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Series Thread: Rangers look to get on track vs rival A's - April 7-9

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First weekend series of the year, let's go Rangers!
 

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Texas Rangers trade control-challenged pitcher Andrew Faulkner to Baltimore Orioles | SportsDay

The move creates a vacancy on the 40-man roster, which would allow the Rangers to add a player via waivers or another method. When Adrian Beltre returns, the club might choose to go with a backup middle infielder and send both Joey Gallo and Drew Robinson back to the minors, but there are no healthy shortstops on the 40-man roster right now other than Elvis Andrus and Jurickson Profar. Both are already in the majors.

Another possibility: Adding a reliever to a bullpen that has been tested early due to a demotion of Keone Kela and struggles by Sam Dyson.

According to two baseball people who watched Faulkner throw this spring, he developed serious command issues. Faulkner appeared in two exhibitions, walking one in his first outing while throwing just seven of 16 pitches for strikes in an inning. In the second, he threw one pitch wildly and was removed from the game with what was later described as light-headedness.

He was sent out shortly thereafter, but did not pitch in minor league exhibitions and remained at extended spring training when camp broke.
 

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Nap at cleanup isn't exactly inspiring
 

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Nap at cleanup isn't exactly inspiring
Nor I but where do you bat a guy who has only one hit in three games? He will pick it up but right now the 4 spot is questionable.
 

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Nor I but where do you bat a guy who has only one hit in three games? He will pick it up but right now the 4 spot is questionable.

Me personally, I bump up Roogie and Lucroy and hit Nap at 6.
 

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OK Griff, I've been behind ya all ST and here we are when it counts. Come through for me/us/Rangers all at the same time please.
 

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There is no reason why the LF platoon cannot be expanded to include other positions and the guys who have been penciled into those positions every night. Profar can play 7 positions and Rua can play 5 positions.
 

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There is no reason why the LF platoon cannot be expanded to include other positions and the guys who have been penciled into those positions every night. Profar can play 7 positions and Rua can play 5 positions.

Agreed. In fact, if we don't at least do some of what you're suggesting it defeats the purpose of having multi-position players to start with.
 

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Agreed. In fact, if we don't at least do some of what you're suggesting it defeats the purpose of having multi-position players to start with.
I would like to see one traded or sent to RR. Which one is up to FO.
 

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Well I'm here now so the season can now officially begin!

Rangers win tonight.
 

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Cargo you just saved a run.
 

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Couple of loud outs there.
 

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Whoa. AJ getting hit hard.
 

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Just needed pitcher, catcher and Gomez that inning.
 

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I like Cargo's play.Hustle!
 

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:L at our crack pot announcing team not realizing Choo intentionally pulled the ball on the ground there.
 
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