7 Series Down and an A's Sweep

The fact that the Rangers are currently leading the AL West, are above .500, and just swept the A’s is mind blowing. The adversity they have had to overcome with injuries and pitching struggles is pretty remarkable. The Rangers currently have 11 players on the DL. They are playing with over half of the players who were not on the 40 man roster in October of 2013. To say that it is a completely different team is an understatement. If the Rangers still maintain an over .500 average through April, I’d say it is a huge win.

 

The light at the end of the tunnel seems even brighter with how great they have recently performed. Adrian Beltre is returning Friday vs. the Mariners. Choo should not be too far behind, and some rumors point to him potentially returning Friday as well. The pitching will soon strengthen as Matt Harrison returns and starts Sunday vs. the Mariners. Matt has pitched 16 innings in the minors this season with a 1.69 ERA with 10 K’s in 3 games. The Rangers rotation has been somewhat of a rollercoaster with Yu, Perez, Saunders, Ross, Scheppers, Martinez, & Lewis. Hopefully Matt will make a solid return. I would feel pretty great about a rotation of Yu, Perez, Lewis, Ross & Harrison. Rangers take Safeco Field at 9:10 on Friday vs the 8-13 Mariners.

 

 

 

 

 

Standings

AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	L10	Streak
Rangers	14	8	0.636	-	8-2	W3
A's	13	8	0.619	0.5	6-4	L3
Angels	10	11	0.476	3.5	5-5	L1
Mariners	8	13	0.381	5.5	2-8	W1
Astros	7	15	0.318	7	2-8	L1

 

 

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	SVO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	AVG	WHIP
Frasor, J	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	6.2	3	0	0	0	4	5	0.136	1.05
Poreda, A	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.4	2.25
Perez, M	4	0	1.42	5	5	0	0	38	26	6	6	0	9	23	0.208	0.92
Darvish, Y	1	0	1.61	4	4	0	0	28	23	5	5	1	8	29	0.217	1.11
Ross Jr., R	1	1	2.31	4	4	0	0	23.1	21	11	6	3	8	21	0.239	1.24
Tolleson, S	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	9	8	3	3	2	3	7	0.229	1.22
Cotts, N	1	1	3.38	9	0	0	2	8	7	3	3	1	3	7	0.241	1.25
Figueroa, P	2	1	4	10	0	0	0	9	10	7	4	1	3	3	0.278	1.44
Soria, J	1	1	4	9	0	5	5	9	5	4	4	0	2	9	0.156	0.78
Martinez, N	0	0	4.09	2	2	0	0	11	10	7	5	2	6	4	0.25	1.45
Lewis, C	1	1	4.22	2	2	0	0	10.2	14	5	5	1	1	8	0.318	1.41
Ogando, A	1	1	5.23	11	0	1	1	10.1	10	6	6	0	5	8	0.25	1.45
Rosin, S	1	0	6.75	3	0	0	0	4	6	3	3	0	1	3	0.333	1.75
McCutchen, D	0	0	7.71	1	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	2	1	2	0	0.333	2.57
Saunders, J	0	1	9.82	1	1	0	0	3.2	6	5	4	1	3	4	0.333	2.45
Scheppers, T	0	1	9.82	4	4	0	0	18.1	27	20	20	4	8	13	0.338	1.91
Noesi, H	0	0	11.81	3	0	0	0	5.1	11	7	7	0	2	4	0.423	2.44

 

 

Hitting

Player	Pos	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Sardinas, L	SS	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.667	0.5	1.167
Adduci, J	LF	9	13	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0.462	0.462	0.615	1.077
Kouzmanoff, K	3B	13	47	8	17	6	0	2	10	2	7	0	0	0.362	0.412	0.617	1.029
Wilson, J	SS	15	40	5	13	2	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	0.325	0.357	0.375	0.732
Rios, A	RF	22	88	9	28	6	1	1	11	5	14	4	3	0.318	0.351	0.443	0.794
Choo, S	LF	20	70	10	22	5	1	2	7	14	19	1	2	0.314	0.432	0.5	0.932
Martin, L	CF	21	70	6	21	1	2	1	9	6	15	5	2	0.3	0.364	0.414	0.778
Beltre, A	3B	8	28	7	8	3	0	0	4	5	2	0	0	0.286	0.394	0.393	0.787
Andrus, E	SS	22	85	14	23	4	0	1	3	7	12	9	2	0.271	0.326	0.353	0.679
Moreland, M	1B	18	53	6	13	4	1	1	7	5	15	0	0	0.245	0.317	0.415	0.732
Choice, M	RF	17	33	4	8	0	0	1	5	6	9	1	0	0.242	0.341	0.333	0.675
Murphy, D	2B	18	50	4	12	3	0	1	7	6	13	0	0	0.24	0.31	0.36	0.67
Chirinos, R	C	14	44	5	9	1	0	2	6	3	13	0	0	0.205	0.271	0.364	0.634
Fielder, P	1B	22	80	10	16	5	0	2	7	15	12	0	0	0.2	0.333	0.338	0.671
Arencibia, J	C	11	30	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	0.067	0.125	0.1	0.225