*****Official Texas Rangers 2026 Season Thread*****

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Tksymm7
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The deGrom homer issue is still a problem. Turns out throwing 97 down the middle with only a good slider is an average starter in today's baseball.

If he's going to stick with fastball slider combo he's going to need to start throwing 101 again.
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He gives up the occasional unfortunate dinger, but his .92 whip and 2.75ish ERA over these 2 seasons is hardly average. The former is better than his career average while the latter is a slight tick above
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Keep Nimmo, Osuna, Jung, Duran, Langford, Leiter, and the majority of the bullpen. Trade or cut everyone else
Tksymm7
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I'm being hyperbolic of course. He's still a good starter. But his lack of adding a true weapon third pitch or even fourth is why he's not what he used to be.

Back with the Mets when he was throwing 101 and a 93 MPH slider, and that gets you in the HOF. Now he's 97 and the slider isn't quite the same, and he's still good. But he's getting absolutely tagged for homers because he keeps no one off balance like he use to.
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What the Rangers get out of deGrom for $40 million is just tough to swallow. He isn't a gamer/winner.
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He's top 8 in era and 2nd in whip in the AL. What are you wanting? Yea he gives up a lot of homers but his overall numbers are great.
Tksymm7
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lol
mavsfan4ever
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lol bad timing for my post.
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Mid
Tksymm7
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It's all good hahah. He is a good pitcher, but the homer problem is real and has lost us games. That's all.
Jimtim1216
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He could get out of here tonight only allowing one run, obviously not happening but when your team can't score to save their lives it sucks the life right out of you. I would imagine it makes your starter have to really press to not allow any runs.
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After losing last night, we need deGrom to nut up and pitch a gem tonight, not give up 3 bombs in his first 60 pitches.

Go back and look at his starts last July/August, when we needed him to nut up, he would routinely have games like he's having tonight.

As I type, he gives ip another bomb…


MID
Atmpainter
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This team Sucks
rbtexan
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3 hits in the last 13 innings against the Astros.

We.
Suck.
Jimtim1216
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When you have 0 offensive output it makes the pitchers try and be perfect instead of executing their pitches.

His last start he did "nut" up. When you DO NOT SCORE!!!!
Tksymm7
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Still a lot of season, but I think we need to blow this thing up. What CY has done to our farm system, and the lack of any difference, change etc. needs to be addressed. We need more options.

The Rangers need to become elite at developing and creating our own talent, and we are not.
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Do yall think our offense is confused why the Astros keep hitting over the fence?
Jimtim1216
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CowtownAg06 said:

Do yall think our offense is confused why the Astros keep hitting over the fence?


I don't think they remember the concept of scoring runs.
Jimtim1216
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No offense to Evan Carter, but when he is hitting clean up, you are desperate.
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Tksymm7 said:

Still a lot of season, but I think we need to blow this thing up. What CY has done to our farm system, and the lack of any difference, change etc. needs to be addressed. We need more options.

The Rangers need to become elite at developing and creating our own talent, and we are not.


The lower levels of the Farm is not bad at all. Just nothing ready to come up, and the one that could be up at the moment tore his UCL, so no. Also, they have developed some talent.
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Tksymm7 said:

Still a lot of season, but I think we need to blow this thing up. What CY has done to our farm system, and the lack of any difference, change etc. needs to be addressed. We need more options.

The Rangers need to become elite at developing and creating our own talent, and we are not.

I tend to agree. Unfortunately, the highest salaried players on this team likely have the least value right now…Seager and deGrom. Maybe we could flip them for some prospects, but you don't see the massive hauls of prospects anymore, that seems to be a thing of the past. We need to draft better and develop better.
Jimtim1216
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We are going to make the worst bullpen in baseball look elite.
Jimtim1216
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A miracle just happened!!!! Rangers scored a run!!!!
CampingAg
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Hitting the roof with a ball is the most exciting thing the offense has done this series.
CampingAg
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The amount of line drives and hard hit ground balls in this era that get hit right at infielders is bordering on voodoo.

I saw a sad but true post on X - baseball was better before we knew how to optimize it.
Tksymm7
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1000%
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RALLY TIME
Ag Since 83
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15-1 left on base

 
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