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@MikeBacsik can we start a petition for the Rangers to replace the giant batter's eye and weird angle with Green's Hill?

@TXRangersPR Why? You couldn't ask for a more beautiful baseball day. Y'all are as bad as Jerry World across the street.

The Globe Life Field roof is scheduled to be closed for tonight's game against Cincinnati (beg. 6:05 p.m. CT).

@RangersFanCave Carter is a Rule 5, can't be optioned.

The Rangers bullpen is a problem! And Chris Martin is the most glaring issue. The front office needs to hear this loud and clear right now, before we're 20 games in and already digging out of a hole. Here are Martin’s numbers: 13.50 ERA through the first 7 games. A 7.68 FIP and xERA of 12.33. That xERA number is not a typo. It means the contact quality Martin is allowing is historically bad. His hard hit rate allowed is sitting at 50%. His CSW% is 17.5%, which is well below the league average of around 29-30%. He's a 109 Stuff+ guy, meaning the raw stuff is still there, but his Location+ is 101 and his results are a disaster. The pitch is fine. The location is getting him killed. He threw a 93 mph sinker with no movement over the heart of the plate to Tyler Stephenson last night and watched it leave the building. That's who we're trotting out in high leverage spots right now. And the leverage index data backs up how bad the timing has been. Baseball Reference has Martin averaging a 1.14 leverage index this season. He's being used in meaningful situations. And he's costing us games. His -0.4 WAR through 2.2 innings is one of the worst rates in all of baseball right now. I want to be fair here. Martin posted a 2.98 ERA in 42.1 innings last year with a 1.55 average leverage index. The career ERA is 3.40 over 400+ innings. This is a veteran who has earned trust. But what we're seeing right now is not a blip. The contact quality numbers, the xERA, the hard hit rate, these aren't bad luck metrics. Hitters are squaring him up at an alarming rate. Until something changes mechanically, we cannot keep putting him in close games. Now let's zoom out, because Martin isn't the only issue in this pen. Carter Baumler is walking 25% of batters he faces. His FIP is 8.33. His xFIP is 7.44. His Location+ is 64, which ranks 304th out of 305 qualified pitchers in baseball. He has a negative K-BB% of -4.2%, meaning he's walking more guys than he's striking out. Every time Baumler enters a game, a free baserunner is almost guaranteed. His SIERA is 6.62. There is no metric that says Carter Baumler should be pitching in a major league game right now. Cole Winn has a 11.8% K-BB%, a 4.53 xFIP, and a 4.00 SIERA. He's been surviving on a LOB% that ranks in the top 7% of baseball, which means he's been incredibly lucky stranding runners. That luck is going to run out. Robert Garcia has a 20% walk rate. One in five batters he faces gets a free pass. His xFIP is 4.29 and his SIERA is 4.50. He's shown flashes of swing-and-miss stuff with a 30% K% and 115 Stuff+, but the command is nowhere near where it needs to be to be trusted in close situations. Now here's where it gets interesting, because there ARE bright spots in this pen. Jakob Junis is pitching like a shutdown reliever right now. 0.00 ERA, 1.58 FIP, 2.17 SIERA. His Location+ ranks 3rd in ALL of baseball among pitchers with qualified innings. His WHIP is 0.20, which ranks 4th in the league. His called strike rate is 32.8%, ranked 1st in baseball. He hasn't walked a single batter. The advanced metrics say he's been genuinely excellent, not just lucky. This is the guy who should be getting the ball in the 7th with the lead. Jalen Beeks is right there with him. 0.78 FIP. 1.67 xFIP. 1.24 SIERA. A 66.7% ground ball rate that ranks top 5% in baseball. He's not walking anyone either, with a 0.0% BB% through 3.1 innings. His LOB%+ ranks 4th in all of baseball. The peripherals on Beeks are legitimately elite right now. So here's the picture. We have two relievers, Junis and Beeks, who the data says are among the best in the game right now. And we have Martin and Baumler eating innings in close games and giving them right back. The front office has to make a move. Right now. Not at the trade deadline. Not in May. Now. We're 4-3 and the rotation has been solid enough to keep us in games. MacKenzie Gore gave us 6 innings and 9 K's last night and we still lost because of the bullpen. That cannot become a pattern. If Chris Martin can't fix the location issues in the next week or two, he needs to be DFA. Baumler needs to be optioned until the walk rate comes down. Garcia needs a longer leash in low-leverage spots only. Load up Junis and Beeks in the 7th and 8th. Figure out the 9th. Jacob Latz is probably the answer there for now. That's the blueprint right now. The front office built a rotation capable of winning this division. Don't let a broken bullpen torch the whole thing before April is over.

@arecesalejandro @USABaseball

@brittlizz7 @USABaseball

The #WBC2026 approaching and it felt like the perfect excuse to shake things up. @USABaseball has been wearing the same visual identity since 2006. This concept introduces updated logos & reimagined home/road uniforms that honor tradition while pushing the look forward.

I have a quick fix for Minnesota. Just change the R to a N. Problem solved 🤷🏻‍♀️ #learingcenter #Minnesota

@Evan_P_Grant Baseball 101 on how to become the Colorado Pirates of Las Vegas 🤪🤡. Why are we worried about cutting payroll for a billionaire? DFW is a giant market act like it.

The offseason is upon us. It's gonna be a challenge for the Rangers because of some self-imposed restrictions. No challenge to big for us. Let's build a roster. The manifesto of a madman: dallasnews.com/sports/rangers…

@TalkinBaseball_ Troubadours

If MLB put a team in Nashville, what should its name be? We played MLB RefGuess Jeopardy: youtu.be/BqNbhPAlMTE

@NewbergReport I don't understand the obsession with Clifford Lee Starter #3. He had a 3.98 ERA here. Awful in WS.

Cliff Lee and Nathan Eovaldi. That’s the list.

@Rangers This needs to be the road hat!

All eyes on the best pitcher in the game 🎥

@Evan_P_Grant Jung's swing has seemed so off balance as of late. Every swing he nearly falls over. Maybe stop doing that 🤷🏻‍♀️

Jung strikes out on three straight swings to end the game. The last seemed above the zone. It was a very bad, no good night for Josh. And I wonder what Bruce Bochy will have to say.

@TheRokuChannel @Roku Missing the entire 8th inning of the Rangers game! 👍👍 Excellent production value.

This week on #MLBSundayLeadoff, the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Texas Rangers. Catch all the action live from Arlington on the Roku Channel! Coverage starts at 12:45 p.m. ET.

@TheRokuChannel @Roku Good job running commercials during the inning!

@kennlandry We need answers! 🧢

when will the red hats return from war

@nut_history Convinced the hat says SOS: Save Our Season.

Miami Marlins City Connect 2.0

@MichaelJBier He's hit the ball hard a few times but everything is straight into ground. He's chopping at it and getting no lift.

Here's Pederson's third at-bat of the night. He hit this ball 97 MPH. Baseball = Frustrating.

@14_skinny @TalkinBaseball_ Okay... Now what?

@brittlizz7 @TalkinBaseball_ Go look at the original Astros hat

Astros are wearing their new Nike City Connect uniforms

@nut_history Nothing about this graphic is accurate. Babe had 1190 innings and 89 wins with the Red Sox...and 49 HR before switching to a hitter with the Yankees. This is stupid.

Babe Ruth and Shohei Ohtani, Through 674 games.