This is your Rangers Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of August 23, 2021.
A Look at Rangers Pitchers Last Week
Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 0.00 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 3 games this week and he was not used as a closer this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 10.80 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has found a way to attract poor quality contact as evidenced by the 0.0 BABIP of hitters against him. When the contact you attract is so poor and you strike out enough hitters, a .000 batting average means that the balls are hit in places where fielders are able to make plays. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 39.1% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 70.6% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Jordan Lyles
Jordan Lyles has a record of 1-0 this past week and a 1.29 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 7.71 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.278 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .208 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 33.3% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 69.2% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Drew Anderson
Drew Anderson has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 1.80 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 1 games this week and he was not used as a closer this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 5.40 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.294 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .250 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 25.0% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 73.3% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Mike Foltynewicz
Mike Foltynewicz has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 3.00 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 7.50 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.154 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .158 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 22.2% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 64.9% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Jharel Cotton
Jharel Cotton has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 3.00 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 2 games this week and he was not used as a closer this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 9.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.143 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .100 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 32.5% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 84.0% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Joe Barlow
Joe Barlow has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 3.00 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 2 games this week and in his relief appearances, he was used as a closer and he had 1 saves and 0 blown saves.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 6.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.125 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .182 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 29.0% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 70.6% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Josh Sborz
Josh Sborz has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 3.00 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 3 games this week and he was not used as a closer this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 9.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.286 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .200 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 40.0% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 75.0% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Taylor Hearn
Taylor Hearn has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 3.60 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 3.60 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.278 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .250 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 32.4% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 71.1% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Kolby Allard
Kolby Allard has a record of 1-0 this past week and a 4.26 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 2.84 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.238 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .280 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 22.5% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 67.5% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Dane Dunning
Dane Dunning has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 9.64 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 1.93 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.4 BABIP this week. Hitters are .409 against Dane Dunning, which means that the contact he is attracting is still hard and he is not getting enough strikeouts to bring it down out of this danger zone. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 30.8% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 76.9% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…
“Jamey Newberg’s midseason re-ranking of the Rangers farm continues with Nos. Evan Grant took the impromptu day off from yesterday to write about Nick Solak looking to reclaim a future with the Texas Rangers. Jeff Wilson’s newsletter tackles the grim reality that there’s not many long term answers on the current active roster for the Rangers. Over at FanGraphs, Sara Sanchez writes that Adolis Garcia’s big lead in the Rookie of the Year race has evaporated.”
“Hickory box score: https://www.milb.com/gameday/dash-vs-crawdads/2021/08/22/643306#game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore,game=643306 Kohei Arihara made a rehab start for Frisco and went two shutout innings, with one walk and two Ks. Jayce Easley had two hits and a walk. He went six shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out six. Cole Ragans followed him with two runs in four innings of work, allowing two hits, walking three and striking out five.”
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