Sept. 4th ~ 3 day Oakland Covid vacation over. Rangers in town Game Thread

[D-train]

On the air. I hear Sims voice and I quickly switch to the Rangers broadcast.

[D-train]

KK needs to kick Kass tonight.

[Donn Beach]

so Darvish is elite again

[Juliooooo]

So, we get to see new Mariners Torrens and France in action tonight. Looking into Torrens, he's a bit more exciting than I realized. He had an injury in 2015 it appears, and missed the entire season. Would have been his first full season of pro ball in the states. 2 years later he was claimed in Rule 5 and played 56 games in MLB, this after having just 50 AB above short season single A rookie ball, so his .163 Batting average in SD is somewhat understandable. In 2018 and 2019 he played high A and AA respectively (with a few games in MLB in 2019 as well). He his .280 and .300 in those seasons, with 15 HR and .873 OPS in AA last year in 97 games. All of this, and he's still only 24 years old. Not a bad pickup. His K rate last year in AA was 19%, and BB rate was about 12 % which is pretty encouraging.

[D-train]

so Darvish is elite again

He is my fav Iranian Japanese baseball player of all time. And I do love his Ephesus pitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8daESaBpA

[D-train]

Damn Seager has 20/10 vision. France is UP!

[D-train]

France is OPEN stance

[Petert]

so Darvish is elite again

He is my fav Iranian Japanese baseball player of all time. And I do love his Ephesus pitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8daESaBpA

Wasn’t Ephesus a city in Ancient Greece ?

[Petert]

Great debut for Frenchie.

[DavidGee24]

Great trade!