Series Thread: Rangers shopping at Target for W's 8/11-8/13

[Bmurph]

The lineup seems to roll with Roogie hitting second. So Banny puts Choo back in there.

Has to fuck up whatever is working, for the sake of making a change it appears

 

[romeo212000]

Can we please stop running Martinez out there?

 

[saddles]

A couple 20 HR guys won't get it done in terms of production for a team, over a season. JD better hope Gallo gets ready soon

If we are waiting on guys from the farm to get significantly over 20 HRs we well may be waiting until 2017 for Gallo and maybe 2018 for Mazara. Gallo could hit 30 next year if he was ready to come up here out of ST, but I am not sure that that will be the case. That is why I found the Chris Davis talk intriguing earlier today. His 35-45 would replace Moreland's 20 plus. We would still need an upgrade in RF with someone with a good deal more power than Choo to have the offense we need to go to a WS.

 

[saddles]

Can we please stop running Martinez out there?

I think that happens after Derek gets 2 more starts in his rehab assignment. Unless Chi Chi looks good tomorrow and then they may switch him out with Martinez.

 

[Senator_fan]

Sano hits .176 vs. LHP and .306 vs. RHP. Diekman was the right call going purely by the numbers.

But he let Diekman face Mauer which was a bad match up going purely by the numbers.

Another way Banister could have managed this would be to bring in Freeman (was he not available?) in to face Sano and if he didn't get Sano then Plouffe (both righty's who he can get out going by the numbers) in the SIXTH inning.

Now he's got Dyson available to come in and face Mauer (Lefty's batting .235 against Dyson) in the EIGHTH inning and maybe get out of the inning still leading 2-0.

 

[Justinkm83]

Ariel Jurado was back at it again.
5IP, 0 ER, 1H, 0 BB, 5 Ks.
11-0 w/ a 2.08 ERA. Wouldn't mind him moving up to AA.

Juremi Profar is now batting .303

 

[Justinkm83]

Can we please stop running Martinez out there?

I feel the same way and said I hope he's not in the rotation next year. I prefer him out now, but I'm starting to care less and less about this season.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

The lineup seems to roll with Roogie hitting second. So Banny puts Choo back in there.

It really should be a no brainer with Odor's speed.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I think that happens after Derek gets 2 more starts in his rehab assignment. Unless Chi Chi looks good tomorrow and then they may switch him out with Martinez.

I was not all for that but 11-1 may have changed my mind. We did win the last 2 starts from Martinez but not seeing him in our future right now.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

One thing being lost in translation because of the 11-1 score is how bad our offense has been on the road. If not for the 8 run 11th inning we have scored 3-3-2-2-1.

 

[donaldson79]

Fraley: Lewis is heart and soul of Rangers' pitching staff; is next season is make-or-break for Holland? | Dallas Morning News

 

[donaldson79]

One thing being lost in translation because of the 11-1 score is how bad our offense has been on the road. If not for the 8 run 11th inning we have scored 3-3-2-2-1.

And even under good circumstances, anyone would be lucky to win 2 of those games. In a cold streak, 0-5 certainly would be believable.

 

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[saddles]

One thing being lost in translation because of the 11-1 score is how bad our offense has been on the road. If not for the 8 run 11th inning we have scored 3-3-2-2-1.

That has been a problem for us the past three seasons now. We have way too many games where we score 3 runs or less. I started paying attention to that aspect a couple of years ago when I complained about our offense on the espn board and someone pointed out that our total runs scored wasn't very bad compared to other teams. When I looked at it further I found we would score a whole lot of runs in a few games and that skewed the results. Two years ago only the lowly Astros scored 3 runs or less more often in the American League than we did. I never looked last year after the season to see how we compared, but I am almost certain that we led the league in that category last year. We had a total of 92 games last season where we scored 3 runs or less.

So far this year we have scored 3 runs or less in 54 games and that puts on the pace for 72 for the season. Two years ago when we led everyone in the league with the exception of the Astros we did that 74 times. So we are still a bad offensive team even with an offense that has had very good health overall this year.

We can go out and acquire a lot of good to great pitching and we will still lose a lot of games when our offense is this bad.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Have you tried staying at a Holiday Inn?

 

[romeo212000]

That has been a problem for us the past three seasons now. We have way too many games where we score 3 runs or less. I started paying attention to that aspect a couple of years ago when I complained about our offense on the espn board and someone pointed out that our total runs scored wasn't very bad compared to other teams. When I looked at it further I found we would score a whole lot of runs in a few games and that skewed the results. Two years ago only the lowly Astros scored 3 runs or less more often in the American League than we did. I never looked last year after the season to see how we compared, but I am almost certain that we led the league in that category last year. We had a total of 92 games last season where we scored 3 runs or less.

So far this year we have scored 3 runs or less in 54 games and that puts on the pace for 72 for the season. Two years ago when we led everyone in the league with the exception of the Astros we did that 74 times. So we are still a bad offensive team even with an offense that has had very good health overall this year.

We can go out and acquire a lot of good to great pitching and we will still lose a lot of games when our offense is this bad.

Magadan needs to go, but I doubt he's going anywhere.

 

[saddles]

Magadan needs to go, but I doubt he's going anywhere.

I think he will now that his contract will be up. At least that is what I am hoping for.

 

[donaldson79]

The two starters today, Gonzalez and Santana, in their last 3 starts, both have ERAs over 10. Yikes

 

[romeo212000]

The two starters today, Gonzalez and Santana, in their last 3 starts, both have ERAs over 10. Yikes

Hopefully chi chi for something figured out in round rock.

 

[donaldson79]

Hopefully chi chi for something figured out in round rock.

It really would be great, regardless of win or loss, if he could show some improvement, have two decent outings, and then head back down when Holland comes up.

I'm assuming Holland is going to get two more starts before he gets recalled.