Series Thread: Rangers Host Dodgers For Three Games July 21-23

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[Uncle Siggy]

Jung has been doing better laying off the low and outside pitches today.

And Duran hasn't learned yet I see, he either needs to be more patient or crowd the plate periodically and make them pay when they make a mistake...

 

[Uncle Siggy]

I would say go for it. No other player like him.

And how many other great players never pushed their team over the top to win a WS???

 

[Uncle Siggy]

I think it’s premature to give up on deGrom at this point.

I haven't I just think they should have crafted a contract that would have given the team more financial flexibility to temporarily replace him in the event he got hurt...

He very likely won’t be able to live up to the $$ and years involved, but I think he can still be a very viable top of rotation guy for 2-3 years.

Only if he learns to remake himself and backoff from throwing 100 all the time, very few pitchers can consistently throw that hard and have decent/long careers. Throwing that hard really isn't needed when you have the control he does, he just needs to be a bit more cerebral in his approach (like Maddox and Gibson). Gibson had the best ERA of any season (in the modern era) by what you would consider to be a hard thrower and I'd bet he very seldom if ever cracked 95, he dominated inside. Maddox probably hardly ever got to 94 and dialed that back to upper 80s routinely so that he could dominate on both corners... (And yes DeGrom had about the 3rd best ERA season in the modern era)...

He still has the chance to be something special over the last few years of his career, but will he realize that and become that pitcher is up in the air...

 

[Kelleyman]

I wonder if they will be tempted to bring up Acuna.

I thought about that but being day to day, but likely not unleee understated
but real good thought

 

[scotsman1948]

It sure looked worse than a sprained thumb

 

[Uncle Siggy]

It sure looked worse than a sprained thumb

I did mine diving for a ball over 30 years ago and it still bothers me off and on now, especially when trying to open the drivers door on the F150...

 

[scotsman1948]

I did mine diving for a ball over 30 years ago and it still bothers me off and on now, especially when trying to open the drivers door on the F150...

The way he was carrying himself and his arm and hand I expected at minimum a broken hand or at least the thumb broken

 

[Uncle Siggy]

The way he was carrying himself and his arm and hand I expected at minimum a broken hand or at least the thumb broken

It did look bad at the time...

 

[Kelleyman]

I did mine diving for a ball over 30 years ago and it still bothers me off and on now, especially when trying to open the drivers door on the F150...

My right hand fingers are not model friendly due to baseball injuries back in the day —Jams and break
You play hard and you get injured

 

[Uncle Siggy]

My right hand fingers are not model friendly due to baseball injuries back in the day —Jams and break
You play hard and you get injured

The only 2 things I can remember doing was my left thumb and pulling a hamstring the last game before the playoffs, other than that just bruises here and there no broken bones...

Worst thing I did was screw up my right ankle playing basketball I came down on another foot and rolled it badly. Whole foot and ankle turned about 5 colors and had to use a cane for about 2-3 weeks. Doctor said I would have been better off breaking it, but the funny thing was after I recovered I went right back to playing CF and RB in football and never missed a beat...

 

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Eli White DFAed.

 

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[WastinSomeTime]

And how many other great players never pushed their team over the top to win a WS???

I don't know about never but Verlander was instrumental in the Astros winning.

 

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[saddles]

It is time to pull the trigger on a trade for a reliever.

 

[scotsman1948]

It is time to pull the trigger on a trade for a reliever.

Bullseye. But make it a couple of them

 

[scotsman1948]

I can imagine once the pain and shock wore off that Seager fought long and hard to be in the lineup today