Series Thread: Rangers Host the Marlins for Three Games August 4-6

[saddles]

 

[WilltheThrill]

Great win against a good pitcher. Montgomery, just like Scherzer, settled in quite nicely after a weak first inning. But seeing Sborz and Stratton shut it down like they did might have been the highlight. If they can somehow keep that up, we’ll have Smith, Chapman, Burke, Sborz, Stratton, and Bradford/Perez as reliable relievers in the pen. That’s a nice group.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Also, the Marlins’ starter tomorrow, George Soriano, has never started a game in his short career but does have nice numbers as a reliever.

It will be interesting if they give him a long leash or merely use him as a 1-2 inning opener.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Great win against a good pitcher. Montgomery, just like Scherzer, settled in quite nicely after a weak first inning. But seeing Sborz and Stratton shut it down like they did might have been the highlight. If they can somehow keep that up, we’ll have Smith, Chapman, Burke, Sborz, Stratton, and Bradford/Perez as reliable relievers in the pen. That’s a nice group.

Amen, bro! I'm still thinking Heaney eventually ends up in the pen (and ends up being very good), and Bradford stays in the minors as starting pitching depth. Not sure about Perez.

 

[saddles]

Great win against a good pitcher. Montgomery, just like Scherzer, settled in quite nicely after a weak first inning. But seeing Sborz and Stratton shut it down like they did might have been the highlight. If they can somehow keep that up, we’ll have Smith, Chapman, Burke, Sborz, Stratton, and Bradford/Perez as reliable relievers in the pen. That’s a nice group.

I think you accidentally failed to mention Leclerc. Lol

 

[armadillooutlaw]

I think you accidentally failed to mention Leclerc. Lol

I mean, he's actually the glue that holds the whole thing together, isn't he?

 

[Senator_fan]

Newly acquired Angel reliever Lopez loses game in the 8th inning. Ohtani potential winning run in 9th, strikes out on 3 pitches. Mariners are heating up.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Newly acquired Angel reliever Lopez loses game in the 8th inning. Ohtani potential winning run in 9th, strikes out on 3 pitches. Mariners are heating up.

That was his 4th game in 7 nights and 2 of those he pitched more than 1 inning. It happens. Ask Chapman.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Darvish pitched another good game and left after 7 with a 3-2 lead over the Dodgers but the BP imploded.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Also, the Marlins’ starter tomorrow, George Soriano, has never started a game in his short career but does have nice numbers as a reliever.

It will be interesting if they give him a long leash or merely use him as a 1-2 inning opener.

I will be there with our 2 sons and grandson. Both games we will have gone to this year Gray was the starter. First one he shut down the Rockies and we crushed them. Hope Gray can do that again. It has been a while and we need him to get it going again.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

That is 4 straight really well pitched games by the Rangers.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

I will be there with our 2 sons and grandson. Both games we will have gone to this year Gray was the starter. First one he shut down the Rockies and we crushed them. Hope Gray can do that again. It has been a while and we need him to get it going again.

A Gray bounce back would be huge.

 

[jta4437]

From Scott Lucas:

Here's a list of Texas's recall/option activity involving relief pitchers since June 5th:
6/05: Spencer Howard (spent 5 days on roster)
6/10: Yerry Rodriguez (3 days)
6/13: Owen White (1 day)
6/14: Joe Barlow (20 days)
6/24: Yerry Rodriguez (6 days)
6/30: Glenn Otto (23 days)
7/04: John King (3 days)
7/15: John King (4 days)
7/19: Alex Speas (6 days)
7/22: Yerry Rodriguez (9 days)
7/23: Owen White (4 days)
7/25: Spencer Howard (6 days)
7/30: Grant Anderson (ongoing)

Why June 5th as a starting date? That's when Jonathan Hernandez was optioned, so he's had two months of watching someone else get called up every few days. Hernandez has a 1.56 ERA in 17.1 innings at Round Rock. Opponents are hitting only .180 and slugging .246 against him. His velocity is fine. On the downside, opponents are still reaching at a .333 clip because of his 19% walk rate, and he's walked a batter in ten of his 14 outings. He also has an unexpectedly low 19% strikeout rate. Hernandez is wiping out batters with his slider (50% miss rate when they swing, 24% of all sliders) but not getting results with the sinker (only a 52% strike rate and 4% swinging strike rate).

Great point, i like hernandez, but be wasn't ready for this season for whatever reason, there's always next year

 

[jaar01]

Hopefully Perez is simply a long relief mop up guy now. Don't trust him out of the pen in a high leverage situation.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Verlander pitches today. You know there has to be between him and Scherzer a competition on who will help their team the most down the stretch.

 

[Bmurph]

Verlander pitches today. You know there has to be between him and Scherzer a competition on who will help their team the most down the stretch.

The way both have pitched at points this season, it could go either way. I hope he gets shelled

 

[WastinSomeTime]

The way both have pitched at points this season, it could go either way. I hope he gets shelled

Me too.

 

[scotsman1948]

The way both have pitched at points this season, it could go either way. I hope he gets shelled

We’ll find out early on Verlander his game starts at 12:05

 

[Bmurph]

Me too.

And I got him on one of my FBB teams and I still hope his era is 30.00 today

 

[scotsman1948]

Guess Miami is going with a bullpen game today starting George Soriano