Morning, all!
Kumar Rocker will be making his second rehab start Thursday, and is expected to throw around 60 pitches.
Corey Seager is expected to be activated today after spending two stretches on the IL due to a dodgy hamstring.
Wyatt Langford never really stole many bases in the minors or as an amateur, but upon reaching the big leagues has embraced it.
Nathan Eovaldi exited yesterday’s game after only 2 innings due to tricep tightness, although the Rangers do not think he will need to go to the IL.
Eovaldi’s early exit resulted in an improbable win, with the bullpen pitching lights out and Josh Jung came through with a late inning clutch hit to put runs on the board.
Five Ranger relievers combined to throw 7 scoreless innings, which hasn’t been expected behavior for the bullpen lately.
We are approaching the point at which Chris Young will need to start making decisions about whether the Rangers need to sell of pieces if the offense can’t start wasting the best pitching the organization has ever had.
Fangraphs points out that the Rangers’ top 5 rotation is outperforming their peripherals, so wouldn’t it be sad if the only functional part of the team regressed to the mean?
Texas, despite losing 8 of their last 10, are still only 4.5 games out of first and it’s because their rotation has turned out to be the real deal.