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Texas Rangers<\/a> president of baseball operations Chris Young joined the GBag Nation show on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM)<\/a> and discussed Marcus Semien\u2019s breakout against the Cardinals, Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s trip to the IL and why Texas has benched Adolis Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n

Here are highlights of the conversation, edited lightly for clarity.<\/p>\n

What could the series win over the Cardinals mean for Marcus Semien and the offense?<\/p>\n

Chris Young: I think it shows how important Marcus is to us. When he gets going, often times, the team gets going. His at-bat quality, we thought we saw some signs over the last several weeks that we thought Marcus was starting to turn the corner. Our hope is that this continues. He\u2019s so important to our team. He\u2019s playing elite defense, he\u2019s a leader on and field and off the field. He\u2019s just so critically important to us, so if he continues this, we\u2019re going to get Corey [Seager] going at some point here and the rest of these guys are going to follow suit. It\u2019s just exciting to see the offense have two really good games and our hope is that we can start stringing several of these in a row where the offense just puts up big numbers.<\/p>\n

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You seemed very convicted the Semien would come out of his slump. What made you so convinced?<\/p>\n

Young: We looked at some of the advanced metrics. There are a lot of indicators that suggest that Marcus is the same hitter he\u2019s always been. There are a couple mechanical things that we\u2019ve had to work on, but we\u2019ve felt like from an advanced metric standpoint, he\u2019s the same guy. We just need to get the mechanics ironed out. He\u2019s hit the ball hard, his bat speed\u2019s still really good. We felt like it\u2019s just a matter of time before he starts to figure out the mechanics and when he does, he\u2019s gonna be in a good spot.<\/p>\n

With the Nathan Eovaldi news, everything appeared to be okay but then he\u2019s placed on the 15-day injured list. Is it a little worse than we initially thought?<\/p>\n

Related:With Rangers\u2019 Nathan Eovaldi on the IL, baseball\u2019s best rotation will be put to the test<\/a><\/p>\n

Young: Any time a pitcher misses time, I have a level of worry, a level of concern. But we have one of the best team doctors in terms of arm specialties with the elbow and shoulder in Dr. Keith Meister. Keith has examined Nathan. I\u2019ve spoken to [Eovaldi], [Bruce Bochy] has, we\u2019re all pretty confident that this is going to be a short stint on the IL. Sometimes these things, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean he couldn\u2019t pitch through it or that it\u2019s not very serious, I think what it means is we\u2019re looking at the big picture. It doesn\u2019t make sense to make him pitch through something or ask him to come back and try to compete before he\u2019s 100% because we\u2019re playing the long game here. Ideally, we\u2019re going to get between 180 and 200 innings from [Eovaldi]. Jacob [deGrom] has been on pace for close to 180 innings right now, which is more than we had really mapped out for him. These guys have pitched so well that they\u2019ve got some innings thresholds that they may hit that we want to sort of monitor. When they\u2019re feeling something, maybe just minor, there\u2019s no sense in making either one of those guys or Tyler Mahle, for that matter, pitch through it and jeopardize the big picture here because those guys are so critically important to our success.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the gameplan for Adolis Garc\u00eda?<\/p>\n

Young: I think we\u2019ve talked to Adolis about some of the mechanical changes that we think are necessary. We do believe, athletically, that this guy is still in his prime, that he can be close to the same player that he was in 2023 and with a couple little changes, that he can really bounce back. We\u2019re working through those right now. Sometimes those changes are hard to make in competition for the reasons I identified, that guys lack confidence, they don\u2019t feel comfortable and it\u2019s hard to ask them to go compete when they\u2019re changing things. Some of it\u2019s a matter of just how quickly we can make these changes with Adolis, how quickly he can buy into these changes and feel good with them. Another aspect of this is who is performing? We\u2019re getting Evan Carter back tomorrow, we\u2019ll have Wyatt [Langford], Evan, [Alejandro] Osuna, Sam Haggerty\u2019s been playing very, very well all in the outfield. Josh Smith can play in the outfield now that Corey\u2019s going to be at short more. For Adolis, as much as he is an important piece to us, there\u2019s also a performance aspect of this that he needs to perform. Over the last 45 days, he has not performed at a level that\u2019s going to help us win like we need. We do need better from him.<\/p>\n

Related:Adolis Garc\u00eda\u2019s benching shows Texas Rangers are serious about performance over pedigree<\/a><\/p>\n

With a veteran guy like Adolis, how difficult are these conversations? Are you more up-front with him?<\/p>\n

Young: This is about winning games and the players are there to help us win. As much as we love Adolis, like I said, there\u2019s been 45 days of extended struggle here, without real sign that it\u2019s going to change. Until we change something mechanically, in fairness to the team, we have to put the group out there that\u2019s going to produce. We want him to make these changes, we expect that he can make them quickly and if he does, we think he\u2019s going to get back to being a great player. Certainly, we need to see some progress with it before I think we feel comfortable that he\u2019s going to produce and help us win like we know he can. We\u2019re hopeful, but we need the progress.<\/p>\n

How has the buy-in from Adolis\u2019 end been?<\/p>\n

Young: I think he understands. I think he\u2019s frustrated, he understands. I think he worked on some things this offseason and probably didn\u2019t get the results that maybe he wanted. He understands that he needs to change and ultimately, the playing time, I think, is something that you can\u2019t argue with. I think that\u2019s the thing that he knows. He wants to win, he wants to be a part of this, he\u2019s a great teammate, he\u2019s a great person, so I think the buy-in is going to be good. But it\u2019s going to take a little bit of time here.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the status of Chris Martin?<\/p>\n

Young: Chris is doing really well. He threw a live BP on Sunday<\/a>, felt good. As long as he feels good tomorrow, he\u2019s likely to be activated. It could be Wednesday if he needs one more day after the live BP. But I anticipate seeing Chris this week assuming he comes in after the off day in Tampa and feels good.<\/p>\n

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