Texas Rangers 2020

[ztejas 43547]

This is the worst fielding Rangers team I've ever seen.

And we weren't good last year, either.

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Welp, that’ll make it official. 

[ztejas 43547]

3 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Welp, that’ll make it official. 

Yeah. Just turned it off. Not interested in watching the Astros run it up on us. 

This team just fucking sucks. Our hitting with baserunners on sucks, our starters aren't consistent, our releivers suck, our fielding is embarassing. We're a bad baseball team.

 

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Rangers gonna suck for years sadly

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Today’s 3-hole out of a hat is... 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Eli fucking White, son. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

More shitty D. Don't be scared to dive E, we have washing machines. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

At least Leody & Eli give a shit. 

[Post Oak 20279]

The OF should actually be pretty good now.  Man I hope Leody can hit enough.  

[Dr Fear 1268]

Rangers have the worst team OPS (.628), the worst team batting average (.210) of all 30 MLB teams. They have the next to last runs scored but only because the Cardinals have had so many game canceled. They are 7 runs ahead of SL in 37 games, SL has played 29.

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

With a little effort, we can overtake StL too. 

[ztejas 43547]

1 hour ago, Dr Fear said:

Rangers have the worst team OPS (.628)

That would be a great team SLG%, though.

[Vic Mackey 47165]

Rangers gonna suck for years sadly

But hey, JD had a good team a long time ago so let's keep believing he can turn this around!

[Post Oak 20279]

On 9/3/2020 at 11:09 PM, Loch Ness Monster said:

Rangers gonna suck for years sadly

I hope so.  That's the most likely way out of this mess 

#suckforkumar

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

All the backups get to play. Heineman’s first game at 1B this year. 

[Post Oak 20279]

I hope Tejada gets some action at short tonight 

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

I know it's not as simple as this but, how in the F does Texas have the 11th highest payroll in MLB and the shittiest team?

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Truth hurts, bros. 

 

 

[Post Oak 20279]

This is exciting.  Not as exciting as being in first place and 12 games over but at least it's new.  If Tejada is up lets bring up Jung and Apostel and Wendzel.  

They can't be as raw.  

Play the kids.

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Apostel yes, he’s on the 40. No reason to start the other two’s service clock. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Sounds like Andy Ibanez will be next. Grant... 

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Andrus had been out for two weeks with a back issue when he returned in Houston on Tuesday. He was 2 for 13 since returning, but his inability to at least stop a grounder in the second inning Friday may have ultimately been what convinced Woodward to look elsewhere. With a runner at second, Ty France hit a ball to Andrus’ left at 81 mph — a relatively soft exit velocity — that got through the infield for a run-scoring single. The xBA (expected batting average) for the ball was .130, well below average. Andrus either couldn’t dive because of lingering back issues or didn’t.

“That’s a play that you would expect a shortstop to make, especially at this level,” Woodward said. “He didn’t really say much about it after, but I kind of had a feeling; obviously we can all kind of see if there is some lower-back issue there. But he hasn’t really performed to the level that we would expect or he would expect. I want to see Tejeda play. I want to see what we have.”

The Rangers have already started turning over more playing time to younger players. As the losing increases, so do the changes. The Rangers had lost 15 of 18 heading into Saturday night’s game. Jose Trevino took over as the primary catcher two weeks ago, Leody Taveras as the center fielder last week and Eli White as the left fielder in the past week.

The next player to get a look for a team moving into the future with reams of offensive questions is Ibáñez, who is 27 and has hit at every level. Like Willie Calhoun and Nick Solak, though, there have been questions about where Ibáñez might be able to play defensively. He has played primarily second and third base but has also worked at the alternate site at first base and in the outfield. Trying Ibáñez as a right-handed hitting complement to Ronald Guzmán at first might be tempting.

“As an organization, we value him, especially with the bat in his hand,” Woodward said. “He gives you a quality at-bat every time. He hits the ball hard, stays in the strike zone, has a ton of adjustability on every pitch. He handles everything, every type of pitch, every type of velo, every type of speed, spin, everything.

“He’s an intriguing guy. He’s worked really hard on his defense to make himself able to play all over the infield. He’s one of those guys, that when he gets a chance, he will stay a long time because he can hit.”

The Rangers made it clear on Saturday: More chances are coming.

 

[ConferenceRoom 6147]

I don’t know how many of you saw Woodward in a nutshell just now, but fuck that is some stupid managing.

[Post Oak 20279]

2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Apostel yes, he’s on the 40. No reason to start the other two’s service clock. 

Forgot about the 40.

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Tejeda really trying to end E’s season! 

[ztejas 43547]

 

3 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Truth hurts, bros. 

 

 

Jesus fucking Christ

They're batting, what, .400 combined?

[Post Oak 20279]

4 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Tejeda really trying to end E’s season! 

One thing Tepid always said on the RODPod was that there weren't a lot of alphas in the org but he thought Tejada could be one.  

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

He also thinks SS would be his worst defensive position of the three. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Fuck, our P just ended his season too. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Jesus fuck IKF, that was not close. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

We didn’t need this W anyway. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

E sits again. 

Edited September 6, 2020 by shadow_operative2.0
Now I have the pic.

[Radical Larry 28664]

Good lord, Joey.

[mdmost 43056]

Almost thought we were getting back to back HRs there. Enjoy these old Mariners uniforms. Takes me back to the early Griffey days. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Condor gives us a sweat. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

That was a shit-ass call. 

[HRSchenker 2274]

Why is everyone thinking Elvis is toast? Yeah he's had a bad year this year but 2019 wasn't too bad. He hasn't regressed like Odor....

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

You’re kidding, right? His OPS+ the last TWO years is 78. League average is 100. He’s been 22% worse than fucking average offensively since ‘17. He’s fucking awful. 

Edited September 7, 2020 by shadow_operative2.0
And that’s not even counting this stupid season.

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Joey appears to be alive the last couple days, at least. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

First-pitch foul popup with ‘em loaded, so very fitting. 

 

Well boys, we did it. We are officially the worst team in baseball as of now. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Levi agrees. 

 

 

[Post Oak 20279]

All alone in first/last place.  

Keep it up boys

[ztejas 43547]

4 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

You’re kidding, right? His OPS+ the last TWO years is 78. League average is 100. He’s been 22% worse than fucking average offensively since ‘17. He’s fucking awful. 

Yeah but his fielding has been great.

/s

[Post Oak 20279]

 

[Dr Fear 1268]

All alone in first/last place.  
Keep it up boys

Which 2nd baseman are we getting with the 1st overall pick?

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Matt Purke 

[ztejas 43547]

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

All alone in first/last place.  

Keep it up boys

We are 3 and 18 over our last 21 games. 

At one point we looked like a pretty decent baseball team. 

[gsoda3 3283]

Matt Purke 

I just threw up

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

Jake Skole 

Kellin Deglan 

 

You’re welcome. 

[Post Oak 20279]

 

[shadow_operative2.0 16033]

But is he a RH-hitter with no position? 

Must think like JD.