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Even the gods are conspiring to keep Jacob deGrom from pitching… cold and damp weather may cause the Rangers to delay his first start of the spring.
Adolis Garcia may miss as little more than a week due to his tweaked oblique, meaning the Ranger can wait until he is repeating his terrible numbers from 2024 to figure out what an Adolis-less outfield looks like.
It looks like the Opening Day starter will once again be Nathan Eovaldi.
Tyler Mahle is not a fan of the automated strike calling system being trialed in spring training, saying that humans should be judged by humans and he hopes it never gets implemented in regular season games.
Mahle says that, like Gawain, he gets stronger as the game goes on, Luke Jackson and Emiliano Teodo are continuing to impress in late inning appearances, and Leody Taveras is doing his best not to lose the centerfield job.
Is this the year that Jacob deGrom finally pitches more than a handful of games for the Rangers?
Jake Burger received a baby blanket signed by the entire Ranger foster after his infant daughter’s heart surgery, a gesture he said made him feel at home with his new club.
Jack Leiter has added a kick change and a two seamer to his arsenal this spring.