Series Thread: Rangers Travel to NY to Meet the Mets for 3 Games August 28-30

[DT LUNA]

Seems when Gray pitches well we don't hit well.

 

[scotsman1948]

Down 2-0. Nimmo 2 run homer. Fastball down the middle

 

[scotsman1948]

Our normal offense has shown up

 

[WilltheThrill]

Well, Tylor Megill has hit his season average for K/9 against us in just 4 innings. All other teams only strike out 7 times in 9 innings against him. We did it in only 4 innings.

I have never seen a team fall this far off a cliff to where they can’t even play basic baseball.

 

[Duane1952]

How can the offense be this incompetent against the Mets,

 

[saddles]

Grossman is a .200 hitter this year vs. righthanders. Why is he playing? What is wrong with Boche?

 

[fanman8825]

Our normal offense has shown u

How can the offense be this incompetent against the Mets,

It’s getting to be routine with this offense. We miss Jung more than I realize

 

[scotsman1948]

It’s getting to be routine with this offense. We miss Jung more than I realize

I miss our top 5 hitters from the first half of the season

 

[jaar01]

It's hard to fathom how an offense can be this terrible. They are being shut down by a really bad pitcher. Like really bad. This Ranger August collapse is epic and becoming historic. They really are one of the worst teams in baseball.

 

[fanman8825]

I miss our top 5 hitters from the first half of the season

These guys are swinging and missing way too much.

 

[saddles]

We’ll definitely find out what we’re made of tomorrow because long game today, big series coming up,” said second baseman Marcus Semien, who had two hits on Sunday. “I think that we’ll learn from it. Whatever little things didn’t get done, we’ll learn from it and move on.”

Marcus quote which I definitely agree with

Dear Marcus,

It is something big, not little. We are more than a few tweaks away from a potent offense.

 

[Duane1952]

I’m not sure that they could beat the A’s or the Royals right now.

 

[saddles]

These guys are swinging and missing way too much.

And they are watching strikes go by too much.

 

[jaar01]

We are all witnessing a historic baseball collapse. Of course it has to be the Texas Rangers. But it is historic nonetheless.

 

[jaar01]

I’m not sure that they could beat the A’s or the Royals right now.

They couldn't beat Round Rock right now.

 

[scotsman1948]

They couldn't beat Round Rock right now.

They could not beat Down East

 

[WilltheThrill]

Grossman is a .200 hitter this year vs. righthanders. Why is he playing? What is wrong with Boche?

I am thoroughly unimpressed with Bochy at this point. His bullpen management has been embarrassingly bad. But he’s not doing anything to shake up the team, either.

Why not try completely switching up the batting order? It might not make a difference, but it’s at least worth trying at this point. Shake your players out of this routine. We send the same lineup (or a slightly different version of it) out every single game, and every single game we get the same results.

Why not totally change the lineup? Bat Martinez lead off. Move Seager to cleanup. Move Adolis down to 8 and Lowe down to 9. Something. Anything. The team has fallen so far off the cliff, the time has come for desperate and/or radical changes. Shake it all up. What could it hurt?

 

[WilltheThrill]

I’m not sure that they could beat the A’s or the Royals right now.

Right now… nope. They are so far removed from their first half selves, they probably couldn’t beat Frisco. For real. They are facing minor league level hitters and pitchers daily and failing.

 

[jaar01]

I don't think people understand how bad the Mets starting pitcher is today. This guy is shutting the Rangers out. This has got to be rock bottom. Right? I mean you can't do worse than this, right?

 

[saddles]

The book is out.