Series Thread: Rangers Host the Dodgers For Three Games April 18-20

[WastinSomeTime]

He also cost the Rangers one of the cubs games by not catching a pop fly. If you’re in MLB you catch that ball. And his batting pathetic.

We would lose most of the team if we went with your evaluation.

 

[DTLUNA]

Wishing all of You A very HAPPY EASTER

 

[fanman8825]

Wishing all of You A very HAPPY EASTER

Thank You and talk tomorrow hopefully about another Rangers win.

 

[saddles]

Yes, Happy Easter, everyone.

 

[saddles]

Cole Winn tonight:
3 innings
0 runs
1 hit
0 walks
4 strikeouts

The kid may have rediscovered something. Let's see if this continues into May.

He has pitched almost as many AAA innings as he did all of last year, but with a 0.00 ERA. He is striking out folks with slightly less frequency, but his hits per 9 innings is barely over half of what it was last year in AAA.

 

[Billybass]

Yes happy Easter to all !
And we beat a damn good team today !

 

[DTLUNA]

deGrom Eovolti Mahle Rocker Lieter have been incredible not to mention the pen. With pitching like this, we should not lose many games but hitting is failing badly. I hope this does not become a mental block for pitching.

 

[Duane1952]

We would lose most of the team if we went with your evaluation.

I don’t think so. Every position on the field is better defensively. He screws up more routine plays than anybody else.

 

[DTLUNA]

I don’t think so. Every position on the field is better defensively. He screws up more routine plays than anybody else.

No one else has been given the extended time to prove himself and he has never accomplished much.
Time to move on imo.He should have greatly improved hitting with such additional time.

 

[Billybass]

He’s the best we got right now.
He could be a 4th outfielder ona championship team.
Hopefully ours !

 

[fanman8825]

deGrom Eovolti Mahle Rocker Lieter have been incredible not to mention the pen. With pitching like this, we should not lose many games but hitting is failing badly. I hope this does not become a mental block for pitching.

This pitching has been superb for the most part. It’s ahead of the 2023 team at the same point of that year. Remember how much Chapman put us on the edge our seat with blown leads. Grant Anderson and Brock Burke we’re bad. Sborz was terrible until Bochy brought him back late in the year. Then Sborz was great in the playoffs.
Eovaldi is the only starter back from that team. Degrom only pitched 30 innings until his TJ surgery. We traded for reliever Stratton but he was very mediocre. The Montgomery trade may have been the move that put us over the top.
Of course the hitting was much better that year.
Think this team has a chance to be better especially with the pitching. We now have a healthy Degrom, and a healthy Mahle. Eovaldi is still stellar. Also an improved Jack Leiter and a young and upcoming Kumar Rocker. The bullpen is way ahead of the 2023 at this point of the season.
If Burger comes around which I expect him to do and Langford stays healthy the hitting should be fine. I like Smith a lot. He is a much needed spark this offense needs. Harris is showing promise. Crim could still be called up too to help offense.
The team could still make a trade at the deadline for an outfielder if they feel Carter can’t return to his 2023 form.
Think your right DT this team should win a lot of games.

 

[fanman8825]

Let’s not count out Justin Foscue from being called up at some point in the season.
He is batting a robust 351 with 3 hr and 13 rbi. He js starting to tear up down in RR.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

He’s the best we got right now.
He could be a 4th outfielder ona championship team.
Hopefully ours !

Exactly. No one on this board is saying keep him in the starting lineup.

 

[fanman8825]

One of my favorites Brock Porter with Hickory pitched 2 innings today with 0 ER and 3 SO

 

[saddles]

One of my favorites Brock Porter with Hickory pitched 2 innings today with 0 ER and 3 SO

I am ready for them to begin ramping him back up to a starter.

 

[fanman8825]

I am ready for them to begin ramping him back up to a starter.

Exactly I am hoping he can continue to make enhancements and start pitching 4 or 5 innings. Like to see him get promoted to Hub City at some point this year.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Well you gotta wonder if that dramatic end to the game yesterday gets the offense fired up a bit more now

 

[DTLUNA]

Well you gotta wonder if that dramatic end to the game yesterday gets the offense fired up a bit more now

Certainly hope so.

 

[Senator_fan]

Well you gotta wonder if that dramatic end to the game yesterday gets the offense fired up a bit more now

Here’s an interesting analysis of walk off wins (and losses) and how they affect each team.

Do walk off wins create momentum?

What about walk off losses?

 

[yardimatt]

Hope Langford is back today.

Happy Easter.