fc2112 said:

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PSA - at Rangers games, stop yelling the word STAR during the National Anthem.

Yes, you do that at Stars games but it sounds dumb at Rangers games.

Old man rant at clouds over.

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WTF? Couldn't disagree more

Do you also tell people to take off their rangers hat at Cowboys games?

DallasAg 94 said:

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Anyone know who leads the AL Rookies in Hits?

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Yes, but we need more. Preferably some of which need to be over the fence. Is that too much to ask?

Remember when we were a little shocked that the Angels started so well a couple weeks in? Well, they're tied with the Astros now for the 2nd worst record in the AL at 11-20.

They are on a 5-16 skid after their 6-4 start.

They've won 1 series when they swept the hapless Marlins the second series in the season and went 2-2 against the AL East worst Rays in a 4 game series. Have lost or been swept in every other series.

And Mike Trout is gonna be out til what mid-Summer? …lol

Astros have been playing better and picking up some wins the past several days. Maybe sending Abreau to the minors (and removing that dead spot in the lineup) was the jolt they needed. Plus Verlander was activated from the IL.

KT 90 said:

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DallasAg 94 said:

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Anyone know who leads the AL Rookies in Hits?

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Yes, but we need more. Preferably some of which need to be over the fence. Is that too much to ask?

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I want them with men on base.

Of their $177M payroll... with Rendon and Trout on the IL, that's $76M of dead money.

And their farm isn't very good. They are dead last:

https://www.mlb.com/news/farm-system-rankings-2024-preseason

They could have stocked up trading Ohtani, but instead, they blew what few prospects they had on getting people at the deadline.

THEN, in order to get under the Cap (to improve their Comp for Ohtani) they dumped a bunch of players hoping other teams would pick them up.

So damn stupid not to trade Ohtani, but they're such a horribly run franchise that it wasn't surprising.

Late teens or even twenties sounds about right. A lot of our talent is now at the low and high A level, which isn't a bad thing. The big club is set for a good while, so having talent at the lower levels is probably a good thing.

But other players will get moved up soon. Acker, for instance. Leiter.

It's why I've really warmed up to the idea of picking up some prospects at the deadline, assuming we are relatively healthy on the MLB pitching front.

Rotation today the following days:
Lorenzen: 3GS, 4.24, 17.0 IP
Dunning : 6GS, 4.13, 32.2 IP
JonGray : 6GS, 2.48, 32.2 IP (7G)
A Heaney: 6GS, 5.10, 30.0 IP

Eovaldi: Groing - day-to-day
Scherzer: Rehab. Awaiting 2nd rehab that was delayed

Options for Eovaldi:
Leiter - Maybe
OWhite - on 40
Bullpen day with Urena and Winn going deep.
Cueto - I don't know where he is in onboarding and don't believe he is on the 40.

Mahle and Rocker had their TJs on the same day with Dr. Meister. Rocker seems to be a step ahead of Mahle, but both are just getting going.

Bradford - factured rib? Probably still a month away.

How big was picking up Lorenzen on the cheap?!

I kinda don't want to call up Leiter. Let him get a significant enough amount of innings under his belt while pitching well, and make his next call up, "the" call up.

I would lean towards having Urena making some starts and getting another bullpen arm up.

I'd rather just trade some guys for MLB players at that point. We could use a corner outfield bat with some juice, imo.