Jeff Banister on the Rangers’ comeback, their season, & Merrill Kelly’s scouting report

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Shan, RJ, & Bobby catch up with former Rangers manager and current Diamondbacks bench coach Jeff Bannister for an inside look at the Rangers’ season so far. Banny breaks down last night’s thrilling Rangers comeback, discusses the strengths and challenges facing this Rangers team, and explains how the ballpark impacts the game. He also shares personal insight on the Rangers’ newly acquired pitcher Merrill Kelly.

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00:00what is your overall assessment of the rangers season and in scouting them we always ask this

00:21to the football coaches you're taking the last three games of film what are you doing baseball

00:25like take the last week two weeks how does all that get condensed to prepare for the rangers

00:31series and your just overall thoughts on their season yeah you know what that's a great question

00:37right their overall season you look at them they've they perform very well off the mound right

00:42it's a great defensive ball club they don't make too many mistakes defensively they they they cover

00:47the the routine play and they can make some dynamic plays on you but their their their pitching has

00:53been kind of their moniker all year long i think they they thought coming into the season their

00:58offense was going to be their moniker and then you know offenses become a little bit fickle at times

01:03too uh it can be challenging and and when we look at them those are the things that i look at like

01:10how is their offense playing and i look at the the entire body of the season but i go back and i look

01:18at last 10 to 12 days on a hitter and and what they are doing where are they at right now and how

01:24they've been performing and and you know that tells a better story than looking at the whole picture

01:29because you can get the whole picture gets a little muddled at times you think wow these guys are

01:33performing really well but last 10 days you know they've they've been super challenged at what

01:39they're doing you know they're not they're not barreling baseballs but uh listen this is still

01:43anytime that you've got simeon and seager in the lineup um you know they're garcia it's a it can

01:53be a a uh potent offense i mean we saw that last night langford hadn't i don't think he had a home

02:00run his last hundred at bats maybe i should have went back and look at the last so you know it's an

02:09offense that can explode on you you got to make pitches i think more than anything else is this

02:15you know momentum is is is real in baseball i just you know their offensive momentum just has

02:22not gained traction for lengthy periods of time

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