NOTES: Shame, as Lewis was someone I liked. Now that he’s actually out for the year, it makes the acquisition of Oswalt more important. Not unless he becomes a head case like he did in Philly. ;( Don’t know a ton about Perez, but I suspect he’s more a stopgap for the moment.
When I fought about Yu Darvish coming here, I never really thought of him as a strikeout pitcher. Maybe it’s because of his size, but I don’t know but he never struck me as a big strikeout pitcher. However all the guys who started for the Rangers in quite a while he seems to be the most consistent in getting 10+ strikeout games. This game was no different. Darvish had 10 strikeouts over seven innings. [Read more…]
I don’t think any Rangers fan with doubt that awesomeness of Justin Grimm’s first major-league outing. He just rocked it. However, his second outing was quite the opposite – he got rocked himself! His line was so bad, I think I heard Mark Clark somewhere saying “Man that was bad!”
The Rangers finished up interleague play for 2012 with a nice 4-2 win over the Rockies. While the final score was 4-2 the Rangers were actually pretty much out in front this entire game. And fact, the only two runs the Rockies got both came in the ninth inning and not off of starter Matt Harrison.
While the final score was only four runs, the Rangers were down at one point 11-1. We did pick up a six spot in the bottom of the fifth that was quite nice. But that was the end of the scoring. The last four innings were all zeroes.
You would have thought that Scott Feldman was so mad at being moved back to the bullpen he knocked out Colby lewis, stole his uniform and pitched as Lewis. Oh well…
Remarks: Well, we knew Oswalt was coming, it was just a matter of time. Whether he’s good Oswalt, or the one that was “eh” at the end of his Philly career remains to be seen. His minor league starts aren’t any indicator, I think. Moreland to the DL was a surprise. I also kind of liked Mark Hamburger. Whether it was the obvious joke possibility of his name, or his actual pitching, I honestly can’t say. However, he did seem like a nice guy, and you never really want to lose nice guys.
On Friday night, I was given the opportunity to head out to the Rangers game with a friend’s tickets, so I took him up on it. I’ll usually say yes to free tickets, but when I realized a few days earlier that it was going to be Roy Oswalt’s Rangers debut, I figured it was an additional reason (beyond the obvious free) to do it. So I got myself together Friday afternoon, and headed out to grab some food before the game, because well.. It’s bloody expensive to eat at the Ballpark.
I don’t have time to write about this one, so I’m gonna skip it. Yu Darvish continues to look good, though.
I don’t have time to write about this one, so I’m gonna skip it. Feldman’s last game as a starter (which has apparently pissed him off) was his best.
REMARK: There’s not a lot to this, I would think. He was here for awhile, up for a bit, then gone. I suspect this is a “bolster the minors roster” type of move. Can’t see this being a big deal long term. Does make me wonder, if he comes up, does he get his old uniform number back, or will Justin Grimm get to keep it? :)