Series Thread: Rangers Travel to Los Angeles For Three Games with the Dodgers April 10-12

[DTLUNA]

It's time for Seager to get back in a groove.

Yes, he was costly today

 

[Duane1952]

I vote for Senator_Fan.

Make him GM

 

[comet28]

Make him GM

Not if it means we go back to playing like the old Washington Senators…

 

[saddles]

As soon as I bragged about Latz he falls apart in this series. He will get it back though.

Yeah, he will be fine, I think. Je said the other night that he rushed the pitch because the timer was almost to zero. He said he should have just stepped off or taken the automatic ball. Hopefully he learned from that. He is getting all of this out of the way now so he can become unflappable later on, hopefully.

 

[saddles]

This series reminded me of our 2010 team and the Giants in the World Series. I am not saying we are destined for the World Series, but for some reason I thought of the comparison. We had been pretty good coming into this series and came up against a team that happened to be the best team in the league and also better than us. Somehow that reminds me of our 2010 team facing the Giants.

Hopefully, that means we are a couple of tweaks away from being World Series contenders, but who knows at this point.

That 2010 team went from not being quite good enough to being the best team in baseball in 2011 by basically changing out a top notch pitcher for a top notch hitter. I wonder what that would do for this team. Add one great hitter and trade that for being not quite as dominant in the rotation. It sure worked 15 years ago.

 

[saddles]

What if Jung has really turned a corner for good and Wyatt's last AB showed he has finally got straightened out? Maybe.

 

[DTLUNA]

What if Jung has really turned a corner for good and Wyatt's last AB showed he has finally got straightened out? Maybe.

Think I'll wait a game or two to see if it holds

 

[saddles]

Think I'll wait a game or two to see if it holds

Yeah, I get that. Over his last 8 games he has hit .417, though.

That 0 for 17 to begin this year was sandwiched in between him hitting .294 in his last 32 games last year and this present 8 game stretch. Overall in his last 169 at bats, he has hit .281, even with that 0 for 17 Included.

 

[saddles]

Kudos to deGrom for an outstanding performance today.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Our pitching at Round Rock hasn't been good for the most part. Church has been surprisingly bad.

 

[saddles]

Our pitching at Round Rock hasn't been good for the most part. Church has been surprisingly bad.

We have had some relievers do well there. Gray, Acker, Sborz, Collyer, Ahlstrom and Diaz have done really good so far. Quantrill was awful in his first start, but really good in the other two.

 

[Kelleyman]

Yeah, I get that. Over his last 8 games he has hit .417, though.

That 0 for 17 to begin this year was sandwiched in between him hitting .294 in his last 32 games last year and this present 8 game stretch. Overall in his last 169 at bats, he has hit .281, even with that 0 for 17 Included.

Jung still chased but his swing looked better More in control

 

[Kelleyman]

Seager is really struggling right now. Nimmo red hot and Carter on the rise

 

[saddles]

Seager is really struggling right now. Nimmo red hot and Carter on the rise

Burger is struggling as well. If we can just keep those in a slump down to one or two guys at a time.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Burger is struggling as well. If we can just keep those in a slump down to one or two guys at a time.

He has definitely looked bad lately.

 

[fanman8825]

Kudos to deGrom for an outstanding performance today.

If thats the Degrom we are going to get then I am looking forward to the rest of the season.. Everything thing is still there including his velocity. Him and Nimmo are the reason we avoided the sweep.

 

[fanman8825]

This series reminded me of our 2010 team and the Giants in the World Series. I am not saying we are destined for the World Series, but for some reason I thought of the comparison. We had been pretty good coming into this series and came up against a team that happened to be the best team in the league and also better than us. Somehow that reminds me of our 2010 team facing the Giants.

Hopefully, that means we are a couple of tweaks away from being World Series contenders, but who knows at this point.

That 2010 team went from not being quite good enough to being the best team in baseball in 2011 by basically changing out a top notch pitcher for a top notch hitter. I wonder what that would do for this team. Add one great hitter and trade that for being not quite as dominant in the rotation. It sure worked 15 years ago.

We could definitely use another hitter. Still think Langford will be ok, but he has to get it going soon. Was optimistic over his HR right before he got hurt.
Still not sure about Burger. I can see 25 HRs from him but his consistency is an issue and not sure we can get the production from him that is needed for the clean up spot.
No way should Pederson be in the 5th spot. I would rather have him in no spot.
I picked the team to go 94-68 but thats not happening if Langford and Burger continue to struggle.
I am also counting on Pederson to be moved down the lineup or out of it.