Texas Rangers 2023 - They're Still Shitty?

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Evan's take. 

 

[beer 3,220]

Strike 1 for a ball

[AbeFroman 2,156]

goddamn shit

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Mother fucker. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,490]

Bullpen’d 

[cactusflinthead 27,598]

Well that sucks 

[Herbie Hancock 7,346]

I guess Bochy is the only one that didn't know that was going to happen

[ztejas 43,419]

This is turning into a real shit-sandwich of a series. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Good news is Speas is likely up tomorrow, or real fucking soon. 

[SameSame 1,704]

Went to Sborz too early

[beer 3,220]

Think there are reruns of Gunsmoke on AMC

[Elmer_Fudd 22,215]

This is on Bochy.  Don't care what Burke's numbers are for ground balls.  King is about as reliable in a close situation as Leclerc. 

Still a 3-3 road trip, but could have been a lot better.

[dcar00 14,181]

hard to argue with the record but this team really is a couple of relievers away from winning it all.

[cactusflinthead 27,598]

Just fucking great

 

[ztejas 43,419]

The game yesterday was such a bad loss. Really compounds this one. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

At least give us a sweat. 

[Herbie Hancock 7,346]

This is highly annoying

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Well, here's the sweat. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Shitty Tigers for 4 at home, better fuck 'em up. 

[DougO 5,245]

This game was goatass.

[ztejas 43,419]

9 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

hard to argue with the record but this team really is a couple of relievers away from winning it all.

That's part of the problem. We also do sloppy shit and don't capitalize too often with guys on base. Getting shut out on 8 hits like we did yesterday is ridiculous. 

This team is very good, not great. Which is obviously refreshing. Just not sure I'd trust them in a competitive playoff series. 

[Fudbelty 2,788]

If you would have told me on April 1 that the AL West would have the largest gap between 1st and 2nd on June 24th I would have believed you. Make it the Rangers and 6.5 games, I’d tell you to fuck off.

I’ll accept all the blame.

[Elmer_Fudd 22,215]

Well the Angels lost today, so we have that going for us.

[Gucci_Suit 2,644]

That game sucked balls. My mind immediately blames the pen, and we should go upgrade, but damn if we haven’t left a lot of runners on base in the last 45 days or so. Some of that, I think, comes from overachieving with 2 outs and nobody on, but it all ends up the same.

I can’t back this up, but it seems like we get 2 outs, and then a double, and then a single that doesn’t score for some reason, and then a pop out.  Way baseball goes.

Big home stand coming up. Dudes need to have some fun and feel the crowd. Thinking about flying up for stros series. 

Edited June 25, 2023 by Gucci_Suit
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[gofuckyourself 8,221]

2 hours ago, ztejas said:

That's part of the problem. We also do sloppy shit and don't capitalize too often with guys on base. Getting shut out on 8 hits like we did yesterday is ridiculous. 

This team is very good, not great. Which is obviously refreshing. Just not sure I'd trust them in a competitive playoff series. 

They're having one of the best first halves offensively in the history of baseball, most notably with RISP.

That won't be every game and no way they keep the pace up.

I'd absolutely have confidence in this offense in any series. But pitching wins titles, and gives teams a shot in any series if the bats cool off. That's what will make/break their playoff success. 

[ztejas 43,419]

1 minute ago, gofuckyourself said:

They're having one of the best first halves offensively in the history of baseball, most notably with RISP.

That won't be every game and no way they keep the pace up.

I'd absolutely have confidence in this offense in any series. But pitching wins titles, and gives teams a shot in any series if the bats cool off. That's what will make/break their playoff success. 

They've been awesome no doubt. I just think the bats disappear sometimes or the hitting becomes less timely. 

I wouldn't even bring it up if we were holding teams to fewer runs. 

[Had Enough 2,081]

Well I’ve watched them live lose 1-0 and 2-1. They had more opportunities than their opponent those nights. These last two from the Yanks should be wins. That’s 3 due to the bats with the other an assist from the bats.

I’d assume they make some moves to shore up the staff but come playoff time they’ll need those big hits.

At this point the struggles are probably the ups and downs of baseball. But they have a number of guys who to date have not produced 1 fully successful year in the majors or been consistently solid for multiple years running. I think the talent is there though.

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

A team with Nate dropped 

[Scary Stranger 1,714]

I haven't seen anything about Jank's hammy.  Can't be too bad if they haven't IL'd him yet, right?

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Yeah, but there’s really no one worth bringing up even for a week. 

Brad’s rehab stint has to be real close to ending, then it’s either DFA time for him or Huff back down. 

[Scary Stranger 1,714]

Launch Miller into the sun.

[beer 3,220]

Kaboom

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Marcus, bitches. 

[AbeFroman 2,156]

Bazoomba Marcus

[Fudbelty 2,788]

That was quick.

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

That is good news for the rest of the series. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Hopefully Jank is healthy enough to play LF later. 

[ztejas 43,419]

Was that a harder ball to get to than I thought or did Duran fuck that up? 

[Pato del Muerto 52,490]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Was that a harder ball to get to than I thought or did Duran fuck that up? 

I don’t think he had a chance at that ball and should have stopped short to play it off the wall. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

They broke another P. 

[Elmer_Fudd 22,215]

Damn they may have lost another pitcher.

[Fudbelty 2,788]

He dead.

[fellside 1,114]

Our dline is really destroying all their pitchers.

[beer 3,220]

Our new injury inducing pitching mound is working well

[Radical Larry 28,588]

Their pets’ heads are falling off.

[shadow_operative2.0 15,971]

Better get Andy Ibanez loose. 

[Scary Stranger 1,714]

That is good news for the rest of the series. 

x2

Also, Vest’s beard looks fake.

[Pato del Muerto 52,490]

Now this guy will take forever to warm up

[ztejas 43,419]

Well. We got through their starter?

[Elmer_Fudd 22,215]

Heany looking like Taylor Hearn tonight.