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All eyes on the future now as the Rangers host the Halos for four: 8/2-5

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Rangers baseball rolls on after a chaotic end of July. Trades were made, draft picks were signed, games were walked off. Now we head into August with that glorious roof over our heads. I'll get to check it out in person soon, I'll be at the August 14th game.

Against the Angels we have 3 at night and then a getaway day Thursday. Dunning, Lyles, and Allard are the 3 spherical object manipulators to start; Thursday's starter is TBD but I assume we will see the Rangers debut of future TORP* Spencer Howard. The Angels have not announced their starters yet but Ohtani didn't pitch yesterday so I assume we will see him on the mound.

The Rangers are currently still 3rd in the 2022 draft order.





*No guarantees on that
 

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Rangers baseball rolls on after a chaotic end of July. Trades were made, draft picks were signed, games were walked off. Now we head into August with that glorious roof over our heads. I'll get to check it out in person soon, I'll be at the August 14th game.

Against the Angels we have 3 at night and then a getaway day Thursday. Dunning, Lyles, and Allard are the 3 spherical object manipulators to start; Thursday's starter is TBD but I assume we will see the Rangers debut of future TORP* Spencer Howard. The Angels have not announced their starters yet but Ohtani didn't pitch yesterday so I assume we will see him on the mound.

The Rangers are currently still 3rd in the 2022 draft order.





*No guarantees on that
Will lose at least one to Otanhi. Might win one if we don't let Trout beat us.
 

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Rangers baseball rolls on after a chaotic end of July. Trades were made, draft picks were signed, games were walked off. Now we head into August with that glorious roof over our heads. I'll get to check it out in person soon, I'll be at the August 14th game.

Against the Angels we have 3 at night and then a getaway day Thursday. Dunning, Lyles, and Allard are the 3 spherical object manipulators to start; Thursday's starter is TBD but I assume we will see the Rangers debut of future TORP* Spencer Howard. The Angels have not announced their starters yet but Ohtani didn't pitch yesterday so I assume we will see him on the mound.

The Rangers are currently still 3rd in the 2022 draft order.





*No guarantees on that

what is our farm currently ranked? I know before the deadline we had the 19th best farm, after the Yankees trade it went down to 15th best, I’m hoping the Phillies trade moved us up 1 or 2 slots?
 

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what is our farm currently ranked? I know before the deadline we had the 19th best farm, after the Yankees trade it went down to 15th best, I’m hoping the Phillies trade moved us up 1 or 2 slots?

Moving up 4 spots from one trade is pretty impressive. The Phillies trade would not have moved them up any further. Howard is going straight to the Rangers, and adding two other guys offsets the loss of Crouse.
 

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Moving up 4 spots from one trade is pretty impressive. The Phillies trade would not have moved them up any further. Howard is going straight to the Rangers, and adding two other guys offsets the loss of Crouse.
its just the sad reality of being a fan of a rebuilding team. The major things we look at are :

draft
trade deadline
farm rankings
 

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Rangers baseball rolls on after a chaotic end of July. Trades were made, draft picks were signed, games were walked off. Now we head into August with that glorious roof over our heads. I'll get to check it out in person soon, I'll be at the August 14th game.

Against the Angels we have 3 at night and then a getaway day Thursday. Dunning, Lyles, and Allard are the 3 spherical object manipulators to start; Thursday's starter is TBD but I assume we will see the Rangers debut of future TORP* Spencer Howard. The Angels have not announced their starters yet but Ohtani didn't pitch yesterday so I assume we will see him on the mound.

The Rangers are currently still 3rd in the 2022 draft order.





*No guarantees on that
Nice postscript and spherical orbs. Lol. New lingo
 

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What would he bring to the table?

former 1st round pick. Still decently young.
Put up a .915 OPS between AA/AAA in 2019
Had an injury
Orioles ran out of room on their 40 man roster so they had to release him.
 

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This is a really cool look at what it is like for these young guys who get traded. It will make you a big Josh Smith fan.
 

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Josh Smith said in the video that the Rangers told him he might not be in Hickory very long. He said maybe a couple of weeks.
 
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Josh Smith said in the video that the Rangers told him he might not be in Hickory very long. He said maybe a couple of weeks.

where are you with how you would grade the Gallo trade?
 

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where are you with how you would grade the Gallo trade?
I would have liked to have seen them go for quality over quantity. The guys they traded for have some good attributes, but I would have liked to have had one guy who grades out better than the guys they got. The trade gives us more depth where we already had depth.
 

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I would have liked to have seen them go for quality over quantity. The guys they traded for have some good attributes, but I would have liked to have had one guy who grades out better than the guys they got. The trade gives us more depth where we already had depth.
That is the one potential gripe about the Gallo trade that I've read the most, fewer prospects but more quality
 
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