Hi and welcome to another edition of Right

on Rangers Live coming at you after a

victory by Texas down to nothing at one

point the Rangers come all the way back

and get a win just final Nathan Eovaldi

finishing off the final innings came in gave

the Rangers a lot of bulk tonight and

Texas huge game to gain on Houston if

the score stands with Kansas City you've got

a great opportunity here to tie the Astros

for the division lead in the West what

a game didn't know how this one was

gonna go I did tweet out then I

guess it was totally right on prophetic you

know Gore starts off the game giving up

the two run bomb I said he very

well might get a quality start out of

this very well might figure out a way

to still have a solid outing and look

he didn't have I would say a great

outing but he didn't totally melt down and

he gave the Rangers a great opportunity to

win and that's all you can ask for

and MacKenzie Gore look still I would say

not a guy that you have a ton

of trust in right now but he is

finding ways to at least keep the Rangers

in a ball game he did that tonight

I definitely feel you you gotta give some

credit in that regard but the offense I

think is the focus the offense was incredible

especially in the late innings tacking on something

that the Rangers have not been extremely great

at doing over the course of 152 ball

games you haven't seen Texas do this routinely

in fact the last several games you've had

a lot of score in one inning and

the other eight innings have a bunch of

zeros back to 500 cue the I like

Texas music hello win column 76 and 76

let's go the Astros we will be watching

five to two right now in the bottom

of the ninth should the score hold as

is the two teams in Texas would be

tied for the AL West lead Astros obviously

hold the tiebreaker after tonight each team you've

got 10 games left and you've got a

prime opportunity to take control of the AL

West tomorrow with an Astros loss you love

the position that the Rangers are in you

don't completely control your destiny obviously but at

this point just keep winning ball games and

the rest will take care of itself you

want another series you're definitely in a good

spot in that regard you have an opportunity

to go for the sweep tomorrow we'll see

what skip decides to go with in terms

of pitching I know that that was a

little bit uh up in the air depending

on how everything played out tonight you had

Nathan Eovaldi being thrown out there as a

potential starter I think that is going to

get shelved I would imagine that skip is

going to put out a starting rotation a

starting pitcher and a bullpen management in place

that'll follow that will 100 be setting us

up to get another win I think that

at this point that's what you have to

do this is playoff time put the best

out there and I think tonight you saw

that in action it's refreshing because I do

feel like there's been a lot of moments

there's been a lot of games even over

the last month where we've kind of said

to ourselves we do realize that there's like

one month in the season left right we

do get that there's not much time remaining

in this season felt like the rangers were

still kind of in march mode at different

times this summer late in the summer tonight

really did feel like a playoff game and

I think that is the appropriate attitude at

this point I am very encouraged by what

I'm seeing right now you have really no

excuse I mean look you could win 10

in a row the astros could win 10

in a row if you do that though

you're making the wild card it's going to

work out one way or another if the

rangers keep winning ball games I do think

the biggest thing for me as I was

watching this whole thing play out tonight it's

going to be really hard for the rangers

to win 10 out of 10 they are

100 capable it's possible it could happen it

hasn't happened all season it could happen but

I'm not counting on winning 10 out of

10 down the stretch here be amazing but

my point is I think that it is

likely they will lose a game over the

next 10 and you know what it's definitely

not going to need to be a meltdown

moment I think that you've got a very

limited margin for error but it is going

to be hard to win 10 ball games

in a row you wish that they could

have done this a little bit sooner mbj

I do agree with you on this comment

says this is how they should have been

playing all season and I do agree would

have been nice to get this not the

last week and a half here big win

very very big win and it was huge

that you did not have to use Latz

today comment from youtube here that was big

evo going the rest of the way was

incredible for your chances the rest of the

week using Latz in game one on tuesday

with six games total this week five games

to go you definitely were hopeful that he

wouldn't have to go back to back nights

and sure enough huge you never know what

can happen you just get into the dance

we've been saying this just get into the

big dance and hey sky's the limit you

got just as good of a shot as

anybody else and most of the time we

know this it's not really about who has

the best record it's who gets hot it's

what happened in 2023 could happen again in

2026 I think that this team if they

can catch fire at the right time who

knows I love what I'm seeing and I

think tonight we focus on the good stuff

there's some things we can absolutely nitpick and

I'm sure we probably will at some point

but I'll say this it is good to

be watching winning baseball and let me add

in a word consistent winning baseball all right

let's roll so if you're just joining us

Rangers win by a score of seven to

three Texas spent most of this game getting

runners on without getting any separation that Brandon

Nimmo doubled home the go-ahead run and

Ezequiel Duran followed with a two-run single

all in the seventh inning and pushed the

score to six to three the Rangers added

another in the eighth inning to make it

seven to three and we're able to close

this one out thanks to a beautiful relief

appearance from Nathan Eovaldi MacKenzie Gore only gave

Texas four innings but Jacob Junis Nathan Eovaldi

stabilized the game I know Junis had the

mishap with the balk happy birthday to Jacob

Junis by the way if you didn't catch

that on the broadcast I posted about it

a little bit earlier today as well but

happy birthday to Jacob definitely not I guess

the best thing you want happening on your

birthday the drop the ball balk but you

know what he ends up getting it done

that is all you could ask for look

you go to his line Jacob Junis tonight

he didn't allow a run beyond that balk

I know that that technically gets charged to

Gore but you take that out of it

pretty clean frame for him two strikeouts Eovaldi

goes four innings one hit are you kidding

me Evo I mean nearly four perfect innings

from Nathan Eovaldi four innings one hit no

walks and he didn't have a lot of

swing and miss tonight which is fine didn't

have a ton of swing and miss but

you didn't need it you just got some

soft contact and you found other ways to

get hitters out it's a beautiful thing Texas

has some doors open tomorrow thanks to Nathan

Eovaldi really saving the bullpen tonight look we're

going to talk about Gore in just a

little bit just to give a little bit

of an update here KC winning five to

two Houston down to their final out in

the bottom of the ninth inning we are

going to bring you that game I'm going

to actually put that game up and watch

it give you the live updates as we

go along so we will keep you posted

on the final of the Houston game as

it comes to us it's loading up right

now looks like one and two count and

so perhaps we will be able to celebrate

an Astros loss here on the live together

MacKenzie Gore let's talk a little bit about

Gore I think that what you saw tonight

if you're just going to go glass half

full you saw a guy that got rattled

early but found a way to keep his

team in the ball game I've said very

consistently I do not trust Gore in October

and I continue to feel that way I

do not think MacKenzie Gore is a guy

that you want to have anywhere near a

game three start nowhere near I think you

would much rather have Eovaldi Cal Q and

DeGrom and then maybe Cody Bradford or some

kind of bullpen game by the way Royals

finished the job against Houston the Rangers are

tied for the American League West division lead

Bobby Witt and company do us a solid they

beat the Astros in Houston have a chance

to win the series tomorrow and we sure

would love that thank you Kansas City thank

you good stuff very very good stuff look

MacKenzie Gore dealing with some spasms I mean

can I just say this and just just

be real with y'all how I feel

I know maybe this is you know not

not the most sensitive comment that I could

ever make but it just bothers me that

every time something goes wrong with one of

our pitchers or one of our players it's

always an injury I mean it never fails

and I understand I'm not saying MacKenzie Gore's

out there faking it I really am not

so I just don't want anybody to get

this twisted but I will say it does

get old it gets frustrating every time somebody

doesn't play well every time somebody has to

leave a game early it's always an injury

man always it just doesn't fail and so

MacKenzie Gore dealing with some back spasms tonight

and I don't think that there's any question

that he probably was I'm definitely not going

there I'm just not I know some people

online you know question the heart and all

that I can't do that man that that

just takes the show to a place I

don't want it to go but I'll just

say this I get frustrated with the amount

of injuries on the team I don't know

how much you can actually really control that

some of it is just dumb stupid luck

I'm sure some of it is a lack

of this that and the other but it

just gets old man I'm just so tired

of hearing about an injury every dang game

it is what it is Cody Bradford gonna

start tomorrow by the way just in case

you were wondering Skip Schumaker just announcing Cody

Bradford on the mound for Texas to sweep

the Red Sox in Arlington let's go man

let's go JN comment from TikTok Evo has

to slide back into the rotation right I

mean I do think that by playoff time

if the Rangers are blessed to make it

and they're in a good spot to do

so gotta win some games down the stretch

of course but they're in a good place

I think that would be the goal I

don't think that you really want to go

into October without Nathan Eovaldi as one of

your top three even if you could only

have Evo go five innings I think you'd

much rather do that you don't want Eovaldi

in a role where he is you know

in a chase situation meaning I think that

you could maybe toy around with using Evo

in a middle relief or in a bulk

role and have an opener or two but

then if you go down early because Tyler

Alexander or somebody gives up a couple early

runs in you know the the opener role

then Evo becomes less valuable naturally I just

think you want Evo with the with the

lead or you want Evo with a tie

ball game that's at least what I would

want you don't want to throw Evo out

there with a two or three run deficit

you want him to be in a leverage

role where you are going to be either

winning a ball game you're trying to win

a ball game score is tied I think

that the goal should be get Evo back

to at least going five innings I think

it would be unwise to go into the

playoffs with him as a middle reliever I

just feel like he's one of the more

valuable pitchers on the team even though he

has had an up and down season he's

still Nathan Eovaldi he has the playoff experience

I don't think that you want to ride

with a whole lot of other arms either

in this rotation or in this bullpen then

you want to with Nathan Eovaldi I would

100 percent try and be building him back

up as a starter what do you think

about it tonight they kind of did that

right they kind of did that tonight you're

seeing Evo go four innings I'm sure they're

gonna give him three or four days at

this point and you know maybe you can

throw him out there again at the end

of the weekend you know you're playing Toronto

maybe you throw Evo out there on Saturday

or Sunday see if he can go four

or five for you that would be outstanding

I just don't know if you want to

waste Eovaldi out in the pen and I

know the argument and I put it out

there tonight too he does fill a hole

we don't have a great bridge to Latz

to Junis in the eighth and the ninth

inning it is true we don't have a

great bridge but then again we don't have

great starters that you feel very confident in

especially going into a playoff environment like DeGrom

yeah you feel like DeGrom is going to

be just fine in a playoff environment I

feel even pretty solid about Cal Q I

think Cal has that much confidence in his

stuff right now I don't feel at all

worried about Cal Q going into a playoff

environment I feel worried about just about everybody

else I don't feel great about Cody Bradford

you know trying to go three times around

a lineup in fact I have said many

times with Cody Bradford I think he's really

effective one time through I think he starts

getting into trouble once he goes that second

that third time through the lineup he's a

soft throwing lefty yes I know and understand

that he's got a lead extension it still

doesn't make him throw very very fast that

makes the fastball maybe like 92 93 it's

not like it makes it 100 miles an

hour I do think Cody is a good

change of pace guy to have out in

the pen a guy that could maybe give

you two innings maybe two and a half

but I just think with Cody it gets

dangerous once you start going through a second

time a third time through the order I

don't feel great about anyone beyond DeGrom or

Cal Q right now in terms of starting

pitching I don't think the Rangers have any

other choice if they do make it to

October they've got to have a baldy back

in a starting role you're not going to

roll out Gore Rocker Bradford Leiter I don't

think is going to be an option at

all I know Leiter definitely is a guy

that Rangers talked about throwing out in the

pen I don't think he's going to be

back as a starter this year for sure

but I haven't heard anything on Leiter last

I heard is he still wasn't throwing because

of the biceps issue I think he went

down to Arizona I think he's rehabbing down

there I don't know if he's really even

doing a lot of throwing right now Wesley

says tiktok comment here Evo starting in five

days book it I think the team really

doesn't have a great choice here now depending

on the results I think it could influence

it a lot if you have a three

game cushion let's just say you know you

you rail off uh you reel off four

more wins in a row you know you

do a little eight game winning streak and

you're three games up in the division which

we know is really two because if you

tie Astros get the tiebreaker I do think

there might be some wiggle room with Eovaldi

where you take it a little bit slower

with him but if you're in a spot

where you need to win I don't know

if the Rangers have a lot of choice

they cannot throw out some of these other

dudes that are really a flip of the

coin at this point let's be honest Mackenzie

Gore and what you get from Gore on

a given night is a freaking coin flip

what you get from Kumar Rocker on a

given night it is a roll at the

craps table man you have no clue what

that dice is gonna do you have no

clue what Rocker is gonna do out there

for me there's there's no option none you

got to get Eovaldi back into a starting

role even if it's only five innings even

if it's only five frames you have to

get him back in a starting role Jerry

what's good where's Jordan Montgomery at rightfully not

in the starting rotation I don't think you

want Montgomery touching a starting role either I

think that's a lot of sentiment that's a

lot of history but I don't know if

it's a lot of here and now if

we're just being honest I don't think Montgomery

has really made you feel great this year

he's sitting at an ERA over five I

mean really you'd be betting on just he

can flip a switch and suddenly look like

the guy from 2023 that's really not based

in enough fact and logic for me I

do know some Rangers fans feel that way

but Jordan Montgomery in eight games has a

529 ERA to me I'm probably not letting

it ride on Jordan Montgomery either I'm not

let's see Darnell what's good Darnell you know

we're gonna enjoy the win we've already talked

about a bunch of good stuff that happened

tonight we will continue to do so but

really this conversation I mean if we're just

being real this whole conversation about Eovaldi it

stems from hope it stems from positive vibes

like the fact that we're talking about the

playoff rotation right now tells you all you

need to know it tells you everything that

you need to understand about tonight the Rangers

are giving people hope again and I can

only hope that they buck the trend that

they have seen play out all year long

that we've seen play out all year long

which is you know you have this good

solid stretch and then you follow it up

with something stinky I'm not putting it lightly

putting it nicely you just have to see

the Rangers see this through to the finish

line play this way the last 10 games

you might lose a game here or there

I think if you're looking at how things

shake with the series and you have one

more game tomorrow clearly with the Red Sox

you've got three games coming up with the

Jays I think the Rangers if they can

find a way to get to 84 wins

I think that would be huge I mean

at this point you could win the next

eight you go eight and two and you

get to 84 that would make me feel

pretty comfortable I feel like seven and three

is really making it close six and four

I don't see getting it done I feel

like you really have to go eight and

two to make this comfortable I think that

anything less than that you are hoping and

praying seven and three might might not even

be enough I could see the Astros going

seven and three I think eight and two

is is the goal you can drop a

couple of games over this next 10 you

drop more than a couple you're getting dangerous

and not in a good way that to

me is the goal here though let's win

eight of the next 10 I know that

that sounds like maybe ridiculous like Rangers don't

win eight of 10 very often and I'm

not sure they've done it a lot this

season I'd be curious but I do think

winning eight of 10 is probably what you're

gonna need to feel cozy seven and three

could possibly get it done six and four

I don't see it unless the Astros just

take a massive dump which would be awesome

but I'm not counting on it I'm really

not counting on the Strohs as I look

at their schedule we we looked at schedules

I think a week ago Astros do not

have some gauntlet to finish out the year

and they play a couple of good teams

no doubt but they've got some teams that

they should be able to here we go

we keep rolling socks keep losing yeah to

be honest don't you kind of want the

you want the the socks to be in

the first place roll don't you I mean

for me the Guardians you've got the tiebreaker

over them you don't have the tiebreaker over

the socks that's kind of a tough one

I mean I guess you can just go

one direction like if they totally tank that's

fine but if the socks start hanging around

that just eliminates the wild card if you

have a tiebreaker at least with the Guardians

if you tie the Guardians you're in over

them Cleveland schedule I forget we we looked

at all this man and I just forget

it's hard to keep four different teams schedule

straight I mean I'll try but we'll look

up some of that as we go what

we took away here's the that I remember

I didn't feel like any team ahead of

us really had like some gauntlet stretch every

team ahead of us the Guardians the Astros

you know even the Blue Jays you know

if you want to count them throw them

in the mix the White Sox all them

had like a couple of good teams a

couple of bad teams the Rangers we said

actually had the best stretch because of the

home games the Rangers have seven more home

games in a row no other team in

that playoff race has as many home games

as the Rangers do the Rangers have the

most home games left of any of those

teams and so the Rangers have the best

advantage here you're in a prime position to

really take control of a playoff spot with

seven games left on this homestand there's really

not a lot of excuses for not getting

the job done and at least making it

to October you've got seven more games at

home in a row and then you go

to Minnesota which is not an opponent you

want to overlook but the Rangers should be

able to go to Minnesota and win a

couple of games again I don't think you've

got to win 10 out of 10 this

was again game you know game 152 I

don't think you have to go 10 for

10 here you just have to find a

way to go seven and three at worst

eight and two preferable six and four you're

you're saying some prayers that other teams are

losing five and five you are up all

night by the bedside saying those prayers you

gotta go eight and two to feel comfortable

seven and three I think is the bare

minimum to make the playoffs we're gonna have

to see what the other teams do around

us but that should be the Rangers goal

we should be able to beat Minnesota Bizzle

says that's what scares me yeah that's how

the Rangers have performed this year you you

go up against some tough teams like the

Red Sox and the Rangers actually play pretty

well and then you go play a team

that's mid or you play a team that's

a losing team and you suddenly look like

you can't hit the broad side of a

barn like you definitely have seen the Rangers

not make very much sense at times when

it comes to teams like Minnesota and I'm

not trying to throw any shade at the

twins I think they've got some great young

players but the twins as you look at

them currently assembled Rangers should be able to

take two out of three from the twins

Rangers should have an opportunity to win three

out of three the twins right now are

not in a great spot 71 and 81

they're not going to make the playoffs they

don't have a lot to play for that

can be dangerous but the Rangers should take

care of business there look the twins knocked

off the Yankees today five to four an

extra innings 13 inning game twins beat the

Yankees so look the twins aren't rolling over

twins are still winning games we do not

have the tiebreaker against the White Sox Darnell

and that is why I said I don't

know that we want the White Sox dropping

into the wild card unless the White Sox

are going to massively soil the bed and

just lose like seven in a row you

you don't want to be chasing the White

Sox because you don't have the tiebreaker I

was hoping the Guardians were going to stay

in that top wild card spot because at

least the Rangers have the season tiebreaker over

them we are officially tied with Houston right

now for the AL West lead for first

place Houston if the season ended today would

advance to the playoffs because they do hold

the tiebreaker over Texas Rangers effectively have to

advance one more game ahead to have that

sole first place position over the division rival

man just a great night to be a

Rangers fan you got Texas winning a ball

game you got the I like Texas music

blaring and you got Houston losing minutes later

I love that minutes later the Astros dropped

their game against Kansas City just perfect perfect

uh yes Carson Instagram comment here Carson I

am saying that we have a chance I

know a couple y'all commented that dumb

and classic movie baby you so you're saying

there's a chance you're telling me there's a

chance I love it man absolutely love it

I've been saying it the last three nights

and I know I'm getting sappy I know

I'm getting a little sentimental and you know

what I'm just going to keep on saying

it it's so great to be playing meaningful

games this late in the season after watching

what we watched the last two years like

I had some people pushing back on me

this is what I mean when I say

I can never make anyone happy I had

some people pushing back on me dude this

team should be in first like come on

bro like you know this team should easily

be five games up if they if they

would just be playing better like you know

you're never gonna make everybody happy but in

24 we were done by the time September

hit August we were done in 24 that's

how bad it was in 24 in 25

we were still in it until about five

days ago a year ago like I feel

like the the second week of September we

had that series against the Astros where they

pretty much knocked us out cold you're over

the halfway mark in September now and you're

still playing meaningful games that is awesome and

I am thankful for that it was definitely

not I would say excruciating to have to

cover the team the last two years in

their final games I'm always going to enjoy

watching baseball and I miss it like nothing

else when it's not around when it's gone

even though I love football I'm mad I

miss baseball when it's not on and so

to be able to cover the team with

a chance to still make it to October

this late in the year love it it's

not over yet Rangers still have some things

they need to take care of but you

like the position they're in right now 500

tied with the Astros playing great team baseball

the pitching was good tonight you had also

the hitting clicking you had some hit parades

you had guys feeding off of each other

it was awesome and as someone said earlier

in the show man it would have been

nice to see this earlier in the year

better late than never better late than never

man let's keep rolling uh Texas tonight we

were just talking about it finally cash traffic

one of my tweets before I got on

the live was it's so nice to have

this team actually clutch up with runners on

base how many games have we watched this

year they load them up runners on first

and third runners on second and third and

then you have two strikeouts in a row

inning over tonight you had Texas cashing traffic

they were piling up base runners early on

didn't get a lot of separation the seventh

inning finally changed that with Brandon Nimmo Ezekiel

Duran delivering consecutive damage that this team honestly

has just so badly lacked at times this

year one guy gets a hit then the

next guy comes up and twists the knife

a little bit harder a little bit further

and I miss that so much and I

know you guys have too it was great

to see that one two punch from Nimmo

and Duran saw some fans online getting on

Brandon Nimmo and I got to admit Nims

has definitely not been awesome down the home

stretch here but he was good tonight and

you know what if I can get two

more good weeks of Brandon Nimmo in a

good postseason as well I really don't care

how bad he was at times in the

month of August and September then that's how

it is with a lot of these guys

like I will forgive a lot if you

just get hot for a few weeks man

all is forgotten nobody's even gonna remember just

gonna remember how you were clutch when it

really mattered that's the opportunity that's in front

of players like Gore for example you're just

like Mackenzie dude come on like everybody if

MacKenzie Gore would have gone out and thrown

seven shutout innings tonight and one of the

biggest starts of the season for him how

easy would it be to start overlooking some

of the other games then he comes out

the next start and he shoves once more

it's gonna start to be really easy to

forget about some of the struggles that he

had earlier on in the year and it's

the same way with some of these hitters

look at Wyatt Langford Wyatt just you know

massively struggling right now up at the plate

all dude's got to do is get hot

for the last 10 games and for a

couple series for a few series in October

no big deal dude he was one for

three I know I think he got on

with the walk as well good to see

him on base a couple of times but

nevertheless Wyatt not in a great stretch right

now you'd love to see some of these

guys forget what's happened through 152 games especially

the ones that are on the struggle bus

and just unlock something brand new and everybody

has that opportunity let's see who takes advantage

of it let's see who decides to turn

the page and make the most of these

last few weeks of baseball that we have

remaining let's keep rolling I'll continue to check

comments and take questions I obviously can go

on for days I've got several more points

to make tonight before all is said and

done but we're doing well 35 minutes into

the show appreciate all you guys hanging out

the Rangers win seven to three over Boston

they win the series against the Red Sox

they are now 76 and 76 playing 500

baseball yeah I can only hope they keep

climbing let's go Darnell says gotta give skip

a shout out he was pushing the right

buttons tonight no disagreements for me was pushing

the right buttons tonight I loved how he

brought in the defensive replacements late Carter came

in the game you took Josh Jung out

of the game you had Ezequiel Duran go

to second base or play third base excuse

me you had Nicky Lopez come into the

game and play some second look I love

what Skip did managing the game today you

have Evo you have the feel of let

it ride with the ace for the last

four frames good for Skip please more of

this more of this managing like with with

urgency is the best way that I can

put it Skip managed with some urgency tonight

and I think a lot of us have

just felt like that's been lacking I know

the pushback is going to be dude it's

162 game season he can't do that every

night well yeah but I think he probably

could have started doing it a little sooner

than September 16th and obviously I'm exaggerating here

but for real you have seen at times

this coaching staff in front office manage and

operate like there's games to spare you've got

10 games left it's about time we started

managing with some urgency it is about dang

time man you have got a very limited

amount of frames left to make an impact

on the 2026 season you've got 90 innings

left to play that's gonna go like that

it was great to see Skip managing the

game tonight like a playoff environment like a

playoff atmosphere did Evo get a save tonight

no he got the win Eovaldi got the

win tonight question from YouTube there he is

now 11 and 9 on the year it's

about time there you go good for Evo

getting a dub and his four inning outing

Skip finally realized we do not have a

game 163 anymore look Darnell the only pushback

on Skip is he did forget how many

challenges that we had that was kind of

a funny moment in the game you need

a little comedic relief sometimes Rangers forgot we

already used our challenge on the hit by

pitch right on Contreras did it hit the

knob or did it you know did it

nick the side of his hand and then

Ezequiel Duran safe on a stolen base was

called out no clue how he was called

out the ump was literally looking right at

it stupid call but I digress the Rangers

won a game but look beyond the forgetting

how many challenges we have left Skip had

a really good game tonight at this point

we're just giving Skip hard time let's keep

rolling appreciate you guys so tonight a few

other performances really worth talking about Josh Jung

we have continued to talk about the jungle

cat nearly every show since he's been back

and the immediate impact that he has had

in this lineup with the bat three hits

tonight he had a run scored he has

been a reclamation when it comes to the

offense it's amazing after last year and some

of the things that he went through getting

demoted in I think it was early July

spending a week or two down in Round

Rock and it was a little tumultuous like

Jung, you, you could tell did not love

that he was demoted there appeared to be

some struggles with how to fix his swing

and get him right and it did not

have a really instant impact like I think

Jung came up and maybe had a nice

little series or like maybe even a nice

week but then it kind of tailed off

but something unlocked this offseason with Josh and

I just think we have to continue to

sing his praises with the stick he has

been a very very elite hitter this year

not just for Texas but league wide this

guy is hitting at this point 298 with

an 806 OPS no he's not hitting the

ball out of the ballpark a ton and

with his speed he's gonna get some doubles

but he's not gonna be able to leg

out a lot beyond singles and maybe a

no doubter in the gap double but Josh

continues to come through clutch making pitchers work

keeping the line moving for the Rangers offense

it is a beautiful thing to see had

some had some really good defensive plays tonight

had the one that was yeah right well

we'll not spend too much time on that

but he did have a great double play

you know dive into his left then you

had the Red Sox runner far off the

base easy unassisted double play for the jungle

cat you know didn't have his best moment

not chasing after a ball that bounced off

his glove fortunately it didn't come back to

hurt the Rangers they were able to get

out of that inning and of course win

a ball game but I think Josh tonight

you err on the side of positivity no

doubt he's he's the best hitter on the

team I don't think that there's really any

denying that I still say Ezequiel Duran MVP

just everything that he's able to do he's

your MVP in 2026 Rangers MVP that is

but Josh Jung is the best hitter on

this team it's not Corey Seager it's not

Jake Burger regardless of the RBI total Josh

Young is the best pure hitter on this

team right now and having him back has

been huge I'm glad that they listen to

right on Rangers somebody from the organization must

be tuning in and they didn't decide to

play out his rehab assignment all last week

they got him back and look the Rangers

I don't even want to say this out

loud I don't I don't know if you

can guess what I'm going to say next

but I don't even want to say this

out loud because I don't want to jinx

it all I want you to do I'm

not going to say it out loud but

I want you to try and connect the

dots here think about when they called up

Josh Jung think about the results that have

happened since Josh Jung was called up do

I do I need to make it any

more clear the Rangers are in a much

better place with Josh Jung in the lineup

much better place and I don't think you

can argue with the results that have happened

on the field since he returned on Saturday

I'm not Philip I didn't say it I

led the I led all the horses to

water but I did not say it Philip

didn't say it nobody's saying it he is

an incredible ball player up at the plate

right now it's it's really unbelievable when you

think about his struggles in 2025 and also

even in 2024 after he came back from

the injury it was a struggle for Josh

298 806 it's beautiful you don't see those

numbers very much anymore you don't see guys

sniffing 300 a whole lot in this day

and age it's nice to see we keep

rolling are they really going to let Joc

play through a fracture maybe I mean look

I told you guys in the most non

-disrespectful way possible I don't see Joc Pederson

in the same boat as I see Josh

Young like Josh Jung to me was you

got to get this guy back Joc Pederson

to me I don't think that you are

chomping at the bit man this is going

to fall apart if we don't have Joc

think about the exercise I was taking you

through with JJ now do the same thing

with Joc think about when Joc left the

lineup think about what's happened since Joc has

left the lineup you know I just don't

want to be disrespectful because I think the

player has had a really good season Joc

has produced this year very much unlike last

year but let's be honest about the impact

that his absence has really had I'm not

going to spell it out just like I'm

not going to spell out the JJ perspective

but I think the rangers are going to

be okay without Joc Pederson I don't think

that they are really going to be rushing

that one if Joc is really good to

go and there's not a major issue with

his ability to swing the bat without a

lot of pain I think they'll give it

a shot I'm not saying keep Joc out

of the lineup but I'm saying definitely don't

force it there there's not a lot of

urgency to me in that situation versus Josh

Young Josh Jung the guy puts the ball

in play and hits the ball all over

the yard again yeah he's not hitting homers

but Josh Jung is igniting your offense Joc

definitely is good for a big swing here

and there and it's not like all Joc

does is it homers he'll slap the ball

the other way he'll give you a hard

single a hard ground ball in between first

and second but I just don't see Joc

peterson needing to be rushed back in the

way that I saw Josh Jung needing to

have some urgency in his return again just

just look at the results if you are

a little bit skeptical about my point right

now just look at the results that have

happened over you know the last four games

and I think that's really all you need

to know Joc if he comes back I

think it'll be great I hope that Joc

can continue to do some damage activate Joctober

and let's all go home happy but I

don't think any rangers fans should be overly

concerned or worried man we we gotta get

this guy back I think Joc is a

nice player to have when he's going well

but I think you're seeing that the rangers

are able to make it work without and

I want to repeat once again it's a

big reason why we said on the show

many times it's okay to trade Joc Pederson

I I know that sometimes it takes an

injury like this to figure that out and

to see things clearly but you could have

traded Joc Pederson and that probably would have

been the wiser move looking back at it

in hindsight if Joc comes back and wins

us the world series clip this and please

repost it and dunk on me as many

times as needed you know I would be

happy happy if that happens but to me

I think the results are speaking for themselves

with this discussion how would we feel if

the team somehow catches the number two seed

in a wild card by we would feel

amazing because the the team would benefit from

having some time off I mean look if

you're hot and they go in to the

end of the season on some crazy heater

you might feel like you'd rather them just

keep playing kind of like they did in

23 but they probably could use the time

off just to have a few guys rest

the body have to grom be like fully

rested and healthy evo same thing it's a

catch 22 the rangers are a little bit

of an older team that probably could benefit

from having a wild card by but if

they are playing good baseball you almost don't

want it to end you really don't you

don't want to see them sit cold if

they finish the regular season having one you

know 10 of their last 12 or whatever

it would be evan tiktok comment here says

evo coming back is massive totally agree I

do think the rangers need to get him

into a starting role again I just don't

think they have the starting pitching depth necessary

to let evo ride out in the pen

I think you've got to bring him back

make him a starter again build him back

up a little bit but you've seen the

impact having evo and middle relief isn't the

worst idea in the world by any means

because the rangers do have a middle relief

issue they don't have enough reliable middle middle

relief arms so set that I know had

a nice game the other night it's definitely

not enough for me to feel comfortable I

think evo shores it up big time but

you just don't have the benefit of starting

pitching depth right now I think you have

to figure out a way to get him

back into the rotation a couple you guys

are asking another tiktok comment francisco what's good

man will jordan montgomery be back in the

rotation I don't think so I don't think

montgomery has looked good enough to justify getting

back into the rotation now would he start

a regular season game I think I could

see that happening are you gonna throw money

into a playoff mix I don't think so

again I just don't see the results being

there for a justification of montgomery being your

game for starter if you're gonna roll with

it I think you go game one two

three let's go no particular order I think

you go to grom quantrill and then you

obviously go evo and then for game four

I would probably do a bullpen game and

then game five you throw to grom again

or you throw whoever started game one again

that to me is the plan I don't

think you roll with like a game for

starter at this point I think you mix

and match in a game four if you're

the two seed and you skip the wild

card round I think you go ahead and

you just throw the kitchen sink at them

in game four with you gore for a

couple rocker maybe you try and put him

in an advantageous spot hopefully with like a

10 run lead you know montgomery you throw

him in the mix I think that you

have to get creative in game four I

don't really want to see the rangers commit

to a starter but I think they'll probably

go with gore as a game four guy

it's just my gut feeling I don't want

to see them do that but I think

they are going to go game four with

gore and by the way if they make

the wild card you don't have this issue

because the wild cards are three game series

so you would start to grom quantrill and

evo and you'd call it a day and

then you'll have to figure out the divisional

round when it gets there but I do

think that's what I would be doing I

think the rangers are going to have a

tough time putting ego out of the way

and I think they will start gore in

a playoff game it is ugly and there

is some egg on your face if you

don't start mackenzie gore in game four or

in a game three depending on the schedule

it's definitely a hit to the ego and

let's see what the rangers are willing to

do at the crossroads of that are you

going to be able to put it aside

and say you know what we did trade

five prospects for him but he hasn't been

consistent enough to really feel good about him

starting in a more stressful environment in october

I think they'll throw him in a game

four to justify it and you know what

it might work out beautifully because that's how

baseball goes I don't feel great about that

right now based on the merits of Mackenzie

Gore's season and what he's actually accomplished on

the field but it wouldn't shock me in

the slightest if the rangers decide without much

thought to do that that to me is

where I'm at with MacKenzie Gore with the

rocker Bradford game for discussion Philip says I

feel Gore would be in a game four

situation for sure for sure I mean Josh

it totally is let's be honest we did

sign our trade for MacKenzie Gore for this

situation but I think you're definitely sticking your

head in the sand not you Josh specifically

but you're sticking your head in the sand

a little bit if you're telling me that

you feel great about Gore taking the ball

in a big game four I mean look

think about it if you're in game four

you're either down 2-1 or you're up

2-1 or maybe you're down 3-0

or you're up 3-0 I mean either

way if we were up 3-0 maybe

I'd feel good about Mickey I mean in

that case you would have won the series

it's a three game set in the divisional

round I guess if you're talking ALCS game

four could be up 3-0 or world

series hopefully look it it just all works

itself out hopefully Gore just catches fire how

about that can MacKenzie Gore just give us

like two more solid starts and then we

all feel much better about him going into

the playoffs that would be the most ideal

seriously yeah Gore to me is not a

guy I would trust in the playoffs but

they might not have a choice Latz could

stretch for three innings in a game for

two you gotta get creative I think they

should get creative in a game four I

think game one two three you've got figured

out you got to grow you got Quantrill

you got Evo I just I don't think

they're gonna be able to roll with Evo

and middle relief it's there's not enough starting

pitching depth there's just not Sugi says comment

from YouTube Rocker would fail to cover first

base every inning if he started in the

playoffs uh Dark appreciate the comment YouTube comment

here I'd rather have Gore than Rocker Rocker

scares me agreed 1000% I do feel

better about Gore than Rocker Gore it feels

like the mental is better in terms of

the little things now Gore still gets rocked

and you have him giving up a bomb

in the first inning it feels like every

other start that's what scares me but Rocker

he can do the same dang thing Rockers

era in the first inning is terrible but

it does feel like every other Gore start

you're having a bomb to run three run

in the first inning like think about the

July start against the Rays he gives up

the three run bomb right away tonight he

gives up the two run bomb right away

it feels like about every other start Mackenzie

Gore is getting a new kid off of

him pretty immediately you have been a couple

of other starts here and there where he's

solid for two or three and then you

know fourth inning rolls around and he melts

a little bit I do feel a little

bit better about Gore than Rocker it's not

like a wide gap but it's definitely a

gap we keep rolling appreciate you guys Houston

has the tie breaker right so we have

to be a game ahead of them PTA

yes so tied right now with 10 games

left but you do have to clear Houston

by one game there is no game 163

which is a shame I am honestly pretty

shocked the league went away with that game

163 was always awesome it's just like extra

baseball man it's great it's great I definitely

would like to see them bring back game

163 and do a wild card round more

baseball more baseball who's gonna be mad at

that what I don't want to see is

them add more playoff teams because that just

cheapens the whole playoff experience but I would

like to see game 163 come back game

163 was always lit always loved watching whoever

was playing in game 163 the Rangers have

had to play some game 163s haven't always

gone well I think we remember the Tampa

Bay we remember the Baltimore game 163 hasn't

always gone great for Texas but nevertheless I'm

a fan of it I'd like to see

them bring it back Nate I've been wondering

where you've been at my guy last 10

games are gonna be tense comment from YouTube

here Nate appreciate you as always brother yeah

it's going to be a very riveting final

week and a half of baseball here I

feel like it's a little anticlimactic that we

go to Minnesota to end the season like

how epic would it be if you were

playing the Astros the last three games that's

honestly what they should do if they're smart

I don't know who the Rangers are playing

the last three games of 2027 could probably

look that up right now but I don't

feel like doing it on the live show

but go back to division rival in the

last weekend come on how awesome would it

be and look it could be devastating for

one team or the other but it's the

right thing have a division rival series end

the regular season that's just peak cinema I

mean that that is pure theater man I

would love to see that happen Armando what's

good Armando makes a good point here to

comment from TikTok maybe Cody figures it out

again we're talking about Bradford right I mean

we love Cody Freeman on the show too

but if Cody Bradford you know could could

really be a long guy either in a

starting role going three or four innings I

just don't feel great about Bradford going around

a second and third time in the lineup

Armando that's my only thing it feels like

Cody is good one time through and then

he really starts having problems that second time

through a lineup and definitely that third time

through a lineup I feel like he's your

two to three inning guy and then you

go to somebody else as a change of

pace I definitely think Cody is useful and

has a place in any kind of playoff

environment or playoff situation but I just don't

think that Cody is right now as currently

assembled I don't know if he's the guy

that you need him to be in October

a guy that could potentially give you anywhere

from six to eight frames that's what you

want out of some of these aces man

you want six innings seven innings eight innings

if possible that's what you want out of

your top arms Cody might be able to

get you four or five I think that's

kind of the the high end that's kind

of the ceiling maybe in the offseason Cody's

able to unlock a couple more things that

would be great but at this point I

think he's better used in the bullpen I've

been pretty consistent about that maybe I'll be

proven dead wrong maybe he'll start just totally

dealing and if he does that's better for

everybody but as I'm seeing it right now

I just question whether or not he is

going to be able to have a lot

of success going deep into ball games against

really good teams we've seen Cody Bradford pitch

against teams that are not so good the

A's the Angels the Giants we've seen that

but we've also seen him pitch against Milwaukee

and teams that have more talent than some

of the bottom theaters and it hasn't gone

awesome we'll see how it goes I think

Cody is going to be a useful arm

as especially in kind of a mix and

match maybe some lefty leverage along with Robert

Garcia Jacob Latz obviously is going to be

closing in the eighth or ninth inning but

I think Cody has a place I'm just

not sure it's as a you know six

or seven inning starter Leiter is injured Byron

comment from TikTok here Montgomery is around and

available but I don't think he is going

to be a guy that steps into a

starting role Josh says TikTok comment here Garcia

still scares me I think Garcia got a

little bit of a bad rap last a

bad rap last night I told you guys

I you know the the error to begin

the inning and I know it got score

to base it that was an error on

somebody but it's not an error on Josh

for the bad throw it should be an

error on burger man you look if you're

a third baseman I'm sorry like if you're

on the run I can understand a skip

throw JJ last night there's no reason to

bounce that ball baby if you're a third

baseman and you're a major league third baseman

again if you are off a back foot

you know your momentum's carrying you to the

outfield if you're planting and throwing man you

gotta be able to hit the first baseman

in the air so last night for me

it's an error on somebody either burger for

not scooping it or Josh Jung for not

throwing the ball from where he was all

the way in the air to Zeke that

was a tough one for Robert Garcia I

think if you can continue to just put

Robert Garcia in the lefty lefty matchups I

think you'll continue to see him succeed I

really do yeah I'm talking about the one

burger couldn't scoop absolutely hmm what else we

got uh Jay no worries buddy that's what

you need to do go for it but

um you could just post again what do

you got to say somebody was complaining that

I I don't answer their comments so they're

unfollowing me it's kind of right on cue

with what I said earlier just you're not

going to make everybody happy I guess it's

too bad uh with that let's segue to

happier things the Rangers want a game tonight

they get a chance to go for a

sweep tomorrow Cody Bradford hopefully going to give

you maybe three four or five strong innings

I don't know that Cody is going to

be giving you a ton of length tomorrow

but maybe maybe I I would love to

see Cody go out and shove and just

totally lock in win a series that would

be when I win a series via the

sweep that would be phenomenal I'll take a

solid five inning outing from Cody and then

you've got a fresh pen Junis you you

probably aren't going to see but Latz can

probably go one to two you've got Robert

Garcia available tomorrow and I do feel good

about RG I don't want to see him

you know get matched up against three writings

in a row but I feel good about

RG I really do I do think we

can win tomorrow I think the team has

good momentum right now absolutely who would I

call up if they make the post I'd

love to see Walcott I mean I don't

think that is really any question I would

love to see Walcott absolutely uh let's see

the funny thing is uh JN the funny

thing is I don't even see any of

the comments that I missed I don't I

JN I don't even see any of the

comments I missed from that dude help me

out uh tick tock chat help me out

what what did I even miss from that

guy if there was a comment at all

send it my way repost it I'm interested

to see like what this comment or what

this question was that was so important to

share yeah I didn't even understand some of

the times when people are like dude you

never answer my comments you never answer my

questions I always tell people like it's never

personal you guys know I try to do

this as a bit of a hybrid show

like this is a bit of a podcast

but it's also a live you know I

know that on tick tock and on a

lot of the social media where lives are

a thing like I know people will literally

just sit there and answer questions the entire

show I think you guys catch the vibe

like I try and do a bit of

a hybrid like I I have my things

I kind of do it a little bit

of podcast style but I really do try

to get to as much stuff as I

can I can't get to everything so I

would just ask like some people and I

would encourage you to do this too like

dm me like if it's just you wanting

to talk ball my dms are not that

crazy if you want to get something off

your chest or if I missed something and

you want to talk about it then dm

me I'll be happy to get back to

you I've been pretty good with that uh

some of y'all have emailed me uh

and I that works too for me so

I just want you to know like if

I miss something during the show and you

really want to talk rangers baseball I don't

be shy just shoot me a dm shoot

me an email and let's talk rangers baseball

man all right hey I appreciate you guys

going back and looking I was like that

was the first time I saw that I

saw him come back but anyways I just

I just wanted to make sure I say

that to you guys it's never personal please

know that obviously I gotta sift through some

of the the dumb stuff you know we

get trolls coming in every now and then

but just know hit me up in the

dms send me an email austin at ride

on rangers.com real easy to remember austin

at ride on rangers.com I'd be happy

to go back and forth with you seriously

we keep rolling uh let's see is jalen

Beeks done for the year yes sugi he

is comment question from youtube here he is

done for the year all right y'all

I gotta wind this thing down man let's

go through rapid fire some of the things

that I had left yeah let's let's definitely

talk through some of the heroes from tonight

I think brandon nimmo I don't think there's

any question not that there was before tonight

but there's no question who won that trade

god bless marcus Semien world series champion but

brandon nimmo has been a much better ball

player than what we got from marcus the

last two years and tonight clutch hit came

through in a big spot gave texas the

lead and then ezekiel he just keeps finding

ways in the middle of meaningful games you

just see him all over the place play

in multiple positions hitting a two run single

to make it a six three ball game

tonight just amazing career year just keeps getting

better and better for that guy 40 man

pulse rangers news we talked about Joc he

does have a fracture in his left hand

as of september 15th yesterday he was receiving

treatment and still hoping to return no real

further update from that no other 40 man

updates either that are worthy of note on

deck tomorrow red socks are going to be

going with sunny gray that's going to be

a tough arm rangers have actually been doing

well against the lefties so you wonder how

they're gonna fare against a righty here you're

gonna see evan carter back in the mix

jake berger gonna slide down a lineup sunny

gray is definitely a guy that is a

shutdown potential arm you are not going to

go into that matchup taking him lightly but

i do think you have nimmo you have

some lefties that are seeing the ball well

josh young righty lefty it really doesn't matter

i'm actually curious what his numbers are against

uh against righty josh young's i'm talking right

now let's see if there's any kind of

weird split one direction or the other so

against righties he is 281 against lefties he's

352 so josh young is raking against lefties

right now 352 average against lefties 933 ops

281 764 ops against righties there you go

texas definitely is going to need to get

a little bit interesting with the pitching we'll

see how long bradford goes but you got

a fresh pen that's a good thing we'll

see if we are talking about the first

place texas rangers tomorrow night man wouldn't that

be awesome the first place texas rangers baby

that's such a good ring to it oh

i will be on cloud nine if throws

lose tomorrow and we win it's wild that

we're here i think there have been some

low low points this year for the team

and even i've said at times feels like

a bit of a nail in the coffin

i would follow it up and say anything's

possible but this team feels like it's kind

of dug its own grave multiple times and

just keeps on crawling out of it that's

the beauty of baseball the beauty of the

game tonight told me this lineup can eventually

at times at some point finally turn volume

into damage and they did that this evening

they had base running base runners all night

long it felt like and they finally started

cashing it in late they need to do

a lot more of that if they want

to make the playoffs and if they want

to make noise in the playoffs still unsure

about the back half of the rotation we've

talked about this at length already feel good

about the ground feel good about calcu i

think evo's gonna be fine if he can

get built up over the next couple of

weeks i just don't know what to do

with the four and five right you got

rocker you got gore you got bradford you

don't really feel great about any three of

those guys any one of those three still

question marks there but one day at a

time and get get a little creative don't

be married to anything if you're skip schumacher

be flexible you got to go with the

flow of the game and it was good

to see skip tonight managing with some urgency

managing this one like a playoff game because

it is it absolutely is watching for how

texas does against a righty you've seen back

-to-back games texas looks really good against

lefty sandoval on tuesday night tonight another lefty

starter that the rangers were able to really

claw against had some really quality at bats

early on let's see how they do against

a righty and sunny gray i i'm a

little bit nervous about that matchup but i

think the momentum that this team has may

overpower that which is a confidence that i

haven't always felt this year no update sosa

on Leiter i think he has not really

thrown a lot i think he might be

in arizona right now last time i heard

all right y'all i got to go

hope you guys have a great rest of

your wednesday night hope to see you guys

tomorrow on the show hopefully talking about another

rangers win 2023 vibes i don't know if

i'm there quite yet but here is where

i'm at just get in you never know

what could happen so in that way yes

like 2023 just get into the playoffs and

we will see where it goes from there

it's beautiful absolutely beautiful how the game can

work sometimes and the rangers are giving themselves

a shot so all you can ask for

have a great thursday we'll be back eighth

or ninth inning tomorrow night hopefully talking about

a ranger sweep of the boston red sox

and the houston astros loss and the rangers

having first place sole possession of the top

spot in the a.o west sound like

a plan ready break and with that as

i always say tend every show god bless

and go rangers