Nick finally gave up a couple of runs. I'll give him a pass:)
Good idea. :)
Noticed DeShields walked 3 times last night in his 4 ABs and seen 26 pitches, just what he is supposed to do get on base.
Odor 4AB 3 SO, they really need to sit him for a couple of days.
Harrison pitching BP to Hamilton in Arizona, Martin hitting off a tee, and both Moreland and Hamilton might be in Round Rock this weekend. Sounds like a good time to attend a ballgame doesn't it, that's if you can talk Mom into it.. :)
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Noticed DeShields walked 3 times last night in his 4 ABs and seen 26 pitches, just what he is supposed to do get on base.
Odor 4AB 3 SO, they really need to sit him for a couple of days.
Harrison pitching BP to Hamilton in Arizona, Martin hitting off a tee, and both Moreland and Hamilton might be in Round Rock this weekend. Sounds like a good time to attend a ballgame doesn't it, that's if you can talk Mom into it.. :)
LOL yeah, kind of dropped that hint last week about going to RR for Mom's day. No response necessary...the look said it all:) Father's day a few years ago we went there and that was fun but a 1:05pm game and nearing 95 degrees at game time. The dads were allowed on the field to throw catch with the kiddos...we did that and the field temp was probably another 10 degrees hotter.
Yes DeSheilds did well. He also swiped three bases in that game.
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Father's day a few years ago we went there and that was fun but a 1:05pm game and nearing 95 degrees at game time. The dads were allowed on the field to throw catch with the kiddos...we did that and the field temp was probably another 10 degrees hotter.
You should try doing an Ironman Tournament where you play somewhere between 8-10 games (if you're winning) from Fri night thru Sunday afternoon. I think I was 37 or 38 when I did my last one playing OF, it got much easier when I transitioned to pitcher.. :)
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Yes DeShields did well. He also swiped three bases in that game.
I'm hoping this will force them to at least platoon him with Martin when he gets back cause he's a righty and Martin a lefty.
And the latest is when Martin returns he "WON'T" be batting leadoff, Choo seems to have nailed that down for the time being.
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Looks like they are sending Odor down to the minors to break his bad habits at the plate. So my question is why can't Magaden do his job instead of sending him to RR and having Mashore do it??
Then let Choo sit for a few days to get his head together but they can't let Odor do it. They claim he needs to play everyday to get his schitt together, talk about making no sense whatsoever.
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Lost a close one tonight. BP is giving up too many HRs in late innings. Feliz came in tied in the top 9th and could not pitch shut down baseball. Tolleson seems to be coming back. Seems the rookie is the only steady pitcher in the BP.
Nick had a tough night but kept it close. He would have been out of a sticky inning but Elvis had a throwing error to first.
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And Odor was replaced with Field, a career minor leaguer.
However DeShields keeps drawing walks, and has now 9 SB. He is on base for Choo and the top of the order. He walked twice in the loss tonight and scored twice.
Blanks went 2-3 IIRC.
Will be interesting when Moreland gets back and Josh too.
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They used Kela the night before when they didn't need to, that game was already out of reach. That made 2 days in a row so he wasn't available when they needed him last night, and consequently may have lost the game because of it. Dumb, dumb, dumb...
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However DeShields keeps drawing walks, and has now 9 SB. He is on base for Choo and the top of the order. He walked twice in the loss tonight and scored twice.
Will be interesting when Moreland gets back and Josh too.
Somebody is going to be the odd man out in the OF when Josh gets here, wonder who that will be?? That could go a couple of different ways..
Right now I think it should be Martin but Bannister said a guy shouldn't lose his job because of injury. BTA DeShields is playing better and the team seems to be winning more with him in the lineup, ride the hot hand ya know.
But what happens when Josh gets here and he sux?
It could get very interesting.
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Well he still has foot issues so he wasn't going to be back until June sometime if not later.
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Smolinsky heading to RR to make room for Moreland tonight.
Team played better without Moreland than with him. Hmmmmm...
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Most likely, Daniels is likely to tote right-hander Kyuji Fujikawa and lefty Sam Freeman back to Arlington.
It's about time Fuji made an appearance in Arlington.
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The Rangers may have to make a decision on one of their two long relievers, Stolmy Pimentel and Anthony Bass, for the other spot.
If Daniels sends Bass down then you know he's a total idiot, my feeling is the author of this article is the idiot.
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In addition, Freeman could replace Claudio as the lefty in the bullpen.
Duhhh... Overdue in my opinion.
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I can't see sitting him on the bench when Martin comes back the way he's producing right now. He didn't steal any bases but his OBP is almost .400, Martin was never close to that.
Since he was a Rule 5 player thought you might like to see who were also Rule 5 Draft players, here's a teaser Josh Hamilton was one but he wasn't the best one!
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I'm curious as to when they are going to try him in the leadoff spot?? If he can handle that it could make for some really interesting options in the lineup!!
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Right now his BA is higher than normal but everything else is running about par for the course with him.
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I'm curious as to when they are going to try him in the leadoff spot?? If he can handle that it could make for some really interesting options in the lineup!!
I'm sure Banister is giving it time to see if this is just a new guy pitchers have not figured out yet. The upside is he is walking a lot so it seems DD is not fooled by those sharp breaking balls that end up in the dirt. Last night two pitchers figured that out and gave him a fast ball down the middle, which he hammered in the L/C gap for a triple:)
I am cautiously optimistic. Lead off? Too soon as the guy needs some MLB line up time. Plus having #9 get on base for Choo right now is working out great. If only we could teach DD how to play SS.....:)
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He should be able to figure it out he's played 2B in the past.
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I am cautiously optimistic. Lead off? Too soon as the guy needs some MLB line up time.
He seems to be doing pretty good considering he hasn't been to AAA, I say give him a few days tryout to see how he does. And if it works out then you have so much more flexibility to the lineup and can get people into the right places where they can best contribute. If he can maintain a .350 or better OBP then leave him there and let him grow into the slot.
When Josh gets here and is inserted into the 5th slot who is gonna have his back Moreland? BTA if Josh doesn't get his swing back it's a moot point.
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The upside is he is walking a lot so it seems DD is not fooled by those sharp breaking balls that end up in the dirt.
Patience is what lets you lay off those breaking pitches makes the pitcher have to come to you or walk you.
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• Finally, this: I have no idea what Hamilton will provide the Rangers, but I expect he’ll give them more than they are getting from the No. 2 spot in the lineup. While he replaced Mitch Moreland after three at-bats Tuesday and entered into the No. 3 spot in the lineup, he was penciled in to hit second on Wednesday. The Rangers rank last in the AL and 29th of 30 teams in the majors in OPS (.533) from the No. 2 spot. They have the lowest slugging percentage (.263). The Rangers need to move Elvis Andrus out of the No. 2 spot and down in the order and they have no really attractive options other than to put Hamilton or Mitch Moreland there. One will hit second. One will hit five. The Rangers lineup will be better off for it.
Just found this. And this is why I say let DD have a shot at leadoff and move Choo to 2nd slot just for a couple of days to see what happens. If it works then you don't really have to worry about what is quoted up above, if it doesn't then fall back, regroup and go again.
I've never really understood the pressure of batting leadoff when you usually only do it once a game anyway. I batted leadoff and never really thought about it, just did what I normally did get on base by hook or crook. If theses guys mindsets are that fragile then something is really wrong.
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Yes Bass has done some great work in middle relief. Early relief too.
Fuji did good yesterday Bass and Freeman not so much, maybe we shouldn't have complemented those two. :)
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Just found this. And this is why I say let DD have a shot at leadoff and move Choo to 2nd slot just for a couple of days to see what happens. If it works then you don't really have to worry about what is quoted up above, if it doesn't then fall back, regroup and go again.
Good point.
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DD got 2 more hits last night and if he would have been hitting leadoff it could have amounted to 1 or 2 more runs. Which would only have mattered if the BP had done their job, since they didn't it's moot. Last night Fuji stunk and Bass, Freeman did alright, go figure. Used all 3 on back to back nights Bannister must have felt the other guys needed some rest, or maybe it's something he plans on doing from now on who knows.
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I don't think Bannister planned on using middle relief with the way Wandy has pitched lately. I think at some point he had no choice but to use the middle men again. Which means he has to bank on Colby hurling a good one tonight to get to the seventh at least. Should be no reason why he can't.
Rangers 6 under .500 and about 8 games down. As long as they can keep it here or a little better until help arrives with Holland and then Perez. We shall see.
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Don't forget about Harrison he's doing really well, he just did a 30 pitch session to live hitters. If he keeps this up he should be ready in about another month.
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Just like Colby, but he should be available before Perez.
I'm not really expecting much from Perez cause it "usually" takes 15 mos or longer for them to be good again and it's only been 12 and he's just now pitching/throwing off a mound.
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And now that the bats are coming around the pitching is falling apart. (rolling eyes).
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Thinking Tolleson needs to close or closer by committee.
Maybe... He has been the steadiest reliever in the pen so far this year.
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