Series Thread: Rangers Host the Astros For Four Games May 15-18

[fanman8825]

What is the latest on Gray? I’ll never forget how he pitched down the stretch when we won the championship

I have heard he is expected to do some light throwing next week and is on a slow and steady progression. Not expected to return before the All Star break.
This is longer than I expected

 

[Senator_fan]

Don't believe in the history of this franchise has the starting pitching been this good thru the first 48 games.
Your right it's rare to see this great SP and that's why it's so frustrating to be just 2 games over 500.
Maybe Gray can be the 8th or 9th inning guy and if so then in my opinion then we're down to getting one more bullpen piece.

Yes about the starting pitching but up until a few games ago I heard the 2012 team had a better team ERA and after 48 games had a record of 29-19.

This team should be 10 games over .500 too.

 

[saddles]

That's true but this was in reference to possibly bidding on a closer based on their past experiences. Yates coming back down to earth didn't surprise me.

They should bid on a closer and a top notch 8th inning guy. They should go after one of the top closers available in free agency in a fre months. We should have been doing that over the last three offseasons. I would have had ni problem signing Yates if they would have also signed Tanner Scott.

I heard so many say Hader was a great example of why you don't spend on a closer in the early part of 2024. Then all of that quieted down. He has probably already had more good months than Semien has had with us and he signed 2 years later. If not as much already, he will soon.

 

[saddles]

So how do you determine who's a better reliever and how do you guarantee he's gonna get the job done???

The same way you do with any other player who olays at any other position. This is not that hard to understand. Late inning relievers are too important to have to hope you get lucky with one.

How should you have guaranteed Semien, Pederson or Fielder was gonna get the job done? Why is this such a difficult concept?

 

[saddles]

Talent evaluation is what separates the men from the boys.
Nobody hits 100% of time, but some GMs are definitely better than others.
Eventually talent evaluation will determine how long CY stays around.
He did win a championship, so I will always defer to that.
But this year we have that rarest commodity, great starting pitching.
And if he is strapped by budget from owners, then he has to trade prospects.
This team can go along way with their starting pitching, even with the hitting what it is.
We need a bullpen. A closer and a 8th inning guy. They ain’t cheap, but he can’t waste this opportunity with the great starting pitching.

We were not strapped by a budget when he signed Pederson. That money should have been spent on a closer. If we needed more money, then Taveras should have been traded in the offesason, and even trading Gray should have been considered. Whatever it would have taken to build up the back end of the pen.

The priorities were all out of whack because CY doesn't believe in spending on the pen.

 

[saddles]

What is the latest on Gray? I’ll never forget how he pitched down the stretch when we won the championship

I think he should be back by July. If I am not mistaken, him, Sborz and Bradford should all be back by July.