Series Thread: Rangers Travel to Oakland for Three Games August 7-9

[saddles]

I wonder if Miller goes to 60 -day, Miller gets DFAed, or Ornelas is DFAed.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of Josh Smith. He’s a .220 hitter with almost no power. One hit doesn’t change the fact that he shouldn’t be playing.

It wasn't meant to be an endorsement of Smith as much as it was a reminder that there's plenty of scorn to go around, and he probably shouldn't be that high on the list.

 

[DT LUNA]

I wonder if Miller goes to 60 -day, Miller gets DFAed, or Ornelas is DFAed.

We don't need Miller so hopefully he goes.

 

[Senator_fan]

Stratton has been excellent!

 

[DT LUNA]

Stratton has been excellent!

We pitched well enough to win.

 

[WilltheThrill]

It wasn't meant to be an endorsement of Smith as much as it was a reminder that there's plenty of scorn to go around, and he probably shouldn't be that high on the list.

The “scorn” wasn’t directed at Smith. It was directed at Bochy. I was pretty clear about that. Smith is not a good player. He just isn’t. And asking him to just “step up” and be a productive player isn’t his fault. If Josh Smith is in the lineup, then you can’t also have Sam Huff and Robbie Grossman in there. That’s just too much mediocrity and failure all at once.

 

[DT LUNA]

The “scorn” wasn’t directed at Smith. It was directed at Bochy. I was pretty clear about that. Smith is not a good player. He just isn’t. And asking him to just “step up” and be a productive player isn’t his fault. If Josh Smith is in the lineup, then you can’t also have Sam Huff and Robbie Grossman in there. That’s just too much mediocrity and failure all at once.

Loud,clear and correct

 

[scotsman1948]

if anything shows that the manager doesn’t care 2 on bottom of the 9th and he sends Smith to the plate

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Jesus Christ this game certainly demonstrated the petulance of Rangers fans everywhere

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Stratton has been excellent!

He's been awesome. So has Montgomery and Scherzer. Hate that we punted today's game by resting Seager and Garver, but you gotta feel pretty good about the pitching continuing to improve. That bodes well come playoff time when there won't be any intentional rest for our best hitters.

 

[WilltheThrill]

And right there is proof of why you can’t have those 3 subpar players all together. Because even if one or two of them do manage to get a hit, the chances are much lower that the third one will come through. I mean, no player in all of baseball is guaranteed to succeed. And yes, sometimes your best hitters have terrible days where they are to blame. But that’s when you need to have semi-decent guys behind them to pick them up.

Realistically, the only way we could have won today was if Semien, Lowe, and Garcia had big (or at least decent) days. Expecting that bottom 5 to carry the day was just too much.

 

[WilltheThrill]

if anything shows that the manager doesn’t care 2 on bottom of the 9th and he sends Smith to the plate

Yes, because I said he doesn’t care. That’s what I said. Not that it was poor strategy, but that he just didn’t care. Reading comprehension- work on it.

 

[scotsman1948]

And right there is proof of why you can’t have those 3 subpar players all together. Because even if one or two of them do manage to get a hit, the chances are much lower that the third one will come through. I mean, no player in all of baseball is guaranteed to succeed. And yes, sometimes your best hitters have terrible days where they are to blame. But that’s when you need to have semi-decent guys behind them to pick them up.

Realistically, the only way we could have won today was if Semien, Lowe, and Garcia had big (or at least decent) days. Expecting that bottom 5 to carry the day was just too much.

And 2 of those got hits in the 9th and Bochy still sent Smith to the plate

 

[WilltheThrill]

Jesus Christ this game certainly demonstrated the petulance of Rangers fans everywhere

So being critical of a manager’s lineup strategy for one game is “petulance”?

 

[scotsman1948]

Yes, because I said he doesn’t care. That’s what I said. Not that it was poor strategy, but that he just didn’t care. Reading comprehension- work on it.

Sorry I typed that before your post popped up

 

[armadillooutlaw]

So being critical of a manager’s lineup strategy for one game is “petulance”?

He meant to say flatulence.

 

[scotsman1948]

And it worries me that we allow this to carry on into the next series

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I think we were actually fortunate to take 2 out of 3 games.

 

[saddles]

Guys just need to produce. Some are not

Yes they do. Today Semien, Lowe and Garcia went 0 for 10. They have got to do better than that.

We got three hits, one of which was almost a HR, from our #6, 7, and 8 guys. And the #9 guy got on base twice. The big bats let us down today.

 

[DT LUNA]

We simply do not have enough quality replacements to cover for Seagor,Jung and Heim all out at the same time.