The Rangers Series, 7/19-7/21

[OriolesMagic83]

Hopefully the O's don't pull what they did in the Cubs Series and give the Rangers a boost back into playoff contention.  I feel like the O's made their trade deadline harder w/ making the Cubs a contender again.  Hoping we crush the Rangers' playoff hopes.

[sportsfan8703]

On 7/18/2024 at 8:40 PM, Just Regular said:

They are leading with Eovaldi rather than Scherzer tomorrow as we get back to it.    Eovaldi is perhaps mid-month pitcher of the month favorite - 18/0 K/BB and 3-for-3 at 7-inning starts.

Rangers media thinks they know the probables, though I haven't seen any reports from Orioles-land.     Houston and Seattle, the two clubs TEX is chasing, play each other as Chris Young starts getting his last ~10 games of info how the defending champs playoff odds will move before the deadline.

 

1-0. Tough game against Scherzer. 

@Just Regular thanks for posting these. They are good reference points during the series. 

[Just Regular]

Tonight is probably Scherzer's next to last start before the big 4-0.     He is a July 27 birthday, and tonight he'll pull even with Gerrit Cole making his 6th turn of the 2024 regular season.

5 starts is a month of full-time run for an SP - here's how Scherzer has done so far.

2.96 ERA is 24th of 74 qualified SP over the last 30 days.

17.9% K-bb is 29th

Stuff+ is the outlier down at 59th

PitchingBot ERA estimator is 21st 

Fastball velocity Fangraphs giving as 92.7 this year, down from 93.7 last year.

It will be the Orioles second look at 2024 Scherzer - Albert Suarez beat him 2-1 last month.    Cowser got him for a HR that night, so maybe a guess Kjerstad will take one extra day.

[Jim'sKid26]

I hope Grayson can be effective tonight. He has not been a particularly good pitcher in front of his hometown fans and family. Texas has not been good to him as a pro. 

[Uli2001]

I am just here to say that a 0.082 avg catcher just hit a Weaver special to put the Rays up 4-0 on the NYY.

It would be really nice to sweep this series against TX.

[ScGO's]

if O's can sweep TX and send them into a swoon, I would love to see Elias negotiate for a few of their pieces

[spiritof66]

1 hour ago, Uli2001 said:

I am just here to say that a 0.082 avg catcher just hit a Weaver special to put the Rays up 4-0 on the NYY.

It would be really nice to sweep this series against TX.

NYY-TB game over, with ninth-inning comeback falling a bit short. Devilish Rays 9, Pinstripes 1.

[Malike]

5 minutes ago, ScGO's said:

if O's can sweep TX and send them into a swoon, I would love to see Elias negotiate for a few of their pieces

Texas has been playing well and is getting players back. This series isn't going to throw them into a swoon, especially with Seattle playing Houston, they aren't going to lose much ground if any if Seattle wins one game in that series. Plus, sweeping teams is hard and I never expect a sweep, I'll be glad for 2 wins.

[HowAboutThat]

By golly Mike should call Chris Young and say, “Nice ballpark. Shame ta see somethin’ happen to it. Gimme Heim and Yates and nobody gets hoyt.”

[Can_of_corn]

If the O's got Heim they could DH Adley all the time.

[Malike]

34 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

If the O's got Heim they could DH Adley all the time.

I dunno, 81 OPS+ out of your everyday catcher is better than McCann, I suppose, at 71 OPS+, but he's a pretty automatic out himself.

Edited July 20 by Malike

[Allan Bryant]

6 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

If the O's got Heim they could DH Adley all the time.

That would be awesome , keep Adley full time DH 

[Just Regular]

Astros continuing to restore order in the AL West won the Framber-Kirby duel to set themselves up for the sweep and grow their lead to 6 games on the Rangers and Max Scherzer's fatigued arm entering Sunday.

Seattle offensive woes - they couldn't do better than Ryan Bliss and Jonatan Clase as due batters up against Hader in the bottom of the 9th.     Victor Robles hit 2nd for them tonight against the LHP.    Vladimir Guerrero will be most welcome in a week if that scenario comes to pass.

[glenn__davis]

Andrew Heaney is our daddy. But good to be on the right side of a series again. Let's keep it up against Miami.

[bpilktree67]

18 minutes ago, glenn__davis said:

Andrew Heaney is our daddy. But good to be on the right side of a series again. Let's keep it up against Miami.

Maybe he should be our trade target so to keep him from going to another playoff team we might face.