Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward tried to find a way to describe Martn Prezs magnificent May on Monday night. Woodward struggled a bit, but he seemed to find the right comparison.Its like a video game, Woodward said after Prez threw seven innings and claimed his fourth win of May and the season on Tuesday night, as the . Its like youre playing MLB The Show or something like that and you just click the button and it lands in the perfect place. Basically thats the way hes pitching right now.Prez should be good to go for his next
Mike White Jersey start, in spite of taking a line drive off his shin in the second inning. After that, he retired the next 16 hitters. Prez is without question the Rangers best starter right now. The writers who cover the Rangers just named him the Rangers Pitcher of the Month for May, and its po sible Prez could be the American League
Folorunso Fatukasi Jersey Pitcher of the Month. Hes also a for other teams. But, right now, hes coming off one of the months in Rangers history. Here, is :His 1.42 earned run average is the lowest in franchise history through a pitcher's first 10 starts in a season. The previous low was 1.60 by another left-hander, Kenny Rogers, in 1995. Scroll to ContinueSince April 23, Prez has eight straight quality starts and has gone 4-0 with a 0.65 ERA. Per Stats Inc., Prez is just the third MLB pitcher since 1913 when earned runs were officially tracked to post an 8-start span in which he went undefeated, did not allow a home run, had six or more innings pitched in each
Vinny Curry Jersey game and allowed one or fewer earned runs in each game. The other two pitchers are Hall of Fames Bob Gibson (1968) and Walter Johnson (1913-14).In May, Prez threw six games, went 4-0 with 0.64 ERA in 41 1/3rd innings with six runs allowed (three earned), 33 strikeouts, nine walks and an opponent batting average of .195.The next-lowest ERA among AL qualifiers was Tampa Bays Shane McClanahan (1.15).In the last 33 seasons Prez is the fourth AL pitcher to post an ERA in a month with 40 innings pitched at 0.64 or lower Minnesotas Johan Santana (0.46, September of 2004) and Oaklands Cory Lidle
C.J. Uzomah Jersey (0.20, August of 2002) and Bostons Pedro Martinez (0.64, July of 2022).Only Yovani Gallardo (June of 2015, 0.54) had a lower ERA than Prez in a month with at least five starts. Opposing batters slashed .195/.241/.235
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