Series Thread: Rangers Travel to Chicago For Three Games With the White Sox August 27-29

[saddles]

Crim is 3 for 3 so far tonight with 2 HR.

 

[DT LUNA]

Crim is 3 for 3 so far tonight with 2 HR.

Time to give he Fosque and Harris a chance. Nothing to lose and everything to gain while we give Ski Leody and Grossman a going away party.

 

[Kelleyman]

Leiter still with some jitters but some improvement Could not make it through 5
Baby steps

 

[saddles]

Leiter still with some jitters but some improvement Could not make it through 5
Baby steps

I am afraid of the results he will have against the Yankees.

 

[saddles]

From Alex Freedman:

Don't typically tweet about opposing players, but holy smokes was Kumar Rocker something else in his Triple-A debut tonight against OKC.

Retired 15 of 16 in 5 innings with 10 strikeouts. Generated 15 whiffs. Threw 67 total pitches.

 

[saddles]

From MLB Pipeline:

Kumar rocked his first Triple-A start!


5 IP
1 H
0 R
0 BB
10 K (career high)


The @Rangers' No. 2 prospect racked up 15 whiffs on 35 swings and touched 99.9 mph for the @RRExpress:

 

[saddles]

Crim is now 4 for 4.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Seager had a great double header and nice work by Urena.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

From Alex Freedman:

Don't typically tweet about opposing players, but holy smokes was Kumar Rocker something else in his Triple-A debut tonight against OKC.

Retired 15 of 16 in 5 innings with 10 strikeouts. Generated 15 whiffs. Threw 67 total pitches.

As I have felt from the time we drafted him I feel Kumar is the real deal. Health and time will tell.

 

[jaar01]

That Jankowski catch...UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Maybe best game saving catch I've ever seen

 

[WastinSomeTime]

That Jankowski catch...UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Maybe best game saving catch I've ever seen

Great catch by Janks. Best catch overall I ever saw was the one Gary Matthews Jr made with his back to the plate and just jumped up at the wall going full speed and turned towards home plate and caught. Chaffin has been disappointing so far.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

I am afraid of the results he will have against the Yankees.

He was shaky tonight. That said, he's very green and even the lowly
White Sox are a step up from the talent he was facing at AAA.
The fact that he gave up so many hits was concerning, but overall it was an improvement over his three starts earlier in the year.
Hopefully he will gradually improve as he gets more exposure to big league hitting. I bet he will.

 

[DT LUNA]

That Jankowski catch...UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Maybe best game saving catch I've ever seen

was for me

 

[armadillooutlaw]

From MLB Pipeline:

Kumar rocked his first Triple-A start!


5 IP
1 H
0 R
0 BB
10 K (career high)


The @Rangers' No. 2 prospect racked up 15 whiffs on 35 swings and touched 99.9 mph for the @RRExpress:

A handful of outings like this to end the season in AAA and it'll be hard not to imagine him being in the Rangers' rotation next April.
Only deGrom, Bradford and Mahle's spots in the rotation should be considered safe.

 

[Senator_fan]

Leiter still with some jitters but some improvement Could not make it through 5
Baby steps

He was amped up that’s for sure. He made some good pitches but the main problem I saw was the ball was leaving his hand in the zone and then stayed too much in the zone instead of hitting the edge of the zone or just missing the edge of the zone.
Seemed like he was being too hard on himself too. He was forgetting he had to check with the umpires after every inning and I think his dad was in the stands so there was a lot going on.
He’s got a lot of potential.

 

[saddles]

An outfielder inserted for defensive purposes, late in the game. Imagine that!

 

[Senator_fan]

An outfielder inserted for defensive purposes, late in the game. Imagine that!

Every pitch, every play is huge in a World Series. I don’t think Garcia would have made this catch.

https://www.mlb.com/rangers/video/cody-bradford-in-play-out-s-to-geraldo-perdomo

 

[jaar01]

Great catch by Janks. Best catch overall I ever saw was the one Gary Matthews Jr made with his back to the plate and just jumped up at the wall going full speed and turned towards home plate and caught. Chaffin has been disappointing so far.

That GMJr catch is the best homerun robbery I've ever seen by any player. Jankowski and Eli White catches are right behind it.

 

[Kelleyman]

He was amped up that’s for sure. He made some good pitches but the main problem I saw was the ball was leaving his hand in the zone and then stayed too much in the zone instead of hitting the edge of the zone or just missing the edge of the zone.
Seemed like he was being too hard on himself too. He was forgetting he had to check with the umpires after every inning and I think his dad was in the stands so there was a lot going on.
He’s got a lot of potential.

He had some high FBs that flew away and he needed to keep his slider down
This was a good experience and yeah his Dad in the equation may have more of an effect than is told.

Love to see him without his Dad in the stands

 

[saddles]

One more game with the White Sox and then we can get back to playing real baseball teams.