Series Thread: Rangers Travel to Miami For Three Games June 22-24

[saddles]

Did the Rangers call up Santos

Yes, they did. They needed him for the pen.

 

[saddles]

Well, they lost the seeies, but that was ro be expected.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Cole Winn has dropped off a cliff.

 

[Kelleyman]

Cole Winn has dropped off a cliff.

Maybe a secret injury

 

[Duane1952]

Duran and Jung 2 for 24 in this series.

 

[Senator_fan]

Cole Winn has dropped off a cliff.

He’s lost it. Needs to be optioned down if he has any left.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Yahoo Sports is jumping all over Buster Posey who is the President of Baseball Operations for the SF Giants. At the end he said, "Anybody that has baseball questions, I'm happy to take baseball questions from you." I love it. I'm tired of a certain community of people trying to shove their lifestyle down people's throat and if someone doesn't go along with it they are called out.

 

[comet28]

Where was the Rangers' farm ranked heading into 2024? Because it sure ain't that good now

 

[saddles]

Where was the Rangers' farm ranked heading into 2024? Because it sure ain't that good now

Here is what MLB Pipeline had to say about them in March of 2024:

7. Texas Rangers
2023 midseason rank: 10
2023 preseason rank: 7
2022 midseason rank: 6
2022 preseason rank: 9

Top 100 prospects: Evan Carter, OF (No. 5); Wyatt Langford, OF (No. 6); Sebastian Walcott, SS (No. 71); Brock Porter, RHP (No. 88)

No organization features a better pair of prospects than the defending World Series champions with Carter and Langford, both of whom could make the Opening Day lineup. The system had a banner year in 2023, producing Josh Jung (the first Ranger to start the All-Star Game as a rookie), postseason hero Carter and three Top 100-caliber prospects (Luisangel Acuña, Tekoah Roby, Thomas Saggese) used in trades for Jordan Montgomery, Max Scherzer and Chris Stratton. Getting former Top 100 pitching prospects Kumar Rocker (Tommy John surgery), Jack Leiter (mechanical and command issues) and Owen White (downturn in stuff and strikes) back on track would help Texas sustain success.

 

[fanman8825]

Duran and Jung 2 for 24 in this series.

Probably why we lost the series

 

[WastinSomeTime]

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Probably why we lost the series

The first 2 innings of game 2 decided the series. We absolutely blew it.

 

[saddles]

Crim has been released so he can pursue opportunities in Asia.

 

[saddles]

From Jeff Wilson:

If all is good Thursday, it's likely the #Rangers will reinstate Corey Seager from the concussion IL in Toronto. The corresponding move could involve Cody Freeman, who hasn't played much over the past week.

 

[saddles]

Final line for Mitch Bratt in his major-league debut:

3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 54 pitches (36 strikes).

 

[Senator_fan]

I hope CY has come to terms with the way this team plays and how he’s built it rather than look at the standings and think a miracle will happen.

He needs to stop ransacking the farm system just because he thinks he has all the answers.

 

[Duane1952]

I hope CY has come to terms with the way this team plays and how he’s built it rather than look at the standings and think a miracle will happen.

He needs to stop ransacking the farm system just because he thinks he has all the answers.

I don’t think he will. He’ll just trade more of our top prospects. He’s part of the problem with this organization.

 

[Duane1952]

Crim has been released so he can pursue opportunities in Asia.

The 40 man is down to 39

 

[saddles]

I hope CY has come to terms with the way this team plays and how he’s built it rather than look at the standings and think a miracle will happen.

He needs to stop ransacking the farm system just because he thinks he has all the answers.

I wonder how far out of the third wildcard spot or the division will we have to be for him to face facts.

I think 6 minimum, but 7 or 8 might be necessary.

I am thinking our record at the deadline will be 51-59. We have 30 more games until then.

We need the third wildcard and the division leader to have a 58-52 record for there to be a 7 game difference.

The question is, can we reasonably expect 2 teams to do that well? To get to 58-52 Toronto would have to go 19-11. Seattle would have to go 17-12. Looking at the schedule it seems Toronto will have a tougher time than Seattle, but who knows.

 

[Senator_fan]

I wonder how far out of the third wildcard spot or the division will we have to be for him to face facts.

I think 6 minimum, but 7 or 8 might be necessary.

I am thinking our record at the deadline will be 51-59. We have 30 more games until then.

We need the third wildcard and the division leader to have a 58-52 record for there to be a 7 game difference.

The question is, can we reasonably expect 2 teams to do that well? To get to 58-52 Toronto would have to go 19-11. Seattle would have to go 17-12. Looking at the schedule it seems Toronto will have a tougher time than Seattle, but who knows.

It will probably take 7 or 8 games out of both to face facts. Since there’s only 3 teams in the AL with positive run differentials and Seattle is a .500 team it may take more than that.

 

[saddles]

From MLB Pipeline:

On the same night Mitch Bratt made his MLB debut for the #Dbacks   , another piece of the Merrill Kelly trade shined at High-A.

Arizona's No. 8 prospect David Hagaman tied his career high in punchouts during a scoreless outing: atmlb.com/4v0CBjB