Series Thread: Rangers Travel to Seattle For Three Games June 14-16

[Kelleyman]

Jeff Wilson thinks Scherzer's next start will be for the Rangers.

I was hoping it would be in next series against Mets but think it. Tinoco will be next casualty

 

[Kelleyman]

BTW HFD - yay Dads
Remember your Dad Crawler .
lol

 

[scotsman#1948]

I’m guessing Bochy wants Knizner in there for defense, game calling, framing? On offense he’s Austin Hedges ll.

at times i have seen Huff as Austin Hedges III.

 

[scotsman#1948]

I was hoping it would be in next series against Mets but think it. Tinoco will be next casualty

think it will be Anderson

 

[Kelleyman]

Guess our roster is at 39 now but the axe is likely coming

 

[Duane1952]

think it will be Anderson

They sent Anderson down when Brock Burke came back.

 

[Senator_fan]

They sent Anderson down when Brock Burke came back.

Burke looked good last night. Maybe he should break his hand more often.

 

[scotsman#1948]

They sent Anderson down when Brock Burke came back.

i was talking being DFA'ed but he was right Tinoco was sent down and Winn called up

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Huff needs to ask to be traded or released. How can you justify resting Heim every 3rd game and not Knizner.

 

[saddles]

at times i have seen Huff as Austin Hedges III.

The three Hedges career OPS as A Ranger

Hedges I - .417
Hedges II - .322
Hedges III - .766

Give me Hedges III every day of the week.

 

[saddles]

Huff needs to ask to be traded or released. How can you justify resting Heim every 3rd game and not Knizner.

I think Bochy is asking to be slapped, myself. He is letting a personal vendetta hurt our chances of winning against our greatest competition.

 

[saddles]

Evan Grant os busy making excuses for Knizner playing.

 

[jaar01]

This Ranger offense is obviously struggling this year...in fact it's made them downright boring to watch.

BUT...the Mariners pitching has been excellent this year, probably best staff in AL. So this weekend shouldn't be a surprise.

 

[scotsman#1948]

The three Hedges career OPS as A Ranger

Hedges I - .417
Hedges II - .322
Hedges III - .766

Give me Hedges III every day of the week.

i guess i only saw the bad at-bats with Huff because it always seems to me, he was always struggling against major league pitching. guess we should do a Taveras and troop Huff out there 3 to 5 games a week

 

[saddles]

From Scott Lucas:

Max Scherzer allowed more runs than you'd like in a Triple A game, but they don't really matter. He looked like Max Scherzer to me. The only potential concern is velocity, and most of his offerings were below 2023 velocity. Here's his 2023 averages (left) compared to last night (right):

FB: 93.7, 92.1
CT: 88.4, 86.4
SL: 84.0, 84.3
CH: 83.8, 81.9
CB: 75.4, 74.1

The difference could be a combination of ongoing recovery, simply being who he is (not a young man, relatively speaking), and just being one of those days. The question is whether Texas decides another rehab outing is worthwhile.

The Joshes Jung and Sborz will rehab in Round Rock tonight.

 

[scotsman#1948]

I think Bochy is asking to be slapped, myself. He is letting a personal vendetta hurt our chances of winning against our greatest competition.

do we know for a fact that Bochy has a personal vendetta against Huff?

 

[saddles]

i guess i only saw the bad at-bats with Huff because it always seems to me, he was always struggling against major league pitching. guess we should do a Taveras and troop Huff out there 3 to 5 games a week

He has played up here in 3 seasons prior to this year, and he put up good numbers in 2 of them.

His numbers were worse in 2022, but still much better than what Knizner or Hedges have done here. He had one very bad stretch that year between June 14 and September 27. He played in only 16 games in that stretch, 14 of which were starts. He had an OPS in 2022 right at .800 prior to that stretch. In a short period after that bad stretch he had an OPS of over .880 to close out that season.

A lot of folks let that one three month stretch where he played very sporadically, define who he is as a hitter.

 

[saddles]

do we know for a fact that Bochy has a personal vendetta against Huff?

The evidence is there to see.

 

[saddles]

Looking at the upcoming schedule I think we could go 16-21 between now and the AS break. That would put us at 45-51.

4-8 so far.

It really looks like we will be sellers at the break.

 

[scotsman#1948]

He has played up here in 3 seasons prior to this year, and he put up good numbers in 2 of them.

His numbers were worse in 2022, but still much better than what Knizner or Hedges have done here. He had one very bad stretch that year between June 14 and September 27. He played in only 16 games in that stretch, 14 of which were starts. He had an OPS in 2022 right at .800 prior to that stretch. In a short period after that bad stretch he had an OPS of over .880 to close out that season.

A lot of folks let that one three month stretch where he played very sporadically, define who he is as a hitter.

okay so next season we use him as our DH with him playing occasionally at 1B and C. i still would consider bringing in Carson Kelly and carrying Heim, Huff and Kelly as my DH catching corps, backup Catcher, DH & 1B. i'm also moving with several on here who want to trade Lowe and bring in someone else to play most of the time at 1st. someone like Guerrero.

but my main concentration would be constructing a quality bullpen starting from now and through the off-season. names like Mason Miller, Tanner Scott, Yimi Garcia, etc through trades or free agency. picking up David Robertson's option and resigning Kirby Yates