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
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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
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The Indians lost out on Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman earlier this week by to
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Ahmad Gardner Jersey and 27 stolen bases.Scroll to Continue The Indians will continue to chat with teams as the trade deadline gets closer. The deadline for the club to make a move is Monday afternoon.
Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton was scratched from New York's starting lineup Friday night with left quad tightne s, the team announced le s
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Myles Gaskin Jersey in 33 games so far in 2021, Stanton has already eclipsed his total of games played in each of the last seasons.Scroll to ContinueNews of Stanton getting scratched came shortly after it was revealed that center fielder . The outfielder
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When the Dodgers announced earlier this month that 's season was over, we knew he would be having surgery on his elbow on August 23. What we didn't know because even the surgeon didn't know was exactly
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Jaelan Phillips Jersey .Scroll to ContinueAccording to of the , Friedman said they knew going in that Tommy John was a definite po sibility.We knew that there was a
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Wednesday night's game in Chicago was a fun one for a lot of reasons. The offense was running up the score and taking advantage of some shotty defense.Then there was what Triston McKenzie did on the
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NFL Dallas Cowboys Jersey to.The other group that McKenzie joins are Cleveland pitchers with 10+ strikeouts and no walks in a single game all time. Kluber has 10, Bieber has four, and now McKenzie has four as well.However, three of McKenzie's four games have come
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The 2022 NFL season has finally arrived and, once again, there are going to be plenty of story lines surrounding the four teams in the AFC South. That's why we thought this would be the perfect time to launch a new video podcast that features the four rivals in the division,the Indianapolis Colts, Tenne see Titans, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars.According to Fanduel.com, the preseason over/under win totals tell a good
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The Kansas City Royals (29-31) are trying to stop their five-game slide as
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SURPRISE, Ariz. With the first pitch of spring training games upon us, we take a stab at what the Rangers lineup could look like on March 26th in Seattle. Our predictions are featured above
Curtis Samuel Jersey .Willie Calhoun is looking to build off a good run in 2019 after Joey Gallo went down with a broken hamate bone. Calhoun is a pretty versatile bat that manager Chris Woodward can plug just about anywhere in the lineup.Danny Santana is also very versatile. In his breakout season last year, he batted everywhere but nine-spot. He spent the most amount of time batting second, which he did 64 times. He is slated to be the every day center fielder
Darrick Forrest Jersey going into spring training with Rangers Rookie of the Year Nick Solak as his primary competition in camp.New-comer Todd Frazier can be plugged anywhere in the middle of the lineup, as he's been a four, five, or six hitter for most of his career. He's started in the six-hole more than anything else in his career (
Washington Commanders Pet Gear 261 times), with the five-spot being a close second at 257 times.Scroll to ContinueRonald Guzman is intriguing this spring because of the competition at first base in camp right now. Guzman is already accomplished defensively, but needs to make
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TORONTO For two teams that play in baseball stadiums with a roof, it's a rare day when the Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays have a makeup game. But that happens on Saturday when they meet at Rogers Center for a split doubleheader.Because of the lockout over the winter, the start of the 2022 MLB season was delayed a week. But owners and players alike wanted to play a full 162-game season, so those first two series that were postposed had to be made up. One of them was in Toronto for the Rays. (The other was in Boston.)So they're making up one game on Saturday, and the others during another five-game, four-day series in mid-September. Saturday's games start at 12:07 p.m. ET and the nightcap begins
Marlon Mack Jersey at 6:07 p.m. ETThis will be the 36th doubleheader in club history and 22nd split doubleheader. The Rays has swept only six of those, and have been swept 14 times with 15 splits.This is their first doubleheader since July 7, 2021 against Cleveland and the first on the road since Sep 17, 2020 at Baltimore. The Rays have swept their last two doubleheaders, and thisis the first time the Rays are facing the Blue Jays in a doubleheader. They'll do it again on Sept. 13.The Rays made more roster moves prior to the double-dip.They optioned reliever David McKay back to Durham after he allowed four runs in two innings in Friday's 9-2 lo s. Righty Dusten Knight was activated from the taxi squad and Drew Rasmu sen (left hamstring strain) was re-instated from the 15-day injured list as the 27th man and 14th pitcher
Kylen Granson Jersey which is allowed for doubleheaders.Scroll to ContinueShane McClanahan will start the first game for the Rays, as they try to snap a four-game losing streak. Their last win was on Sunday, when McClanahan started and won against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Rasmu sen will pitch the nightcap.Here's the latest on the two games today:How to watch Rays at Blue JaysWho: Tampa Bay Rays (40-36) at Toronto Blue Jays (44-33)When: Game 1 12:07 p.m. ET; Game 2 6:07 p.m. ET, Saturday, July 2Where: Rogers Center, TorontoTV: Bally Sports SunStream: Fubo.tv Announcers: Dewayne Staats (play-by-play), Brian Anderson (color commentary) and Tricia Whitaker (reporter).Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM, SiriusXM Channel 175 (Blue Jays announcers; Rays online)Announcers: Andy Freed and Dave Wills.Latest line: The Blue Jays are favored at minus-142 on the money line in Game
Yannick Ngakoue Jersey 1 according to the website opening line as of Saturday morning. The Rays are plus-12. The over/under is 7.5.Projected lineups (Game 1)RAYS: Yandy Diaz 3B, Wander Franco SS, Harold Ramirez DH, Randy Arozarena LF,Isaac Paredes 1B, Kevin Kiermaier CF, Rene Pinto C, Taylor Walls 2B, Josh Lowe RF, Shane McClanahan P.BLUE JAYS: George Springer CF, Beau Bichette SS, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. DH, Teoscar Hernandez RF, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF, Matt Chapman 3B, Santiago Espinal 2B, Gabriel Moreno C, Cavan Biggio 1B, Kevin Gausman P.Starting pitchers (Game 1)SHANE McCLANAHAN, Rays:Shane McClanahan has been one of the best pitchers in baseball so far this season. He is 8-3 with a 1.77 earned run average, second-best in the majors among starters and tops in the American League. He has 123 strikeouts, best in the AL. He has allowed one earned run or le s in eight of his last nine starts, and the one exception was when he gave up two earned runs in a win over the Chicago White Sox. He hasn't faced the Blue Jays yet this year, but had three starts against them a year ago, his first in
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Dayo Odeyingbo Jersey 2)DREW RASMUSSEN, Rays:Drew Rasmu sen is coming of the injured list to pitch the nightcap. He's been out with a hamstring strain, and is 5-3 this season with a 3.41 ERA. He last pitched on June 10 and said his time away shouldn't affect his ability to pitch deep into the game.THOMAS HATCH, Blue Jays: Thomas Hatch is starting for Toronto. This is his first game in 2022. He has 20 career appearances for the Jays in 2020-21, including three starts. He is 2-1 with a 3.79 career ERA
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. A series that started with such promise ended with a thud on Sunday when the Toronto Blue Jays knocked round ace Shane McClanahan and rolled the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 in the final regular season game at Tropicana Field this year.The Rays, who scored 10 runs each night in Thursday and Friday wins over the Blue Jays to regain the lead in the American League wild-card race, couldn't hit anything again on Sunday, scoring just one run for the second day in a row.Feast or famine, for sure."We put the ball in play hard and had good some good at-bats, but we just couldn't drive runs in and string enough things together to put runs on the board. That's kind of how the game works sometimes,''
Derwin James Jersey Rays second baseman Tyler Walls said. "Just a few days ago we were asking about momentum because we scored 10 runs. That's just baseball. Every is going to be different. Sometimes you're going to score 10, sometimes you're going to get 12 hits and score two."Not winning today hurts a little but, but everybody in this room has confidence that we can win some games going forward. We're still a confident group, and we know what we can control.''With the lo s, the Rays fell to 84-69 on the season, and are now two games behind the Blue Jays in the AL wild-card race with nine games to go. But they got plenty of help from the teams behind them, with Seattle blowing an eight-run lead at Kansas City and losing 13-12. Baltimore also lost late, losing 6-3 to Houston in 11 innings.The Rays remain 4.5 games ahead of Baltimore and a half-game ahead of Seattle. Their magic number is down to five.After an off day on Monday, the Rays begin a final nine-game road trip to end the season, with three
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Bryce Callahan Jersey best-of-three series.It's a goal worth chasing because the Rays have been very good at home this season. Despite the lo ses on Saturday and Sunday, they finished 51-30 at the Trop, a .636 winning percentage. They are just 33-39 on the roadScroll to ContinueSunday's result was a bit of a surprise with ace Shane McClanahan on the mound. He allowed three home runs for the first time in his career. He allowed four runs in five innings, giving up six hits and walking too batters. He struggled with his command, with only 46 of his 76 pitches for strikes.It was his second straight rough outing. He allowed five runs in four innings on Tuesday against Houston, and left in the fifth with a stiff neck. He said he's perfectly healthy, but just struggled with his command."It was frustrating, obviously. I feel like I've had a lot of succe s this year, but this game is very humbling,'' McClanahan said. "Recently, I've had a lot of unfortunate outcomes, and it reminds you that you need to keep working hard. I need to attack and be relentle s in the zone. I feel fine.''McClanahan gave up a second-inning home run to Alejandro Kirk on a 1-2 fastball right over the heart of the plate. He gave up two more in the third when George Springer hit a two-run homer after a Raimel Tapia single. He fell behind 2-0 and then grooved a slider that Springer hit hard. Springer hit his second homer of the day on a 3-1 pitch, making it 4-0 in the fifth inning."He was just falling behind hitters and didn't have his best command,'' Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "George Springer is a good player, and when Shane fell behind, he made us pay. He's healthy, his stuff tells us that, he's just not as sharp. his command is off. It's fair to expect when you mi s 15 days he comes back and yes he was lights out for five innings, but
DeAndre Carter Jersey the last two outings the command hasn't been there.''But we're also confident he can get that back. I think Shane is fully aware that he has to get ahead of good hitters. I'm very confident he will make that adjustment.''The Rays' only run came in the third inning, when Taylor Walls doubled, went to third on a ground ball and scored
Joshua Kelley Jersey on a Randy Arozarena sacrifice fly.Next up is a trip to Cleveland to take on the Guardians, who have won seven games in a row and clinched the AL Central division on Sunday. There are plenty of great storylines to look forward to.Rays pitcher Corey Kluber, who starts on Tuesday, will be pitching in Cleveland for the first time since ending his 10-year career there in 2019. And it's highly likely that Tampa Bay star Tyler Glasnow will start on Wednesday, more than 14 months after his last appearance after rehabbing from Tommy John surgery."We've got to find a way to keep playing good baseball and winning games,'' Cash said. He still have a lot of work to do.''
