Texas Rangers 2020

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

Honest question for those like @Jameslaw121 @ss13 @DougO @mdmost.

Why is the hitting so bad?  I know the season is young and there are many variables, but... I was just looking at MLB.com and came across the following...

Andrus is batting .067 below his career avg.

Chirinos .033

Odor .115

Santana .203

Kiner-Falefa .053

Frasier .025

Soo Choo .150

Stats are before tonight's game.

Gallo is the only one hitting above his career avg.  I know that hitting was going to be the weak spot on this team, but you'd think more than 1 player would be hitting above his career avg.

[ss13 1832]

We have bad position players. Joey is our only true stud. Elvis is a bad hitter, IKF is a backup, Chirinos looks like age is catching up, Santana has had two good years 6 years apart, Frazier & Choo are just average vets. 

Go read that article I posted earlier tonight, we just assembled a shitty roster. 

[dcar00 14375]

5 minutes ago, ss13 said:

We have bad position players. Joey is our only true stud. Elvis is a bad hitter, IKF is a backup, Chirinos looks like age is catching up, Santana has had two good years 6 years apart, Frazier & Choo are just average vets. 

Go read that article I posted earlier tonight, we just assembled a shitty roster. 

Daniels sucks...its past time.  Andrus and Gallo are nice pieces everyone else sucks. Choo will never see an .800 OPS again.  he's done.  you might as well put a bullet in our head.

[ss13 1832]

Choo’s gone after this year anyway, he’s irrelevant. Andrus is not a nice piece for $28.5M next two. 

Biggest offensive worry so far is Willie, pretty clear he’s still fucked from the jaw. He better find it. 

[Constant 6755]

Completely faded to Bolivia. 

[Gucci_Suit 2659]

6 hours ago, dcar00 said:

Daniels sucks...its past time.  Andrus and Gallo are nice pieces everyone else sucks. Choo will never see an .800 OPS again.  he's done.  you might as well put a bullet in our head.

This. He’s been wandering aimlessly for 5 years. He got lucky on some rotation rebuild bets, but position player roster sucks, bullpen is average, draft & farm is bottom half. Not sure JD has a strategy. 

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Yep. Big league team sucks, farm system blows. And has been that way for awhile now.

[mdmost 43054]

Well, something to watch for today. If anything, we can use this abortion of a season to check out the pieces for the future. Injuries seem to be leading the way to this. 

 

Edited August 2, 2020 by mdmost

[ss13 1832]

This is quite the fucking lineup today. 

[ss13 1832]

That a kid, Scott. 

[ss13 1832]

Mathis for Heisman. 

[mdmost 43054]

Mathis, key to the offense I guess. 

[ss13 1832]

That was fucking pathetic, IKF. 

Goddamn, send him back to the bench Tuesday. 

[Gucci_Suit 2659]

Offensive explosion today!

[mdmost 43054]

That was pretty terrible, Frazier. 

[ss13 1832]

Goddamn Todd, find a clue. 

[mdmost 43054]

[Radical Larry 28663]

Nice bunt.

[ss13 1832]

Splash, bitches. 

[mdmost 43054]

Choo hit the fuck out of that

[DougO 5256]

When the guys who we already knew don't play defense well, but were supposed to hit well, don't hit, it's a double-bad situation. That's why I always question JD's tendency to not give two shits about defensive play even at key positions like CF.

Some of these guys will start hitting, others may just be coming off of overestimated expectations. Among my biggest concerns going in was the possibility that Santana may have just had a crazy year and will never be that guy again, and Joey will go back to hitting .200 or some shit, though I think Gallo will be OK if he stays healthy. The rest seem pretty much what one might expect. Odor is Odor. Frasier is Frasier guy with some pop but streaky with overall low averages. IKF is the marginal AAA player we figured he was. Versatility is overrated when it means you are below average or worse at all the things you do.

Edited August 2, 2020 by DougO

[mdmost 43054]

Gibaut seems like he sucks. 

[mdmost 43054]

POW!

[ss13 1832]

We’re the big winners. 

 

And now we have 50 hours off. 

[mdmost 43054]

Well that was fun. Allard and Hernandez looked pretty good out there. 

[dcar00 14375]

6 hours ago, DougO said:

When the guys who we already knew don't play defense well, but were supposed to hit well, don't hit, it's a double-bad situation. That's why I always question JD's tendency to not give two shits about defensive play even at key positions like CF.

Some of these guys will start hitting, others may just be coming off of overestimated expectations. Among my biggest concerns going in was the possibility that Santana may have just had a crazy year and will never be that guy again, and Joey will go back to hitting .200 or some shit, though I think Gallo will be OK if he stays healthy. The rest seem pretty much what one might expect. Odor is Odor. Frasier is Frasier guy with some pop but streaky with overall low averages. IKF is the marginal AAA player we figured he was. Versatility is overrated when it means you are below average or worse at all the things you do.

This.  JD keeps trying to find value and he's pretty shitty at it.  Choo was a dumb move but pales to Odor. 2 massive blunders. we haven't had a CF for 5 years at least. 

you are correct on Santana.  I think our minor league coaching is marginal at best.

 

[LTtxfan 49364]

HaHaHaHa....

 

[jeevsie 3740]

Noogies!

[ss13 1832]

All the righties. 

[ss13 1832]

 

We activated Bird on 7/31, did he fucking pull his calf walking from the old place to the Shed? 

[cactusflinthead 27604]

I saw a bunt. 

SWEATERGAWD I DID

[ss13 1832]

And it led to a run! 

[Greg Davis Apologist 213]

We’re kicking their ass

[ss13 1832]

Joey bout to give us the lead in top 9. 

[ss13 1832]

Or not so much. 

[ss13 1832]

Now we bout to get walked off, because Oakland. 

[cactusflinthead 27604]

C'mon man. First two on

Edit 

This doesn't look good 

Edited August 5, 2020 by cactusflinthead

[cactusflinthead 27604]

No outs, bases jacked.

 

[ss13 1832]

The one silver lining is we should never see Volquez after Hernández again. 

[ss13 1832]

Ain’t dead yet! 

[ss13 1832]

Well, that’s certainly one way to do it. 

[Radical Larry 28663]

Good job good effort, Jesse.

[cactusflinthead 27604]

And that's it

Sigh

[mdmost 43054]

Man, really good we brought in Chavez.

[dcar00 14375]

chavez...whatever. the fact this spare is pitching for the Rangers is damning on Daniels  put a fucking bullet in this team

[Pato del Muerto 52608]

Did Chavez give up a Milner or did he need more than one pitch?

[ss13 1832]

Hoby-style. Same team too. 

[Henry Hill 3156]

On 7/30/2020 at 6:31 PM, Henry Hill said:

More upset with the Bird news. He’ll be on the IL before the next homestand ends.

Called it. Bird should call it a career.

Edited August 5, 2020 by Henry Hill

[Mileslong 4728]

Edinson Vólquez is not a pitching genius...

[ss13 1832]

.156/.289/.188/.477 

I really don’t need to say anything else.