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Labor Day weekend finds the Rangers in Anaheim: TEX v LAA 9/3-5

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My stance on free agency, is that most them are free agents for a reason and there's a reason most haven't been extended at this point, most of these guys have serious warts and not worth what they think they're worth... Story and Semien might be the exceptions...Colorado is a dumpster fire and Oakland is Oakland, hence Semien now being in Toronto and FA at 30, he should've been extended years ago

I'm not trying to give a 28 year old an 8 year contract, its bad business usually
Give any player an 8 year deal is bad but unfortunately it is the business now
 

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I think the odds of Story ending up with the Rangers are very high. His wife Mallie and family all live in DFW and when interviewed the other day he said he wants to “focus on where his feet are” they were at the Rangers ballpark lol
I’m tempted to have my wife message his wife and ask haha jk I wouldn’t do that.
 
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This from Scott Lucas about one of the Rangers better 2021 draft picks:

"Opponents are hitting .143/.167/.286 against Chase Lee in AA. Not bad for a guy who was an amateur seven weeks ago. And not to say there's no room for improvement, but he's a fairly mature product already, as evidenced by his aggressive placement and success. Much of that success is deception-oriented, but he's more than a trick pitcher. The Rangers could probably move him to AAA now if they wanted to. I'm not suggesting they should, but I think he'd be fine. I've yet to see him in person and don't have any video. With luck, I might be able to catch a playoff game or two."
 
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The Orioles and Pirates are both up 1-0 in the middle innings. I bet they can both snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
 
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The Orioles pitcher actually has a no hitter through 5 innings.
 

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The Orioles pitcher actually has a no hitter through 5 innings.
That kind of pitching was unacceptable when you are trying to lose, so they took him out after 5 innings.

Eventually Dillon Tate will come in to save the day, I'm sure.
 
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I was noticing Patrick Wisdom's offensive numbers after I checked on the game between the Pirates and Cubs. He put up an OPS of about .880 for the Cardinals in about 50 AB in 2018 Somehow we are able to acquire him for Drew Robinson. He did great for us in AAA in 2019 We bring him up and he struggles in less than 30 AB so we release him after the 2019 season. Now he has an OPS of .866 for the Cubs.

Seattle also picked him up and released him prior to him landing with the Cubs.

In the future, if a guys hits well in even a small number of at bats at the big league level and does well on our AAA team, we might want to give him a lot more than 28 AB to prove something.
 

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I was noticing Patrick Wisdom's offensive numbers after I checked on the game between the Pirates and Cubs. He put up an OPS of about .880 for the Cardinals in about 50 AB in 2018 Somehow we are able to acquire him for Drew Robinson. He did great for us in AAA in 2019 We bring him up and he struggles in less than 30 AB so we release him after the 2019 season. Now he has an OPS of .866 for the Cubs.

Seattle also picked him up and released him prior to him landing with the Cubs.

In the future, if a guys hits well in even a small number of at bats at the big league level and does well on our AAA team, we might want to give him a lot more than 28 AB to prove something.
How many ABs has Terry had? Might be just a roll of the dice
 

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That kind of pitching was unacceptable when you are trying to lose, so they took him out after 5 innings.

Eventually Dillon Tate will come in to save the day, I'm sure.
Ellis had thrown 92 pitches in 5 innings if you want to be honest
 

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Little chance to catch Os anyways. Gallo
 

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Orioles win and the Pirates are winning. No Dillon Tate this time.
 
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