The Rangers close out a disappointing 2022 with 4 against Aaron Judge at home: NYY@TEX 10/3-5

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Aaron Judge looks to set a new AL HR record at the Grill, sitting on 61 and tied with Roger Maris.

Perez gets things kicked off tonight at 6 (early start). Tomorrow is a day/night doubleheader (1 and 7 start times). . No starter on the books for game 1, Gray goes in game 2. Otto closes out the 2022 season on Wednesday at 3.

Rangers are currently +6 in the improvement column, finishing out the year relatively poorly.

 

[DT LUNA]

Hope 62 is not against Perez.

 

[saddles]

Perez gets to be in the spotlight tonight. A well pitched game has got to help him in free agency.

 

[saddles]

Ticket prices are soaring for tonight's game.

 

[saddles]

From Jeff Wilson:

Six sections in left field were sold out on StubHub as of Sunday night, and seats in the remaining sections (excluding the opera seats high above the concourse) were going for $248 on the cheap end to $795.

Tickets for the right-field seats started at $108 on the low end and $231 on the high side.

All for the chance to catch Judge’s 62nd home run ball. Seats for the 1 p.m. game Tuesday aren’t too expensive — yet — and only one section in left field was sold out.

There’s a potentially massive payday coming if the lucky fan who catches No. 62 can safely get to an auction house.

 

[saddles]

The Rangers have recently moved "up" to the 8th worst record and are only a game "behind" the Tigers for the 6th worst record. The Rangers will finish somewhere between the 5th and 9th worst record. They have the tiebreaker over every team in that range.

5. Royals 64-95 - play at Cleveland
6. Tigers 65-93 - play at Seattle
7. Rockies 66-93 - play at LA Dodgers
8. Rangers 66-92 - play NY Yankees
9. Marlins 67-92 - play Atlanta

 

[DT LUNA]

Ticket prices are soaring for tonight's game.

Are you going?

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Perez gets to be in the spotlight tonight. A well pitched game has got to help him in free agency.

the reverse is probably just as true

 

[scotsman1948]

Aaron Judge looks to set a new AL HR record at the Grill, sitting on 61 and tied with Roger Maris.

Perez gets things kicked off tonight at 6 (early start). Tomorrow is a day/night doubleheader (1 and 7 start times). . No starter on the books for game 1, Gray goes in game 2. Otto closes out the 2022 season on Wednesday at 3.

Rangers are currently +6 in the improvement column, finishing out the year relatively poorly.

and there is nothing to indicate that we will improve on that +6

 

[saddles]

Are you going?

Nope

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

and there is nothing to indicate that we will improve on that +6

have to think the Yanks will rest some guys, we may eek out a win.

 

[saddles]

the reverse is probably just as true

Yep.

I guess if he gets knocked around for 5 or 6 runs we shouldn't feel too bad about it since it might make him a little more signable.

 

[scotsman1948]

have to think the Yanks will rest some guys, we may eek out a win.

even if they do we will still struggle with their pitching especially if we send Calhoun and/or Culberson out there

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

even if they do we will still struggle with their pitching especially if we send Calhoun and/or Culberson out there

I predict we will have a good game at the plate at least once, and pull out a win.

 

[scotsman1948]

I predict we will have a good game at the plate at least once, and pull out a win.

okay. i will predict that we have a 35% chance of winning one

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

More than anything, I would like to see El Bombi get to 100 RBI.

 

[scotsman1948]

More than anything, I would like to see El Bombi get to 100 RBI.

so would i

 

[Kelleyman]

Re Rangers comments that Judge HR chase is good for baseball

I am ok with that to a degree but if I am any Ranger pitcher I do not want to give up these HR and I don’t want to automatically pitch around him. Feather in the Rangers cap to stop him IMO

Also want a Ranger presence that is more vocal
About what is good for the Rangers and Some Yankee/Al HR record
This is why I am looking forward to Owen White coming up

 

[saddles]

In this season and last season we have only had a grand total of 6 instances where a batter put up an OPS of .750 or better with a minimum of 250 PA. Only 2 of those instances included someone with an OPS over .800. Lowe had 2 of the 6 overall and 1 of the 2 over .800.

Semien could climb above the .750 mark in this series, but Garcia could go below it this week. So, we will most likely finish with 6.

In 2011 alone we had 6, all above .800. We had another one to just miss at .749. The one that barely missed was our defensive replacement, Endy Chavez.

I read fans on Twitter seeming to think we only need pitching. We need a lot of help in all three areas, pitching, offense and defense.

By the way, the best OPS over both 2021 and 2022 belongs to Joey Gallo.

 

[Kelleyman]

In this season and last season we have only had a grand total of 6 instances where a batter put up an OPS of .750 or better with a minimum of 250 PA. Only 2 of those instances included someone with an OPS over .800. Lowe had 2 of the 6 overall and 1 of the 2 over .800.

Semien could climb above the .750 mark in this series, but Garcia could go below it this week. So, we will most likely finish with 6.

In 2011 alone we had 6, all above .800. We had another one to just miss at .749. The one that barely missed was our defensive replacement, Endy Chavez.

I read fans on Twitter seeming to think we only need pitching. We need a lot of help in all three areas, pitching, offense and defense.

By the way, the best OPS over both 2021 and 2022 belongs to Joey Gallo.

OPS is a legit stat but a well rounded team is also legit. I don’t mind a table setter leading off. High OPS guys memes to make contact when needed too