Texas Rangers update for Friday, April 19.
Good morning, LSB.
The Rangers beat the Tigers yesterday and took three of four in Detroit.
All eyes were on Jack Leiter, who called his major league debut a “surreal” experience.
Shawn McFarland writes that all the highs and lows we’ve come to know from Leiter thus far in his pro career were on display in his first start.
McFarland also has other thoughts from the win including Leody Taveras’ juke move (not the one he performed in center field, where he juked everyone watching into thinking he would catch that fly ball).
Jeff Wilson says now that Leiter is a major leaguer, he’ll have a checklist of things he’ll want to improve.
Elsewhere, Bruce Bochy was ejected for the 83rd time of his big league managerial career.
Reliever Josh Sborz is gearing up for a return.
MLB dot com’s Steve Kornacki catches up with Wyatt Langord a little under 20 games into his big league career.
And finally our old friend TR Sullivan takes a look back at the career of our old friend Elvis Andrus, still a free agent a month into the season and looking like it could stay that way.
That’s all for this morning. The Rangers start up a series with the Atlanta Braves tonight at 6:20 with the vaunted Atlanta lineup facing off against Andrew Heaney. Fun.
Happy Friday.