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12 minutes ago, DougO said:

Nice lead by the AL. Rangers go on a tear in the second half they will have home field advantage in the World Series.

 

I don't think it works that way for at least 4-5 seasons now and who gives a shit about home field advantage in the WS these days.  Ain't no home team won a WS game since 2018.

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23 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

I don't think it works that way for at least 4-5 seasons now and who gives a shit about home field advantage in the WS these days.  Ain't no home team won a WS game since 2018.

I mean... I don't think last year was a good litmus.

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Nice prediction tidbit from CBS Sports. One of the few things the Rangers have had some decent success with in more recent years is finding dirt cheap rejected players that turn out to be pretty good, at least for a while.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2021-mlb-midseason-awards-cbs-sports-staff-picks-for-mvp-cy-young-rookie-of-the-year-and-more/

 

AL Rookie of the Year: Adolis García, Rangers

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Luis Garcia, Astros

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Back in February, Texas designated García for assignment and he slipped through waivers unclaimed. Any team could have had our midseason Rookie of the Year for nothing. Instead, he cleared waivers, remained with the Rangers as a Triple-A player, and got called up to the big leagues when the team dealt with injuries in April. More than 20 home runs later, he is the league's top rookie, and it's not particularly close right now either.

The Rookie of the Year field behind García is wide open. The six players above all deserve consideration (Madrigal's season-ending shoulder injury will take him out of the running for the full season award, however), as do others like Randy Arozarena and Shane McClanahan of the Rays, Astros outfielder Chas McCormick, Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal, and White Sox youngsters Michael Kopech and Andrew Vaughn. Garcia is head and shoulders above the rest of the AL rookie class at the All-Star break.

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I love Woody and would like nothing more for him to succeed but you have to at least be competitive.   39-2 since the all star break.  Scoreless, for what, 25 straight innings? They're just getting raped. 

Managers don't last much longer when these things happen.  Neither will Woodward. 

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