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Leody Taveras is 2nd in franchise history in games played in centerfield. I'm not sure how regular his playing time will be but perhaps he catches Oddibe?

520 Oddibe McDowell
462 Leody Taveras
420 George Wright

Since 2021, Taveras is 5th in MLB in games in CF.
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Josh Smith's MLB ranks vs LHP among LHB in 2024

BA: T-9th (.286)
OBP: 10th (.345)
SLG: 14th (.429)
OPS: 12th (.774)
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Most HR by a LHH in the National League since 2015

281 Bryce Harper
277 Kyle Schwarber
257 Freddie Freeman
209 JOC PEDERSON
199 Charlie Blackmon
196 Cody Bellinger
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Joc Pederson’s MLB ranks vs. RHP in 2024

BA: 21st (.281)
OBP: 6th (.392)
SLG: 14th (.531)
OPS: 10th (.923)

Pederson’s success against RHP isn’t limited to 2024. Over Pederson’s last three seasons he’s slashed .267/.367/.503/.870.
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MLB players who ranked in Top 15 in OBP, SLG, and OPS vs. RHP last year?

Aaron Judge
Juan Soto
Shohei Ohtani
Bobby Witt Jr.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Rafael Devers
Yordan Alvarez
Marcell Ozuna
Gunnar Henderson
COREY SEAGER
JOC PEDERSON

Pretty salty class.
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The 24 Rangers struggled vs 4-seam FB.

BA: .234 (26th)
SLG: .380 (28th)
wOBA: .306 (28th)

VS 4FB (Ranks/207)

𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫
BA: .299 (30th)
SLG: .645 (10th)
wOBA: .422 (14th)

𝐉𝐨𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧
BA: .291 (36th)
SLG: .602 (16th)
wOBA: .426 (13th)

*Min 400 PA
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Hoby Milner's generated a ground ball rate of 51.9% since the start of 2023. Of the 319 pitchers who have worked at least 100 IP during that stretch, Milner's GB% ranks 32nd.
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Jake Burger is going to help the Rangers in many ways. A Burger strength was also a 2024 TEX weakness: the elevated fastball.

Since 2023, Burger's .641 SLG vs the upper-third FB ranks 9th/323. WOW!

Last year's Rangers slugged .325 on those pitches (24th) w/ a .183 BA (27th)
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Rangers - Cubs, 6/20/07

Sosa playing for TEX vs CHC hit his 600th career HR. He hit it off of Jason Marquis who was wearing Sosa's popular Cubs number 21.

Sosa was traded by CHC to BAL for Hairston Jr. and Fontenot. Fontenot (CHC), JHJ (TEX) both played in Sosa's 600th.
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Among all players who saw less than or equal to 3.6 P/PA, Corey Seager’s BB% of 9.9% was topped by only Yordan Alvarez’s 10.9%. No only else had a BB% above 8%.

This just shows Seager’s (and Alvarez’s) uniquely dangerous contradicting combo of patience and aggression.
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Wyatt Langford's XBH%

Through May 31: 4.0%
After June 1: 10.7%

MLB average, FWIW, was 8.5%
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There were ONLY SIX PLAYERS IN MLB last year who ranked in at least the 80th percentile in bat speed AND chase rate.

Aaron Judge
Kyle Schwarber
Juan Soto
Gunnar Henderson
Riley Greene
WYATT LANGFORD
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Josh Jung told me his dad, Jeff, a longtime HS football and baseball coach in Texas, got him so into sports cards.

Jeff was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan because of the nearby minor league affiliate, the San Antonio Dodgers, and loved collecting Dodgers players.
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SIX CATCHERS IN MLB have 200+ RBI since the start of the 2022 season

260 - Salvador Perez
238 - Cal Raleigh, Will Smith
215 - Willson Contreras
202 - 𝐉𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐇 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐌
201 - Adley Rutschman
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Jon Gray shared with me that he's always wanted to have a 200 IP/200 K season and that is absolutely his goal this year.

His career-high in IP is 172.1 (2018, COL) and his career-high in K is 185 (2016, COL).
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Dustin Harris told me that when he got traded to the Rangers in September 2020, he didn't even have an agent so he found out because a friend saw a note on twitter. Harris is a great story. He had just one JuCo offer out of HS and made his MLB debut last year.
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Sam Haggerty has slashed .263/.355/.452/.807 in his career vs. LHP. On a team that might need a platoon option vs. LHP, he's worth considering.

He can play all three OF positions and also has experience at 1B, 2B, and 3B, plus he's a good runner.
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Highest AL bWAR since 2021

17.7 Gerrit Cole (NYY)
14.2 Shohei Ohtani (LAA)
13.5 Framber Valdez (HOU)
11.8 Dylan Cease (CWS)
11.5 Tarik Skubal (DET)
11.2 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐈 (𝐓𝐄𝐗)
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Lowest all-time ERA in the expansion era (since 1961)

2.19 Sandy Koufax
2.50 Clayton Kershaw
𝟐.𝟓𝟐 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐝𝐞𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐦
2.80 Whitey Ford
2.83 Don Drysdale
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MLB players with 350+ RBI and 50+ SB since 2021

Shohei Ohtani
Jose Ramirez
Freddie Freeman
Kyle Tucker
Francisco Lindor
𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐀
𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐍
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Most HR since 2023 among MLB infielders

83-Matt Olson
80-Pete Alonso
65-Gunnar Henderson
64-Francisco Lindor
63-𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐑, 𝐉𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐑, and Jose Ramirez
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"𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬."

Was very meaningful speaking to Jake Burger about wearing 21 to honor his daughter Penelope who has Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)