Rangers look to shake off a frustrating homestand: TEX @ CLE 6/6-8

[True Rangers Fan]

The Rangers come in having lost 4 of 5, all of them close contests - including two that saw the Rangers give away 9th inning leads. The good news is that several Rangers have found their power recently, but the bad news is that the team is leaning too much on the HR. The lineup is populated with some young pieces so the focus should be more about their results and less about reaching .500 or second place.

On the mound we've got Gray, Hearn, and Dunning. The Guardians seem to be in the same boat as the Rangers, so this series is hard to predict, especially with the bullpen being so chaotic.

6:00 start times for all 3.

 

[DT LUNA]

Strange name.....Guardians
See ya at 6:00.
By the way, did you speak to Woody about how to move a runner from 2nd to 3rd with 0 outs?

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Strange name.....Guardians
See ya at 6:00.
By the way, did you speak to Woody about how to move a runner from 2nd to 3rd with 0 outs?

Should've gone Spiders.

Woody said I need more skins on the wall before my input is accepted.

 

[DT LUNA]

Should've gone Spiders.

Woody said I need more skins on the wall before my input is accepted.

Woody could use more skins on the wall too.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Power Rankings: Perfect week brings new No. 1

Rangers move up a spot to #17

 

[True Rangers Fan]

This is the fastest player on every team

Rangers: Eli White, OF
Key Stat: 30.0 ft/sec sprint speed
His incredible catch against the Rays this week caught all the headlines, but it’s worth remembering you have to be as fast as he is just to get to that ball in the first place.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

5 hurlers who have leveled up in 2022

Martín Pérez, Rangers
2021: 7-8, 4.74 ERA, 0.6 fWAR, .293 opponent batting average
2022: 4-2, league-leading 1.42 ERA, 2.0 fWAR, .200 opponent batting average

 

[Wamu]

Strange name.....Guardians <--
See ya at 6:00.
By the way, did you speak to Woody about how to move a runner from 2nd to 3rd with 0 outs?

It's not a strange name, it's a stupid name. I refuse to call them that. Instead I call them the Cleveland Baseball Team. This is what I think of every time I heard their dumb name.



There was team called the Cleveland Spiders from 1889 to 1899. The Spiders would have been a better name.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

It's not a strange name, it's a stupid name. I refuse to call them that. Instead I call them the Cleveland Baseball Team. This is what I think of every time I heard their dumb name.

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There was team called the Cleveland Spiders from 1889 to 1899. The Spiders would have been a better name.

are you the dude that makes avatar bets every year?

 

[Wamu]

are you the dude that makes avatar bets every year?

Not me. I've never made an avatar bet with anyone.

 

[saddles]

Fangraphs Rangers top 50 prospects is out

Fangraphs has released their top 50 prospect list for the Texas Rangers

www.lonestarball.com

Texas Rangers Top 50 Prospects

This is a deep, healthy system with a bevy of young pitching on the way.

blogs.fangraphs.com

 

[saddles]

Fangraphs definitely marches to the beat of a different drummer.

No Blaine Crim, Bubba Thompson, Zak Kent, Steele Walker, or Chase Lee

 

[Kelleyman]

Fangraphs definitely marches to the beat of a different drummer.

No Blaine Crim, Bubba Thompson, Zak Kent, Steele Walker, or Chase Lee

Yet Burke and Otto are prospects?? SMH

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Fangraphs definitely marches to the beat of a different drummer.

No Blaine Crim, Bubba Thompson, Zak Kent, Steele Walker, or Chase Lee

Yet Burke and Otto are prospects?? SMH

I was about to type that as well.

 

[Kelleyman]

They have Acuna at 2B. And their ETAs are whack. Someone must have been on vacation

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

Yet Burke and Otto are prospects?? SMH

And they have Yerry Rodriguez way too high.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

The Rangers ACL team has part of their roster live on its website. So far only 2 OF listed. I am looking forward to following Yeison Morrobel.

The two biggest international signing are in the DSL and they are on separate teams as the Rangers field two teams in the DSL. Anthony Gutierrez and Jose De Jesus.

 

[saddles]

Prospects Live came out with it's latest mock draft and they too have us taking Jackson Holliday. They have Termarr Johnson going 7th.

2022 MLB Draft - Mock Draft 3.0 — Prospects Live

Mock Draft 2.0 is here. Who will your team select? Where wiill Termarr Johnson, Elijah Green, Druw Jones and Dylan Lesko end up? What about college stars like Brooks Lee, Kevin Parada and Jace Jung? MLB scouting personnel helped develop v 2.0. Enjoy.

www.prospectslive.com

I really hope the group-think on this is wrong.

They have Ivan Melendez going at 73.