Series Thread: Rangers Travel to St. Petersburg for the Best of Three Wild Card Series with the Rays October 3-5

[saddles]

Monty is priority #1 in the off-season.
Get him signed then load up on bullpen help.

What do you expect Montgomery to get in free agency? 5 years and $95-100 million?

 

[armadillooutlaw]

What do you expect him to get in free agency? 5 years and $95-100 million?

Right around that, yes. He's too good to let walk especially with the injury concerns with deGrom, Scherzer, Eovaldi and Gray.
Money will be tight so they're going to have to make use of the trade market to fix the bullpen as well as utilizing whatever remains to spend in free agency. I'm liking the idea of shopping Lowe and Taveras in particular for bullpen help. Langford takes LF moving Carter to CF, and Foscue or Crim takes 1B.

 

[DT LUNA]

Right around that, yes. He's too good to let walk especially with the injury concerns with deGrom, Scherzer, Eovaldi and Gray.
Money will be tight so they're going to have to make use of the trade market to fix the bullpen as well as utilizing whatever remains to spend in free agency. I'm liking the idea of shopping Lowe and Taveras in particular for bullpen help. Langford takes LF moving Carter to CF, and Foscue or Crim takes 1B.

Now you're talking.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Really glad we won a playoff game. Snapped the 6 game playoff losing streak from the dismal Jeff Banister era. Would love to beat the rays and take our chances against the orioles. We probably can’t slay 2 AL east beasts in a row, but the core can get some valuable playoff experience.

im glad we drew the rays / orioles path to be honest. The Twinkies averaged 10 runs per game against us or something close to that and the Astros probably beat us more than any other team. Both looked to be horrible matchups.

 

[saddles]

Okay, how will this second game go?

Total hits by Rangers?

Total runs by Rangers?

Total innings pitched by Eovaldi?

Total runs given up by Eovaldi?

Total runs given up?

 

[saddles]

Okay, how will this second game go?

Total hits by Rangers?

Total runs by Rangers?

Total innings pitched by Eovaldi?

Total runs given up by Eovaldi?

Total runs given up?

Okay, how will this second game go?

Total hits by Rangers? 13

Total runs by Rangers? 5

Total innings pitched by Eovaldi? 4

Total runs given up by Eovaldi? 3

Total runs given up? 4

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

I just don't get Grossman over Garver.

 

[saddles]

1) Eovaldi's command of his fastball

2) The Rangers hitters being able to lay off of Eflin's below the zone curveball

3) Bochy's management of the bullpen

 

[saddles]

 

[scotsman1948]

1) Eovaldi's command of his fastball

2) The Rangers hitters being able to lay off of Eflin's below the zone curveball

3) Bochy's management of the bullpen

The only thing that changes from game to game is the pitchers names. The game keys never change

 

[saddles]

 

[Duane1952]

I just don't get Grossman over Garver.

Me neither. But Bochy has favored Grossman all season

 

[saddles]

Congratulations!

 

[jaar01]

Grossman over Garver again. I don't get it. It just makes no sense to me at all. 3 hole is kinda important. Right?

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

From Evan Grant:

“Last week was a light bullpen, this one was real,” Scherzer said. “I was able to step on it more. And it was pain free.”

The next step is once again to see how he recovers.

The last time on the mound, he said it really “amplified” the soreness in the muscle. And the next day he could still feel it. If he recovers better this time around, it’s possible he could increase the intensity or perhaps even face some hitters.

It still remains unlikely that Scherzer would be an option for the Rangers in the Division Series, if they advance, but things seem to change quickly with him.

 

[saddles]

 

[DT LUNA]

We sure need a better bat in 3 hole