2023 Texas Rangers - Entire Season

We’ve just lost 3 of 4 to the Angels at home
Final score was 5-3 our record is now 42-26

Lost two straight series and have lost 6 of our last 8 games
The Blue Jays head to town this weekend



Eovaldi (L 9-3) 105 pitches over 7 innings
gave up 5 hits 3 runs all earned walked 2 struck out 9
gave up 2 HRs


Burke puked again 1.0 gave up 2 hits 2 runs both earned gave up a HR


Barlow 1 scoreless inning





Seager 0-4
came up with bases loaded in bottom of ninth with 1 out ~ did nothing


Semien 0-3
Duran 0-1
Lowe 2-4 drove in 1
Garcia 2-5 drove in 1
Heim 1-4 drove in 1
Taveras 0-4
Josh Smith 0-3
Grossman 0-3
Jankowski 1-2



struck out 7 times went 2-10 with RISP and left 10 on base




Marcus, Bocce and Maddux were all ejected when Marcus was called out over a check swing
It was very close and the ump took no bullshit



our rotation for the Blue Jays
Perez
Dunning
Gray


we need to win at least 2 out of 3
not sure if we can accomplish this
 
Marty threw 95 pitches one of those was his downfall as he gave up a two run shot to Jansen and we lose 2-1
Our record is now 42-27
We’ve lost two in a row and have lost seven of our last ten




Perez (L 6-3) 6.0 innings gave up 3 hits 2 runs both earned walked 2 struck out 3
gave up a HR


Barlow, Anderson & Leclerc all threw one scoreless inning





Garver and Jung both 0-4
Heim, Jankowski, Seager & Semien all went 1-4
Lowe 1-2
Garcia 0-3
Taveras 1-3 drove in 1
hit his 7th HR a solo shot




struck out 8 times
0-9 with RISP and left 7 on base





When we were clicking on all cylinders everyone heaping praise on Bocce
Now we are stumbling and no one will call out his faults which there have been many
We need to right the wrongs quickly


Dunning takes to the hill tomorrow mid afternoon…
 
Bolstered by a three run second inning and a strong out from Dunning we went on to win 4-2
Our record now stands at 43-27




Dunning (W 6-1) 6.0 innings gave up 6 hits 2 runs both earned walked 1 struck out 3 gave up one HR

Sborz 2 scoreless innings

W Smith (S 12) pitched 1 scoreless inning





Garcia 2-3
Marcus 0-4
Lowe 1-4
Jung 1-3 drove in 2
hit his 14th a 2 run shot
Heim 1-4 drove in 1
hit his 8th a solo shot
Grossman 0-3
Duran 1-3
Taveras 0-3
Seager 2-4 drove in 1
hit his 10th a solo shot



struck out 6 times
went 0-5 with RISP and left 7 on base

Gray is scheduled to start tomorrow
hopefully his blister has healed…
 
We were down 6-0 heading into the bottom of the third
Our offense then outscored the Blues Jays 11-1
Final score was 11-7 we won the series and upped our record to 44-27




Gray was TERRIBLE
2.1 innings gave up 6 hits 6 runs all of them earned walked 3 struck out 2

King (W 1-0) 3.1 innings gave up no hits 1 run which was earned walked 2 struck out 2

G Anderson, Barlow & Leclerc combined to pitch 3.1 scoreless innings




Lowe 0-4
Garver 0-2
Huff 0-1
Taveras 3-5 drove in 3
hit his 8th HR a 2 run shot
Semien 1-4 drove in 1
Garcia 1-3 drove in 1
Jung 1-5 drove in 1
Duran 4-5
Heim 1-4 drove in 1
hit his 9th HR a solo shot
Seager 4-5 drove in 3





struck out 6 times
went 5-12 with RISP and left 10 on base




Off to Chicago for a series with the White Sox then later in the week we’re in the Bronx to face the reeling Yankees



Heaney gets the ball tomorrow night…
 
Heaney was solid as we beat the White Sox 5-2 upping our record to 45-27




Heaney (W 5-4) 5.2 gave up 5 hits 2 runs both earned walked none struck out 6 gave up 2 solo HRs

Burke & Sborz threw 2.1 scoreless innings

W Smith (S 13) pitched 1 scoreless inning





Semien & Seager both 1-5
Taveras 1-4
Lowe 1-3
Duran 2-4
Jung 3-5 drove in 1
hit his 15th HR a solo shot
Garver 1-5 drove in 1
Garcia 1-4 drove in 1
Heim 1-4 drove in 2




struck out 10 times
went 2-9 with RISP and left 9 on base



Rangers PR team in full blown Jung for ROY hype
so far he’s been good but let’s see what his numbers look like at the end of August



Eovaldi gets the ball tonight…
 
Leading 6-4 heading into the bottom of the 8th our pen pukes it up again
Final score White Sox win 7-6 our record is now 45-28
The winning run scored as Elvis Andrus (one of my all time favorite Rangers) was ruled safe & Heim was determined to have violated the collision rule by not allowing Andrus a clear path to the plate
Bocce Ball was ejected for arguing the violation on Heim





Eovaldi 6.0 innings threw 92 pitches gave up 5 hits 4 runs all of them earned walked 2 struck out 4 and gave up 2 HRs


Barlow 0.2 & Leclerc 0.1 didn’t cause any damage or give up any runs in their limited effort


G. Anderson (L 1-1) 1.0 gave up 3 hits 3 runs all earned walked 2 struck out 2





Jung & Heim both 0-5
Duran 0-4
Lowe 1-5
Semien 1-4
Jankowski 2-3
Taveras 2-4
Garcia 2-5 drove in 1
hit his 16th HR a solo shot
Seager 3-4 drove in 5





struck out 11 times
went 3-12 with RISP and left 9 on base




Perez gets the ball tonight
day off in NYC tomorrow and then a big three games series vs the Yankees
 
Marty pitched well enough for us to get the W and win the series
Final score was 6-3 our record is now 46-28




Perez (W 7-3) threw 100 pitches over 7.0 innings gave up 4 hits 3 runs 2 of them earned walked 2 struck out 2 and gave up 1 HR


Sborz and W Smith combined to throw 2 scoreless innings





Jung 0-4 he’s 0 for his last 9 ABs

Heim 2-4 drove in 3
hit his 10th HR a 3 run shot
Jonah has to be on the all star team

Duran 2-4 drove in 2
hit his 9th HR a 2 run blast

Lowe 1-2 drove in 1

Seager & Taveras both 0-4

Semien 1-5

Garcia 1-4

Jankowski 0-2




struck out 10 times ~ 31 times in this series
went 2-5 with RISP and left 6 on base




Day off in NYC means a trip to Belmont Park for a few
Back at it tomorrow vs the Yankees
 
pitching matchups for the Yankee Series:


tonight:
Dunning vs Schmidt

BIG advantage Rangers



saturday:
Gray vs Severino

I’d say even matchup



sunday:

Eovaldi vs Cole

Advantage Yankees



series price:
Yankees -120
Rangers -110
 
I’m watching live.

This team is good. I know Rangers fans are waiting for the fall off, but I think postseason.
I’m a Bomber fan but I watch Rangers more by default and especially this year.



Big crowd. Lotta Texas bankers/transplants.
 
twinkie13 said:
I’m watching live.

This team is good. I know Rangers fans are waiting for the fall off, but I think postseason.
I’m a Bomber fan but I watch Rangers more by default and especially this year.



Big crowd. Lotta Texas bankers/transplants.
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Tonight’s win IMO was our best this season
A LONG LONG way to go still
But there is some hope for a postseason run IF our starters stay healthy & we get two arms in the pen…
 
A two run shot from Garcia in the top of the tenth and we hold to win 4-2
Our record is now 47-28



Dunning was solid through his 7 innings throwing 87 pitches
gave up 5 hits 2 runs both earned walked 2 struck out 2

King (BS1)

Barlow (W 1-0) 1 scoreless inning

W. Smith (S 14) 1 scoreless inning





Garver 2-5 drove in 1
Semien 0-5
Grossman & Jung both 1/5
Jung 1 for last 15
Duran 2-4
Taveras 1-4
Seager 1-4
Lowe 1-3
Garcia 1-5 drove in 2
hit his 17th a two run shot



struck out 7 times
went 3-11 with RISP and left 10 on base


Gray gets the ball tomorrow mid-afternoon



IMO this was our best win this season
Our pen is still not that good
We have many questionable starters that have been lights out in the first half
Can they carry on in July,August & September????? TBD
 
Can’t win a ball game when you go 1-9 with RISP and leave 10 on base
We lost 1-0 our record is now 47-29






Gray (L 6-3) threw 82 pitches over his 5.0 innings gave up 3 hits 1 run which was earned walked 2 struck out 4 and gave up one HR


Anderson & Barlow combined for 3 scoreless innings




Garver & Lowe both 0-3
Duran & Taveras both 0-4
Heim 2-4
Jung 1-4
Semien 3-5
Seager 1-4
Garcia 1-3



struck out 8 times



Wasted a great pitching effort today
Eovaldi vs Cole tomorrow then we head home to face the Tigers
 
Our pen blew the game yet again, final score was 5-3
We lost the series as well
Our record is now 47-30




Eovaldi threw 86 pitches over his 5.2 innings of work
Gave up 4 hits 2 runs both of them earned
Walked 2 struck out 5


Sborz 1.1 scoreless inning

King (L 1-1) 0.1 gave up 2 hits 2 runs both earned

Y Rodriguez 0.2 gave up 2 hits 1 run which was earned


Not sure why we bought up Y Rodriguez once again

Leclerc injured his right ankle shagging balls Friday in Yankee Stadium and is on the 15 day DL





Semien 2-5
Seager 1-5 he was 3-13 this series (.231) drove in 1
Lowe 2-5
Garcia 0-5
Jung 1-3
Heim 2-4 drove in 1
hit his 11th HR a solo shot
Grossman 0-4
Duran 2-4
Taveras 2-3 drove in 1






struck out 10 times
went 3-10 with RISP and left 10 on base



we left 30 runners on base this series
7-30 with RISP




a awful series loss, should have won all 3 games
we only scored 7 runs in 3 games



our bullpen has 15 losses this season and a ERA of 4.31
4th worst in the AL


Back at it tomorrow night at home vs the Tiggers for a four game series

Heaney gets the ball…
 
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Our offense has scored 9 runs over the last four games
Bocce says with his infinite “wisdom”
“We'll come out of this”

BTW we got embarrassed by the Tigers last night, final score was 7-2
We’ve now lost three in a row and are 5-5 over our last 10
Our record is now 47-31

We struck out a season high 16 times, went 0-10 with RISP and left 9 on base

Our record in June (as of last night) is 12-11
our BA with RISP is .248
We batted .331 in April and .323 in May





Heaney (L 5-5) 5.2 innings gave up 6 hits 6 runs all of them earned
Walked 3 struck out 5 gave up 2 HRs

Burke 1.1 2 hits 1 run which was earned

Y. Rodriguez 1.1 no runs allowed

Bradford 0.2 no runs allowed





Semien 2-4 drove in 1
hit his 11th a solo shot

Garver and Seager both 0-3

Jung & Taveras both 0-4

Duran & Lowe both 2-4

Garcia 1-4 drove in 1
hit a solo shot his 18th

Heim 1-4





Martin Perez takes the ball tonight to try and set the ship back on the correct course
 
Trailing 2-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth we scored three then added five more in the bottom of the eighth
Went on to win 8-3 our record is now 48-31




Perez was ok through his 6.0 innings gave up 4 hits 2 runs both earned
walked 2 struck out 4

Sborz (W 4-2) (BS 2) 2.0 innings gave up 1 hit 1 run which was earned gave up a solo HR

G. Anderson 1 scoreless inning




Garcia 1-3 drove in 2
hit his 19th HR a 2 run blast

Duran 2-4 drove in 1
hit his 10th HR a solo shot

Seager 2-5 drove in 1

Lowe 2-3 drove in 1

Grossman 0-4 drove in 1

Jung 1-2 drove in 1

Taveras 1-2 drove in 1

Josh Smith 0-2



struck out 5 times
went 3-10 with RISP and left 10 on base



Dunning gets the ball tomorrow



Gotta say Bocce Ball was spot on with his substitutions in the 6th both got key hits to give us a 3-2 lead
 
We scored four in the bottom of the first and went on to crush the Tigers 10-2
Our record is now 49-31




Dunning is getting better each start, he tossed 8.2 innings allowing 4 hits 2 runs both earned threw 100 pitches walked none struck out 10 and gave up a HR


Y Rodriguez 0.1






Garcia 3-5 drove in 3
hit his 20th HR a 2 run shot

Jung 2-5 drove in 2
hit his 16th HR a solo shot

Duran 2-4 drove in 2
hit his 11th HR a solo shot

Seager 1-3 drove in 1

Josh Smith 1-1 drove in 1

Taveras 2-5 drove in 1

Semien 1-5

Lowe 1-4

Heim 0-3

Garver 1-4



struck out 9 times
went 6-14 with RISP and left 11 on base



Bradford gets the ball this afternoon
The Assho’s come to town tomorrow for a 4 game series
 
Kennedi Landry the Texas Rangers PR puppet keeps on saying all is fantastic when in reality we have quite a few problems & this weekend the Astros will expose them all

Oh yeah the 35-45 Tigers whipped us today, final score was 8-5
Our record is now 49-32








Bradford 4.1 gave up 4 hits 3 runs all of them earned, walked 3 struck out 8 and gave up 1 HR

G. Anderson 1.2 no runs allowed

J. Barlow (L 1-1) 0.0 gave up 3 hits 1 run which was earned

King 2.0 gave up 3 hits 4 runs all earned and gave up a HR

Y. Rodriguez 1.0 scoreless inning




Josh Smith 2-4
Garver 1-4
Garcia 1-4
Semien 2-4
Jankowski 2-4 drove in 1
Jung 1-4 drove in 1
Lowe 0-3 drove in 1
Duran 2-4 drove in 1
hit his 12th HR a solo shot
Taveras 1-4 drove in 1
hit his 9th a solo shot






struck out 6 times
went 1-6 with RISP and left 8 on base



Gray gets the ball tomorrow night as the Astros come to town for a four game series




Right now our most glaring problem is our pen
They are the “elephant in the room” everyone knows we stink but Kennedi would never dare to write about it.
CY needs to come up with two big arms soon because as nice as a start we’ve had it will be forgotten if/when we miss the playoffs

We also can get a key hit and we leave too many men on base


Will enjoy tonight and then hope to go 2-2 vs the Assho’s
 
Our halfway point in the 2023 season
49-32

it’s our third best 81-game start to a season in Washington/Texas history behind only 2016 (52-29) and 2012 (50-31)


It’s been over 10 years since the Rangers had a starter in the MLB All-Star Game
That last time was in 2012 when Josh Hamilton (LF), Adrián Beltré (3B), and Mike Napoli (C) started for the American League in Kansas City.

Four Rangers position players landed in the starting lineup:
2B Marcus Semien
SS: Corey Seager
3B Josh Jung
C: Jonah Heim
 
Have pitchers been announced? I assume Eovaldi has to be a member. Hard to push for start with mcClanahan doing what he is and ohtani being must watch. Either way he been fantastic and I think a huge reason the degrom fiasco didn’t crush them.


What you think bout this upcoming series, they are pretty freaking big favs tonight! I like Gray and all but -165? Houston seems the be starting to recover from the shell shock of alverez going down. Big time series, if they gonna put out these kind of lines on your squad this might be the start of me playing against them, they mostly been a play on team for me but I see no value here. Actually think there a good case for Stros with the much better pen and the plus.
 
2daBank said:
Have pitchers been announced? I assume Eovaldi has to be a member. Hard to push for start with mcClanahan doing what he is and ohtani being must watch. Either way he been fantastic and I think a huge reason the degrom fiasco didn’t crush them.


What you think bout this upcoming series, they are pretty freaking big favs tonight! I like Gray and all but -165? Houston seems the be starting to recover from the shell shock of alverez going down. Big time series, if they gonna put out these kind of lines on your squad this might be the start of me playing against them, they mostly been a play on team for me but I see no value here. Actually think there a good case for Stros with the much better pen and the plus.
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I’m hoping to go 2-2 in this series
But I feel we’ll only win 1 game…
 
BringInTheLefty said:
I’m hoping to go 2-2 in this series
But I feel we’ll only win 1 game…
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I forgot to bet houston before game but worked out. Think they have a huge edge once the starters out, when they got down 3-1 I bolted across river, it was 3-2 by then but still got a nicer price. Wasn’t long till stros were up for good!!

I still don’t understand the price on game 1. Game 2 I think is much more accurate. Gotta give Eovaldi some respect but hunter brown has been very good himself and once again when the starters leave houston has the edge. They need Eovaldi to be super efficient out the gates so his pitch count gives him a chance to pitch 7-8 innings. He can do it but his last few starts he wasted too many pitches in the early innings, that will get them beat if he can’t pitch into the 7th. I might take a wait and see approach, if Stros are able to force a few 20+ pitch innings early on it sets up to grab them live, even better if rangers take a 1-2 run lead while Eovaldi pitch count getting up there.
 
2daBank said:
I forgot to bet houston before game but worked out. Think they have a huge edge once the starters out, when they got down 3-1 I bolted across river, it was 3-2 by then but still got a nicer price. Wasn’t long till stros were up for good!!

I still don’t understand the price on game 1. Game 2 I think is much more accurate. Gotta give Eovaldi some respect but hunter brown has been very good himself and once again when the starters leave houston has the edge. They need Eovaldi to be super efficient out the gates so his pitch count gives him a chance to pitch 7-8 innings. He can do it but his last few starts he wasted too many pitches in the early innings, that will get them beat if he can’t pitch into the 7th. I might take a wait and see approach, if Stros are able to force a few 20+ pitch innings early on it sets up to grab them live, even better if rangers take a 1-2 run lead while Eovaldi pitch count getting up there.
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I think the best bet with Eovaldi today is
UNDER 18.5 recorded outs -135

On Draft Kings under pitchers props
 
BringInTheLefty said:
I think the best bet with Eovaldi today is
UNDER 18.5 recorded outs -135

On Draft Kings under pitchers props
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He has struggled with Stros. I played houston again. Can’t pass up the plus money on the world champs in a series I think they want badly. Think they go hand and hand, if Eovaldi doesn’t go past 6 I’ll love Stros even more! My concern would be they seem to be willing to give Eovaldi a chance in the 7th even when he doesn’t have best stuff.
 
2daBank said:
He has struggled with Stros. I played houston again. Can’t pass up the plus money on the world champs in a series I think they want badly. Think they go hand and hand, if Eovaldi doesn’t go past 6 I’ll love Stros even more! My concern would be they seem to be willing to give Eovaldi a chance in the 7th even when he doesn’t have best stuff.
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I don’t see Eovaldi going more than 5 innings today
His pitch count will be right around 100 by then
 
We had a 3-1 lead after four but gave up three in the sixth and we went on to lose
3-1
Now have lost two in a row and are 4-6 over our last ten games
Our record stands at 49-33

Amazes me how Bocce remains untouchable as we have started to swoon the past two weeks
We are limping our way to the All-Star break
Our next nine games six are vs tough opponents (3 Asshos) (3 Red Sox)




Gray (L 6-4) lost his second game in a row
6.0 innings gave up 7 hits 5 runs all of them earned walked 2 struck out 4 and gave up 1 HR


Burke & Otto combined to throw 3 scoreless innings




Heim 1-4 drove in 1
hit his 12th HR a solo shot

Jung 1-3 drove in 1
hit his 17th HR a solo shot

Duran and Lowe both 0-4

Semien and Taveras both 0-3

Jankowski and Seager both 1-3

Garcia 1-4



struck out 7 times
0-4 with RISP and left 5 on base



Eovaldi takes to the hill this afternoon
 
BringInTheLefty said:
I don’t see Eovaldi going more than 5 innings today
His pitch count will be right around 100 by then
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Don’t disagree. 6.1 is a big ask. He has been struggling in early innings against offenses not as good as Stros. For the most part he been able to settle in and pitch a decent game but it been a minute since he has looked dominant, then there the fact Stros hit him well.
 
A strong seven innings from Eovaldi and we went on to win
Final score was 5-2 upping our record to 50-33



Eovaldi (W 10-3) 7.0 gave up 2 hits no runs walked 4 struck out 5


Sborz threw 1 scoreless inning

J Barlow 0.2 gave up 2 hits 2 runs both earned and 1 HR

W. Smith 0.1





Heim 3-4
Semien 3-4 drove in 1
Seager 2-4 drove in 1
Lowe 1-5
Garcia 1-5
Jung 1-4 drove in 1
Duran 0-4
Taveras 2-4
Jankowski 2-4 drove in 1



struck out 11 times
went 4-22 YES 4-22 and left 11 on base
we can’t get a hit with RISP and of course no one would dare ask Bocce what’s the problem


Heaney gets the ball tomorrow afternoon
 
Our weakest link the pen did it again today
Assho’s win 5-3 bringing our record to 50-34



Heaney threw 85 pitches over his 5 innings
giving up 3 hits no runs walked 1 struck out 8

G Anderson (BS 3) 1.0 gave up 3 hits 1 run which was earned

Sborz (L 4-3) 0.2 gave up 2 hits 3 runs all earned

Burke 1.1 gave up 1 hit 1 run which was earned did allow one HR

Chapman made his first appearance and threw 1 inning gave up 1 hit struck out 2
16 pitches 11 of them for strikes





Lowe 2-3 drove in 2
hit his 9th a 2 run shot

Garcia 0-3 drove in 1

Duran & Jung both 0-4

Josh Smith & Jankowski both 0-1

Semien 1-3

Seager 2-4

Heim 0-3

Taveras 2-4

Garver 0-2





struck out 11 times for a total of 29 times in the first three games

1-6 with RISP and left 6 on base


through 3 games we are 5-33 with RISP .152 and have left 22 on base


Perez takes the ball tomorrow afternoon to attempt to get a split in this series
Right after the game we head to Bean Town to face the Red Sawx
 
I’m going to say this was our worst lost of the season
We were down 6-2 and 10-2 we then rallied to take the lead 11-10 but true to form our pen shit the bed
Final score was 12-11 and we lost 3 of 4 to the Assho’s.
Our record is now 50-35 we are 3-7 in our last 10


“these guys battled so hard today”
“what great fight they showed”
The media continues to give Bocce a free pass & he continues to say the same thing after every losing streak





Perez got rocked 1.1 gave up 6 hits 6 runs all earned
walked 2 struck out none and gave up 3 HRs

Otto 3.1 innings gave up 4 hits 4 runs all earned walked 1 struck out 2 and gave up 1 HR

Bradford 2.1 scoreless innings

Chapman 1 scoreless inning

W. Smith (L 1-3) (BS 2) gave up 3 hits 2 runs both earned






Lowe and Semien both 0-5
Josh Smith 0-3
Jung 2-5
Heim 1-4
Seager 1-4 drove in 1
Garcia 2-5 drove in 2
hit his 21st a solo HR
Taveras 3-4 drove in 3
hit his 10 HR a 2 run shot
Jankowski 3-4 drove in 5
hit his 1st HR a 3 run shot




struck out 7 times
went 3-10 with RISP and left 4 on base





Off to Boston for a 3 games series and then to Washington to face the Nats before the ASG
 
Dunning pitched very well and Garver hit a three run bomb as we defeated the Red Sox 6-2
Our record is now 51-35




Dunning (W 8-1) 6.0 innings gave up 6 hits 1 run which was earned walked 1 struck out 4


Burke 1.0 inning 2 hits and one run


G Anderson, Sborz & W Smith (S 15) pitched 2 scoreless innings






Garver 2-2 drove in 4
hit his 4th HR a 3 run shot

Grossman 3-4 drove in 1

Jung 2-5 drove in 1

Garcia, Semien & Taveras all 0-4

Lowe and Seager both 1-4

Duran 1-5



struck out 5 times
went 3-11 with RISP and left 9 on base




Gray gets the ball tomorrow night…
 
We fell behind 2-0 after one and just never got it going
Final score Red Sox win 4-2 our record is now 51-36



Gray (L 6-5) 6.0 innings gave up 9 hits 4 runs 3 of them earned walked 3 struck out 2

Gray hasn’t been right since his blister issue
In his first 12 starts this year, Gray was very good
going 6-2 with a 2.32 ERA and 63 strikeouts
In his four starts since his blister he’s 0-3 with a 6.98 ERA and only 12 strikeouts


King 2.0 scoreless innings





Garcia 2-4 drove in 2
hit his 22nd HR a 2 run shot
I’ve been saying this forever RE: Garcia trade him for a big pen arm and a prospect
yes he’s a good player but he’s not a team player

Heim, Jung & Semien all 0-4

Garver, Grossman & Lowe all 1-4

Seager 3-4

Jankowski 1-3



struck out 5 times
went 1-7 with RISP and left 6 on base





NO beat writer asks the very important question to Bocce why can’t we get a hit with RISP
that’s our biggest issue over the past three weeks

We are limping into the ASG break, if it was my choice I’d have everyone who made the team not play and just get some rest for the 2nd half


Eovaldi gets the ball tonight to try and win the series
After the game off to Washington to face the Nats for the weekend…
 
Surprise,Surprise,Surprise our bullpen imploded yet again
We gave up six runs in the bottom of the seventh to lose the game and the series
Final score was 10-6 our record stands at 51-37

We are 0-3-1 in our last four series & are 2-5 in our last 7 games




Eovaldi 5.1 innings gave up 5 hits 4 runs all earned walked 4 struck out 3

Burke 0.1 no damage

Sborz (L 4-4) 0.2 gave up 1 hit 3 runs all earned

G. Anderson (BS 4) 0.0 gave up 3 hits 3 runs all earned

King 0.1 no damage

Leclerc 1.1 innings no damage








Semien 0-5
Seager 3-5 1-RBI
hit his 11th a solo shot
Garcia 1-3
Jung 2-4
Heim 2-3 2-RBI
Duran 2-4
Grossman 0-2 1-RBI
Taveras 1-4 1-RBI



struck out 8 times
4-12 with RISP and left 8 on base





Of course the team lap dog Kennedi Landry & Bocce will say “we fought hard” “tough breaks” BLAH,BLAH,BLAH bullshit

This team is heading towards an epic collapse unless some things change quickly in the pen and with our hitting coach
For three weeks we can’t get a hit with RISP and we are leaving way too many on base


We better win the series vs the Nats which starts tomorrow night
Bradford takes to the hill
 
BringInTheLefty said:
Surprise,Surprise,Surprise our bullpen imploded yet again
We gave up six runs in the bottom of the seventh to lose the game and the series
Final score was 10-6 our record stands at 51-37

We are 0-3-1 in our last four series & are 2-5 in our last 7 games




Eovaldi 5.1 innings gave up 5 hits 4 runs all earned walked 4 struck out 3

Burke 0.1 no damage

Sborz (L 4-4) 0.2 gave up 1 hit 3 runs all earned

G. Anderson (BS 4) 0.0 gave up 3 hits 3 runs all earned

King 0.1 no damage

Leclerc 1.1 innings no damage








Semien 0-5
Seager 3-5 1-RBI
hit his 11th a solo shot
Garcia 1-3
Jung 2-4
Heim 2-3 2-RBI
Duran 2-4
Grossman 0-2 1-RBI
Taveras 1-4 1-RBI



struck out 8 times
4-12 with RISP and left 8 on base





Of course the team lap dog Kennedi Landry & Bocce will say “we fought hard” “tough breaks” BLAH,BLAH,BLAH bullshit

This team is heading towards an epic collapse unless some things change quickly in the pen and with our hitting coach
For three weeks we can’t get a hit with RISP and we are leaving way too many on base


We better win the series vs the Nats which starts tomorrow night
Bradford takes to the hill
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Yeah the ship is starting take on some water. Hopefully Jake will be back soon to stop the leak…
 
We beat a team that we’re expected to, final score was 7-2
Our record is now 52-37




Bradford (W 1-1) was solid throwing 95 pitches in his 5.0 innings of work
gave up 5 hits 1 run which was earned allowed 1 HR walked 1 struck out 1

Otto 2.0 gave up 1 hit 1 run which was earned allowed 1 HR walked 1 struck out 4

Chapman 1 scoreless inning

W. Smith 1 scoreless inning




Seager 2-5 drove in 1
hit his 12th HR a solo shot

Garcia 2-5 drove in 2
hit his 23rd HR a solo shot

Jung 1-3 drove in 2

Heim 1-3 drove in 1

Duran 1-3 drove in 1

Semien 1-4

Lowe 1-5

Jankowski 1-4

Taveras 0-4




struck out 7 times
went 2-8 with RISP and left 6 on base



Heaney takes the ball tomorrow mid-afternoon
 
Heaney got rocked and the Nats beat the crap out of us
Final score was 8-3 we are now 52-38
We really need a W tomorrow





Heaney (L 5-6) 3.0 gave up 8 hits 8 runs 7 earned walked 1 struck out 4 and gave up 3 HRs

G. Anderson 4.0 scoreless innings

Burke 1.0 scoreless inning







Garcia & Semien both 0-3

Seager 0-4

Duran, Heim, Jankowski & Taveras all 1-4

Lowe 2-4

Jung 2-4 drove in 3
hit 2 HRs his 18th & 19th




struck out 4 times
went 0-5 with RISP and left 6 on base


Dunning gets the ball tomorrow as we limp into the AS game
We are 3-7 in our last 10 and are not in a good place
Yes we are in first place but the Astros are creeping back into it


I’ll have my report card for the first half on Monday…
 
I waited a few hours to write this recap


First off in our last 5 series we went 0-4-1
Over the past week we lost 3/4 at home to the Astros
This week went 1-2 vs the Red Sox and 1-2 vs the lowly Nats



If you didn’t figure it out we lost today 7-2
dropping our record to 52-39
In our last two games of this series we were outscored 15-5

This is what happens when you have three players who play daily and only thing they care about are their stats

For the record they are NOT
Marcus, Jonah or Nate




Dunning (L 8-2) threw 5.2 innings giving up 7 hits 4 runs all of them earned
walked 2 struck out 4 and gave up 1 HR

Sborz was putrid 1.0 gave up 5 hits 3 runs all earned also gave up 2 HRs

Leclerc threw 1.1 innings and didn’t allow a run





Semien 1-4
Seager 1-4
Jung 2-3
Garcia 1-4 drove in 2
Lowe 0-3
Garver 1-4
Grossman 0-4
Duran 1-4
Taveras 1-4




struck out 6 times
went 1-9 with RISP and left 8 on base
we went 3-22 (.136) with RISP in this series




Unless the team has a complete lobotomy during the AS break we will continue our downward slide
Too many “me” players on this team
Our bullpen is a complete shit show and our starters are starting to fall apart

Bocce has skated through this slump because people like Kennedi Landry are told to not ask certain questions

The warm fuzzy feeling has faded away
There are 71 games left and I’ll say we go
32-39

Could we miss the playoffs? YES
Will we win the division? NO

I’m going to go pour myself a drink and grill a few hamburgers
Sometime tomorrow I’ll post the grades for the first half…
 
All Star Break Grades:




2022 record: 41-49
2023 record: 52-39






Bochy: C-
he has just sat back these last 2/3 weeks as we’ve struggled and says “trying hard” “tough breaks” but hasn’t done a damn thing to wake up the team
he wants to be liked by everyone
time to shake up the line up and get tough on those not performing and those who make it all about themselves





Maddux: F
our bullpen is a mess
he has done a good job with Dunning





Semien: A
2022: .239
2023; .271
Marcus tired some over the last 2 weeks
wish he took the 4 days off to rest up
He’s the consummate professional, comes to work early & wants to play every day
Does great community work as well without any fan fare
Just wish he was a more vocal leader






Seager: B+
2022: .251
2023: .353
missed some time with a injury
has hit for average & his defense has improved
biggest issue is he’s all about himself & Bocce allows it





Garcia: B+
2022: .237
2023: .261
has 23 HR’s 75 RBI’s
he’s got so much raw talent and could easily be a 50+ HR hitter & knock in 115+ runs BUT he’s another “look at me” player
Once he gets his big paycheck and he will I don’t feel he’ll play as hard day to day






Lowe: B+
2022: .270
2023: .270
9 HR’s 45 RBI’s
does his job every day, always is prepared
will hit between .280-.290
he emulates Marcus’s professionalism, great team player




Taveras: B
2022: .341
2023: .295
a very good player that takes instructions well
lots of upside for him






Heim: A+
2022: .262
2023: .282
Jonah has improved his offense & defense
he’s a top 3 catcher in all of MLB




Jung: B+
2022:
2023: .280
Gotta admit I’ve been very wrong about his production 19 HRs 56RBIs
he’s got quite a bit of upside as well BUT he’s got to learn it’s a team sport not a “look at my numbers”




Grossman: C
2023: .223
7 HR’s 35 RBI’s
was resurrected from the garbage dump and has been a OK piece of the puzzle




Duran: C+
2022: .236
2023: .308
12 HRs 35 RBIs
has been doing his job very well, wouldn’t be surprised if he was part of a package at trade deadline



Josh Smith: C-
2022: .234
2023: .211
Josh still can’t hit well and has only had 109 ABs
can play many positions well and that’s the only reason he’s still on the team
he’s a natural SS & I hope he gets to show his skills with his next team







Starters:

deGrom: D
he pitched 26.2 innings only gave up 4 earned runs
most likely his career is over after his TJ surgery
they are saying mid to late August 2024 return but that’s just a wish



Eovaldi: A
10-3 2.83
he’s slowed down some after a amazing start




Perez: C
7-3 4.81
TB & Astros rocked him in his most recent starts
ERA last year was 2.89
he needs a form reversal in the second half




Dunning: A+
8-2 2.84
when Jake went down he was called on and has responded VERY well
I hope he has a big second half




Bradford: C+
1-1 4.39
has been useful as a fill in starter





Gray: C-
6-5 3.29
has lost 3 in a row but one of those losses was a tough 1-0 game vs Yankees
needs a much better second half




Heaney: D
5-6 4.71
lost 3 in a row and 2/3 last starts he got rocked (Tigers & Nats)
not sure he’ll finish the year as a starter





Bullpen: F-
has been our Achilles heel most of the season, every month our ERA has risen

Chapman should be an improvement but we still need two more arms


Will Smith (3.08) has 14 saves






summary:
we are in first place but the last three weeks the wheels on the bus have fallen off
losing 3/4 to the Astros and then 2/3 to the Red Sox & Nats to head into the AS break

Indians, Rays and Dodgers are our first three series after the break
we very easily could lose all of them
when we head to Houston on the 24th I’m going to say we’ll be in second place


IF we get two arms in our pen and Lance Lynn plus one other starter plus a quality OFer then we can right the ship

I’m going to try & stay positive about the second half but I have ZERO faith in Bocce & Maddux

My prediction is 32-39 for our final 71 games
Only way we’ll get into the playoffs is by winning the division
Let’s see what happens
Would I bet on them winning it? NOPE
 
Positivity is not your strength bro! Lol. I’d kill for cardinals to be having close to the season ya’ll are!! Houston keeps getting bitten with the injury bug, I think ya’ll hold them off. I dunno what their schedule like but it be super disappointing if they went below .500 rest the way, I don’t see it.
 
2daBank said:
Positivity is not your strength bro! Lol. I’d kill for cardinals to be having close to the season ya’ll are!! Houston keeps getting bitten with the injury bug, I think ya’ll hold them off. I dunno what their schedule like but it be super disappointing if they went below .500 rest the way, I don’t see it.
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here’s our next 5 series, we could lose all of them

Indians
Rays
Dodgers
Astros
Padres



It’s hard to be positive with Bocce and CY calling the shots

The talent is there but we have no leaders on the field and in the clubhouse

32-39 isn’t far fetched at all…
 
BringInTheLefty said:
here’s our next 5 series, we could lose all of them

Indians
Rays
Dodgers
Astros
Padres



It’s hard to be positive with Bocce and CY calling the shots

The talent is there but we have no leaders on the field and in the clubhouse

32-39 isn’t far fetched at all…
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Bocce a HOF type manager isn’t he?
 
2daBank said:
He has 2 or 3 rings don’t he?

I knew that wasn’t right but I’m terrible spelling names so just went w it!
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Bochy aka Bocce Ball is too set in his ways
a lineup shakeup is needed and he needs to crack the whip
no more Mr Nice Guy

There is a players only meeting prior to tonight’s game
Will be interesting to see if they come out with some passion
 
Indians came out storming built a 4-0 lead after three innings
We then outscored them 12-0
Final score was 12-4 our record is now 53-39



Gray gutted it out for 6.0 innings
gave up 5 hits 4 runs all earned
walked 3 struck out 4 gave up 2 HRs

Burke 1 scoreless inning

Chapman 1 scoreless inning

Leclerc 1 scoreless inning





Semien 0-4

Seager 2-4 drove in 2
hit his 13th a solo shot

Lowe 4-4 drove in 1
hit his 10th a solo shot

Garcia 3-5 drove in 3
hit his 24th a 2 run shot

Jung 1-5

Heim 3-5 drove in 4
hit his 13th a solo shot

Jankowski 2-3 drove in 1

Duran 0-4

Taveras 2-5 drove in 1






went 8-18 with RISP and left 9 on base
struck out 6 times



nice way to start the second half
Heaney gets the ball tomorrow afternoon…
 
Yesterday a slug fest, today a pitchers duel
We shut out the Indians 2-0 upping our record to 54-39



Heaney (W 6-6) threw 87 pitches over 5.1 innings
gave up 6 hits no runs walked 1 struck out 4

G. Anderson 1 scoreless inning

W. Smith 1.2 scoreless innings

Chapman (S 3) 1.0 scoreless inning





Semien 2-3 drove in 1
Seager & Jankowski both 1-3
Garcia, Garver & Lowe all 0-3
Garcia did drive in 1 run
Jung 0-4
Heim 1-2
Taveras 0-2




went 0-4 with RISP and left 6 on base
struck out 9 times


Tomorrow Perez takes to the hill to go for the sweep


A 2-0 start and a series win, good way to start the second half
especially since we have the Rays & Dodgers next week…
 
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