Snell (SD): 2.25 <- 15IL. 3GS, Left adductor strain(Groin)
2. Cole (NYY): 2.63 <- 60IL. Likely TJ
3. SonGray (Min): 2.79 <- 3GS, Hamstring.
4. Bradish (Bal): 2.83 <- 15IL. 0GS, starting rehab
5. Senga (NYM): 2.98 <- 60IL. Shoulder capsule strain
6. Steele (Chc): 3.06 <- 1GS. Hamstring strain
7. Gausman (Tor): 3.16. 5GS. Shoulder fatigue
8. Monty (Tex): 3.20. Late signing.
9. Verlander (Hou): 3.22 <- 2G. Shoulder soreness
10. Webb (SF): 3.25 <- 6GS, 2.33 ERA
Webb is the only Top10 MLB ERA SP from 2023 that has been fully available.
And I can appreciate that!
This lineup is really something
Saturday squad on @MLBONFOX. pic.twitter.com/u6bgF8ZTZG
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) April 27, 2024
Lots of rest days today.
Seager benched due to lack of productivity?
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