Rangers vs. A's - Battle for the West

[scotsman1948]

no no no... he was suggesting starting Font... then going to Grimm. IE - those 2 would ahve taken the place of Feldman.

Which still leaves the other 5 innings that happened last night.

yes i was suggesting using them in place of Feldman who went 4 innings but i would have expected to get at minimum 5 innings out of them (maybe 6) and then go to Kirkman for at least 3 and then like they did last night get an inning out of Uehara and then 2 out of Ogando. that's 11 or 12 innings and keeps Longball on the bench.

 

[scotsman1948]

and when was the last time either of them pitched??
You would have rather had one of those 2 last night?!?



Getting back to tonight....here's this little tidbit of information

Jarrod Parker is 2-1 with a 1.86 ERA in four starts in September.

both pitched an inning on the 18th against the Angels and had just completed the AAA playoffs before that. so stretching them out for 2 or 3 innings each couldn't have been worse than watching Feldman during his 4 innings. Feldman was in constant trouble and i spent those 4 innings waiting for the bottom to drop out

 

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For those wondering about Darvish...

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Yu Darvish slated to start Sunday for Rangers. Still a chance he could get moved up.

 

[Windingmywatch]

no no no... he was suggesting starting Font... then going to Grimm. IE - those 2 would ahve taken the place of Feldman.

Which still leaves the other 5 innings that happened last night.

Well ... that wouldn't have happened. Feldman gave up 2 runs ... TEX offense failed again; Give up was the 10th Again.

Here I was trying to agree with Scotty ... and you ruined it

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

yes i was suggesting using them in place of Feldman who went 4 innings but i would have expected to get at minimum 5 innings out of them (maybe 6) and then go to Kirkman for at least 3 and then like they did last night get an inning out of Uehara and then 2 out of Ogando. that's 11 or 12 innings and keeps Longball on the bench.

Font was a closer in AA though.... not a starter. Last time he pitched over an inning - was almost a month ago.

Grimm pitched (Aug) 5.2 on the 23rd & 1.2 on the 31st. Then 2.0 on the 3rd.......and 1.0 on the 18th.
So his last start was essentially a month ago.

No thanks. I'll stick with Feldman filling in.

 

[jaar01]

If Perez gets in trouble early tonight, where do we go? We've had 2 straight starts where the bullpen has essentially thrown 16 out of 19 innings. I suppose Oswalt, Yoshi, Grimm, and Font are all available but who wants to roll out that foursome in a pennant race?

Really need 6 good innings from Perez. Pretty nervous about this one. Loss tonight makes tomorrow a must win IMO.

 

[scotsman1948]

Well ... that wouldn't have happened. Feldman gave up 2 runs ... TEX offense failed again; Give up was the 10th Again.

Here I was trying to agree with Scotty ... and you ruined it

4 innings 75 pitches 4 hits 3 walks and 2 runs for Feldman and he was in trouble the whole 4 innings.


but yeah the big issue was the offensive failure again

 

[romeo212000]

4 innings 75 pitches 4 hits 3 walks and 2 runs for Feldman and he was in trouble the whole 4 innings.


but yeah the big issue was the offensive failure again

Surely this wasn't sarcasm right?

 

[Al Falfa]

so how many innings did Feldman go? i would have gone with Font for 3 innings and then Grimm for 2 or 3 followed by Kirkman & Ogando. and "long-ball" lowe would have never left the bullpen

Font and Grimm for 2 or 3? Font has pitched one inning at the major league level and Grimm is sporting an ERA of 100. This is MLB not the Texas League.

 

[scotsman1948]

Surely this wasn't sarcasm right?

no i was totally taken back by both sides pitching and hitting. we had 3 hits in the 1st and what 3 or 4 over the next 9

 

[romeo212000]

How hard is it to figure out you don't give a hitter anything near the plate when you're ahead 0-2?

 

[romeo212000]

Throw Cespedes 4 change ups in a single at bat and he's going to time it? Go figure.

 

[fanman8825]

Just what we need is Perez to get off to a bad start. The Ranger bats need to come alive tonite. They are long overdue

 

[romeo212000]

I'm out. See y'all. That josh error did it for me. I'm not gonna let this abortion ruin my evening.

 

[fanman8825]

The Darvish scratch looms big now. I have no doubt last nite that the 2 runs we scored would have held up with Yu pitching.

 

[scotsman1948]

makes feldman look good

 

[fanman8825]

I'm out. See y'all. That josh error did it for me. I'm not gonna let this abortion ruin my evening.

This is bullshit. I see no urgency fom this team and Perez decides tonite he going to lay an egg

 

[fanman8825]

makes feldman look good

Maybe its the A's we need to worry about instead of the Angels

 

[UTVolCountry]

How is Oakland doing? Werent they the ones with that long winning streak earlier in the year?

 

[fanman8825]

If it comes down to trying to secure the division or HFA next week against the A's, I would not start Perez . We cant take the chance on him wetting the bed again