2024 Texas Rangers Baseball Thread

[BigTex]

Not much to cheer about this season. Injuries. Cold bats.

Today the Rangers are below .500 for the first time since Bruce Bochy became the manager.

[Mark]

As long as they're still in touch with the division lead, there is no need to hit the panic button, but this is really ugly right now.

[jellowrestling]

As long as they're still in touch with the division lead, there is no need to hit the panic button, but this is really ugly right now.

+1 As those stud pitchers start coming back online, things should turn around.

[BigTex]

And now Jon Gray is on the 15 day with a groin injury.

[Mark]

The Rangers lost to the Marlins last night, 8-2...

All 8 Miami runs were scored off pitchers that shouldn't even be on the team. I believe that's the only positive way to look at that game.

This team is going to have to start scoring more than 2 or 3 runs per night if they expect to win. Offense was never supposed to be our problem, but it is.

[Mark]

It appears that Nathaniel Lowe has been put into a straight platoon with Ezequiel Duran. He's been sitting against the left-handed pitchers for the past several games.

Looking at Lowe's advanced stats, there isn't much of a different between his RHP and LHP splits. The place where he seems to really struggle is against power pitchers.

Last night's 2-1 loss to the Tigers was really frustrating.

[Mark]

Forgot to mention: Scherzer and Gray both pitched to hitters yesterday. Gray may be back on the hill before the end of the week.

[Mark]

50 years ago tonight was 10 cent beer night in Cleveland.

Here is a link to a current Cleveland-based story about that night:

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment ... s-ago.html

[BigTex]

Eovaldi must still be on a pitch count. Except for the one HR he gave up early, he was cruising until pulled at 71 pitches. Then Leclerc served up what would be the winning run. Several runners stranded on base, including Langford at third.