The Rangers bounced back from an Opening Day loss to take three of four from the Red Sox, showcasing dominant pitching and explosive offense. Jacob deGrom made his season debut with five shutout innings, while Adolis García crushed the ball, delivering two clutch home runs. Jonah Heim made history with back-to-back homers in his first two at-bats, and Jack Leiter earned his first career win with a solid outing. Meanwhile, Boston’s Rafael Devers set an unfortunate record with 10 strikeouts in three games. The Yankees also sparked controversy with their "torpedo bats," raising questions about MLB regulations.
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00:00Here's to Grom, afterwards on the debut.
00:18You know, it was nice, obviously, to be back out there and to go five.
00:22Honestly, I wanted to go deeper, knowing that the bullpen was taxed a little bit last night.
00:26But you know, we said five was good.
00:29So, you know, build from there.
00:31Still got work to do.
00:32Still feel like I'm fighting myself a little bit.
00:35So got to figure that out in between.
00:37Wyatt, homers to tie it.
00:40Surprising to me that that ball got out.
00:42And then Adolis with the double-decker, his second home run of the year, giving the Rangers
00:47the lead.
00:48Both of the home runs have come after falling behind 0-2.
00:53He had five home runs last year in that same count.
00:58And then Wyatt's home run down that right field line, he had just two opposite field
01:02home runs last season.
01:04And one of them was the inside the parker.
01:06So those notes, courtesy of the Sandman.
01:10Chris Martin striking out, too.
01:12Some Luke Jackson worry that you guys expressed to start the segment.
01:15There's Chris Martin striking out, too, with a man on third in the eighth.
01:18He had to save on Saturday night as well.
01:21Adolis, though, circling back at him, he is absolutely just crushing the ball in this
01:26first series.
01:27For me, it's his last six plate appearances where he's hit the ball in play.
01:31It's all been 98 miles per hour over on the exit velocity.
01:35And we're talking about eight out of the 12 batted balls, 98 or higher.
01:38He got on base seven out of 15 times.
01:41Three extra base hits on Saturday.
01:43He just looks really, really good early.
01:45Now, obviously, again, it's early and you want to see him sustain that.
01:49We always know that he's capable of catching fire and going on a sort of run like that.
01:54He looked really encouraging and gives me hope for the rest of the year.
01:58On Friday, Jonah became the first catcher in Rangers history to hit a home run in each
02:03of his first two plate appearances of the season.
02:06So this is from Ranger Savant.
02:09Both Haim and Higashioka are in the top 5% in exit velocity, barrel percentage, and expected
02:16slugging percentage.
02:17Now, let's talk about that.