Week of May 13, 2013
Let's start with this article about Darvish Striking out a possible 300 for the year.....? Can Darvish realistically strike out 300?
For those that follow anything about the minors Mike Olt is going on the disabled list for an eye problem. He hasn't been hitting well and/or living up to his potential to be a major league candidate blocked by Beltre at 3rd (where Olt plays) or 1st where he really shouldn't be playing because his defense is too good. He'll be back.
Pierzyski is on the DL for an Oblique Strain. Chirinos is called up from AAA. With Soto being...well not so stellar.... we'll see how this goes.
Colby Lewis threw two innings in a rehab start in Vegas last week, but has been pulled from his rehab assignment due to tricep pain. This is likely pushing his coming back to the rotation an additional week at this point. Bummer.
To add to our pitching problems Ogando is now on the DL for right bicep tendonitis. Josh Lindblom is replacing him from AAA. Out of our five starting pitchers we now have 2 left. We are basically playing a AAA starting rotation.
LETS JUST ADD TO THE DL- Ian Kinsler this time. He has an intercostal strain (rib injury). Profar has been called up and I'm excited to see him play. Let's just hope his bat can be of help and not harm.
Rangers vs. Athletics (away)
We play Oakland this week for the first time. The make it or break it team from last year. The good news is we are up 6 games, so for this series they could lose all three and still be ahead. If you care to read a little further I am providing a link that gives a run down of everything from each teams' stats to the ball park and key players...and a few other tidbits. The Match Up. They dare predict Oakland will win this series but I could not disagree more. We are just a better team. Better pitching, better fielding, hitting is debatable. I'm nervous about this series,mostly because I hate what happened last October, but nothing is too big at for a team that's first in all of baseball.
13th-5-1 Rangers Lost- Grimm sucked. Rangers can't seem to win in Oakland. That's really all there is to say about that came.
14th- 6-5 Rangers win. We won in the 10th inning due to Mooreland hitting a home run after Nathan gave up a run to almost lose the game. That was nice of Mooreland.
15th- 6-2 Rangers win. A winning series in Oakland. Progress made for the Rangers. Cruz was player of the game after hitting a three run homer and a diving catch to save a rally by Oakland.
Rangers vs. Tigers (home)
This is a series of probably the two best teams in baseball. I disagree and think the Cardinals have better pitching than us currently and a way better bullpen then Detroit. Either way these pitching match ups should be pretty good and we are at home. I give the advantage to us, but it'll be a tough series.
16th-10-4 Rangers Win- An amazing match up between Verlander and Darvish. Such a shame I don't have cable. Either way the rangers batted around in the third with an included 3 run homer from Soto (he's getting better with the long ball lately) and we won becoming the best Rangers team at this point in the season with a 27-14 record.
17th-2-1 Rangers Lose- It was a battle of weak pitching and the Rangers lost. How awesome is that? Also Martin can throw a ball. He threw the ball from center field on the money to the catcher for the tag out in each of the last two games.
18th-7-2 Rangers Win- ELVIS SHOWED UP! He went 5 for 5 and stole 2 bases. Rumors are starting that Andrus will stay in the lead off spot even after Kinsler comes back. Hard to think of Kinsler not taking that role, but if there is run production from Elvis why change what isn't broken. Justin Grimm went 7 innings like what?
19th- It is currently 3-1 in the bottom of the 4th as I finish this tonight.
I'll let Adam Morris tell you the standings. His look prettier than mine. It's worth celebrating!Current A.L. West Standings
Let's start with this article about Darvish Striking out a possible 300 for the year.....? Can Darvish realistically strike out 300?
For those that follow anything about the minors Mike Olt is going on the disabled list for an eye problem. He hasn't been hitting well and/or living up to his potential to be a major league candidate blocked by Beltre at 3rd (where Olt plays) or 1st where he really shouldn't be playing because his defense is too good. He'll be back.
Pierzyski is on the DL for an Oblique Strain. Chirinos is called up from AAA. With Soto being...well not so stellar.... we'll see how this goes.
Colby Lewis threw two innings in a rehab start in Vegas last week, but has been pulled from his rehab assignment due to tricep pain. This is likely pushing his coming back to the rotation an additional week at this point. Bummer.
To add to our pitching problems Ogando is now on the DL for right bicep tendonitis. Josh Lindblom is replacing him from AAA. Out of our five starting pitchers we now have 2 left. We are basically playing a AAA starting rotation.
LETS JUST ADD TO THE DL- Ian Kinsler this time. He has an intercostal strain (rib injury). Profar has been called up and I'm excited to see him play. Let's just hope his bat can be of help and not harm.
Rangers vs. Athletics (away)
We play Oakland this week for the first time. The make it or break it team from last year. The good news is we are up 6 games, so for this series they could lose all three and still be ahead. If you care to read a little further I am providing a link that gives a run down of everything from each teams' stats to the ball park and key players...and a few other tidbits. The Match Up. They dare predict Oakland will win this series but I could not disagree more. We are just a better team. Better pitching, better fielding, hitting is debatable. I'm nervous about this series,mostly because I hate what happened last October, but nothing is too big at for a team that's first in all of baseball.
13th-5-1 Rangers Lost- Grimm sucked. Rangers can't seem to win in Oakland. That's really all there is to say about that came.
14th- 6-5 Rangers win. We won in the 10th inning due to Mooreland hitting a home run after Nathan gave up a run to almost lose the game. That was nice of Mooreland.
15th- 6-2 Rangers win. A winning series in Oakland. Progress made for the Rangers. Cruz was player of the game after hitting a three run homer and a diving catch to save a rally by Oakland.
Rangers vs. Tigers (home)
This is a series of probably the two best teams in baseball. I disagree and think the Cardinals have better pitching than us currently and a way better bullpen then Detroit. Either way these pitching match ups should be pretty good and we are at home. I give the advantage to us, but it'll be a tough series.
16th-10-4 Rangers Win- An amazing match up between Verlander and Darvish. Such a shame I don't have cable. Either way the rangers batted around in the third with an included 3 run homer from Soto (he's getting better with the long ball lately) and we won becoming the best Rangers team at this point in the season with a 27-14 record.
17th-2-1 Rangers Lose- It was a battle of weak pitching and the Rangers lost. How awesome is that? Also Martin can throw a ball. He threw the ball from center field on the money to the catcher for the tag out in each of the last two games.
18th-7-2 Rangers Win- ELVIS SHOWED UP! He went 5 for 5 and stole 2 bases. Rumors are starting that Andrus will stay in the lead off spot even after Kinsler comes back. Hard to think of Kinsler not taking that role, but if there is run production from Elvis why change what isn't broken. Justin Grimm went 7 innings like what?
19th- It is currently 3-1 in the bottom of the 4th as I finish this tonight.
I'll let Adam Morris tell you the standings. His look prettier than mine. It's worth celebrating!Current A.L. West Standings
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