The Rangers begin the longest cookout this season at the Grill with some Twinkies: MIN @ TEX 7/8-10

[DT LUNA]

Burke is not closing tonight unless it is a 3 inning close

Moore?

 

[Kelleyman]

Moore?

Maybe if they get cleanly though next inning. Might go for a RHP for those set of pinch hitters that just came in

 

[Kelleyman]

Tight zone against Smith. Sorry ump calls

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Tight zone against Smith. Sorry ump calls

Got one back there

 

[True Rangers Fan]

WIN

 

[DT LUNA]

win

 

[Kelleyman]

Martin closes for the win. We will take it

 

[Nightcrawler]

Anyone else notice how the camera is much further away from Emily this year and they give her more speaking segments without showing her?

woman is old and washed up in the looks department.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Shit is getting old
After tonight the Rangers will be ranked 28th for errors.
Or 3rd most

With Seager 11 and Semien 7 leading the way...

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Anyone else notice how the camera is much further away from Emily this year and they give her more speaking segments without showing her?

woman is old and washed up in the looks department.

No need for any of that

 

[scotsman1948]

MLB trade Rumors has this on available trade candidates:

12. Martin Perez, LHP, Rangers:

Just as everyone predicted, Perez ranks second among American League pitchers in wins above replacement as the All-Star break draws nea– wait, what?

Perez’s second stint with the Rangers has been a revelation. He’s boasting career-bests in strikeout rate (19.8%, still below the league average) and walk rate (6.1%, well better than average). His 52.6% grounder rate is his best since 2016. Perez is wildly unlikely to keep suppressing homers at this rate — in the past decade, there are only four instances of a starter (min. 100 innings) with a lower HR/FB than his current 4.4% — but Perez nevertheless looks better than ever. There’s been speculation that Texas could try to extend him.

Contractual details: $4MM salary, free agent at season’s end

14. Matt Moore, LHP, Rangers:

The former top prospect in baseball hasn’t had the career anyone envisioned for him at the time, but Moore has found a home in the Texas bullpen. After floundering for several seasons as a starter following Tommy John surgery, he’s embraced a full-time relief role with a 1.98 ERA, 27% strikeout rate and 52.9% grounder rate in 36 1/3 frames. He’s walking way too many hitters (13.8%), but he’s had better command over the past month or so.

Contractual details: $2.5MM salary, free agent at season’s end

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

Garver has one year of control left with no contractual obligation. I would be tempted to non-tender him.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[scotsman1948]

Garver has one year of control left with no contractual obligation. I would be tempted to non-tender him.

can't while on the IL and during the off-season while recovering from surgery. if you could, you would see it happening every off-season.

 

[scotsman1948]

so the surgery and automatic 60-day IL happen on Monday and the Rangers will need to bring up a positional player to fill his roster spot who do you think they bring up? except for the fact that it would impact his OF seasoning i would think Duran. he could play 3rd with Smith playing LF. Dh could rotate Garcia and Calhoun between RF and DH putting Duggar, Miller, Culberson and Viloria on the bench except for the occasional pinch-hitting or rest start

 

[saddles]

Another trade. It is time the Rangers to get active in trading away some guys.

 

[saddles]

I wonder if they will keep a third catcher when Huff comes up. I guess if they were willing to let Garver DH all year then they may go ahead and keep Viloria since Huff is much more versatile than Garver was

 

[saddles]

In mlbtraderumors.com article on the top 50 candidates to be traded, they didn't include the catcher the A's just traded unless I just missed it.

Besides Perez and Moore they had this list of Rangers at the bottom of the article under "others of note."

Rangers: Garrett Richards, Charlie Culberson, Kole Calhoun, Brad Miller