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Evan Grant’s mailbag has a lot of pitching questions in it ranging from “how awesome is the rotation” to “where’s Josh Sborz?”
Bret Boone is getting positive marks from the Rangers’ hitters, with multiple players saying they respect that he had a long career as an everyday player and Josh Jung saying he’s helped him not get bogged down in analytics.
Kumar Rocker is set to begin a rehab assignment with Frisco on Friday and the question looms: will he be getting stretched back out to start or would he be a bigger help in the bullpen?
Two Rangers made the top 10 in mlb.com’s starting pitcher power rankings.
Jonah Heim injured his right hand last night during an at bat and exited the game while catching Jacob deGrom’s warmup pitches in the bottom of the inning.
The issue was apparently a compressed nerve and Heim could be back in the lineup today assuming a game gets played.
Today’s forecast in New York calls for rain, rain and more rain, which will create some scheduling problems if the game ends up postponed.
It seems that the Rangers’ are forced to steer between the Scylla of not scoring any runs and the Charybdis of the bullpen giving up late game leads.
Jacob deGrom pitched in Nee York last night for the first time since leaving the Mets in 2022, but, alas, he didn’t get the victory.