00:00Let's talk about what I didn't get to in Mike Likes It, and that is the market for starting
00:21pitching.
00:22Now, I don't know what the Rangers are going to do, no clue, but let's look at it this
00:26way.
00:27Right now, Michael Lorenzen, Andrew Heaney, and possibly Nathan Ivaldi are all free agents
00:33at the end of the season.
00:34The reason I say possibly Nathan Ivaldi is there's a mutual option slash player option,
00:40but he has to hit, I believe, 300 innings in these two seasons, and he is going to be
00:45right on the borderline of doing it.
00:47If he gets hurt, if he misses, let's say, two starts in the second half, he will not
00:51hit it and become a free agent.
00:52The other thing, too, is Ivaldi, after pitching a team to a World Series championship and
00:57having another solid year when he's healthy this year, he might want to be a free agent.
01:02He might not want a one-year, $20 million deal.
01:04He might want a two- or three-year deal, so I don't even know if Nathan Ivaldi is even
01:09going to accept the mutual option, so he's kind of a free agent.
01:14Then John Gray, after this year, has one year and $15 million left.
01:18From what I understand, his teams are interested in Nathan Ivaldi, probably number one, because
01:24they saw what he can do in the playoffs when healthy.
01:28I think teams are interested in John Gray, Andrew Heaney, because of their flexibility.
01:39We can use him as a starter in the regular season, and we can really use him as a bullpen
01:44piece in the playoffs if needed.
01:46I think people are somewhat interested in Michael Lorenzen, because he's off to another
01:50good start.
01:51He had a rough ... He's starting tonight.
01:53He walked 13 guys in his last 15 innings, and in his last three starts, he has 13 walks
01:57in 15 innings.
01:58It feels like that was an issue even when he was pitching, exceedingly well.
02:02True, but it became a little bit more of an issue recently.
02:06He got traded last year from Detroit to Philadelphia, and went to Philadelphia, and did not do well.
02:11Teams are probably taking that into consideration if the Rangers are going to trade pitchers.
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