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Jacob deGrom left his start on Tuesday night after just two innings of work due to triceps fatigue. With a lockout looming next season, could that have been the final time we see deGrom pitch for Texas?
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00:00You're an idiot and you don't know baseball.
00:04Ranger fans, you're not dreaming.
00:08How can you not be romantic about baseball?
00:11How can you not be romantic about being happy it happened?
00:17Four.
00:17Dang.
00:18Whoa.
00:20Harsh.
00:20Man, you know, I thought...
00:21There was a hang-up and it was...
00:23There's nothing happy right now.
00:24I thought about that driving in this morning.
00:26Did you?
00:27I spent the entire ride.
00:28There was a pause.
00:28I thought you just vamped that.
00:30No.
00:31I had that thing.
00:32I was in the garage.
00:33You've been on a good run.
00:34I didn't think that one was strong.
00:36I was like, man, I'm going to hit him with it.
00:37I'm going to hit it.
00:38I'm going to get a 10.
00:40So what that means is...
00:42Well, I'll tell you what that means.
00:43Maybe I'm too stupid.
00:44It's like trying to review a David Lynch film.
00:46Like, I'm just an idiot, so I think it was bad.
00:48Well, I'll tell you what it is.
00:50They say, don't be sorry it ended.
00:51Be happy it happened.
00:53Yeah.
00:53That's the Jake DeGrom career as a Texas Ranger,
00:56which I believe may have ended last night.
00:59Happy it happened.
01:00Five and a half.
01:01Happy it happened.
01:03But, you know, sad at the same time.
01:06But the Rangers lose 7-zip.
01:07A brutal series.
01:09I don't think there's another way to describe this
01:11other than saying it is a brutal series.
01:14They were outscored 15-4 in the final three games of this series
01:18to go and lose this three games to one.
01:21I don't call it like that.
01:22I don't say, you lost the four-game series, three games to one.
01:24They just think you lost three of four.
01:25You lost 3-4 to a bad Angels team,
01:27an Angels team that is going to be picking
01:30almost as high as it gets in the draft next year.
01:33They stink.
01:33Schumacher afterwards said this series cannot happen.
01:36It cannot happen.
01:37And in a related story, it will probably happen again
01:40this weekend against the A's,
01:41who are equally as bad as the Angels.
01:44But a couple of things in this.
01:47One, you now, by the way, are two games back at Houston,
01:51and you are in the fourth spot now.
01:53You lost the third wild card right now to Detroit.
01:58First off, let's go to the second inning.
02:02Bottom two.
02:05Guzman's up.
02:06Hits a fly ball to right field.
02:08It drops just in front of Nimmo.
02:12Not the pop-up that we're talking about that we played coming back.
02:15That was from Siri.
02:17This was one.
02:18It was nobody out.
02:19It was the leadoff guy.
02:20You've got to make that play.
02:22You have to make that play.
02:23That dropped right in front of him.
02:26The entire inning does not happen without that.
02:29Without that ball dropping in front.
02:31And it dropped from me to you in front of Nimmo.
02:35I don't know if you didn't see it,
02:36that time of the night,
02:38because Langford lost the ball the night before.
02:41About the same time of night, right?
02:42A little bit of dusk.
02:44And maybe you don't get a good jump on the ball.
02:45Hey, Wyatt had a nice throw yesterday.
02:47He did.
02:48Yes, he used his full arm strength.
02:51But that play really kind of set the whole tone,
02:56because Lowe doubles on the next at-bat.
02:59You get Siri strikeout.
03:00Then you get a Frazier single.
03:02So you get the Guzman.
03:04He scores.
03:05Then you get the throwout at home.
03:06Right?
03:07And there's the throw you're talking about.
03:09Well, then you get another single,
03:10and then he comes up.
03:12And he is Mike Trout.
03:15Who in this series,
03:16and I said on social media a couple of times ago,
03:19why pitch to him?
03:20Why are you pitching to him?
03:22He's the only one that can hurt you on this team.
03:24Nobody strikes fear in you at all,
03:27other than Mike Trout.
03:28And he doesn't really strike fear anymore.
03:30But he's a professional.
03:32And some of those pitches he hit,
03:34the one he hit in this inning,
03:36it was outside,
03:37it was a curveball,
03:38it was a slider,
03:39and it was just like,
03:40that's a really good piece of hitting.
03:42But in this series,
03:43he was 7 of 15,
03:44with four RBIs,
03:46three runs scored,
03:48two doubles,
03:49three walks.
03:50So of the 18 plate appearances,
03:52he got on base 10 times.
03:54Turning back the clock.
03:56If you count the three walks,
03:58which would be three plate appearances.
04:00And he only had two strikeouts.
04:01In his previous eight games,
04:04he struck out 15 times.
04:06And he struck out twice this entire series.
04:08He was on.
04:10And I'm not going to say he was vintage,
04:12because vintage Trout probably hits
04:13two or three homers in the series.
04:15Just the way,
04:16if he's going to go on a hot streak like that.
04:18And he's more of a line drive,
04:21singlesy hitter now.
04:22His career ranks against Texas.
04:25Home runs,
04:26all-time first.
04:2749 of them.
04:28Runs batted in.
04:30Fourth.
04:31OPS third.
04:33All-time numbers.
04:34Listen,
04:35he is an all-time great.
04:36I love watching him play.
04:38He's not the same player anymore.
04:40He'll still steal every now and then.
04:42He's still the same player.
04:43He'll get hurt.
04:45I mean,
04:45he got hit by the pitch.
04:46I thought for sure
04:47when he got hit by the pitch,
04:47he just died.
04:48I was like,
04:49oh, here it is.
04:49This is it.
04:50Last week,
04:51in the last week,
04:51the Rangers have played seven games.
04:53How many extra base hits
04:54do they have in the last seven games?
04:58Three.
04:58Seven.
04:59They are the only team
05:01in Major League Baseball
05:02that's averaging
05:02one extra base hit
05:04per game right now.
05:04By comparison,
05:05the White Sox have played
05:06six games in the last week.
05:07They have 24 extra base hits.
05:10You played one more game
05:11and have 17 fewer.
05:12DeGrom has the hip issue.
05:15Then he leaves with the tricep.
05:17Right.
05:17Tricep fatigue.
05:22When do you think
05:23is the next time we see him?
05:26In another uniform in 2028.
05:29You think he doesn't return this year?
05:32Yeah.
05:34Tricep fatigue can mean
05:35a lot of things
05:36and a lot of them are bad.
05:39Probably not.
05:40And I'll tell you why
05:41I don't think it is.
05:42I don't think it's the end
05:44for one reason.
05:45If it was that thing
05:47that we think it might be,
05:48he would have not finished the inning.
05:52Right.
05:52He would have just taken himself out.
05:54Okay.
05:54But he felt like
05:55he could pitch through it.
05:56Well,
05:56and it sounded like Skip was saying
05:58it wasn't like DeGrom
05:59was saying I need to come out.
06:00He explained it to Skip
06:01and Skip said,
06:02you're not going back out there.
06:04And so Skip wouldn't have known
06:05in the second inning
06:06what was going on
06:07while he was out there.
06:07But if that's the end,
06:09and that really is.
06:11And falling two strikeouts
06:12shy of reaching 2,000.
06:14I mean,
06:14that's because
06:15A-Rod, right?
06:16He finished four homers
06:17shy of 700.
06:19It sucks.
06:20You're so close.
06:21You're so close.
06:21Fred McGriff was
06:22like five homers
06:23shy of 500.
06:24There's no way
06:25because they won a World Series
06:26but DeGrom was not there for it.
06:28There's no way
06:28there's any way to say
06:29like, oh yeah,
06:30this is worth it
06:30to sign DeGrom.
06:33If this is the end,
06:34he pitched 334 innings
06:36in his career here.
06:37Yeah,
06:37the contract,
06:38he did not live up
06:38to the contract.
06:39I think
06:40getting him
06:41and bringing him in
06:43and
06:44it was
06:45it's a
06:47risk-reward.
06:49It was
06:50a calculated risk
06:52and a calculated wrong
06:53because he didn't pitch enough.
06:55But when he did pitch,
06:56he was
06:56I mean,
06:57he was pretty decent.
06:583-2-6 ERA
06:59for his career
07:00here in Texas.
07:00His whip is about
07:02what it was
07:02in New York
07:03for his career.
07:04His fielding
07:05independent pitching
07:05is 3-2-7.
07:06So I mean,
07:07his ERA match
07:07is about what it should be.
07:08But at least,
07:09you know,
07:09they can hang their hat
07:11on the fact
07:11that they've got
07:11some really good players
07:13in the minor leagues
07:14that they traded away
07:16to Washington.
07:17I saw,
07:18did you see this video?
07:19Everyone keeps
07:19tweeting this at me
07:20and I had no idea
07:21what I meant.
07:22So I think it's,
07:23I'll just call him
07:24Abby,
07:24Abby Ortiz.
07:25Abby Malik.
07:27So he plays
07:28for Washington now.
07:29First 11 career games.
07:3110 of 29,
07:32which is a 345 average.
07:34Four homers,
07:34eight RBIs.
07:35A sluggy percentage
07:37around 800.
07:38An OPS of 1160.
07:39And a weighted runs
07:41created plus of 212.
07:42That means he is
07:43112% above league average.
07:46This is why.
07:47And that was one of the guys
07:49they gave up
07:50for McKenzie Gore.
07:51Now granted,
07:51he was about 235
07:52in the minors.
07:53They bring him up
07:54and he's tearing things up.
07:56So this could be just
07:56an 11 game streak.
07:57It probably is.
07:59But still,
08:00they could have used this
08:01the last 11 games.
08:02It's,
08:02yeah,
08:03it's still why
08:04you trade
08:05whoever you can,
08:06even if DeGrom
08:07and Evaldi tell you no.
08:09And it's why
08:10you don't just
08:12flippantly go,
08:13look at McKenzie Gore.
08:14What's the matter?
08:14We don't even like
08:15those guys
08:15because it's,
08:16they are way too
08:18eager
08:18to purge
08:21their young
08:22system.
08:22And that's a problem.
08:24And you have no idea
08:25what a player
08:25is going to become
08:27when you trade a guy
08:28who's in,
08:28who's in A ball
08:29or double A
08:30even,
08:31you know,
08:32you don't know.
08:32Like the jump
08:33to Major League Baseball
08:34is so hard,
08:35you know,
08:35so high,
08:35so far,
08:36so hard.
08:38But it,
08:39this is a guy
08:40who has come in here
08:41and just,
08:42like gangbusters
08:44in 11 games
08:46playing as well
08:47as anybody in the sport
08:49over the last two weeks.
08:51I just want to be
08:52put out of my misery.
08:53Well,
08:53I think you were.
08:54I think you were this week.
08:55On their half game back,
08:56you get the athletics,
08:57I think Detroit
08:58has the White Sox.
08:59So you have the advantage
09:01this weekend
09:02in terms of getting back
09:03the third spot.
09:04By the way,
09:04Jordan Montgomery
09:05has been pretty awful.
09:07He went two innings yesterday,
09:09gave up four earned.
09:11So his ERA
09:11is sitting at a 10-5-0.
09:13Jim Bowden tweeted
09:14this morning,
09:1421 of the 30 MLB teams
09:16are within three and a half
09:17games of a playoff berth
09:18right now.
09:19And we're middle of all.
09:20That's just what they want.
09:21That's what they want,
09:22right?
09:22Yeah,
09:23they want a mediocre league
09:24that ultimately the Dodgers
09:25B-slap all of them
09:27in October.
09:28Yeah.
09:29Dodgers.
09:29Because that's the,
09:30that's part of the issue,
09:32right?
09:32Like,
09:32you know,
09:32baseball's had
09:33a lot of turnover
09:35in the playoffs,
09:36but how many
09:37small market teams
09:39actually win?
09:40Like,
09:41you know,
09:41win the whole thing.
09:42And that's,
09:43that's the,
09:43that's the tug of war.
09:45Like,
09:45do you want,
09:46do you,
09:46is it good enough
09:47just to get turnover
09:48in the postseason?
09:51Yeah,
09:52we have turnover
09:52in the NL MVP race.
09:55Diamond Cavs
09:56on your home
09:56of the Rangers.
09:58Pete Crowe
09:58has overtaken
09:59Shohei.
10:00The Babe Ruth.
10:01He doesn't believe
10:02in Babe Ruth.
10:02He doesn't believe
10:03in Shohei Ohtani.
10:04Minus 140
10:05for Pete Crowe
10:07and Shohei
10:07is dipped
10:08to plus 100.
10:10Sooner or later,
10:12they were going
10:12to get tired
10:13of him winning.
10:14He's got a 7.5 war
10:15to Shohei's 6.2.
10:18That's 7.5.
10:20That's pretty remarkable
10:21that Shohei's war
10:22is only 6.2
10:23as,
10:24as both a hitter
10:25and a pitcher.
10:26Now,
10:27I know he gets docked
10:27for not playing the field,
10:29but you would think
10:30that his war,
10:31because he's had
10:32a pretty decent
10:33run on the mound.
10:34Not great,
10:35right?
10:35Yeah,
10:36I don't know.
10:36Maybe he had a prop
10:37that he was going
10:38to have an under-8 war
10:39this season or something.
10:41No,
10:41but I mean,
10:42he's a great player.
10:44He really is.
10:46And the Mets,
10:48he was with the Mets.
10:49They traded him
10:50for Baez.
10:51And talk about
10:52being put in your place.
10:53Boy,
10:53was it ever.
10:54Depression
10:55is a real thing
10:56and this was,
10:57this was depressing.
10:59So,
10:59we've seen
11:00these top 50
11:01MLB player lists
11:03current.
11:03You know,
11:04they did one
11:04back in like May
11:05before the year.
11:06They did one,
11:07you know,
11:07back in like
11:08around the Memorial Day
11:09and they just did
11:10another one.
11:11And I was like,
11:12all right,
11:12you know,
11:12I just,
11:12I'll bite.
11:14I don't think
11:14we're going to be on here,
11:15but let me just go see.
11:16And,
11:17and of course
11:17they weren't.
11:18But,
11:19what really put me
11:20in my place
11:21was the teams
11:22we're grouped with.
11:24So,
11:25there are
11:26five teams
11:27in Major League Baseball
11:28that do not
11:29have
11:30a player
11:31on the top 50.
11:33In the top 50.
11:34One of them
11:35is the Texas Rangers.
11:37Another one
11:38is
11:39the last place
11:40Baltimore Orioles.
11:42Another one
11:43is,
11:44you know,
11:46the last place
11:47Anaheim Angels.
11:48Or,
11:49you know,
11:49half game up.
11:50Another one is
11:51a San Francisco
11:52Giants team
11:52that is about
11:53to fire their manager
11:54after one year
11:56and has completely
11:57sold everyone.
11:59And then you've got
12:00a Minnesota team
12:01that is,
12:02you know,
12:03they're under 500,
12:04but they're in the playoff.
12:05They're about the Rangers.
12:06It's a very
12:07put-in-your-place list
12:09when you see
12:10there are five teams
12:11in the sport
12:11that don't have a player
12:13in the top 50.
12:14That's,
12:14I mean,
12:15it's bad for the Rangers.
12:16That's unacceptable
12:17for the Orioles
12:18given where they were
12:18three years ago.
12:19And everybody's like,
12:19oh,
12:20they've got like,
12:20they're the next.
12:21Yeah,
12:21they've got like
12:21the deepest farm system
12:22and that's also why
12:24a lot of teams
12:24like Texas
12:25look at it and go,
12:26I'd rather have
12:26Mackenzie Gore
12:27than think that
12:28these guys are going
12:29to become something.
12:30How does,
12:31how does Kip Fag
12:33survive all the time?
12:35You know,
12:36I was talking
12:36about this
12:37and it's like,
12:38you know,
12:38they got,
12:38if you look at the
12:39director of
12:40player development
12:41or how,
12:42you know,
12:44Josh Young,
12:45let's just,
12:45let's forget
12:46what they've,
12:47I think we,
12:48the difference is
12:49is that,
12:49you know,
12:49baseball teams
12:50view a hit
12:51as making the,
12:53making it to the
12:53major leagues.
12:55Duran,
12:55you know,
12:56they traded Josh Smith
12:57so he made it.
12:59Carter,
13:00Young,
13:01Leiter,
13:02Rocker,
13:02I mean,
13:03that's seven guys
13:04who have been
13:04contributors
13:05that are coming up
13:07through the system.
13:08That,
13:09that is,
13:10that major league teams
13:11view that as success.
13:12Well,
13:12then they,
13:13they,
13:14they're gay,
13:15that's another thing
13:15they need to fix
13:16about the broken game
13:17if they think,
13:17was Jerickson,
13:18Profar a success?
13:19No.
13:20Not here,
13:20but he turned,
13:21he turned into an
13:21all-star.
13:22Jerickson Profar is like,
13:23but I mean,
13:24as the number one
13:25prospect in baseball
13:25that he was supposed
13:26to be like,
13:27the next,
13:28like making one
13:29all-star team
13:29as a 700 OPS guy
13:31doesn't seem like
13:32a success to me.
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