West Coast swing continues on to Seattle: Rangers @ Mariners 5/8-10

[saddles]

@saddles wants Dunning up there instead of Jacob DeGrom

I thought I wanted Otto.

 

[saddles]

From Evan Grant:

On Thursday, Eovaldi takes the mound for the Rangers series opener at Oakland with a 20-inning scoreless streak, the longest of his career. It’s an impressive streak. Fastball’s been good. Pitch mix: Delicious. His coaching isn’t bad either.

Consider that after Monday’s win in Seattle, Jon Gray credited the ability to lean on “coaches and teammates” for helping him to break out of a frustrating three-week stretch. Gray later acknowledged that a talk with Eovaldi was key to that.

With the blessing of pitching coach Mike Maddux, Eovaldi, who watches all his teammates’ bullpens, passed along some thoughts on weight distribution and his hand placement.

“Nate’s a good teammate,” Maddux said. “He wants to win. He has a good eye and I have bounced stuff off him. I’ve given him some, um, tasks. He’s really good with delivery stuff. He understands it and he has a feel for it. He shared some cues and thoughts with Jon.

“That’s what good teammates do. It helps a guy to know that when he needs it, another guy is there to help.”

In the series opener, Gray gave the Rangers seven innings, allowing only a bases-empty, first-inning home run to Ty France. He used his slider with much more frequency and effectiveness than he had.

“I’ve never had help like that mechanically from a teammate,” Gray said. “I’ve never been good with that stuff. I can be all over the place on what I’m trying to do. But he’s on top of it. It’s so nice to be able to lean on guys. It’s a huge help.”

 

[saddles]

Best outing for Cody so far, and not a bad outing for Hearn.

 

[saddles]

Only 2 division leaders have a bigger lead than the Rangers have.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

How much more cheap control do we have of Dunning?

He's under team control through the end of 2026.

 

[Kelleyman]

Didn't you feel the same way about Dane 4 months ago?

Yes I thought Otto had the stuff of a better reliever and Dane had the pitches of a starter

 

[Kelleyman]

I thought I wanted Otto.

Fickle lol

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Only 2 division leaders have a bigger lead than the Rangers have.

The last place team in the AL East has a better record (21-17) than the first place team in the AL Central (20-17). This is a crazy season.

 

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