One game doesn't tell the entire story.
I only saw the score scroll across the ticker on ESPN last night. 12-3. Ok. So the Yankees hammered the Rangers again. No time to panic. It's a long, long season.
I heard an analysis done yesterday, in advance of this very difficult stretch of the Rangers schedule, that broke it down series by series for the next 28 games. This block of games will include series with the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays and Detroit. The idea was to take a long view of it and wait to decide whether it is a season with promise and real playoff potential or another fool's gold spring.
If the Rangers go through this, their most difficult period, with a record of 13-15, they will still be 8 games over .500. That should keep them in contention. That pace means they will lose several "important" series. But, so what?
I guess the news about Josh Hamilton makes achieving even this modest goal more difficult, but Jon Daniels has done an excellent job of assembling good depth on this team. Let's see how the summer goes.
PLAY BALL!
I heard an analysis done yesterday, in advance of this very difficult stretch of the Rangers schedule, that broke it down series by series for the next 28 games. This block of games will include series with the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays and Detroit. The idea was to take a long view of it and wait to decide whether it is a season with promise and real playoff potential or another fool's gold spring.
If the Rangers go through this, their most difficult period, with a record of 13-15, they will still be 8 games over .500. That should keep them in contention. That pace means they will lose several "important" series. But, so what?
I guess the news about Josh Hamilton makes achieving even this modest goal more difficult, but Jon Daniels has done an excellent job of assembling good depth on this team. Let's see how the summer goes.
PLAY BALL!
posted by Kurt at 6:56 AM
1 Comments:
Cruz is showing he's the real deal now, and Byrd is a solid pro. Losing Hamilton hurts, but they've still got a decent offense and they're playing much better defense than previous years. So far the young pitchers have been up and down, mostly up. But the middle of the season is when teams have had a chance to watch tape and analyze the game and make adjustments. Will the starters still be going 6 innings or more every start in June and July? Or will they start getting lit up in the middle innings and wearing out the bullpen? I say it's still potential, not contending that we'll see this year. But watch out next year or the following year. The staff will have developed intestinal fortitude and understand how to gut out a win on the days they don't have their best stuff. And with those bats that means another 10-15 wins on the season. Good for AL West pennant or the wild card.
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