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Colby Lewis signed for 2013

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  • P Colby Lewis signed to a 1 year contract for 2013 [ Link ]

NOTES:  Colby Lewis was signed to a one year contract for 2013 today.   This is both good and bad.  He was going to be a free agent after this season, so it’s good we held onto someone.  He said “Texas is where I want to be” in his press conference, so that was nice.   The bad side is he’s hurt, and unfortunately isn’t due back until the middle of 2013, so we have no idea what kind of pitcher we’ll get then.

But still, keeping him is a better option than letting him go, that’s for sure.

How Many in 2012?

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Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”.

I’ve done this for the last four seasons, and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so I’m doing it again this year. For the record, if you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them here: [ 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 ]

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2012.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 25 man roster officially. So here goes. The most recent additions will be on the top of the list. The original opening day 25 man roster is not in any particular order.

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Font & Grimm called up

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  • P Wilmer Font recalled from AA
  • P Justin Grimm recalled from AA [ Link ]

NOTES: Wilmer Font & Justin Grimm were called from from AA Frisco.   Both have short appearances earlier in the season, with Grimm making a splash in his first start.  This is an insurance move, I can’t see either making a huge impact.

Nap & Ross back

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  • C Mike Napoli activated from DL
  • P Robbie Ross activated from DL [ Link ]

NOTES: Mike Napolo & Robbie Ross return from the disabled list.  Ross wasn’t there long, he was there just about two weeks.  Napoli, however has been on it for a few months now.  Let’s see if he can contribute anything in September, as he’s been pretty flat most of 2012.

G142: Rangers take game 5-2, get hurt

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Ryan Dempster continues to show that he’s been a great pickup, and someone I want to see the Rangers make a run at for 2013.   Dempster went seven innings, and allowed just two runs on seven hits and one walk.  Struck out eight.   Striking out batters seems to be a strong point by our pitching staff overall this season.  Not like we strike out 10+ batters each game, but we’re doing it a lot more often than before.

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G141: Harrison wins, 6-4 over Indians

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Our most consistant pitcher of the year took the hill for this game, that being Matt Harrison.   Matt wasn’t terribly strong, but hung in there long enough to get the win.  He came out of the game before the end of the sixth, but he did have the lead for the required five, so Matt notched his 16th win of the season.  He’s having quite the season, so I thank the Atlanta Braves again for that load for Mark Teixeira.

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G140: Rangers shut out, lose 6-0

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Nelson Cruz & David Murphy had singles.  That’s IT.   James Shields just shut us down.   Two singles, no walks, struck out eight times.  Our offense did nothing.

Roy Oswalt started this, and is probably done.  Two innings, six hits, four earned runs, just ugh.

Bleargh for this one.

G139: More extras, we win this time, 4-2

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Jurickson Profar!   Should we buy into it totally at this point?  :)

It was a big pitching duel for sure.  Yu Darvish pitched awesome, but got a no decision.  Eight innings, two hits and two runs (just one earned).  Eight strikeouts and two walks on 96 pitches.  He deserved a win.  Didn’t get it.  But at least we got one.     The Rays only had three hits total.  Two by Darvish, one by Mike Adams.  Was a great pitching performance all around.  I would have been very annoyed if we didn’t at least get the win.

Josh Hamilton got his 40th home run of the season, a two run shot in the 4th inning.  Geovany Soto had a double, but the most important hit was the one hit that Jurickson Profar got in the 10th inning, a two run one that won the game.   Didn’t get to see it, wish I would have.

G138: Rangers lose in walkoff in extras 3-1

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Given I just talked about extra innings a lot the last few games, I go and get one of these, that usually make me review the game with “Shit!”.   So I’m not going to say much, because we lose in a walkoff on the road.

But I’d be remiss in not talking about Derek Holland, who rocked this game.  8 innings, just two hits allowed.   One of the hits was a solo home run for the run.   Walked two, but struck out eleven in eight innings.   Oh, Michael Young got a home run – not something he does often.

Mark Lowe blew it at the end and lost the game.   Shit.

G137: Rangers in in 10 over Royals, 5-4

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I normally dislike extra innings games, as I’ve said before, because most of the time it feels like we lose them in the 10th inning.   There’s a feeling that it’s more “sudden death”, and if we get behind, it’s over.  So I like it a lot when we win in extra innings – it feels more “earned” or something.  :) [Read more…]