Rangers return home after... (checks notes) one day on the road: A's at the Grill for a couple

[Uncle Siggy]

Seager won't be moved until you get someone who is better defensively at SS and either be close to his production at the plate (Ornelas) or have a higher BA average with speed on the basepaths and can possibly leadoff. (Acuna)...

BTA with his injury history he may have to be moved before the afore mentioned happens...

 

[saddles]

Jayson Stark writes about what MLB will do about the differences in the infield dirt beginning next year. Below is an excerpt.

So, here is how MLB is about to start dealing with that dirty little secret:

• Let’s start with the rule itself. It says the outer edge of the infield dirt is supposed to extend no more than 95 feet from the center of the pitcher’s mound. OK, good to know.

• So MLB now does plan to enforce that rule, beginning next season. That makes sense.

• But it does not plan to enforce the rule literally, according to sources. It will allow up to a foot of leeway in either direction, to account for what one source described as groundskeeping “error.” So it’s still possible the back edge of the dirt in various parks could extend anywhere from 94 to 96 feet from the center of the mound.

“Interesting,” one AL executive observed, when we updated him on that leeway. “If they’re allowing for error, why do I think that everyone is going to err on the larger side?”

Ha. We know why he’d suspect it, but would teams really do that sort of thing? Ha again. That answer is: Why wouldn’t they?

In a world in which infielders no longer will be allowed to set up on the outfield grass, the deeper they can find safe, legal haven on that infield dirt, the happier they’ll be. A foot may not seem like much, but if baseball is really a game of inches, who wouldn’t want to order 12 more of them?

Nevertheless, preparation for enforcement of this rule has begun. MLB officials recently began measuring the depth of infield dirt in all 30 parks. Sources say only one park — it’s not known which one — is in violation at the moment. That violation will be rectified by the 2023 season. So that seems like a good thing.

Also, in the future, MLB has informed clubs that the depth of the infields will be checked regularly, much like officials have always checked the height of the mound. Likewise, a good thing. But …

That still doesn’t mean the infield dimensions in all parks will be exactly the same. And that, according to one of the executives quoted earlier, “doesn’t make any sense — because it kind of means you’re playing by different rules in different parks.”

So is that true? MLB would dispute that because, at least moving forward, those dimensions will be more similar — and closer to the rule — than they’ve ever been.

 

[saddles]

Arihara cleared waivers and has been assigned to Round Rock.

 

[DT LUNA]

Arihara cleared waivers and has been assigned to Round Rock.

He'll make a good back stop.

 

[scotsman1948]

last night's game makes it even more apparent and necessary that the Rangers need to sign multiple free agent relievers in the off-season

 

[Duane1952]

Arihara cleared waivers and has been assigned to Round Rock.

Well that’s telling.

 

[scotsman1948]

Well that’s telling.

they're paying him major league wages for minor league ability

 

[Kelleyman]

they're paying him major league wages for minor league ability

And no one wants to take on that wage lol

 

[Kelleyman]

Here you go @Ephland

 

[WastinSomeTime]

That was a easy play.

 

[saddles]

Including tonight's game, Trevor Hauver has made his first two starts in his career at 1B this week for Frisco.

 

[saddles]

Crim is 4 for 4 so far tonight.

 

[saddles]

Crim is 4 for 4 so far tonight.

Make that 5 for 5 with a double.

 

[saddles]

Not a bad set of current numbers from the Crim Reaper.

 

[scotsman1948]

And no one wants to take on that wage lol

the rangers would pay all of it but an adjusted minimum so it's just no one wants him

 

[Kelleyman]

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Not a bad set of current numbers from the Crim Reaper.

Pretty spectacular from someone never invited to the party. He always have proved everyone wrong.

Maybe he makes it to the bigs next year. Keep blowing it out

 

[DT LUNA]

the rangers would pay all of it but an adjusted minimum so it's just no one wants him

Yep and who can blame them.

 

[scotsman1948]

Yep and who can blame them.

not me. the Rangers should have just handed him a check for what they still owe him and a one-way ticket back to Japan

 

[scotsman1948]

Pretty spectacular from someone never invited to the party. He always have proved everyone wrong.

Maybe he makes it to the bigs next year. Keep blowing it out

it is possible after the trade deadline if the Rangers can trade Garver or unfortunately Crim could be part of a trade package for an elite starter during the off-season

 

[Uncle Siggy]

But it does not plan to enforce the rule literally, according to sources. It will allow up to a foot of leeway in either direction, to account for what one source described as groundskeeping “error.” So it’s still possible the back edge of the dirt in various parks could extend anywhere from 94 to 96 feet from the center of the mound.

Teams that like to shift are probably going to push the boundary and those who don't will probably shrink it just so visiting teams who do are handicapped...

Sources say only one park — it’s not known which one — is in violation at the moment.

Anybody care to guess who that might be???

MLB shifts are increasing before rule changes ban them - Sports Illustrated

Or, at least with the gentle thwack of a ball into the glove of a perfectly positioned fielder.

www.si.com

MLB Team Fielder Positioning

Baseball Savant

baseballsavant.mlb.com

You also have to wonder if teams will start placing more emphasis on having 2B/SS that can cover more ground defensively and less on hitting at those positions???