Rising Texas Rangers: Prospects for Triumph in New Season

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00:00And this is a team on the rise, no question.

00:03And yeah, they won a World Series, it was sort of a fluky deal, George, I think that's

00:06fair to say.

00:07But I think the pullback came last year, I think they're ready to make another step this

00:11year.

00:12And the lineup is obviously solid here.

00:13Wyatt Langford, health notwithstanding, is a superstar in the mix, batting third for

00:18them.

00:19Jock Peterson.

00:20Adonis Garcia has been banged up in the spring, we'll have to see how that pans out.

00:23But Simeon Seager, Langford, Peterson, Garcia, Josh Young, Carter, that's great.

00:28Jake Berger at the back end of the lineup, which is sort of crazy, because he could hit

00:3130 home runs at any time.

00:32And Jonah Ime is good, too.

00:34So their lineup starts to finish a lot of higher fantasy draft picks, I think, than

00:38the Houston Astros, George, which we haven't said in a while.

00:43You know, with the Yankees, someone seems to be pulling the string, and it's all unraveling.

00:48The Texas Rangers are right behind them, and there's a lot of strings that can be pulled

00:52here.

00:53All right.

00:54Corey Seager gets hurt all the time, right?

00:55He cannot stay healthy to save his life.

00:57I mean, didn't have the greatest year last year, Langford's already hurt now, Garcia's

01:01hurt now, Jock Peterson's your clean-up hitter, a guy who can't hit lefties at all, it's an

01:06all or nothing, right?

01:07He's the left-handed Jake Berger.

01:11Evan Carter really hasn't reached it yet, Josh Young was hurt most of last season.

01:14If they all stay healthy, yeah, this lineup's going to rake, and they're going to hit a

01:17million home runs.

01:18But that's a lot to ask.

01:19We haven't even gotten to the pitching staff yet, which has all sorts of issues as well.

01:23So theoretically, like I said, if these guys stay healthy, yeah, I think the Rangers are

01:27the best team in the division.

01:29But there's no way it's going to happen, they're already banged up now as it is here.

01:32So we'll see, like I said, I think this is, we'll see, this is, this is, I like what the

01:36projection is, you know, and then let's see what reality is going to come back with here.

01:41Because like I said, Corey Seager, if you tell me right now he's going to play 130,

01:45140 games, he's a second-round pick, right?

01:47He's going to hit 35, 40 home runs, Lord knows he never gets cheated on a swing, he used

01:52to go going for the downs every time there.

01:54And I am a semi-unbeliever, especially second base, which is so shallow here.

01:57I like their younger players, all right, I like Langford, but like I said, I get very

02:02worried, Dallas Garcia, who really didn't play well last year, now he's hurting here.

02:07I know it's March 8th, we got three weeks, all right, we have three weeks here, but you

02:10already said it, this weekend and next weekend are all over the drafts, you know, so we got

02:14to make these decisions now.

02:16And I get really worried about some of these offensive players on Texas.

02:19Yeah, yeah.

02:20I think that that's fair.

02:22You know, Jake Berger's a really good fantasy ad, strictly for power.

02:26Like if you need 25 home runs, based on what I saw with him in Miami, you're going to get

02:31it with him in Texas.

02:32I know he had an oblique issue last year, but I think he'll be a fine source of power.

02:37There's a good Rangers team, I think.

02:39Now, as far as starting pitching is concerned, not sexy on paper, but look who is in the

02:44back end of the Texas Rangers rotation.

02:46Hey, Jacob deGrom!

02:49Wow, is this guy going high in fantasy drafts?

02:51And you know what?

02:53With all of these pitchers getting hurt already and falling down, Jacob deGrom is getting

02:58pushed up.

02:59And Jacob deGrom is one of those guys that hasn't stayed healthy in a long time.

03:02And now, you know, he is emotional.

03:05Last year when he was hurt or two years ago, you could tell he really wants it and he really

03:10wants to be back.

03:11And if Jacob deGrom, George, if, if, if Byron Buxton, if, you know, I mean, we could play

03:18the if game so, so long, but if, if deGrom makes 25 starts, he's like a second round

03:23pick in fantasy.

03:24But Nathan Ivaldi, John Gray, they talk some bullpen maybe with him, Tyler Molle, Cody

03:29Bradford, and there's deGrom on the back end.

03:31Boom or bust pick of all in fantasy pitchers, it's deGrom.

03:35No question.

03:36I mentioned it earlier in the show, my home league, I have Garrett Cole, all right?

03:41And I had to make a decision on keeping him by last night at midnight.

03:44I did not keep him.

03:45My choice was he would keep Salvador Perez.

03:47Which you laugh about, but I hate catchers and Perez is going to hit 25 home runs and

03:51plays every damn day.

03:53Or Jacob deGrom.

03:55And I chose to keep deGrom.

03:57I am fully aware.

03:58All right.

03:59He's not making 25 plus starts.

04:00All right.

04:01I know that.

04:02If he does, by the way, I'll win this league going away because it means he has a solid

04:05young year.

04:06He's healthy and great.

04:07But he's not making that.

04:08And I know that.

04:09But we need, listen, you start, what, nine pitchers, you're going to have a million pitchers

04:13on reserve and I get to keep him round 21.

04:16So I have nothing to lose here.

04:18You move off from these guys anyway, at some point you're going to see that it's not working

04:21out.

04:22So I kept deGrom.

04:23Maybe I get lightning in the bottle.

04:24Maybe I don't.

04:25But yeah, this is what I mean.

04:27The strings are pulling here.

04:28DeGrom gets hurt.

04:29Eovaldi's been banged up.

04:31John Gray's nothing special.

04:32He was hurt last year.

04:33Maule's coming back off Tommy Johnson from two years ago, right?

04:36Bradford.

04:37Okay.

04:38Yippee.

04:39They got the youngsters, right?

04:40Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter, these top pros, right?

04:45And they say Leiter looks better, right?

04:46His fastball is not being hit forward to feet anymore.

04:49So we'll see what they can get from these guys.

04:51So there's some depth there or some upside there.

04:54But it's a lot to ask for.

04:55Like I said, I made a joke.

04:57The Yankees, if someone's pulling the string on the Yankees, the Rangers, it wouldn't take

05:02all that much to pull that string as well and see this all come unraveling due to injuries

05:06here.

05:07There's a lot of, boy, we better hope everybody stays healthy and it all comes together on

05:10offense and in the pitching stand.

05:13I think that's a lot to ask for.

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