Series Thread: Rangers Travel to Play the Angels September 27-29

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Everybody is making hard contact off of deGrom so far in the first inning.

 

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From Evan Grant:

Jung, whose wrist was fractured by a Phil Maton fastball in the fourth game of the season, will hold off on any baseball-related activity for at least two weeks and possibly four before starting to ramp back up in preparation for 2025. A CT scan this week showed no significant issues related to the plate in his wrist or the structural integrity of the tendon. Jung has had periodic bouts of inflammation and soreness in the wrist since surgery to repair it.

The answers didn’t provide a lot of clarity, but did seem to rule out any obvious major issues.

“We will give it complete rest for a couple of weeks and then we’ll test it and see where he’s at,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “We don’t think he needs surgery or anything drastic. The thing we need to stay away from is just continuing to start and stop. We need to get that inflammation to back off. So we’ll just hold off from doing any baseball activities for a while.”

Even if that doesn’t solve the issue, there should be ample time in the offseason to further address it. Players who aren’t involved in the postseason usually take most of October off from baseball.

 

[saddles]

Eovaldi will pitch Sunday.

 

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From Abby Jones:

Jacob deGrom finishes his third and final start of the 2024 season.


10.2 IP
11 H
2 ER
1 BB
14 K


1.69 ERA

 

[saddles]

The American League Wild Card is set:

No. 4, Baltimore Orioles
No. 5, Detroit Tigers
No. 6, Kansas City Royals

 

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It looks like the Rangers will finish with the 8th best draft lottery odds.

 

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From Bob Nightengale:

The San Diego Padres clinch the top wild-card berth and home-field in the wild-card round with their 5-3 victory.
The race for the final two spots in the NL Wild Card race is now a 3-way tie:
Atlanta: 87-71
New York: 87-71
Arizona: 88-72

 

[WastinSomeTime]

The American League Wild Card is set:

No. 4, Baltimore Orioles
No. 5, Detroit Tigers
No. 6, Kansas City Royals

Pretty amazing that Detroit and KC are in the playoffs. Detroit got on a roll the last couple of weeks.

 

[Kelleyman]

So we have a RHP on the mound for rhe Halos.
Wondering if Harris get his first start?

 

[saddles]

From Texas Rangers PR:

Rangers OF Wyatt Langford leads the A.L. in Sept. in XBH (14), R (22), and HR (tied-7), ranking among league's best this month in TB (2nd, 56), 2B (T3rd, 7), SLG (T2nd, .615), OPS (3rd, 1.010), and RBI (T5th, 19). He is the 1st batter (rookie or not) in Rangers history with 22+ R, 7+ HR, 19+ RBI, and 6+ SB in a single month.

 

[saddles]

The Pirates are trying to sweep the Yankees and help us out. If they win again tomorrow and the Rangers lose today and tomorrow then we would go back to 7th place in the lottery odds. We probably have another win in us though.

 

[saddles]

I have already read where Bochy has said that either Leiter or Rocker could win a bullpen spot next year. That sounds a lot like the way we handled Ragans.

No thanks. Fill out the bullpen the right way. Throw that Jon Daniels blueprint away.

 

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Dustin Harris does get a start.

 

[Duane1952]

I have already read where Bochy has said that either Leiter or Rocker could win a bullpen spot next year. That sounds a lot like the way we handled Ragans.

No thanks. Fill out the bullpen the right way. Throw that Jon Daniels blueprint away.

With Bochy and CY, that wouldn’t surprise me. They sure don’t know how to develop pitchers.

 

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From Evan Grant:

Rangers are giving Andrew Heaney chance to work through 4th. if he does, he gets to 160 IP for season and unlocks a $1.5 mm performance bonus. He's already earned $3.5 mm in bonuses this year based on innings. And he got it.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

From Evan Grant:

Rangers are giving Andrew Heaney chance to work through 4th. if he does, he gets to 160 IP for season and unlocks a $1.5 mm performance bonus. He's already earned $3.5 mm in bonuses this year based on innings. And he got it.

Why would we have felt obligated to do that? He should have been taken out in the 3rd inning.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

The Langford we are seeing now is what I hope to see next year.

 

[saddles]

The Langford we are seeing now is what I hope to see next year.

That would be great.

 

[DT LUNA]

Enjoyed another season with you guys. Looking forward to another. Should be some interesting off season discussions. Who will be traded and who will be signed? This has been a good board for discussions so let's all stick around in the off season.

 

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