August 19, 20187 yr 33 minutes ago, futureman said: fist yourself Fudbelty is right. Profar DID get lucky. The guy on third should have gone home. Chances are there would have been no triple play. Why do you think there have only been seven triple plays in Ranger history? Edited August 19, 20187 yr by Irish Wrist Watch
August 19, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said: Profar DID get lucky. The guy on third should have gone home. Chances are there would have been no triple play. that’s not the issue.
August 19, 20187 yr I like how Odor has turned hard work in practice into results on the field. Hopefully several of the others will pick up on it. The worlds top tennis players don't take many days off, or so I've heard. That's because the day-in, day-out repetition is necessary to keep that razor sharp edge. That's sort of what we're seeing out of Odor. His fielding is excellent these days and his hitting isn't far behind. kudos.
August 20, 20187 yr Rangers record since the break must be pretty decent. How does one look up such a thing on the googles?
August 20, 20187 yr Swept the stros, won 3 of 4 against Seattle, won 2 of 4 against D backs- all contenders for division champs. Always satisfying to win 3/4 against sciosca and the Angels. Pitching still shaky but offense playing well lately. Getting swept by A’s after having big leads in at least 2 of those games was a kick in the nads. agreed that they’re not contending for anything but they’re fun to watch again. Edited August 20, 20187 yr by Billy Pilgrim
August 20, 20187 yr The next three days give us a chance for some payback against the high flying As. They just lost to Houston. Let's hand them a four game losing streak.
August 20, 20187 yr F that. I can't be the only one that would lol if the A's won the division can i?
August 20, 20187 yr I used to hate the A’s 5 years ago when we battled with them but they’re for sure preferable to the Stros
August 21, 20187 yr The As pulled this shit in 2012. We were worried about getting the top seed ahead of the Yankees and gave no thought to Oakland. We thought winning the division was already a formality. They are pests to the highest order.
August 21, 20187 yr Looked up Khris Davis’s career numbers vs us and they are insane: 51 games/216 PA Slash line of .306/.384/.790(!) for a 1.175 OPS 26 Homers (!!), 12 doubles, 59 RBIs (!!!)
August 21, 20187 yr And it’s not like he hits those bombs when it’s a 6 run game. They all seem to hurt.
August 22, 20187 yr I'm so tired of hearing about Pudge's stupid pizza that he had virtually nothing to do with. Fox Sports SW please spend a couple of hours shitting out some new taped time-killer content.
August 22, 20187 yr 28 minutes ago, DougO said: I'm so tired of hearing about Pudge's stupid pizza that he had virtually nothing to do with. Fox Sports SW please spend a couple of hours shitting out some new taped time-killer content. BEhrrr Ingreeeants. Behrrr peeezahh. PapaYon
August 22, 20187 yr These sorry fucks are doing another FB-Watch game tomorrow. Although based on the way they've been playing the last two nights, we won't miss much. Can't hit the ball out of the infield.
August 22, 20187 yr This is about as bad as the series we had with them last month at home. Why do we shrivel up constantly against this team, even when we are good?
August 22, 20187 yr 8 hours ago, Vic Mackey said: This is about as bad as the series we had with them last month at home. Why do we shrivel up constantly against this team, even when we are good? we’re not good?
August 22, 20187 yr 29 minutes ago, futureman said: we’re not good? we're alright Edited August 22, 20187 yr by SurlyBDR sometimes
August 22, 20187 yr We always suck in Oakland to begin with and then they have Barry Bonds, er Khris Davis, and we have AAA pitchers
August 22, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, futureman said: we’re not good? Can you read? Even years we are good, we shrivel up against Oakland, no matter their record.
August 22, 20187 yr 13 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said: Can you read? I sure can. I’d be willing to teach you. if you’re committed.
August 22, 20187 yr A’s have had our number for years. That stadium just sucks the life out of the Rangers.
August 22, 20187 yr They released the 2019 schedule, open with the Cubs and close with the Yankees. Fitting last game at the Ballpark as the greatest moment there will always be striking out ARod in 2010.
August 22, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Dr Fear said: They get the 2nd day of the season off? LULZ Only 2 games vs Hou in Aug/Sept? Again? Good Lord
August 22, 20187 yr 5-zip Rangers, top of the fifth FB-Watch ain't that bad with a wired connect Edited August 22, 20187 yr by Irish Wrist Watch
August 22, 20187 yr Leclerc walks leadoff batter B9, Khris Davis up to bat.... wonder how this will go with a 2-run lead? Edited August 22, 20187 yr by SurlyBDR K!!! FYCB/KD
August 22, 20187 yr Jesus fucking christ--Leclerc hits the batter. Bases loaded, 2 outs. Edited August 22, 20187 yr by SurlyBDR
August 22, 20187 yr So runner on third, 4-2 lead, 2 outs, Umpire fails to call third strike on the hitter. Leclerc ends up walking him. Grazes the next hitter - bases loaded. Brings the heat against a rookie. Gets him on a curve ball. Game over
August 22, 20187 yr A little excitement in the eighth too. Runner on, Gallo in LF, slips falls down, stumbles trying to get up. Still has time to make the catch on a high fly ball. FWIW, bandwidth went to shit last two innings. Missed half the plays.
August 22, 20187 yr Good to hear Gary Matthews Jr. on the FB broadcast today. Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk
August 23, 20187 yr 18 hours ago, Lucid said: Glad they managed to avoid another sweep Good win. Fuck fb.
August 23, 20187 yr Just ran across this tidbit from a few days ago. Rangers, Diamondbacks Complete Jake Diekman Trade By Jeff Todd | August 17, 2018 at 6:50pm CDT The Rangers annnounced today that they have acquired minor-league lefty Joshua Javier from the Diamondbacks. He’ll represent the player to be named later from the agreement that sent veteran southpaw Jake Diekman to Arizona at the trade deadline. Javier, 19, showed well last year in the Dominican Summer League. He reached the Rookie level Arizona League in 2018, marking his first time playing professionally outside of his native Dominican Republic. Through 35 1/3 innings over four starts and six relief appearances, he carries a 2.80 ERA with 33 strikeouts and 15 walks. Otherwise, there isn’t much information available publicly on Javier, who is a native of the Dominican Republic. He’ll join young righty Wei-Chieh Huang in constituting the return for Diekman. While both pre-MLB hurlers seem to have their share of promise, it doesn’t appear to be a major haul of talent, though neither was one expected for a rental reliever who has his share of demerits on the hill. Of course, the 31-year-old Diekman still brings a mid-nineties heater and has dominated right-handed hitters this year, contrary to his more typical career platoon numbers. He owns a 3.86 ERA with 11.1 K/9 and 5.8 BB/9 this year through 42 innings and figures to be a useful asset for Arizona down the stretch.
August 23, 20187 yr And this... Rangers, Pirates Complete Keone Kela Trade By Jeff Todd | August 17, 2018 at 5:59pm CDT The Rangers will acquire prospect Sherten Apostel from the Pirates, as first reported by John Dreker of PiratesProspects.com (via Twitter) and as has since been announced. Apostel was chosen as the player to be named later in the deadline-day swap that sent reliever Keone Kela to the Pirates. Apostel, 19, has been in the Bucs system for the past three years. The Curacaoan third baseman has put up strong offensive numbers in 2017 and 2018. This year, he’s slashing .259/.406/.460 with seven long balls along with a 42:32 K/BB rate over 175 plate appearances in the Rookie-level Appalachian League. Though he has many hurdles to clear before he’ll be seen as a likely major-league asset, Apostel has certainly carved out a place for himself on the prospect map. He entered the current season ranked 16th among the pre-MLB players on the Pittsburgh farm by Fangraphs, based upon his intriguing upside. (Truly passionate Pirates supporters will want to consider a subscription over at PiratesProspects.com, where there are loads of stories documenting the progress of Apostel and his now-former prospect brethren.) It seems, then, that the swap will infuse the Texas farm system with some quality new assets. Lefty Taylor Hearn was already acquired as the headliner of the package and could be a factor in the MLB mix as soon as 2019, if he develops as hoped. Apostel will no doubt be viewed as an increasingly important part of the Rangers’ future if he can continue to progress, though his outlook perhaps hinges most upon the question whether he will be able to handle third base defensively at full physical maturity. (Fangraphs just inserted him at 13th on its current ranking of Rangers prospects, which features Hearn in the #6 slot.) It always figured to require a reasonably steep package of talent to get Kela, given his strong work this year and remaining seasons of arbitration eligibility. For the Pirates, Kela’s initial performance has at least helped validate the acquisition cost. The still-youthful reliever has allowed only one earned run in six frames for the Bucs, striking out six batters and issuing one walk. He’ll remain under club control through 2020.
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