Series Thread: Rangers Travel to Detroit For Four Games With the Tigers April 15-18

[saddles]

I wonder if the Rangers are going to rotate starting pitchers through the DL.

 

[saddles]

Rangers Promote Jack Leiter

The Rangers are calling up top pitching prospect and former No. 2 overall draft pick Jack Leiter on Thursday. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

Leiter will step onto a starting staff that’s in flux. Veteran righty Michael Lorenzen, who inked a one-year deal late in spring training, made his Rangers debut yesterday with five shutout frames over his former Tigers teammates (albeit with five walks against four strikeouts). Veteran lefty Andrew Heaney would’ve been on tap for Thursday’s start, but he’s yet to last five innings in any of his three starts while pitching to a 6.75 ERA. It seems Leiter will overtake that spot, at least for the time being.


That all points to a rotation that’ll include Lorenzen, Leiter, Nathan Eovaldi, Jon Gray and Wednesday’s starter Dane Dunning — at least for the time being. It’s not clear how long a leash Leiter will be given if he struggles out of the gate, though one would imagine the Rangers are planning to give him multiple starts following his initial call to the big leagues. Manager Bruce Bochy and/or general manager Chris Young will presumably expand on the team’s plans for their young righty in the days to come.

 

[saddles]

Sad to hear of the passing of ex-Rangers manager, Whitey Herzog.

 

[saddles]

Congratulations, Jack Leiter!!! Hope you do well.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

There has to be someone better than Knizner. Now that I typed it he will go 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs.

 

[DT LUNA]

There has to be someone better than Knizner. Now that I typed it he will go 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs.

Huff

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Congratulations, Jack Leiter!!! Hope you do well.

I am glad to see that he was throwing strikes. My concern in his first start would be that he is so ramped up that the ball goes all over the place. Not a knock on him but a natural tendency for guys making there first start in the bigs. Their nerves and adrenaline are going 100 mph.

 

[DT LUNA]

Gray looking very good so far with 5k

 

[saddles]

Gray looking very good so far with 5k

He is throwing too many pitches again, though.

 

[saddles]

Winn - early 2023
White - mid 2023
Leiter - early 2024
Garcia - early 2024
Acker - mid 2025
Porter - mid 2026
Rocker - mid 2026

I thought I would revisit this post from a couple of seasons ago.

I was a year early on Winn and in a different role.

I was right about White and Leiter.

Garcia most likely will not make it.

I may be very close with Acker.

Porter and Rocker are too far away to know.

Now we have a few more names to consider:

Corniell
Stephan
Curry
Teodo

 

[DT LUNA]

Offense better get started.

 

[DT LUNA]

Lankford is getting his hits but his power has not been seen.

 

[saddles]

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[saddles]

Lankford is getting his hits but his power has not been seen.

I think when that part of his game clicks we will start to see a lot of HR and doubles. Looking forward to it.

 

[saddles]

Gray doing good and using less pitches to do so.

Now, wake up, offense!

 

[saddles]

Zeke wouldn't chase so he had to throw him a hittable pitch. The result was a RBI single.

 

[DT LUNA]

Kinzer singles.....Huff will never see daylight

 

[saddles]

Seager almost hit it out.

 

[saddles]

Langford still getting bogus strike calls.

 

[saddles]

Gray did a great job. He deserved a win.