You gotta love our pitching right now. Great outings are no longer the exception and the bullpen is slamming the door shut. Reading my usual Ranger stuff this week, I noticed a story that Ron Washington had a talk with Yu Darvish about his constant need to tinker. He asked him to consider going back and just doing what he does best. If that is what Yu did last night, I agree. Leave it alone. Now the race for Game One starter has two. Yu Darvish and Matt Harrison. Let’s add another. Soon.
Not much on the offensive side last night as James Shields appeared to be in “get even” mode for losing to the Rangers so many times in the playoffs. Just a Kins homer did the job.
We close it out with the Rays today with their new-ish starter Alex Cobb. He’s been good in August (as have most of the Rays) but has struggled on the road. He faces Matt Harrison. After the Darvish start last night, it’s your move Matthew.
On the waiver wire front, nothing noteworthy on Roy Oswalt clearing waivers and it doesn’t appear right now that we are window shopping either, even though the team’s name has come up in many Tweets and rumor mill stories. We await Sept. 1 call-ups and see if Jurickson Profar gets to play in Arlington.
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