Texas Rangers Seek Rebound Over Angels: Game Insights
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00:00Texas, a sweep this weekend over the Rays, but the Rangers had dropped eight of their last 10
00:08entering. Can they find their way back to 500 in the next few days by the time we get to the
00:15all-star break? Texas in Anaheim today, taking on the divisional foes the Angels and they're a minus
00:21142 road favorite. What does Texas need to do this week, Donny, to maybe get back to the surface of
00:28being a playoff contender? I mean, basically just play better than 500 baseball. Like, let's just say
00:33you have seven games in a week, just go four and three and in two or three weeks, you're probably
00:37right back into the Rays and that's not even playing great baseball, which again starts today.
00:41You're taking on a team you should handle in the Los Angeles Angels. You have the pedigree pitcher
00:45on the mound, doesn't always mean you're going to win. John Gray on the road, you take a look at 108
00:49batters that he's faced over the past 30 days, both home and away. Look at the ISO power number,
00:54196 elevated. Look at the weighted on base percent is 386. He's been getting crushed from left-handed
00:59bats to a 320 ISO power number and a weighted on base percentage of 519. He's done very well
01:05against right-handed batters. Now, why is that key? Only three left-handed batters expected in the lineup
01:11today for the Angels that might help John Gray out. Now, if we flip it over to the other side,
01:15we're still waiting for that Rangers lineup to wake up and quite frankly, gets better on a day-to-day
01:19basis. Simeon, Seager, Smith, Garcia, Lowe, Lankford, Heim, Hill, and Tavares. It's not a bad-looking
01:25lineup. Davis Daniel, the right-handed pitcher is going to be on the mound. Only 51 batters he's
01:30faced over the past 30 days in his Major League Baseball 2024 career. 269 ISO, 360 weighted on
01:36base percentage to right-handed batters. You should be getting a better lineup for the Rangers and a
01:40better pitcher on the mound. Therefore, they should be able to take care of business on the road today
01:44against the Angels.