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Series Thread: Rangers Bats Awaken In Toronto August 12-14

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Anyone heard from Saddles or Crawler
 

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Series Thread: Rangers Bats Awaken In Toronto August 12-14

Jays bats woke up more
 

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!-4 hitters haven't been good at all lately. 2-15 tonight. 1 RBI on Calhoun solo HR
 

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So the Rangers still shooting for that 2nd WC?........
 

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Series Thread: Rangers Bats Awaken In Toronto August 12-14

Jays bats woke up more
Hopefully, whoever did the series thread on the Jays board mentioned how their bats were about to explode against us.

Four runs for us is an awakening compared to how we have scored runs lately, for the most part. Lol
 

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Santana needs a day off.

He’s been pretty bad lately.
 

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In his last 2 starts Drew Smyly has given up 9 ER in 10.2 innings, so everything is back to normal again.
 

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Martin Perez has an ERA of 4.80, so he is improved, but still not that great.

That is actually almost exactly what his ERA was for us in 2017. In fact, last year was the only year he was worse than that for us.
 

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The age difference used to be the excuse I would hear for Martin Perez. I would hear that his numbers weren't that great because he was a year or so younger than everyone else in his league. Now, the same excuse is made for Taveras. It makes me wonder if Taveras is the long term answer that we need.
 

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The age difference used to be the excuse I would hear for Martin Perez. I would hear that his numbers weren't that great because he was a year or so younger than everyone else in his league. Now, the same excuse is made for Taveras. It makes me wonder if Taveras is the long term answer that we need.
I get this but....
If he was this good in MLB then he would be our starter but this would be a disappointment considering all the CF depth in minors. We need one guy to eventually be a really good player, too if the order guy. Maybe like Elvis he may develop more power. For now great speed, good arm, can gap it but no legit HR power. Not that strong
 

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He should probably be our starting second baseman in 2020, if not in September of 2019.
 

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Today I learned that acknowledging someone is a 20 year old AA player is "making an excuse" for them.
 

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Gleyber Torres of the Yankees, has hit 26 HR this year. 13 of those have come against Baltimore.
 

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I get this but....
If he was this good in MLB then he would be our starter but this would be a disappointment considering all the CF depth in minors. We need one guy to eventually be a really good player, too if the order guy. Maybe like Elvis he may develop more power. For now great speed, good arm, can gap it but no legit HR power. Not that strong
I really hope either JPM or Bubba turns into the answer in CF.

With Taveras, I am starting to feel the same way about him as I did about Smoak and Perez when they were still prospects. I thought they were overrated enough that we might be better off trading them while they were still overrated. That happened with Smoak and it worked out great. It never happened with Perez, but we would have been better off if we had. If Taveras gets traded I wouldn't mind, but I have no problem with keeping him.
 

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Good post....thanks.............But that injury to Chavez sounds like it could be something to keep our eyes on.
It will definitely give some youngsters more opportunities out of the pen.
 
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