Texas Rangers 2010 Season

[mkat]

they don't play a really good team til like mid-July. and they play the Angels not too far from now. just gotta go out and beat them.

[tcat075]

Go make it 11.

edit: fixed for day/night games

[mavspwnage]

I hate you Feldman.

[mavspwnage]

Hamilton: 2-for-2 with two doubles.

[mkat]

Hamilton is INSANE.

[mavspwnage]

And now a single for Hambone. 3-for-3. Holy shit dude.

[mavspwnage]

Rangers tie it in the 7th with two runs off Meek, who has the lowest ERA in the majors with enough appearances.

[mavspwnage]

VLADDY!!!!!!!!!!! walk off!

[dalmations202]

vlad

[Mav Addict]

WOW!!!!!!

Vladdy is amazing

[Mav Addict]

11 IN A FREAKIN ROW!!!

[Flacolaco]

This is really getting fun.

Too bad they can't play crap teams forever.

[mavspwnage]

Originally Posted by Flacolaco

This is really getting fun.

Too bad they can't play crap teams forever.

After we get done with the Angels, they will look like a bad team.

[mkat]

i'm kind of hoping that they're gaining confidence from this and thus will play the good teams better.

and they're a pretty good team. you don't win 11 in a row against anyone without being pretty damn competent.

[LonghornDub]

Angels lose. Should appease Flaco for about 5-6 hours.

[mkat]

5-6 minutes, more like it.

[LonghornDub]

Don't forget that we took one of the Angels' best players (maybe their very best player) from all their successful years over the past decade.

[Male30Dan]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

Don't forget that we took one of the Angels' best players (maybe their very best player) from all their successful years over the past decade.

Yeah, you can't say enough about the job Vlad has done as a DH for this club. He has been outstanding. What a slap in the face it will be to LA when he starts the All-Star game, and not bacause of his name, but because of his tremendous first half.

[Five-ofan]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

Don't forget that we took one of the Angels' best players (maybe their very best player) from all their successful years over the past decade.

On that front dont forget we took oliver from the Angels too. He has been at least close to as important as vlad so far. That guy has just been killing it.

[tcat075]

What do I think of the 11th win in a row?

[mavspwnage]

Hamilton so far tonight: 2-for-2. Unreal

[mavspwnage]

Hamilton: another hit and the game tying RBI. 3-for-3

[mavspwnage]

Any Rangers fan going to their first game of the season tonight: this is YOUR fault!!

[mkat]

:lol how did that just happen? left too many on base.

[tcat075]

meh

[mavspwnage]

The good news is that the Rockies beat the Angels in the 11th inning.

[tcat075]

^yay. still 3.5 up>

Correction: We're 4 and a half games up over the Angels. That's amazing. Let's keep it that way, k?

[mavspwnage]

Ok after that depressing World Cup game, it's back to the Rangers to cheer me up. Rangers are up 7-2 in the 6th, thanks in large part to a Kinsler bomb.

There it is...Hambone extends his hit streak to 20.

[ocelot_ark]

Hamilton makes it 20...

[ocelot_ark]

oops...wrong thread.

[tcat075]

One in a row.

[tcat075]

Very poor game from RISP perspective. Poor series, in fact. I read that we've had the bases loaded 4 times in these two games, and haven't got any runs out of it (if we have scored, its been very minimal...1 or 2 runs tops).

Seems like we've had four or five warning track shots with people on that would have helped, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and NBA refs giving Wade FT's.

[ocelot_ark]

Originally Posted by tcat075

Very poor game from RISP perspective. Poor series, in fact. I read that we've had the bases loaded 4 times in these two games, and haven't got any runs out of it (if we have scored, its been very minimal...1 or 2 runs tops).

Seems like we've had four or five warning track shots with people on that would have helped, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and NBA refs giving Wade FT's.

True - but let's not overlook that they still won comfortably today even without great RISP success. It's baseball. Those kinds of games are going to happen more often than not.

[Five-ofan]

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/ind...vs-feldman-10/

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Five-ofan

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/ind...vs-feldman-10/

So they conclude that Feldman's not as good as his results last year, and not as bad as this year.

Basically he's an average starter, a 4-5 guy.

I'm down with that. Heck I said that last year and basically got called stupid for the opinion.

[Five-ofan]

Originally Posted by jthig32

So they conclude that Feldman's not as good as his results last year, and not as bad as this year.

Basically he's an average starter, a 4-5 guy.

I'm down with that. Heck I said that last year and basically got called stupid for the opinion.

I wouldnt read too much into that.

Murphy, Pitchers can control their K rate, BB rate ground ball rate and to a lesser extent ld rate. Thats it. He has basically the same numbers in all of those stats as last year. I agree with you that advanced defensive stats are overused by advanced stat guys but pitching and hitting advanced stats are pretty useful. Feldman is a number 4. When he gets lucky, he will have numbers that look like a 2(last year), when he doesnt, he will have numbers that look like a long man(this year). Hes really in the middle.

Also omar beltre is starting wednesday. He'll immediately have the best stuff of any of our starters outside of CJ and Colby but this has got to mean that colby is at least a little hurt.

[LonghornDub]

Josh Hamilton is okay at baseball.

[Murphy3]

Feldman isn't the same pitcher this year as he was last year. Stats can only tell you so much. And I'll go ahead and say it.. Feldman has probably been worse this year than the stats indicate. His location has been abysmal.

[LonghornDub]

The Astros are pretty atrocious.

[Flacolaco]

Only one team (Red Sox) has scored more runs this season than the Texas Rangers.

Texas is tied for 9th in team ERA.

In other news, I move that we play Houston 38 more times this year.