Colby Lewis has thrown 47 pitches in his AAA rehab start. Velosity is down to about 87 and needs to be about 91. After allowing no hits and striking out three he gave up a bunch of hits and a homer in the third before he was pulled. Progress I say. We need you back Colby because the next big news is Lindblom has been called up to start in Monday night's game against Colon (ha that's funny) since Lindblom has never played Major League baseball before and is pitching against the A's best pitcher. In addition we have Profar called up as well and we'll see what he can do. I personally don't believe he'll be a breakout all-star player....he doesn't have the bat for it.
Derek Lowe was designated for assignment to bring up Lindblom. This means he can be waived, traded, or released in 10 days or the Rangers will have to eat his $1.25 million dollar salary. He is 40. Had a 9.00 ERA and has given up 13 runs in 13 innings. Dare I say it's time for his career to be over?
Pierzynski is back from the DL and so Chirinos is optioned back to AAA. Pierzynski didn't think he needed to be on the DL in the first place and that it was boring, so yeah for him being back for his own sanity....forget what's best for the ball club.
Rangers vs. Athletics (home)
20th-9-2 Rangers lose- Well as I said Colon vs. Lindblom was a joke. So much so that he is being optioned back down to AAA. Neal Cotts will be called up from AAA to replace him. (33 years old, hasn't played in Majors since 2010, but having a terrific season at AAA this year.) Lindblom did pitch decently for four innings and fell apart completely after that. In addition the bats did nothing and defense wasn't specials. Luckily there is always another game the next day.
21st-1-0 Rangers Lose- Yuck. There is absolutely nothing to say about this game because they didn't really play much of a game.
22nd-3-1 Rangers Won- The two rookies Wolfe and Cotts (who came in for relief) got us through the only game in the series we managed to win. We did hit two homers which was enough offensively, but come on we can do better than that.
THURSDAY THE 23RD IS AN OFF DAY
Rangers vs. Mariners (away)
23rd-9-5 Rangers Win-Grimm's pitching was mediocre, The bats were hitting including Berkman who hit a 3 run homer. A solid win overall.
24th-5-2 Rangers Win-Holland outpitched Felix Hernandez. It's just awesome when that happens. To note: Holland struck out 10, Profar got a couple of hits (who doesn't like that kid), and Murphey hit three times as well. The Rangers sure are good at singles this year.
25th-4-3 Rangers Lose- Profar hit a homer in the first, then there were 13 innings of pointless baseball. We lost in the 13th. Sucks.
Rangers 1st in division by 4.5 games. 2nd in baseball to the Cardinals. If you know me at all that second part about the Cardinals is a huge problem. I must go tell them to start losing.
Derek Lowe was designated for assignment to bring up Lindblom. This means he can be waived, traded, or released in 10 days or the Rangers will have to eat his $1.25 million dollar salary. He is 40. Had a 9.00 ERA and has given up 13 runs in 13 innings. Dare I say it's time for his career to be over?
Pierzynski is back from the DL and so Chirinos is optioned back to AAA. Pierzynski didn't think he needed to be on the DL in the first place and that it was boring, so yeah for him being back for his own sanity....forget what's best for the ball club.
And yet ANOTHER pitcher goes down. Tepesch with a blister missing the 22nd. This article explains who they are calling up and what is happening with the rotation. Rotation changes. This is getting ridiculous. We are now replacing our replacement pitchers. I can't hardly keep track of whose turn it is next. I believe it would be Wolf, Grimm, and Holland....but I really have no clue.
Lowe was released and Teahen was picked up from the Nationals' AAA team. He is being added for depth and won't spend much if any time with the Rangers.
We have a new Outfielder for depth. Joe Benson was claimed on waivers from Minnesota. He has a horrible line batting only .192 this year but the Rangers are putting him in AA Frisco to see what he can do. In my opinion another mediocre outfielder is not what we need, but maybe he'll magically turn into a superstar.
Pretty fun link. There are some good ones in here to sift through. (PEDs and the Hall, WAR, NL or AL to name a few.)The Worst Baseball Conversations
Lowe was released and Teahen was picked up from the Nationals' AAA team. He is being added for depth and won't spend much if any time with the Rangers.
We have a new Outfielder for depth. Joe Benson was claimed on waivers from Minnesota. He has a horrible line batting only .192 this year but the Rangers are putting him in AA Frisco to see what he can do. In my opinion another mediocre outfielder is not what we need, but maybe he'll magically turn into a superstar.
Pretty fun link. There are some good ones in here to sift through. (PEDs and the Hall, WAR, NL or AL to name a few.)The Worst Baseball Conversations
Rangers vs. Athletics (home)
20th-9-2 Rangers lose- Well as I said Colon vs. Lindblom was a joke. So much so that he is being optioned back down to AAA. Neal Cotts will be called up from AAA to replace him. (33 years old, hasn't played in Majors since 2010, but having a terrific season at AAA this year.) Lindblom did pitch decently for four innings and fell apart completely after that. In addition the bats did nothing and defense wasn't specials. Luckily there is always another game the next day.
21st-1-0 Rangers Lose- Yuck. There is absolutely nothing to say about this game because they didn't really play much of a game.
22nd-3-1 Rangers Won- The two rookies Wolfe and Cotts (who came in for relief) got us through the only game in the series we managed to win. We did hit two homers which was enough offensively, but come on we can do better than that.
THURSDAY THE 23RD IS AN OFF DAY
Rangers vs. Mariners (away)
23rd-9-5 Rangers Win-Grimm's pitching was mediocre, The bats were hitting including Berkman who hit a 3 run homer. A solid win overall.
24th-5-2 Rangers Win-Holland outpitched Felix Hernandez. It's just awesome when that happens. To note: Holland struck out 10, Profar got a couple of hits (who doesn't like that kid), and Murphey hit three times as well. The Rangers sure are good at singles this year.
25th-4-3 Rangers Lose- Profar hit a homer in the first, then there were 13 innings of pointless baseball. We lost in the 13th. Sucks.
Rangers 1st in division by 4.5 games. 2nd in baseball to the Cardinals. If you know me at all that second part about the Cardinals is a huge problem. I must go tell them to start losing.
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