Series Thread: Rangers Host Cleveland For Three Games July 14-16

[scotsman1948]

Also wondering if Miller AB last night will be his last one as a Ranger

One can hope but I think we may see him once or twice more between now and the deadline

 

[saddles]

For us that would mean at least 2 of Carter, Acuna, Langford, or White.

 

[Nightcrawler]

For us that would mean at least 2 of Carter, Acuna, Langford, or White.

Hell no

 

[scotsman1948]

Game on. Hate that we’re having to depend on Heaney but let’s hope the offense carries on from the start

 

[DT LUNA]

For us that would mean at least 2 of Carter, Acuna, Langford, or White.

No not for a rental.

 

[scotsman1948]

No not for a rental.

What he agreed to sign a long term contract before deal went down

 

[DT LUNA]

What he agreed to sign a long term contract before deal went down

At what cost?

 

[WastinSomeTime]

For us that would mean at least 2 of Carter, Acuna, Langford, or White.

Let the Angels be stuck with him the rest of the year.

 

[scotsman1948]

At what cost?

Don’t have a figure in mind just wondering

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Hope Heaney and Perez have some good games. We need them to step up.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

What he agreed to sign a long term contract before deal went down

Then I am listening.

 

[saddles]

What he agreed to sign a long term contract before deal went down

I hear that brought up every year at the deadline, yet I cannot recall it ever happening. I know it must have a time or two, but it is so rare that I cannot remember who it might have been.

 

[saddles]

Hope Heaney and Perez have some good games. We need them to step up.

Yeah, if they are still who they were just prior to the break, then we are in trouble. That is especially true with Perez. I think we can send one of them to the pen and replace him in trade, but two guys might make for a huge task in replacing both of them. If we do send one to the pen, it seems Heaney's stuff is more conducive to that. I guess Perez would be a long guy if that happened.

 

[DT LUNA]

Cleveland a little lucky there. Jung hit that ball really hard.

 

[saddles]

A couple of thoughts from Scott Lucas today:

Blaine Crim's homer was the softest off his bat, 91.8 MPH, a velocity that very rarely produces a four-bagger. The three other hits were at least 99. 45% of Crim's balls in play are at least 95 MPH, best on the team. Were this July 2021, I'd be thinking about what he could do at first base in Arlington. Or at least thinking about thinking about it. But it's not 2021.

Reliever Ryan Tepera had an opt-out and took it. The ex-Angel had pitched well for Round Rock -- 8 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 11 SO -- with solid if odd underlying data. He generated a 21% swinging strike rate with his slider including 45% of swings, but the respective figures for the fastball/sinker were 2% and 5%. His pitch velocity was fine, his exit velocities were solid. He wasn't especially strike-prone (59%). Good enough for a look in Arlington? Hard to say. I doubt he would have stood out, but he might have fit in. His addition would have required someone's spot on the 40, but I think that could have been accomplished.

 

[saddles]

More from Scott Lucas in his report today:

SP Ryan Garcia: 4 IP, 3 H (1 HR), 1 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 70 P / 43 S, 6.75 ERA
RP Antoine Kelly: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2.90 ERA
SS Luisangel Acuna: 1-4, 2B, BB, 2 SB (36), .314/.372/.448
CF Evan Carter: 1-4, BB, SB (11), .303/.412/.453
DH Trevor Hauver: 1-3, 2B, 2 BB, .249/.375/.415
RF Kellen Strahm: 2-4, 2B, 2 BB, .240/.346/.335
1B Josh Hatcher: 2-4, HR (3), BB, .340/.353/.553

Luisangel Acuna has only been caught stealing three times. He's just over two weeks away from his one-year anniversary in AA and the same distance from the trade deadline.

Josh Hatcher was a 2022 pick, but AA is age-appropriate for him. He was a fifth-year senior sign for the princely sum of $1,000 out of Kenesaw State. I know minor leaguers receive more in-kind benefits than in the recent past, but I wish the last CBA had included a minimum bonus of at least $5,000 for any draft pick. Thousand-dollar bonuses don't befit a huge industry like baseball, and the extra few grand might be really meaningful for some of these players.

 

[scotsman1948]

I hear that brought up every year at the deadline, yet I cannot recall it ever happening. I know it must have a time or two, but it is so rare that I cannot remember who it might have been.

So do I but it just seemed to possible so I ask. Not happening of course

 

[DT LUNA]

Ski is such a nice surprise.

 

[DT LUNA]

Timely hits sometimes die hard.

 

[scotsman1948]

bases loaded 2 innings in a row and all we get is a single run in each inning