The Rangers start and end a series against the Marlins - 9/12 - 9/12

[scotsman1948]

So basically Perez-Lopez-Gray-Syndergaard-Dunning/Otto.
Between Otto and Dunning who you think would be more likely to win the #5 starters' spot?

probably Dunning but like someone said a few posts ago whomever wins the ST battle

 

[scotsman1948]

probably Dunning but like someone said a few posts ago whomever wins the ST battle

but i would see the rotation set up maybe being Syndergaard, Gray, Perez, Lopez and Otto/Dunning/Ragans/ etc

 

[Kelleyman]

Game 2. Smith sits. Kole in Heim in

 

[saddles]

From Scott Lucas:

Ryan Garcia finished with three straight scoreless five-inning efforts. He posted a 1.91 ERA for the season with 74 strikeouts in 56.2 innings and held opponents to a .166/.256/.241 line.

Howard pitched well, in particular getting eight swinging strikes with a heavily employed slider. His velocity was fine. He didn't throw a change, and curves weren't in abundance or effective. Podcast mate Sean Bass has been calling for a relief role for Howard for some time, and at this point I'm inclined to agree. The flipside of deciding which prospects to place on the 40-man roster this November is which marginal players to remove. It would be nice to see something out of Howard in these last few weeks, and letting him air out a truncated repertoire might be to his benefit.

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[Kelleyman]

From Scott Lucas:

Ryan Garcia finished with three straight scoreless five-inning efforts. He posted a 1.91 ERA for the season with 74 strikeouts in 56.2 innings and held opponents to a .166/.256/.241 line.

Howard pitched well, in particular getting eight swinging strikes with a heavily employed slider. His velocity was fine. He didn't throw a change, and curves weren't in abundance or effective. Podcast mate Sean Bass has been calling for a relief role for Howard for some time, and at this point I'm inclined to agree. The flipside of deciding which prospects to place on the 40-man roster this November is which marginal players to remove. It would be nice to see something out of Howard in these last few weeks, and letting him air out a truncated repertoire might be to his benefit.

Hate to say it but I hope Howard does well and we can flip him in a trade maybe a secondary piece for more pitching this off-season

 

[DT LUNA]

Leclerc has five saves but I never feel good when he comes in to close

 

[Kelleyman]

Leclerc has five saves but I never feel good when he comes in to close

Well today seemed a little better. Yes guys who don’t throw strikes at times make me nervous.
Guys coming off TJS are a bit out of control

 

[Duane1952]

From Scott Lucas:

Ryan Garcia finished with three straight scoreless five-inning efforts. He posted a 1.91 ERA for the season with 74 strikeouts in 56.2 innings and held opponents to a .166/.256/.241 line.

Howard pitched well, in particular getting eight swinging strikes with a heavily employed slider. His velocity was fine. He didn't throw a change, and curves weren't in abundance or effective. Podcast mate Sean Bass has been calling for a relief role for Howard for some time, and at this point I'm inclined to agree. The flipside of deciding which prospects to place on the 40-man roster this November is which marginal players to remove. It would be nice to see something out of Howard in these last few weeks, and letting him air out a truncated repertoire might be to his benefit.

No way should Howard take up a 40 man spot in November. He hasn’t shown that he can pitch at the MLB level.

 

[DT LUNA]

Misque at 1st cost a run

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Jon Gray is dominant tonight.

 

[DT LUNA]

Jung jerked one
Marcos added another

 

[DT LUNA]

Seager needs to get off the pot.

 

[Kelleyman]

Walks Continue to be an issue

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Great job AJ

 

[DT LUNA]

Beas waited too long to remove Alexy

 

[Kelleyman]

Beas waited too long to remove Alexy

Maybe because he had to put in Martin

 

[Kelleyman]

Really sad. We can’t hold on to all these prospect pitching who only display mediocrity and Martin has not looked to me like a winning piece. The better Martin went to Atlanta

 

[DT LUNA]

Maybe because he had to put in Martin

Think you are right