Week of June 10th, 2013
Rangers are on an 11 game home stand woohoo!
Kirkman has been moved to the 60 day DL list making his return mid-August. I am NOT sad about this. It is what is best for the ball club. Justin Miller was removed from the DL and optioned to AA. What a terrible and unexciting series of events, but as strongly as I feel about Kirkman and his bad pitching, so be it.
Leury Garcia has been lifted from 3rd base duties mostly because of his low offensive efforts (a .176/.222/.216 line yikes) not to mention the many mistakes defensively as well. I like the kid but he needs more time before becoming a mainstay as a utility infielder. He was optioned to AAA with Kinsler now being back from the DL......this means.....
Profar is still in the majors and it will be interesting to see how they get him playing time on a regular basis.
Biogenisis update: So the MLB offered incentives to Bosch to talk so he would drop a lawsuit that he then did not drop. Furthermore the Florida judge didn't throw out the case. Think of this as a case between the MLB against the players who have taken the PED's. However they are blaming Bosche the 3rd party for it since he was involved. Fair?
Ian Kinsler and Matt Harrison have started Rehab assignments. Sad for Profar who is actually one of a few doing anything offensively but such it is.
An article on why the Rangers suck at hitting
Rangers vs. Indians (home)
10th-6-3 Rangers Win- Berkman hit the huge go-ahead two-run shot, Josh Lindblom threw the exact definition of a quality start, and the red hot Jeff Baker shifted the game back toward winnable with a game-tying two-run home run of his own. (source:Erik Thomson-LoneStarBall.com)
10th- 6-3 Rangers Win- Lindblom had a quality start (way to go!), Baker hit a homer to tie the game and Berkman finally did something with his bat to hit a homer to win the game.
11th-5-2 Rangers Lose- I wish I could have gotten me a cool Yu bobblehead. That would have been cooler then watching the Rangers lose again. This is not fun. Holland didn't have his best game, and the offense especially of late was terrible....AGAIN.
12th-5-2 Rangers Lose- I'm REALLY getting tired of this. Not only did we lose to a mediocre picture, Topesch, couldn't pitch a good game. Add in the fact that the Rangers make a hitters park look like a pitchers park with their bats and you get a really crappy game. I watched it and gave up in the 3rd inning.
Rangers vs. Blue Jays (home)
13th- What's more frustrating. Not scoring runs or not letting the other team score runs? Either way we suck right now. Darvish was still fantastic and the Rangers still didn't think they needed to back him up. Losing sucks. Oh and Leonys Martin is day to day due to a sprained wrist after leaving this game early. We just can't win on the injury front.
14th- 8-0 Rangers lose. Yes folks that's four in a row. Must I say it again. Losing sucks. I do not need to say again because it's obvious the bats did nothing. Oh and Jeff Baker had to sit this game out because he sprained his thumb giving a high five. That's right, a high five. We don't have anybody else to get injured or we won't have a 9 man team. frustration abounds because we are now 2 games back with Oakland currently playing.
15th-6-1-Rangers Lose- They didn't hit....especially with RISP (1-13)There is nothing else to be said about this game.
16th-7-2-Rangers Lose. Yup folks that's 6 losses in a row. I have nothing.
3 games back in AL West
Tied for 6th in MLB
Rangers are on an 11 game home stand woohoo!
Kirkman has been moved to the 60 day DL list making his return mid-August. I am NOT sad about this. It is what is best for the ball club. Justin Miller was removed from the DL and optioned to AA. What a terrible and unexciting series of events, but as strongly as I feel about Kirkman and his bad pitching, so be it.
Leury Garcia has been lifted from 3rd base duties mostly because of his low offensive efforts (a .176/.222/.216 line yikes) not to mention the many mistakes defensively as well. I like the kid but he needs more time before becoming a mainstay as a utility infielder. He was optioned to AAA with Kinsler now being back from the DL......this means.....
Profar is still in the majors and it will be interesting to see how they get him playing time on a regular basis.
Biogenisis update: So the MLB offered incentives to Bosch to talk so he would drop a lawsuit that he then did not drop. Furthermore the Florida judge didn't throw out the case. Think of this as a case between the MLB against the players who have taken the PED's. However they are blaming Bosche the 3rd party for it since he was involved. Fair?
Ian Kinsler and Matt Harrison have started Rehab assignments. Sad for Profar who is actually one of a few doing anything offensively but such it is.
An article on why the Rangers suck at hitting
Rangers vs. Indians (home)
10th-6-3 Rangers Win- Berkman hit the huge go-ahead two-run shot, Josh Lindblom threw the exact definition of a quality start, and the red hot Jeff Baker shifted the game back toward winnable with a game-tying two-run home run of his own. (source:Erik Thomson-LoneStarBall.com)
10th- 6-3 Rangers Win- Lindblom had a quality start (way to go!), Baker hit a homer to tie the game and Berkman finally did something with his bat to hit a homer to win the game.
11th-5-2 Rangers Lose- I wish I could have gotten me a cool Yu bobblehead. That would have been cooler then watching the Rangers lose again. This is not fun. Holland didn't have his best game, and the offense especially of late was terrible....AGAIN.
12th-5-2 Rangers Lose- I'm REALLY getting tired of this. Not only did we lose to a mediocre picture, Topesch, couldn't pitch a good game. Add in the fact that the Rangers make a hitters park look like a pitchers park with their bats and you get a really crappy game. I watched it and gave up in the 3rd inning.
Rangers vs. Blue Jays (home)
13th- What's more frustrating. Not scoring runs or not letting the other team score runs? Either way we suck right now. Darvish was still fantastic and the Rangers still didn't think they needed to back him up. Losing sucks. Oh and Leonys Martin is day to day due to a sprained wrist after leaving this game early. We just can't win on the injury front.
14th- 8-0 Rangers lose. Yes folks that's four in a row. Must I say it again. Losing sucks. I do not need to say again because it's obvious the bats did nothing. Oh and Jeff Baker had to sit this game out because he sprained his thumb giving a high five. That's right, a high five. We don't have anybody else to get injured or we won't have a 9 man team. frustration abounds because we are now 2 games back with Oakland currently playing.
15th-6-1-Rangers Lose- They didn't hit....especially with RISP (1-13)There is nothing else to be said about this game.
16th-7-2-Rangers Lose. Yup folks that's 6 losses in a row. I have nothing.
3 games back in AL West
Tied for 6th in MLB
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