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All star break approaches as rangers visit Baltimore 07/13-07/15

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Both Crouse and Palumbo struggled tonight.
 

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Fix Joey Gallo: Advanced metrics suggest Gallo has made marginal improvements in hitting the ball the opposite way, chasing pitches and hitting the ball hard. It has not translated to results. More egregious is this: Teams are taking away more hits with dramatic shifts and Gallo must combat that by being able to control his bat a bit more and lining the ball through the open left side. He can’t count on his career being rescued by an in-the-future rule; he has to take ownership of the situation himself. He made necessary adjustments last year at the All-Star break. He must do it again this year. It’s no longer OK to say he’s a “unique” player. Right now, his OPS makes him the antithesis of unique; it makes him extremely ordinary.

Catch Isiah Kiner-Falefa more: For the last month, Kiner-Falefa has caught an average of once a series. The Rangers need to more equally split time with Robinson Chirinos and work Kiner-Falefa into the lineup in the infield once or twice a week, too. This would give him, on average four or five starts per week. He needs the reps and the more burdensome workload so the Rangers can get a picture of how this unique super utility possibility might work out. And Kiner-Falefa will make use of any fatigue or dropoff in his play as a baseline for how he must prepare going forward.
 

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Fix Joey Gallo: Advanced metrics suggest Gallo has made marginal improvements in hitting the ball the opposite way, chasing pitches and hitting the ball hard. It has not translated to results. More egregious is this: Teams are taking away more hits with dramatic shifts and Gallo must combat that by being able to control his bat a bit more and lining the ball through the open left side. He can’t count on his career being rescued by an in-the-future rule; he has to take ownership of the situation himself. He made necessary adjustments last year at the All-Star break. He must do it again this year. It’s no longer OK to say he’s a “unique” player. Right now, his OPS makes him the antithesis of unique; it makes him extremely ordinary.

Catch Isiah Kiner-Falefa more: For the last month, Kiner-Falefa has caught an average of once a series. The Rangers need to more equally split time with Robinson Chirinos and work Kiner-Falefa into the lineup in the infield once or twice a week, too. This would give him, on average four or five starts per week. He needs the reps and the more burdensome workload so the Rangers can get a picture of how this unique super utility possibility might work out. And Kiner-Falefa will make use of any fatigue or dropoff in his play as a baseline for how he must prepare going forward.

I’m hoping the rangers can trade Choo because that might free up more playing time for IKF / Profar.
 

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We already knew he was strong. That is not the problem.
He needs some minor league time for sure.

I have never heard of anyone doing that in batting practice though.
 

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TR Sullivan thinks Profar could be traded soon. That wouldn't surprise me.
 

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Alright, soft-tossers. Who's up for a 1-week avi bet on the Indians/Rangers series?

Let's make this fun.
 

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More detail on who Cole can block
 

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