Series Thread: Rangers Host the Angels For Three Games May 17-19

[Kelleyman]

More unneeded secrecy?

Maybe they are unsure and maybe not
Huff

Another trade? Possibly but a long shot

 

[DT LUNA]

Maybe they are unsure and maybe not
Huff

Another trade? Possibly but a long shot

Huff would definitely be a better offensive weapon than Knitzer.

 

[Kelleyman]

Huff would definitely be a better offensive weapon than Knitzer.

Yes but they like to DH Jonah so much I am thinking Huff will not play as much as we like

Wonder if there is LHP coming up

 

[saddles]

Maybe they are unsure and maybe not
Huff

Another trade? Possibly but a long shot

Lol. I just think Bochy loves secrecy regarding moves. It is no big deal, really. It just gives us longer to speculate. It is humorous though.

 

[saddles]

There could be a 40-man move to be made as well. That would be a good reason why they haven't announced who is coming up. Derek Hill is hitting very well. Hr has a 1.046 OPS for Round Rock. He could be a later arriving 2024 version of Jankowski.

 

[saddles]

Bochy might actually use Knapp.

 

[Kelleyman]

Yes but they like to DH Jonah so much I am thinking Huff will not play as much as we like

Wonder if there is LHP coming up

So wonder if Adolis to IL

 

[saddles]

So wonder if Adolis to IL

Last I heard, they expect him to play tomorrow.

 

[DT LUNA]

Find it strange that all of a sudden we can't score runs. Bases loaded several times and nada. Can't bunt because they don't know how so how do we mfg runs when you can't hit or bunt?

 

[Duane1952]

I usually try to come up with my own personal, Rangers Top 30 Prospects List, about 3 times a year. I came very close to taking Langford off of the prospect list, but decided to keep him on this one.

1. Wyatt Langford
2. Jack Leiter
3. Sebastian Walcott
4. Brock Porter
5. Justin Foscue
6. Kumar Rocker
7. Dane Acker
8. Abimelec Ortiz
9. Emiliano Teodo
10. Wilson Santos
11. Owen White
12. Jose Corniell
13. Josh Stephan
14. Yeison Morrobel
15. Paulino Santana
16. Anthony Gutierrez
17. Mitch Bratt
18. Cole Winn
19. Blaine Crim
20. Echedry Vargas
21. Dustin Harris
22. Jesus Lopez
23. Antoine Kelly
24. Aaron Zavala
25. Marc Church
26. Josh Hatcher
27. Davis Wendzel
28. Paul Bonzagni
29. Joseph Montalvo
30. Izack Tiger

I wouldn’t rank White that high. He hasn’t shown he can be effective in Round Rock. I would have Church and Kelly ahead of him.

 

[saddles]

I wouldn’t rank White that high. He hasn’t shown he can be effective in Round Rock. I would have Church and Kelly ahead of him.

Yeah, you're probably right. I imagine my late July list will have him a lot lower.

 

[fanman8825]

Thanks. I am doing very well. I just have to take it easy for 3 or 4 weeks. I had been walking a 5 to 7 miles, 6 days a week, so that is the biggest change for me right now. I am supposed to limit it to a mile a day for awhile.

At least your walking and getting in a mile. I am 61 have arthritis down the spine and cervical spinal stenosis. I still do some landscaping and have another part time gig. Dr said just try and stay active as possible.
Best part of the day is coming home eating and reading about the Rangers and watching their games and interacting with you guys.

 

[fanman8825]

The injuries to Church and Kelly, as well as to some of our starting pitchers, really makes the trade of Hoopii-Tuionetoa for Grossman seem very foolish. Anthony H. should be pitching for us now.

If we get our starters healthy and can have a rotation of Eovaldi. Gray, Lorenzen, Bradford and Dunning it will help the bullpen a great deal. Having Heaney and Urena in the pen should help a lot. Hopefully, Kelly is ready to come up by then as well. We really need Sborz back, too.

Our bullpen has way too many innings from Anderson, Hernandez, and Yerry, right now.

It would help the bullpen tremendously if this offense would just perform as they are capable of.

The offense is what baffles me the most. Jung injury hurts but Seager not performing up to his level stands out the most to me

 

[fanman8825]

I would not be surprised if the Rangers suddenly play much better against the Phillies.

I will make a prediction that we hand Squarez his first loss and if we win tonight we will take the series.

 

[fanman8825]

Find it strange that all of a sudden we can't score runs. Bases loaded several times and nada. Can't bunt because they don't know how so how do we mfg runs when you can't hit or bunt?

Very baffling to me as well. We were so much better last year offensively last year at this time. We are just missing Jung but we missed Seager last year for a month or so as well as Jung too.
I know Garver helped us last year but he is struggling with Seattle this year hitting just 169 with 5 hr