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Hi and welcome to another edition of Right
on Rangers Live, coming at you nearly immediately
after an embarrassing 10-2 loss to the
Minnesota Twins.
After a 2-0 start at that, Rangers
with an opportunity.
After you had a really nice start to
this ball game, probably could have really put
Joe Ryan on the ropes and really only
able to get those two, but still, you
felt pretty confident that deGrom was going to
be able to work with those two runs,
feed off of the momentum that was built
in the top half of that frame, and
there was essentially a total detonation.
You had deGrom, first of all, not sharp.
You had a poor bunt coverage, Jake Burger
not staying home to first base, and really
from there, it all unraveled.
You had a triple that cleared the bases,
and the rest is history.
The Rangers didn't score again after that first
frame, something that has come back to haunt
the Rangers many times this year, scoring early
and not scoring again at all.
By the way, breaking news, Josh Jung has
a broken hand being reported by the Beats
at this moment.
Figured that was going to be the case.
The fact that they did not release that
information until postgame, if a player is clear
on the x-rays, that gets out pretty
immediately.
I had a feeling that it was not
going to be good news when they decided
not to update the status.
Josh Jung, out for the season, broken hand,
broken wrist.
I know that it probably came off a
little bit crass when I posted about it
online.
I don't know what Josh does for his
protection up there at the plate, but I
really don't understand how a dude with that
bad of luck does not have every single
extremity guarded, wrapped.
I mean, I don't think Josh even wears
the Mike Trout shin guard foot guard.
Dude, with the bad luck that a player
like Josh Jung has, man, I would be
investing in every type of guard imaginable.
I'd be going double EvoShield on the
wrist guard.
Like I said, I would have the shin
guard foot guard combo.
I'd have everything.
I just don't understand, man, but this guy
just cannot stay out of the injured list.
He can't stay off of it.
It's too bad.
It really is too bad.
I feel bad for Jung.
I know maybe my comment comes off a
little bit insensitive, but it doesn't look like
he wears wrist protection at all up there.
I really don't understand why he doesn't.
I know some players just aren't comfortable doing
it, and I would just think it's the
last thing I want ruining my season.
I definitely do not understand the lack of
coverage, the lack of protection up there, but
it is what it is.
You can't go back in time.
You just can't.
Rangers lose 10 to 2.
If you're just joining us, I know we've
got a bunch of new people coming in
on the show.
I appreciate you.
Thanks for hanging out.
Not a great night to hang out and
talk in terms of the result, but always
a good night hanging with you guys.
Therapy session, as I like to call it.
Here we go.
deGrom, by the way, final line, eight hits,
eight earned, three walks, five strikeouts.
Texas finished with five hits.
They struck out 10 times, never scored after
the first.
deGrom is going to get a lot of
crap for this game, but we have to
be honest.
The offense was bad tonight.
Josh Jung going down after one AB doesn't
help, but clearly Josh Jung is not going
to help you make up eight runs.
Who knows how the changes if you actually
got to throw your horses tonight, but you
just only had so much production from the
starting nine.
I mean, you had Seager, Foscue, Nimmo with
base knocks.
Duran and Burger had a base knock.
Jansen contributed one extra base hit though.
Nimmo, only extra base hit, so a lot
of singles tonight.
Unfortunately, the Rangers just in all facets of
the game did not come to play in
one of the biggest games of the season.
It really does feel reminiscent of the first
two games against the Mets, where you're just
asking yourself, this is the effort with the
season on the line?
This is the effort when you have everything
in front of you.
We're not even able to keep bunt coverages
straight.
It's really frustrating and it's disappointing that we're
at game 160, game 160, and we're still
struggling with these little things.
To me, I have to go in on
this a little bit.
I don't think that you can blame Skip
Schumaker wholeheartedly for some of the issues that
this team has.
I think that's unfair, but zero, zero?
Anybody that's telling you Skip deserves zero blame
for some of what we're seeing, it's just
a ridiculous concept to me.
What is even the purpose of the manager
if you're not giving Skip Schumaker any blame
for what has happened this season?
You can't really help kicking the ball around
sometimes.
You're not able to control everything that's out
there on the field, but this team just
doesn't play smart baseball sometimes.
The burger bunt play today is just not
smart baseball.
You've got outfielders at times not going to
the right base.
How many times have we watched from the
outfield a throw go into the wrong place?
This team just makes mental mistakes that have
nothing to do with physical errors.
I agree that a manager cannot control physical
errors.
I 100% believe that a manager has
some control over how smart of a baseball
team is out there on the field for
the fans to see.
I don't get at all anyone that is
vehemently defending Skip Schumaker as having done nothing
wrong this season.
And you know what?
All I can do is put myself in
those shoes.
How are you not, if you're Skip, getting
up there and taking some of the blame
yourself?
Not saying that he's never done that.
It doesn't feel like a lot if I'm
being completely honest.
I feel like there's been maybe two or
three times that I can think of.
I'm not saying there's not more, but there's
maybe about two or three times I can
really think about Skip holding himself accountable, publicly
at least, maybe privately.
He does something a little bit different.
I don't see it.
I do think as a manager, you have
to take some onus and blame at times.
The product that's on the field is not
totally in Skip's control.
He doesn't necessarily build the roster.
But again, we're not talking about just a
team that commits a lot of physical errors.
We're talking about a team that is just
not always sharp mentally.
I mean, think even about the offensive approach,
which maybe you blame Justin Viele for.
How many times does this team just go
up hacking with zero plan up there at
the plate?
How many times does this team watch strike
one, strike two to swing a crap on
strike three?
The mental side of the game absolutely can
fall at the feet of the manager.
Does Skip deserve every single piece of the
blame?
Absolutely not.
But does he deserve a part of it?
1000%.
And anything else suggested in that department is
just ridiculous.
I don't even understand it.
It is really beyond me how you could
look at what's on the field right now
and say, yeah, that's all on the players.
I don't get that at all.
We understand that this roster has its shortcomings.
This roster is not a complete roster.
And that goes back on Chris Young, who
you guys know, those of you that have
been longtime listeners of the show, you know
that I do not think that CY hung
the moon.
I'm thankful for 2023.
I don't necessarily think Chris Young did that
alone.
In fact, you guys know, I feel John
Daniels deserves a lot of credit for 2023.
I don't want to break it down percentage
wise.
It's just kind of futile at this point.
But John Daniels deserves at least 50%
of the credit, at least for what happened
in 2023.
So I don't even sit here and put
CY on a pedestal for that.
He made a couple of nice trades in
2023.
And obviously, he was a part of the
front office during that time as well.
There's no denying that.
But there's also no denying that many moves
that directly contributed to us winning in 2023
were a result of the GM, the president
of baseball operations that preceded Chris Young.
CY should absolutely be on the hot seat.
I don't see him getting fired.
I don't think that they are going to
want to double pay.
This is another thing we've talked about on
the show.
I do not see Ray Davis wanting to
do a double pay to presidents.
You got to have CY who you fired,
and then you got to hire and pay
a new president.
I mean, unless you're going to go in
house, which I don't really think is the
wise move at this point.
It's not a wise move to go in
house and promote Fenstermaker or anybody else.
I'd be going outside of the organization.
We need some fresh eyes here.
I don't think CY gets fired.
I think that in all likelihood, they run
it back and they let the contract go
all the way out.
And then maybe at that point, there's a
parting of the ways or something of that
nature.
But with the lockout next year, especially, I
just don't think you're going to see it.
I'm not saying that it's far fetched.
I'm not saying it's a ridiculous notion if
you are thinking that CY a change of
scenery might be needed.
But I do think because of the lockout,
you're probably not going to get that satisfaction
if you're fed up with CY in the
front office.
Rob, appreciate the comment.
I mean, look, butterfly effect, I always say,
is really hard to do.
Comment from YouTube.
I have my theories.
I'm no fan of John Daniels.
I don't think we would be World Series
champs in 2023 with Daniels.
I mean, I don't disagree with you, my
friend, but I don't think that you can
take away the credit that John Daniels does
deserve for some of the players that were
on the roster and contributed.
And we've gone through the list.
He drafted Josh Jung.
He drafted Evan Carter.
He drafted a number of different players that
contributed on that team.
Drafted Leody Taveras, who had the walk that
set up the big Corey Seager home run.
John Daniels traded for Adolis Garcia.
That's probably the biggest one.
Doli with that incredible postseason run.
The list goes on.
We don't need to turn this into a
John Daniels hype reel, but John Daniels deserves
a lot of credit for 2023.
Jay, appreciate it.
Comment from TikTok.
Thanks for doing this.
It's tough after tonight might be the lowest
of the season.
It is the lowest of the season.
All I can do is think about the
post that I sent out this morning.
So if you don't follow me like on
X or Facebook or threads or a couple
others, I'll multi post too.
But I posted the 16th anniversary of the
Rangers winning the division in 2010.
Right in Oakland, Jorge Cantu hits the solo
shot that puts the Rangers up for three.
Neftali Feliz comes in, gets the four out
save, sets the Rangers rookie saves record.
And just watching that team in 2010, it's
just a totally different vibe.
And it made me sad.
Honestly, I know that I'm maybe being a
little bit prisoner of the moment, a little
knee jerk, but it made me sad watching
that 2010 team and thinking about how far
away we are from that type of ball
club.
That team had life, energy, little charisma.
You had some characters on that team.
You had some fight on that team.
You had some vocal leadership on that team.
It's just a totally different vibe.
And I thought to myself, you know, thinking
about 2023 as well.
I think we're always going to treasure 2023.
Nobody's saying, you know, take away the World
Series championship, but man, I would kill to
have that 2010 team back.
I would kill to see that 2010 team
back on the field again.
And just the energy that they exuded night
after night on that run to ending an
11-year postseason playoff drought.
It's a totally different product that we have
on the field right now.
And I know some of you guys, YouTube
comment here talking about Ron Washington hyping up
the team.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Ron Washington, I think, was a huge part
of that.
Coaching does matter.
And that's why I just say to you
guys so many nights, night after night, I
don't think Skip deserves all the blame.
I think CY deserves some of the blame.
The players deserve some of the blame.
But how can you not blame the manager?
If you don't blame the manager in a
losing season at all, what is the purpose
of the manager?
If you're not going to at least throw
a little bit of blame Skip Schumaker's way,
he literally has no purpose.
That's basically what you're saying.
He's good for nothing.
If you feel like Skip just is totally
getting off without any kind of blame thrown
his direction.
It was bad baseball tonight.
It's not just kicking around the ball.
It's not.
It's just not smart ball getting played here
in the last couple of weeks of the
season.
Tonight, it really wasn't about booting the ball
around.
The Rangers had zero errors tonight.
That's why all the fielding percentage peeps that
always are coming at me, I'm like, dude,
building percentage is the last stat that I'm
using as a judge of how good a
team's defense is the last at this team
does not have the amount of errors that
are really indicative of how they played this
year.
Have they definitely downgraded defensively from last year
to this year?
Yeah, the roster definitely you you had a
gold Glover out in right field and you
replaced the gold Glover and Adolis Garcia with
Brandon Nimmo.
No disrespect to Nimmo.
He's had his positive moments this year, but
he's nowhere close to Adolis Garcia level.
You replaced a gold Glover and Marcus Semien
with Josh Smith and you know, Zeke Duran
obviously has been a nice fill-in, but
Smitty was the guy you were going to
replace a gold Glover with at the onset
of the season.
That was a big whiff.
So have the Rangers just roster wise skill
wise gotten worse defensively?
Yeah, but they also just don't always play
smart baseball and that to me does go
back on the manager at some point.
Will Venable coaching a soldier comment from YouTube
here.
Will Venable should be coaching this team.
Look at the job.
He's doing with the White Sox.
It is really hard.
We haven't talked about will a lot on
the show over the past month, two months,
even this season when the White Sox played
the Rangers.
I think we did address it a little
bit, but it's early.
It's definitely early and look last year will
Venable took over the White Sox and they
didn't have a great year.
So maybe the rebuttal is that skip might
have a will Venable type sophomore season as
manager.
Maybe I think that's the rebuttal.
I don't know how confident in that.
I personally feel at this moment in time,
but I do think will Venable had to
go through it that first year to get
to the second year that being said prisoner
of the moment knee-jerk reaction.
It absolutely feels like will Venable would have
been the guy would have been the nice
move the right move skip.
I think is going to get another year
for sure.
I don't I don't see skip getting fired.
I I know there's a lot of Rangers
fans that are feeling that way after tonight's
game.
I don't see Skip Schumaker getting fired by
any means but one thing that I've always
come back to with the roster even with
the front office is just you got to
do something uncomfortable right now.
You've got so many comfortable moves being made
even what Chris Young did at the deadline
was just straight-up comfy man.
I mean that was pillow and blankie with
the teddy bear.
We're not going to get rid of anybody.
We're not going to do any kind of
selling.
We're going to keep Joc.
We're going to keep everyone.
We're not going to add we don't want
to take any risks.
It was definitely just charm and soft and
I just think that is where this club
is at right now.
You just have a lot of comfortable moves
being made.
It's very comfortable to stay with you know
guys that you've had on the roster for
several years.
It's very comfortable to stick with guys like
Jake Burger.
It's very comfortable to stick with all of
the dudes that have been on the team
for the past two or three seasons.
What you really have to do is make
some moves that are uncomfortable.
You might have to trade a guy like
Burger or Jung and look I know Jung
was the best hitter on the team this
year.
You have to ask yourself where are we
going and what does the future look like
and do we really want to just keep
on doing the same thing over and over
again?
I mean look you know it it's the
definition of insanity.
You're potentially looking at a third straight year
missing the playoffs and look I tweeted out
the Astros will probably go on to lose
tonight just because baseball and let's just make
sure that this gets dragged out as long
as possible.
Like I wouldn't be surprised at all.
I know the Astros are winning right now.
I don't have any cutting edge analysis on
this.
This has just been the weirdest season and
it wouldn't shock me in the slightest if
you know the A's come back here and
you know what tomorrow it's just about the
same as it was today.
I do think you've got a lot of
teams in this AOS that are fighting similar
battles here.
Even the Astros and I'm not saying this
to be a troll or anything like that.
Hey you're Don Glazer what's good man.
I'm definitely not saying this to be a
troll but I mean even the Astros have
had their issues man.
I think I've told you guys I've got
a couple of really good buddies.
I know it's it's hard to imagine for
some of you guys.
I've got a couple of good buddies though
that are Astros fans.
You guys know for college football we cover
the Longhorns here on the show.
I've got a bunch of Aggies fans as
well.
It's just the cards that dealt me with
my best friends but you know the Astros
as in talking with them they've done similar
things man.
They they lose the series that you don't
expect them to lose and they win the
series sometimes that you didn't necessarily expect them
to win going in.
It isn't just an odd division this year.
It really is.
We'll see what happens tonight.
Astros obviously have the lead now and you
know if they do end up losing I
wouldn't say like this loss doesn't matter but
the reality is you've got a very good
shot to still find a way into October
as crazy as that sounds.
You could go 2-0 the Astros could
go 1-1 or 0-2 and you're
in.
It's just the dumbest thing and I know
so many of you guys I don't want
to say so many but I know there's
a lot of Rangers fans that are just
feeling the weight of this season.
It has just been such an up and
down year and it's been hard to watch
at times.
We've been honest about that.
It's been tough baseball to watch with this
2026 team at times.
It really has been and some people are
just ready for the ride to be over.
I can't do it.
I've got to continue to will this team
on to it to a postseason berth as
much as I possibly can but I will
admit if the Astros do hold this lead
it is going to be all but over.
I do not see two straight losses by
Houston and two straight wins by Texas.
I don't know that that is going to
happen.
I definitely think that it's within the realm
of possibility.
It's not impossible but it definitely doesn't feel
likely.
We'll just say that.
It does not feel likely at all.
Never know.
All right y'all.
I know I've been going.
I've been trying to check comments here and
there.
If I missed you definitely don't take it
personal.
Please feel free to repost if you've got
a question you want me to talk about.
You got a comment you want discussed.
I would be more than happy to.
I've definitely got my points but tonight's a
night I feel like we got to get
some things off our chest and I don't
want to steal all that.
I want you guys to get in the
game too.
So let me know what you're thinking.
Give me your hottest take from this game
or give me your hottest take with the
Rangers in general and the organization and where
they're going.
That's what I want to hear right now.
I want to get the pulse of Rangers
Nation.
Look I get it we're emotional.
This loss is embarrassing.
There's no other way around it.
It's an embarrassing pitiful loss.
It's the exact opposite of what you want
to see with a team that has a
legitimate shot to make the postseason.
But do your best.
Give me a good take here.
I'd love to hear where you're at with
this ballclub.
Natalie says if I were young I'd be
getting a bone density test.
J.J. man has the worst luck.
I said earlier to open up the show
how is J.J. not like how does
he not have like the highest grade Evo
shield wrist guard on both wrists like understanding
his injury issues.
How.
I have no clue.
Didn't look like he had any wrist guards
on.
Maybe he did on his left hand.
Again if I was J.J. I would
be give me the military grade EvoShield
wrist protectors man.
I'll wear them on both.
Like I I don't understand for a player
that is as unlucky as he is when
it comes to injuries how you're not more
protected up there at the dish.
He doesn't even do the shin shield thing
like Mike Trout does and a bunch of
others do.
He repost.
Thank you so much.
X-ray update Colby broken.
If you are just tuning in and you
haven't been locked in to Rangers news over
the past 15 20 minutes Josh Jung out
for the season with a broken wrist.
He will not return this year.
If the Rangers make it to October there
is no chance that Josh will be better.
I don't think that that will be the
case at all.
I think he might be close by November
but obviously season over Nathan of Aldi by
the way is going to be the starting
pitcher tomorrow.
Breaking news there maybe not so breaking but
confirmed by skip.
You definitely are going to see Evo on
the mound tomorrow to start the game.
YouTube comment here Ryan says time to switch
things up.
Not good enough the last three years.
Like we said stop doing what's comfortable you
potentially are missing the playoffs three years in
a row.
If that happens you got to do something
different.
Have to skip says this game is the
most important game of the season.
A bit captain obvious there but yes it
is the most important game of the season.
I feel like man if only that mentality
could have been present like a week ago.
If only we could have had the most
important game of the season mentality.
You know when we were trying to close
out a sweep against the Blue Jays.
Or when we were soiling the bed against
the Mets in the first two games.
I mean I put out a video about
three or four days ago.
Where has the urgency been all year.
I had so many people telling me it's
a long season bro.
Stop overreacting relax.
You know the Aaron Rodgers quote from several
years back R E L A X.
Dude this is what relaxing has gotten the
Rangers.
You're in a spot where you no longer
control your own destiny.
And you have to win these next two
games to really have a legitimate shot.
deGrom a lot of you guys talking about
deGrom.
Jung update: broken wrist.
deGrom destroyed all of his value never has
won a big game that I can remember.
It does feel like it's been a second
since deGrom won you a big game.
He did have that huge performance against Seattle
that the Rangers really ruined with you know
bad offense and bad bullpen.
But deGrom back to back starts season on
the line.
A big disappointment.
Huge disappointment.
I know a lot of you guys want
to talk about deGrom.
I think a lot of you know where
I stand on deGrom.
There's been a lot of excuse making for
the Rangers ace.
He makes 38 million a year.
I don't care that he's going through a
groin issue.
If you're on the mound you're fair game
man.
I'm not going to sit here and make
excuses for Jacob deGrom because he's dealing with
some ailments.
That's like every baseball player right now in
the game.
After playing 160 games most ballplayers at this
point in the season have some kind of
ailment.
And it's the same in almost every sport.
You know I posted earlier tonight like just
remember deGrom is fighting through something.
So no one is allowed to criticize him.
Nobody.
Because he's he's out there toughing it out.
I mean I would say the exact opposite
is true.
Dude if you're really gutting it out and
you can give us five six innings it's
fair game.
deGrom deserves criticism for the last two starts.
I know that the participation trophyists of the
world are ready to give him the love
and praise because he gutted it out for
us.
You know I'd have rather had a good
performance from a nobody than deGrom gutting it
out and being terrible.
I mean agree.
I'd have rather called up a minor leaguer
and gotten a decent performance not eight runs
being given up.
Like I don't know what else to tell
you.
I think you have to give deGrom a
lot of criticism for what's happened over the
last two starts with the season on the
line.
He has not performed.
And you know what I don't necessarily think
had he kept his mouth closed at the
trade deadline it would have really mattered.
But when you go and do the rah
rah thing at the deadline I want to
win here.
I believe we can win here.
When you say that stuff and then you
don't back it up.
You talk the talk but you don't walk
the walk.
It just makes it even worse.
It makes it worse.
And so for me I think deGrom rightfully
getting paid 38 million.
Basically deGrom gets paid over a million dollars
every time he starts.
So deGrom if you just want to think
about it simply collected a million dollar plus
paycheck tonight.
I mean that is what the contract is.
I don't think that it's wild to expect
that a guy that collects over a million
dollars every time he steps on the mound
to start a game could give you better
than what he gave tonight.
Which Winston Santos Lord Tubbington probably could have
matched.
Winston Santos might have been able to do
better than what deGrom did tonight.
Honestly honestly AA's update.
I told look did I I'll knock on
wood but I believe I mentioned something earlier
on in the show hasn't this just been
how this season has gone.
The A's are now leading three to one.
This is 2026.
I mean this is how 2026 goes.
And guess who is driving in the runs
but former World Series champion.
Gold Glover and all-star starting catcher in
2023 Jonah Heim driving in the go ahead
run.
Well I should say Tommy White drove in
the go ahead run.
Jonah Heim gave you a little insurance.
Heim time baby.
It is Heim time.
Let's go.
Hey look gotta be happy about something.
Yeah right.
TLC yeah.
Can they sign.
Can we get Adolis Garcia out here.
Can we get a late addition to the
roster.
Get Adolis out there to Sacramento.
Oh by the way Houston going to the
bullpen.
They're not messing around man.
They I think they see the scoreboard.
They see the Rangers have lost.
They're not messing around right now.
Astros going to the pen.
They are trying to win a ballgame here
and not let this one melt down.
By the way A's only one out.
They really have a chance to break this
game wide open.
ELJR you just haven't been around long enough
my guy.
You just haven't been around long enough.
We're here literally every night.
You know this.
I mean if you've been around if you
followed for even a month or two you
know we're here pretty much every single time.
If you're accusing me of being MIA at
any point you just don't know what's up
my guy.
We're here every night.
I think I've missed about 15 games this
entire season and the only reasons I usually
ever miss are vacation with the fam or
something crazy going on with work.
Look I've talked through some pretty painful losses
this year.
I don't think fair weather is in the
DNA at all.
I mean we will we'll sit here and
talk about any game.
It definitely hurts.
I don't love getting on here and talking
about losses like what we saw tonight but
we'll do it.
We'll get it done.
Astros series I was out of town business
wise but I think the one where you
guys won three out of four I definitely
was out of town for that series and
I told people in advance so I just
don't want anybody any accusations.
You'll have to believe me I guess but
for that Astros series where the Rangers just
totally wet the bed in Houston I think
I made it very clear not going to
be around for the Houston series just letting
you know right now and I think they
won the first game.
I want to say they won the first
game.
It didn't work out great after that needless
to say EOJ I appreciate you man I'm
just giving you crap you know that you
know that with that let's go to a
couple of other points man I'll keep checking
the comments section honestly Lord Tubbington says YouTube
comment here let the A's represent the ALS
well I mean at this point it's it's
just kind of comical nobody wants to win
this thing I mean it would it shock
you if both if both the Rangers and
Astros lost out and then the Astros end
up going by default because of the tiebreaker
like that wouldn't surprise me at all like
at all if that happened all right what
do we got swing you know is this
is this a home run is this a
double what do we got I think that
I'm watching extra bases home run in play
runs is all I'm seeing right now oh
a triple hello bolti with the triple man
that dude gave us nightmares that leadoff hitter
man for the A's bolti out in center
field dude that guy gave us nightmares when
we played him A's are now up five
to one I told you that this is
how it goes the game is far from
over but I told you this is how
it goes I call I mean I hate
to say it but we called it Astros
are gonna lose this game just because it's
not gonna make any sense it's not because
we're just trolling it's just that we need
to drag this thing out as long as
possible keep everybody's hopes up until the very
end of the season regardless of what we're
seeing on the field and the A's are
gonna add another one it is six to
one now unless Lawrence Butler just hit a
home run looks like a single we'll see
what ends up happening here I just got
it on the game day ah Fielder's Choice
looks like Walker tried to go home and
instead wasn't able to get the runner so
Butler reaches on a Fielder's Choice tried to
get the runner at home bolti was at
third bolti wheels so it is six to
one Astros are unraveling here eljr I'm sorry
man I'm sorry brother look uh it is
a bad bad division it is a bad
division man you're not gonna have anybody finishing
over 500 in this division that is crazy
best you can do right now is 500
it's all in the script right John John
what's good man I know I haven't hit
you up in the comment section yet uh
John says YouTube here entirety of the season
will come down to the last day of
the season just like they planned it it's
all in the script baby uh all of
the conspiracy theorists uh definitely are licking their
chops man this is just coming down to
game 162 isn't it I mean TLC that's
that's exactly what I said YouTube comment here
watch us both lose both games Astros go
on the tie I said that it's not
gonna shock me at all if Houston loses
the next two Rangers lose the next two
and Astros go on the tiebreaker oh man
you know we'll see what happens here there's
a lot of baseball left to be played
up in Sacramento and we know this little
league ballpark that the A's play in up
there gives you fluky stuff a lot of
fluky stuff so we are not going to
hold our breath I'm not holding my breath
on this score I'm really not just to
be clear nobody's blaming me I fully believe
this game is far from over with how
this ballpark plays so Rangers fans I would
say do not hold your breath we'll let
the meter go up slightly but I'm not
holding my breath on this ballgame it is
the A's we're talking about oh goodness all
right what else we got I'm gonna check
Instagram real quick thanks to all you guys
who are hanging out Amarillo I don't know
if you're still chilling on on Instagram thanks
for tuning in team has zero business in
the playoffs it'll be two games and done
I know a lot of you guys feel
that way for whatever reason I feel like
it's a total crapshoot like if the Rangers
made it in I wouldn't necessarily expect them
just to roll over it wouldn't shock me
if they lost two straight but I surely
wouldn't be surprised if if they won a
couple of games maybe made it to the
divisional round it just wouldn't surprise me I'm
checking comments um let me see what I
got uh Moreno Salvador I don't think it's
quite time yet with the score that we've
got in Sacramento but look I get it
does feel that way it totally does feel
that way right now that is for sure
appreciate all you guys hanging out I thought
we were two and done in 13 uh
in 23 I that's what I mean a
lot of people Colby appreciate the comment tick
tock comment there a lot of people thought
we were done in 2023 you're making that
cross-country flight from Seattle to Tampa Bay
playing a good race team you know a
race team that was very solid that year
definitely not the best team in baseball per
se but definitely a really high quality team
Rangers took care of business it's not going
to surprise me one way or the other
I could see a I could see maybe
you make a run to the divisional series
to the divisional round possibly you get fortunate
and make it to the CS but I
think this team is going to be hard
-pressed to make a deep run with some
of the injuries yeah I think they could
surprise a team or two in a short
-term series in a seven gamer I just
don't know if this team has enough health
to make through a seven gamer can't even
believe we're talking about the playoffs man like
it almost feels wrong talking about the Rangers
playoff like how far could they go in
October it just feels wrong I'm not even
gonna lie to you guys David what's good
man all fans welcome appreciate the comment brother
uh yeah look it definitely could be an
interesting weekend with both the Astros and the
Rangers not really wanting to take the bull
by the horns we'll say that by the
way finally the A's are retired and we
are in the top of the seventh frame
see if we can get the shutdown inning
here somebody says TikTok comment here bring up
Walcott man Walcott coming up I don't know
uh they could couldn't they I mean you're
gonna have to bring up somebody I think
there's a strong argument it might be Kam
Cauley I think Cam Cauley could be a
guy I don't know if they want to
start the Walcott clock you could bring up
Walcott with the Josh Jung injury look that
would be a ballsy move that's the kind
of stuff I'm talking about though remember earlier
the conversation was do what's uncomfortable I think
it's a little uncomfortable to bring up Walcott
but I do think there is a strong
argument to do it and not just bring
up Cam Cauley and you guys know I
am like the co-founder I'm sure there's
somebody else out there who's a bigger Kam
Cauley fan than me but we'll give him
his family his best friends all that stuff
I'm definitely one of the co-founders of
the Cam Cauley fan club look I would
love to Kam up but something tells me
the uncomfortable move and possibly the highest reward
move would be calling up Sebastian Walcott I
don't think that that is a crazy out
of left field idea with Josh Jung now
being confirmed out for the season with a
wrist fracture as a result of a hit
by pitch tonight definitely something to monitor what
are the Rangers going to do the easy
move is you've already got Cam Cauley right
there I definitely feel like that's going to
be what I see come across my phone
notification up in the top but I would
not be mad at all to see Sebastian
Walcott getting promoted you got to do what's
uncomfortable sometimes have to do what's uncomfortable sometimes
Gio I'm with you good to see you
brother comment from YouTube want the Rangers to
win the next two have back-to-back
season at 500 that's that would be awesome
that would be phenomenal right now I don't
know that it's going to happen or not
Gio but I would love to see it
happen can't bring up a pinch runner with
the season on the line Colby I agree
I'm not going to be shocked if they
do it though but I do think in
line with what we have been really pressing
most of this show throughout this show Walcott
I think is the high risk high reward
yeah you know you might not be able
to have him be a part of some
of the the major league stuff or the
minor league stuff next year I know that
was like a big reasoning not to bring
him up well he might not get to
participate in baseball activities because he'll be on
the 40 man whatever if he's going to
help you win right now bring him up
I mean it looked not ideal for this
to be you know your debut but if
Walcott comes in and like wins the weekend
and gets us to the playoffs how epic
would that be like how epic would that
be you promote Walcott and he like hits
a bomb tomorrow and you win and then
you win Sunday and you're in the playoffs
that would be wild that would be legitimately
wild I'm getting a little bit excited I'm
getting my hopes up just a little bit
I'm gonna stop because I don't know how
probable this really is but and you want
to roll the dice a little bit see
why you want to mix it up call
up Walcott and Rob I think you nailed
it YouTube comment here Rob says Carter repeat
2023 Carter repeat yes that that's what we're
talking about the spark the spark that the
Rangers may need to win these next two
games and potentially win a playoff series and
more that's what I love about baseball man
it doesn't take much to talk yourself into
some hopium like it really doesn't it doesn't
take much for me now I I think
the Rangers are going to have a tough
road ahead of them I really do I
just think the the game tonight is going
to be a tough one to bounce back
from I don't think it's an impossible game
to bounce back from but it's going to
be a tough one to bounce back from
and Evo has not looked great he just
has not looked great y'all over his
last several outings since coming back from the
IL I don't have a ton of confidence
like my heart wants to believe we're gonna
get 2023 ALCS Nathan of all the bases
loaded shutting it down but it just has
not been there for Nathan since he came
back from the IL it has I would
love for him to really turn the clock
back just a few years to that season
and and be the nasty Nate that we
all know and love but it feels like
he's still shaking the rust off a little
worried by the way Cam Smith homers two
out homer has made it six to two
so the astros cut into the A's lead
four run ball game two outs in the
top of the seventh inning update for you
we will continue to keep you posted throughout
the rest of the show on how that
game is going out in Sacramento we keep
going hey uh you know what's good yeah
what's good man thanks for hanging out appreciate
you good to see you buddy what's up
to you guys too hope you having a
good night thanks for stopping by appreciate all
y'all athletics are really helping the rangers
big right now oh 100 100 tpt that
would be the next great movie we talking
about the Walcott promotion that would be the
next great movie no doubt a dark youtube
comment here big game Nate needs to come
tomorrow for a chance absolutely you need a
big game Nate performance forget all the bullpen
relief pitching stuff we need nitro nasty tomorrow
in Minnesota you don't win the game I
don't think if you don't get anything else
if you get anything else from him I
don't see how the Rangers overcome it with
how this offense has been playing now you
lose Josh Jung you need Nate giving you
I would say six innings seven innings zero
to one runs maybe two at the most
feels like anything over that I don't think
he's going to be able to give you
length it just doesn't feel like he really
hasn't built up quite yet I think they're
probably going to be happy with five frames
but my comment is just it it's a
day where you need that I don't know
that you're going to get it well keep
rolling appreciate all you guys who do I
have for the world series well of course
I'd love to think the Rangers are there
I don't know how you you pick against
the Dodgers and the NL although man I'd
love for like a team like the Padres
to make it just you know a team
that hasn't won it before and the Padres
definitely are not you know I don't want
to say they're like a small market team
by any means San Diego I mean a
very well-known city but I'd love to
see the Padres back in it so I'll
probably cheer for them I you know being
out here on the west coast those of
you that that don't know I grew up
in Arlington lived there for many years but
moved out to Vegas lived out here for
a lot of my adult life but you
know out here I would say early 2010s
and the only thing when cable was like
still a thing I feel like I'm dating
myself here when cable was still like the
major thing all I would get is really
like Angels games which was nice when they
played the Rangers and Padres games so for
me like in the NL I'd like to
see the Padres I think it's probably going
to be the Dodgers again that's not a
rocket science pick man that's probably pretty basic
and in the American League it's a bit
of an enigma for me I could see
the Guardians figuring it out I do think
you know teams like the Rays and the
Yankees and the Red Sox I could see
anybody I really don't know if I have
a great pick for you guys right now
I think it's really anybody's guess in the
American League nobody in the American League feels
like a juggernaut like nobody I mean just
to me nobody in this in the American
League feels like a juggernaut by the way
Lucas Spence called out strike three so A's
are going to go to the bottom of
the seventh inning with a four-run lead
we keep going EFL what's good season is
over comment from TikTok I mean it's not
if the Astros lose tonight if the Astros
somehow win this game I would be a
little bit more in the camp of seasons
over but because the Astros right now are
trailing four with six outs left I think
the A's have a pretty good shot to
come away with this and if that does
hold the Rangers are right there you just
have to be one game better than the
Astros over a two-game stretch now could
the Astros win their next two games and
make it all meaningless absolutely but you've got
a shot you got a chance no doubt
you do and I think this one's going
to come down to the very end of
the season once again Rangers and Diamondbacks Geo
making the playoffs comment from YouTube here that
would be wild I don't think MLB wants
that matchup again I mean look it was
a great matchup for us but I don't
think MLB wants Diamondbacks Rangers again for their
World Series oh man too much hey look
I know I've gone mostly comments tonight and
rightfully so this is a night where you
you take a lot of comments you take
a lot of questions and we let that
be the show just feels like one of
those nights right but man we already discussed
deGrom starts with him highest paid player on
the team got to come through tonight and
didn't it's unfortunate deGrom back-to-back starts
really really needed to do his team a
solid and instead really ended up ultimately taxing
the bullpen and allowing the other team to
just kind of have their way offensively it
definitely it just does not make you feel
great about the Rangers if they are able
to to make it into the postseason I
think there's a lot of question marks with
the starting pitching maybe deGrom will be able
to flip that switch and it'll be all
good but it's concerning even if the Rangers
are able to overcome this bad start from
deGrom how much confidence is he going into
the playoffs with I don't know he's capable
of being great any time he steps on
the mound but unfortunately he has not done
that the past couple of times offense clearly
does not get a free pass by any
means they scored two in the first inning
didn't score again Joe Ryan I thought they
really had an opportunity to knock him out
of the ballgame early of course this team
has been allergic to the kill shot for
a majority of this season it's very rare
this team will execute the kill shot well
meaning they they get up by a couple
runs two or three runs but they have
an opportunity you know kind of like the
A's did like think about what the A's
just did they they went up 3-1
and they ended up ultimately scoring three more
after they took a 3-1 lead that's
what the Rangers have failed to do a
lot you have a big inning in front
of you and you're not able to step
on the gas you're not able to step
on the throat and really put your opponent
down they could have really gotten Joe Ryan
on the ropes and cook the twins bullpen
for the rest of this series unfortunately they
were not able to do that in that
first inning you had I think uh was
it Zeke Duran I think he got out
he had an opportunity Zeke's been a little
chilly of late but in that frame it
was 2-0 you had Corey Seager at
second base Zeke pops out to the second
baseman to Cody Clemens Lopez got hit by
the pitch and then Burger with runners on
first and second grounds into a force out
I believe I mean that that was an
opportunity though you had Seager on second base
with one out and you just couldn't make
it you know three to nothing four to
nothing you couldn't find a way there and
then Joe Ryan locked in like a lot
of really good pitchers do if you don't
take the first window you don't take that
first window where they're a little bit loose
a little bit unpolished not sharp you're probably
not going to get another one I don't
think that the Rangers have been great at
tacking on uh this season as a whole
but tonight especially you had such a primo
opportunity and it just didn't work out uh
we keep rolling Minnesota definitely after you know
a shutdown inning uh in the bottom of
the first man they came to play six
six runs scored in the bottom of the
second they added on in the fourth and
in the fifth as well with two runs
being scored in each one of those innings
they finished with 11 hits look I know
Texas didn't have any errors but the Burger
or Bunt coverage it felt like that was
kind of the moment where it unraveled you
could see Jacob deGrom visibly frustrated after Burger
crashed in instead of staying home at first
base deGrom such an elite fielder like he
is one of the better fielding pitchers in
the game just athletic able to move around
well out there I know we're giving deGrom
a lot of crap deGrom fields his position
pretty well he is an athlete and Burger
there just I don't know what he was
thinking I'd be curious to to get the
feedback from him but should have stayed home
should have trusted deGrom a little bit more
on that one there are some guys you
know lefties maybe you crash in a little
bit more because the lefties are falling off
to the third base side a little bit
but on that one Burger just has to
stay at first base and it felt like
deGrom I'm not trying to say you know
he cracked mentally it's hard to play that
game you know we're not psychologists here but
it was a visible frustration from deGrom after
that Burger miscue and it all went downhill
in a bad way from there so no
errors tonight this is again why I say
don't always use fielding percentage please as your
staple as your foundation when we're talking about
defense that is a big mental error that's
just not going to show up in the
box score keep rolling appreciate all the comments
all the questions Sugi yeah Burger I don't
think Burger's gained a lot of a lot
of fans he's clearly a very good dude
does a lot for the community I think
we all appreciate Burger for that but on
the field over the past week or two
he has really melted down really melted down
Swolger comment from YouTube how are the A's
not winning this division they've dominated the Rangers
Astros and Mariners they must just be absolutely
terrible against the rest of the league for
whatever reason for whatever reason uh the relay
throw Swolger I kind of felt like on
that one you know Corey was gonna be
in a have to picket situation I probably
would put that bad relay throw on Evan
Carter and I know that doesn't shock a
lot of you guys I know there's a
lot of people that think I just hate
the guy's guts I don't I think Evan
Carter's a great dude I cheer for him
to do well but you know for me
I think you gotta hit Corey Seager in
the chest there man I mean I don't
think that's too much to ask for but
Evan Carter does not have the best arm
we've got a lot of outfielders that don't
have the best arms Wyatt Langford you've got
Brandon Nimmo and Evan Carter none of those
outfielders have good arms Carter's got to be
able to hit Corey Seager in the chest
there man instead of bouncing it and making
it a weird in-between hop where Corey
has to let it go to the double
cut I have put that a lot more
on Evan Carter not being able to get
the ball in the air to one of
those guys I just think you're you're in
a place right now where you love Evan
Carter for the range and the glove but
man the arms have been an issue all
season long with this outfield all season long
all right back to the game here top
of the eighth it is still a 6
-2 ball game athletics are leading the Astros
Astros have 9-1-2 coming up so
your Don will bat in this inning you're
hopeful that the A's will be able to
limit the number nine and the number one
Pena is up next you'd love to face
your Don with bases empty if at all
possible here Carter is only in because of
his defense Jay Rock absolutely but I mean
we know the defense is not is is
definitely not continuing on to or extending to
the arm right it's it's been I think
on full display this year the Rangers just
don't have a lot of cannons out there
Adolis Garcia was carrying dude was carrying in
terms of our outfield arm strength it's been
bad this year the Rangers don't have a
ton of outfield assist they have a I
mean of the few I can think of
but man that ball gets hit to the
outfield with the runner on second you're pretty
much assuming there's no shot I I don't
hold my breath at all if there's a
runner on second and a ground ball through
the left or the right side it's very
likely it's going to be a run scored
even if you feel like it should be
a pretty close play at the plate more
times than not it feels like it hasn't
been all right we are going to wrap
things up here wind things down we've uh
gone over an hour at this point again
a necessary night to go a little bit
longer but man it has been a a
day it's been a long day glad it's
the weekend man uh by the way if
you're just joining us Rangers lose by the
score of 10 to 2 Josh Jung out
for the season with a fractured wrist due
to a hit by pitch Houston currently losing
six to two if they do lose with
just about six outs left to work with
here Rangers would stay tied for first place
although the tiebreaker belongs to the Astros so
you just have to be better than the
Astros one game over the next two make
it in still possible A's pitcher having a
tough time throwing a strike right now Lamont
Wade is gonna walk I told you guys
be careful here this ballpark man be careful
don't get your hopes up too much I'm
not I am not gonna be interesting what
happens with the call up are they gonna
give Cam Cauley a ring are they gonna
do something drastic and bring up Walcott we'll
see what happens with the Josh Jung injury
it does appear that Joc Pederson is going
to be doing some BP on Sunday against
Jack Leiter I believe I saw so we'll
have to see how that goes on Sunday
for Joc. I will get an update on
that hopefully from one of the beats before
the game I would assume they'll probably be
doing that BP so an update on that
perhaps in a couple of days Jeremy Pena
just struck out for the Astros so Yordan
comes to the plate with a runner on
first base and one out here oh man
hit a hit a bullet right at second
base hit a ground ball bullet right at
second turn this double play let's all go
home happy come on now right at McNeil
uh TikTok comment here as an Astros fan
our team doesn't deserve the postseason I think
I think Astros fans and Rangers fans can
actually unite on this one Yordan slaps a
single into center field so we have first
and second one out with Paredes up to
bat he is 0 for 3 on the
night Glenn says TikTok comment here just throw
the whole AL West in the trash yeah
Dark I'm baffled as well I really am
it is a very very bad division and
I think you know next year we'll see
how it goes we'll see what all the
individual teams decide to do with the direction
of the franchises respectively but man this year
what's gonna be wild Matt uh comment from
YouTube here whoever wins division looks to be
mid at best what's wild is and you
guys know you guys know what I'm about
to say is is plausible and potentially factual
don't be shocked if you know one of
the AL West teams whether it's the Rangers
or the Astros like makes it to the
ALCS improbably because that's just how it goes
in baseball sometimes you have a very bad
team it's like you know I hate to
bring this up but it's the 2011 Cardinals
man the 2011 Cardinals were a bad regular
season team they got hot just at the
right moment but they were a very mid
I shouldn't say bad but I'll say they
were a very mid team in 2011 and
then they just got hot in the postseason
and they rode that all the way to
beating Texas in the World Series that can
happen I could totally see that happening with
one of the AL West teams it would
not shock me in the slightest at all
so we've got ball one here first and
second Paredes up to bat we'll update you
batter by batter on this one a 2006
Cardinals were the same way I mean the
the 06 Cardinals they had some dudes on
that team man they they did but I
mean you had those were like the the
Yadi Molina Adam Wainwright peak days there wasn't
it but nevertheless it just goes to show
you you don't always have to be the
best to win it all I think a
lot of people would say that about the
Rangers in 2023 not the best regular season
team a really good regular season team not
probably the best but you just get hot
at the right time and that's all she
wrote all right let's uh let's land this
thing here so by the way tomorrow Nathan
Evaldi he is the starting pitcher don't know
how long he's going to be able to
go I would think maybe five innings maybe
four I think you're hoping you can get
five maybe you can get six if he's
really efficient but I'm not sure that that's
going to happen Bailey Ober is the Minnesota
probable he is seven and six with a
421 ERA Bailey over his last several games
we'll see if we can get a little
bit of a read on the stats for
you but until then we continue on I
think it's going to be interesting what skip
rolls out lineup wise tomorrow now that you've
lost Josh Jung for the season going to
be interesting who they call up but Bailey
Ober he is going to be opposed by
a lineup that's got some guys that have
done some damage off of him Seager has
a home run off of Bailey Burger and
Carter each have homered off of Ober the
twins probable starter you've got Wyatt Langford has
homered as well so you've got some guys
that have taken this guy deep on the
other side you only have five twins hitters
that have faced Evo and it's a very
small sample size but most of them let's
see Royce Lewis one for three Martin one
for three Jeffers one for two Caratini three
for eight good old Victor Caratini man former
Astro how about that Evo has not been
the sharpest coming out of the bullpen maybe
getting back into starting rotation is just what
the doctor ordered by the way Bailey Ober
over his last seven games 355 ERA he's
coming off a three inning save outing wow
three inning save no earned runs against the
angels against the Yankees in his last start
he went five and a third three earned
runs so it's been pretty up and down
man pretty up and down all right we
got our eye on the Astros game here
looks like we've got bases juiced Paredes walks
oh give me a big double play here
come on now give me a big double
play Jose Altuve up to bat this could
get interesting roll me over to third base
come on Jose do the right thing here
pitching change though Luis Medina coming in probably
for the best let's land this thing tonight
told me you know Texas can give deGrom
a lead in the biggest start left on
the schedule and somehow somebody it still doesn't
work out and that's what happened tonight eight
earned in four innings that's impossible to hide
from deGrom two biggest starts of the season
not able to come through for Texas not
going to leave a great taste in a
lot of fans mouths still unsure about this
lineup and what we're going to be doing
with the lineup without Josh Jung it does
not feel very hopeful right now but you
hope that somebody can catch fire whether it
is somebody that's already on the roster on
the bench a Cody Freeman type that's probably
the dude they're going to slot slot in
there we love Cody Freeman it definitely could
could benefit the Rangers but and I'm starting
to talk myself into this Walcott move
I really am I know there's going to
be some people that don't agree and now
don't don't bring him up to this dumpster
fire I don't know it'd be interesting that
is for sure it would be interesting next
thing I'm watching let's see how this game
finishes out strike one by the way slider
at the knees. Jung, we know, is going
to be out for the rest of the
season so definitely watching for how they fill
that role and we'll see how Texas decides
to finish out the game tomorrow like what
they do after Evo I think that's going
to be really interesting what they do after
of all the goes out of the game
how they attack it I'm sure it kind
of is going to depend on game script
a little bit all right two one count
here to Altuve we'll watch the Altuve at
bat here with you guys and then we
are going to sign out for the day
Matt comment from YouTube I have my fears
going into Minnesota based on the previous series
in Arlington yeah I think a lot of
us had this one circled this team has
just been so much better at home compared
to on the road I think many Rangers
fans had reason to be a little worried
when the team got away from globe life
all right we got in play runs here
I don't have this live on but let's
see what happens looks like it is three
to six sacrifice fly so I think you'll
take that so you got Lamont Wade Jr
scoring still runners on first and second now
two out three run lead we'll take that
I saw the ball like I'm watching the
the the 3D or whatever the live action
that they've got the little dots I don't
know if you know what I'm talking about
on MLB game day but I was seeing
that ball flying through the air I'm like
oh did he just hit a home run
like no way the pitch was like a
slider on the outside corner I'm like no
way out too they just hit a home
run oh geez all right y'all I
got to get out of here gonna go
hang out with the fam a little bit
put the kids to bed do all that
good stuff and hopefully hopefully watch the A's
finish this thing off we'll knock on wood
for them nothing's gonna surprise me in this
ballpark but man I hope that they can
finish this off and keep our hopes alive
for 24 more hours at least that's the
plan and we're sticking to it hope you
guys have an outstanding rest of your Friday
night hope it gets a little bit better
than what it has been so far watching
this looks like the Astros are going to
be adding in another run here you've got
a 6-4 ball game now runners on
first and second still okay getting interesting it
is getting interesting Eric thank you for the
follow appreciate you guys all right have a
good one we'll see you tomorrow we'll have
some content out your way tomorrow as well
some videos some reels some different posts a
lot of variety tomorrow it'll be a lot
of good stuff thank you by the way
for all you guys do to support the
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diehard Rangers fans mean so much so again
grateful thankful and look for that tomorrow and
hope you come back tomorrow and hang out
I sure hope we can be talking about
a Rangers win an Astros loss that would
be amazing but there's a long way to
go yet in this one I fear all
right we'll see you tomorrow have a good
day and as we all say attend every
show God bless and go Rangers!