Series Thread: Rangers Travel to New York For Three Games With the Yankees May 20-22

[saddles]

The Rangers are up against a very tough opponent in the Yankees. Even though all the pitching matchups favor the Rangers, the Yankees are up close to the top of MLB in hitting and the Rangers aren't far from the bottom.

With no Seager and no Carter the Rangers offense doesn't seem to be much of a force to be reckoned with. Pederson only has 3 hits in his last 25 att bats. Semien is 4 for his last 27. Smith is 5-26. Adolis is 5-25. Pillar is 4-27. Langford is 6-27. Burger is 8-24. Jung is 9-25. Haggerty is 5-18.

I had heard a few days ago that the Rangers had had the toughest schedule in baseball. I checked the remaining strength of schedule and the Rangers are right in the middle of the pack tied for 15th place. Seattle has a weaker remaining strength of schedule, along with the Astros. The Astros currently have th the easiest remaining schedule baseball.

It still remains to be seen if the Rangers will be buyers or sellers at the deadline.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

The Rangers are up against a very tough opponent in the Yankees. Even though all the pitching matchups favor the Rangers, the Yankees are up close to the top of MLB in hitting and the Rangers aren't far from the bottom.

With no Seager and no Carter the Rangers offense doesn't seem to be much of a force to be reckoned with. Pederson only has 3 hits in his last 25 att bats. Semien is 4 for his last 27. Smith is 5-26. Adolis is 5-25. Pillar is 4-27. Langford is 6-27. Burger is 8-24. Jung is 9-25. Haggerty is 5-18.

I had heard a few days ago that the Rangers had had the toughest schedule in baseball. I checked the remaining strength of schedule and the Rangers are right in the middle of the pack tied for 15th place. Seattle has a weaker remaining strength of schedule, along with the Astros. The Astros currently have th the easiest remaining schedule baseball.

It still remains to be seen if the Rangers will be buyers or sellers at the deadline.

I am glad we are not facing Fried. Hope Corbin can handle this cracker jack ballpark.

 

[saddles]

From Baseball America:​

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Hitting Stats​

Here’s how all 30 organizations full-season teams’ combined hitting stats stack up in a variety of metrics.

As we will note multiple times, different leagues and stadiums means that some teams play in more hitter-friendly environments than others.

Org	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR/G	BB%	SO%	SB%	SB/G
Athletics	.259	.361	.402	.83	12.3%	21.4%	79.5%	1.20
Mariners	.258	.348	.401	.83	10.5%	23.4%	77.1%	1.27
Dodgers	.257	.360	.419	.99	12.8%	23.9%	77.9%	1.57
Padres	.255	.348	.386	.72	11.2%	22.7%	78.4%	1.06
Twins	.252	.355	.401	.95	12.1%	22.8%	79.8%	1.23
Cardinals	.251	.343	.379	.73	10.8%	20.8%	76.0%	1.35
D-backs	.249	.352	.383	.80	12.3%	23.9%	73.7%	1.06
Yankees	.243	.342	.394	.92	11.9%	24.7%	77.2%	1.47
White Sox	.243	.339	.381	.81	11.3%	25.5%	78.5%	1.51
Blue Jays	.242	.348	.394	.96	12.3%	24.6%	77.8%	.88
Mets	.241	.337	.387	.87	11.6%	23.7%	78.9%	1.38
Brewers	.241	.350	.378	.82	12.9%	23.0%	78.2%	1.61
Giants	.240	.333	.362	.74	11.0%	23.6%	81.1%	1.19
Average	.240	.337	.374	.79	11.4%	24.4%	77.8%	1.36
Pirates	.240	.323	.382	.91	9.8%	25.4%	77.3%	1.42
Tigers	.238	.335	.373	.80	11.2%	24.8%	73.8%	1.03
Cubs	.238	.338	.368	.72	11.3%	24.2%	75.8%	1.38
Phillies	.237	.338	.375	.86	11.9%	24.3%	77.9%	1.19
Royals	.237	.332	.368	.76	11.4%	24.4%	78.7%	1.74
Red Sox	.236	.329	.367	.78	11.0%	25.7%	72.9%	1.00
Rockies	.236	.326	.367	.76	10.1%	25.0%	78.5%	1.39
Marlins	.236	.336	.355	.61	12.0%	24.5%	81.3%	2.35
Guardians	.235	.342	.369	.68	12.6%	25.6%	78.1%	1.64
Angels	.234	.335	.363	.72	11.5%	26.2%	72.5%	.84
Rangers	.233	.326	.358	.74	10.9%	24.0%	78.1%	1.32
Nationals	.232	.309	.349	.61	8.8%	24.8%	79.4%	1.24
Rays	.231	.324	.354	.75	11.2%	24.8%	79.0%	1.45
Reds	.227	.325	.347	.65	10.9%	26.6%	78.9%	1.14
Orioles	.226	.325	.344	.67	11.9%	25.1%	74.1%	1.56
Braves	.223	.321	.327	.62	11.3%	24.4%	79.5%	1.66
Astros	.222	.323	.370	.98	11.3%	28.3%	79.5%	1.59

And here’s how each organization ranks in these various hitting categories. The Dodgers, A’s, Twins and Brewers all stand out quite impressively. The Twins are especially notable, as they do not have any team in any particularly friendly hitting environments.

Org	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR/G	BB%	SO%	SB%	SB/G	Avg Rank
Dodgers	3	2	1	1	2	10	19	7	5.6
Athletics	1	1	2	10	4	2	5	21	5.8
Twins	5	3	3	4	7	4	3	20	6.1
Brewers	12	5	13	11	1	5	15	5	8.4
Mets	11	15	7	7	12	8	10	15	10.6
Yankees	8	11	5	5	9	18	22	10	11.0
Mariners	2	6	4	9	27	6	23	18	11.9
Blue Jays	10	7	6	3	5	17	20	29	12.1
D-backs	7	4	9	13	6	9	28	25	12.6
Padres	4	8	8	24	20	3	14	26	13.4
White Sox	9	12	11	12	17	25	13	9	13.5
Cardinals	6	9	12	21	26	1	24	16	14.4
Royals	18	20	19	17	14	15	11	2	14.5
Phillies	17	13	14	8	10	13	18	23	14.5
Marlins	21	16	25	30	8	16	1	1	14.8
Guardians	22	10	17	25	3	26	17	4	15.5
Giants	13	19	23	20	23	7	2	22	16.1
Astros	30	28	16	2	18	30	6	6	17.0
Cubs	16	14	18	22	16	12	25	14	17.1
Pirates	14	27	10	6	29	24	21	12	17.9
Braves	29	29	30	28	15	14	4	3	19.0
Rays	26	26	26	18	19	19	8	11	19.1
Rockies	20	23	20	16	28	22	12	13	19.3
Rangers	24	22	24	19	24	11	16	17	19.6
Tigers	15	18	15	14	21	21	27	27	19.8
Orioles	28	24	29	26	11	23	26	8	21.9
Red Sox	19	21	21	15	22	27	29	28	22.8
Angels	23	17	22	23	13	28	30	30	23.3
Nationals	25	30	27	29	30	20	7	19	23.4
Reds	27	25	28	27	25	29	9	24	24.3

 

[saddles]

From Baseball America:

We can look at pitching in the same way. The Rays’ emphasis on throwing strikes is quite apparent here. The Tigers have some good pitching environments to work in, but their overall performance is quite impressive.

Pitching Stats​

Org	Strike %	RAA	ERA	SO%	BB%	K-BB%	HR Rate
Tigers	63.5%	4.20	3.64	24.1%	9.4%	14.7%	0.69
Rays	64.5%	4.22	3.65	24.3%	8.9%	15.4%	0.85
Brewers	62.0%	4.32	3.72	23.8%	11.2%	12.6%	0.57
Braves	62.7%	4.51	3.81	25.1%	10.2%	14.9%	0.75
Mets	62.7%	4.64	3.84	27.7%	11.2%	16.5%	0.80
Marlins	62.0%	4.60	3.93	25.3%	11.9%	13.4%	0.62
Guardians	61.4%	4.61	4.04	24.7%	11.7%	13.0%	0.69
Yankees	62.2%	4.62	4.05	25.5%	11.2%	14.3%	0.76
Athletics	62.5%	4.65	4.11	24.5%	9.3%	15.2%	0.76
Pirates	62.7%	4.70	4.23	25.3%	10.7%	14.5%	0.80
Blue Jays	63.0%	5.01	4.30	25.1%	10.4%	14.6%	0.85
Red Sox	61.7%	5.10	4.32	26.8%	11.5%	15.3%	0.80
Royals	61.7%	5.02	4.35	24.0%	10.8%	13.2%	0.75
Cubs	60.9%	4.93	4.35	24.7%	12.0%	12.6%	0.58
Rangers	61.5%	5.01	4.37	24.9%	11.5%	13.4%	0.87
Dodgers	59.7%	5.00	4.38	25.1%	14.4%	10.7%	0.72
Average	61.7%	5.03	4.39	24.3%	11.4%	12.9%	0.79
Orioles	61.2%	5.32	4.48	25.2%	12.4%	12.7%	0.71
Phillies	62.2%	5.18	4.52	24.3%	11.1%	13.2%	0.90
Twins	62.5%	5.16	4.54	23.9%	9.6%	14.2%	0.82
Astros	60.5%	5.23	4.63	24.2%	12.2%	12.0%	0.93
Reds	61.0%	5.20	4.63	23.4%	11.9%	11.6%	0.89
White Sox	60.2%	5.17	4.64	23.9%	12.7%	11.2%	0.83
Rockies	61.4%	5.27	4.65	23.8%	11.1%	12.7%	0.85
Giants	61.8%	5.24	4.66	23.4%	11.1%	12.3%	0.80
Mariners	61.5%	5.36	4.73	20.7%	11.4%	9.3%	0.73
Nationals	60.7%	5.65	4.87	22.4%	12.3%	10.2%	0.83
D-backs	60.3%	5.61	4.87	22.6%	12.3%	10.3%	0.91
Cardinals	61.0%	5.64	4.96	23.7%	12.4%	11.3%	0.86
Angels	60.7%	5.85	5.17	22.9%	12.2%	10.7%	0.85
Padres	61.1%	5.97	5.18	24.0%	11.7%	12.3%	0.83

Here’s how the different organizations rank in each of these pitching categories. The Tigers, Braves, Rays, Mets and A’s all stand out, with the Mets leading in the very useful K-BB% stat.

Org	Strike %	RAA	ERA	K%	BB%	K-BB%	HR	Avg Rank
Tigers	2	1	1	17	3	6	4	4.9
Braves	5	4	4	8	5	5	10	5.9
Rays	1	2	2	14	1	2	24	6.6
Mets	6	8	5	1	13	1	14	6.9
Athletics	7	9	9	13	2	4	11	7.9
Pirates	4	10	10	5	7	8	13	8.1
Yankees	10	7	8	3	14	9	12	9.0
Marlins	12	5	6	4	21	12	3	9.0
Blue Jays	3	13	11	9	6	7	22	10.1
Brewers	11	3	3	23	12	19	1	10.3
Red Sox	14	16	12	2	17	3	15	11.3
Guardians	19	6	7	11	19	15	5	11.7
Royals	15	15	13	18	8	14	9	13.1
Twins	8	17	19	21	4	10	17	13.7
Cubs	24	11	14	12	22	18	2	14.7
Rangers	17	14	15	10	16	11	26	15.6
Phillies	9	19	18	15	10	13	28	16.0
Orioles	20	24	17	6	27	16	6	16.6
Dodgers	30	12	16	7	30	26	7	18.3
Giants	13	22	24	25	11	21	16	18.9
Rockies	18	23	23	22	9	17	23	19.3
Mariners	16	25	25	30	15	30	8	21.3
Padres	21	30	30	19	18	20	18	22.3
Astros	27	21	20	16	23	22	30	22.7
Reds	22	20	21	26	20	23	27	22.7
White Sox	29	18	22	20	29	25	20	23.3
Cardinals	23	27	28	24	28	24	25	25.6
Nationals	25	28	26	29	25	29	19	25.9
Angels	26	29	29	27	24	27	21	26.1
D-backs	28	26	27	28	26	28	29	27.4

In Conclusion​

While an organization that has plenty of hitter’s parks/leagues or pitching-friendly leagues can stand out in either the hitting or pitching categories, being near the top in many hitting and pitching categories shows a team has excellent depth of talent/successful players.

Obviously, a team can somewhat tweak how they perform by holding back players and being old for each level. But the 165-player roster limits of today do ensure that teams are not really full of top-tier veteran org players.

 

[saddles]

From Jared Sandler:

Corbin vs. the Yanks

2-0 in 5 starts (teams are 4-1)
2.30 ERA vs NYY, 8th best in MLB during Wild Card Era (min. 5 starts)
.157 BAA vs NYY in career, best versus any single opponent

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[Duane1952]

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Need to split up Garcia, Semien and Pederson. They should not be batting back to back to back.

 

[Billybass]

I like your baseball America stat sheet. The pitching stats factors in the bullpen.
Our starting pitching has been great.

And bullpen help can be acquired. Probably cheaper than hitters or starting pitching.

So still have optimism for the season. I don’t think we can wait till August for reinforcements. If we do, there will be some misery involved with watching blown leads. Especially the way the bats are going.

Main thing is hoping none of the pitchers get hurt and we stay close, and CY swings a couple of trades for late season push

 

[saddles]

From Texas Rangers PR:

Rangers transactions for Tuesday:

-RHP Chris Martin placed on 15-day Injured List (right shoulder fatigue), retroactive to 5/19.
-RHP Cole Winn recalled from Round Rock (AAA).

 

[saddles]

I like your baseball America stat sheet. The pitching stats factors in the bullpen.
Our starting pitching has been great.

And bullpen help can be acquired. Probably cheaper than hitters or starting pitching.

So still have optimism for the season. I don’t think we can wait till August for reinforcements. If we do, there will be some misery involved with watching blown leads. Especially the way the bats are going.

Main thing is hoping none of the pitchers get hurt and we stay close, and CY swings a couple of trades for late season push

Those are our minor league stats.

 

[jaar01]

Seager expected back...
next week when Rangers return home.

 

[DTLUNA]

If Pederson is a pro based on hitting, so are you and me.

 

[DTLUNA]

Guess they just gave up on Crim and decided he could not compete with JOC. Seems like the perfect time to give Crim the opportunity to prove himself. Absolutely zero to lose.

 

[DTLUNA]

Garcia fails again.

 

[DTLUNA]

A LO single by Jung followed up by three K's.

 

[DTLUNA]

Haggerty really looks good in CF. Quite a catch.

 

[fanman8825]

A LO single by Jung followed up by three K's.

This offense is a disgrace. Pederson needs to sit but not sure if it will do much.

 

[fanman8825]

Guess they just gave up on Crim and decided he could not compete with JOC. Seems like the perfect time to give Crim the opportunity to prove himself. Absolutely zero to lose.

He got just 12 ABs. Nice job CY and Boch

 

[Bmurph]

This offense sucks so bad….they may not score 5 runs this whole series