Emiliano Teodo pitched on consecutive nights for the first time in his career. Sinker avg 99.8 (0.9 above season avg.) top 101.6, slider 91.1 (1.6 above). 4 misses on the slider. Couldn't quite close the 9th, pulled after an overthrown 2-out walk and 18 total pitches.

Wyatt Langford in Round Rock tonight (I'm not): 0-2, 2 walks, pop and K. Incidentally, Salt Lake / LAA's Alek Manoah median fastball 88.7, top 90.8.

In Round Rock, new Ranger Nolan Kingham four and sinker 93-96, slide 81-85, couple of mid-80s splits I believe (Statcast doesn’t). 5 K in 3 IP, 8 misses on 18 swings. First US game in 3 years. Never a big K guy so I might be seeing a peak version, but honestly, pretty solid.

Caden Scarborough is low 90s rn but he’s locked in the slider early

3B Rafe Perich to Frisco. Looked great in March 2025, didn't have a strong season though and another slow start in '26, but he's been on fire lately. Was basically a "get him to AA and then we'll learn something" type, and now he's there.

Rangers 1, Astros 5. 25-31. Tonight doesn't deserve it's own film, see below.

The official press notes hit the inbox 5 minutes after the last pitch. That's some chairs-up time-to-go stuff. (Not a knock at Texas PR to be sure.)

When Texas purchased Cal Quantrill's contract I stared off into space for 10 seconds because I was familiar with his last four seasons and had seen him in Round Rock, but hey, he's been a pretty damn absorbent mop. (This is a Rangers-30-games-under-.500-in-2021-type post and I hate myself.)

Nefertari (cali) and Bastet (tort) one year later plus a few days

Rangers 3, Astros 4. 25-30. Yordan Alvarez, the people are saying.

4 walks to 19 batters from David Davalillo in Round Rock. 27% BB+HBP rate in 3 games there from the guy with the best control in the system (non-Mitch-Bratt division) the past 3 years. Wholly unprecedented. More walks in each of last three starts than *any* 2025 start.

Similarly, saw the Dallas Morning News story before checking Lopez's stats, saw the quote from Young and thought "ooh, he must really suck."

Rangers 10, Astros 7. 25-29. 17 runs! In one game! I have A Thing I'm prepping for tomorrow and couldn't watch tonight. Did they play at The Ballpark?

Rangers 0, Astros 9. 24-29. What a season.

Rangers 1, Angels 2. 24-28. Swept in Anaheim and 3-6 on the trip against them, the Rockies and Astros.

Probably not a great sign when I’m pettily tempted to unfollow the mlbbot in May. (He’s now at 14 K and 21 straight retired.)

I focused on Collyer today, since he pitched last night.

Rangers 6, Angels 9. 24-26. Was out briefly and didn't see Chris Martin pitch, but I watched both his rehab outings in person, so, uh huh.

End of an era

I will see Adam's Airheads and raise with Tapeheads. Fishbone as "Ranchbone."

Rangers 5, Rox 4. 24-25. Nice comeback (with some help). Tied for 1st if the A's lose and in much better position for a winning road trip. Really enjoyed watching Joc Pederson casually catching a high fly in the rain in Colorado in the 9th with a one-run lead. Yep.

Rangers 10, Rox 0. 23-25. 7 scoreless by Rocker in Colorado. I'll confess to rolling my eyes at the opener: the issue isn't him giving up runs in THE 1st inning, it's giving them up in HIS 1st inning. Was Schumaker going to hypnotize him? "You've alllready pitched the firrrrrst." Oh well, it worked!

Rangers 8, Astros 0. 22-24. Outscored the Stros 9-6 in three games but departed with one victory as is their wont. Today’s “film” is my daughter recreating a photo from 2017 at Round Rock’s Dell Diamond.

Average score of a game in Asheville (HOU) vs Hub City (TEX) this week: 14.8-7.8. Hub City gave up 10.1 per game and took five of six!

Luis Curvelo pulled after just 8 pitches in Round Rock. Velo was down about 1.5 but nothing seemed untoward except his control was still off. Round Rock had a guy warming from the get-go. Maybe nothing, but definitely odd. (I’m in fan mode today so wasn’t paying close attention, fwiw)

Rangers 1, Astros 2. 21-24. Tonight's game gets a muddy 480p cap of a bad cash-grab movie.

Looked washed early, improved to where he was AAA-inning-eater-worthy, but never more than catastrophe-level depth, no loss beyond the task of replacing his Round Rock innings. Down to 13 “Austins” in the org.

Not 20 minutes ago, I took a sip of my wife’s Prosecco cocktail. Through a straw. And I enjoyed it enough that I took another sip. I apologize for this blatantly effeminate behavior.

Rangers 0, Astros 2. 21-23. Almost no-hit by Aerated Spaghetti or whatever his name is.

Texas’s AAA club is en route to its first sub-.400 slug since 2009, and the best hitter is Jonah Bride (.265/.398/.409).

Rehabbing Luis Curvelo 2 outs and 2 walks. 12 of 21 pitches for balls. FB a tic slower than MLB rate but close to previous AAA showing. Seemed peeved with one or all of catcher Jose Herrera, himself and the world by the end of it.

Rehabbing Chris Martin 1 IP 4 H 1 R. Had 2-strike count on 4 batters but couldn’t get a K that would’ve rewarded fans with dollar dogs. He’s unpopular. Velo fine. Just one splitter, in dirt and ignored. Only one of six BIP hard, but again, wasn’t missing bats. Looked so-so.

Career day for David Davalillo but the wrong kind. 5 BB, 4 HBP, by far the most freebies ever handed out. Seemed like he dialed back to get some over, but then became slingy. Visibly agitated. Wasn’t so wild you couldn’t discern his planned locations, but he really didn’t have it.

Round Rock is a relatively pitcher-friendly PCL park, but if you can aim a fly about 40’ inside the LF pole, it doesn’t take much.

David Davalillo strands 2 in his 1st AAA inning. HBP and lined single. Swinging Ks on 94 sinker down/away and a realllly nice sweeper (81, 18” horizontal). Two other whiffs.

(whispers) and a 23% BB+HBP rate

(L-R): Harry Dean Stanton, Edwin Diaz, Warren Oates

David Davalillo up to AAA Round Rock... ...(punches wall, as I have plans tonight and can't make the game, assuming he's starting)... Dalton Pence up to AA Frisco.

That fire last weekend in low-A Hickory's stadium will force next week's homestand to Winston-Salem, the high-A home for the White Sox. Next real home game scheduled for June 2.

Rangers 7, Diamondbacks 1̶ ̶2̶ ̶3̶ 4. 20-22. A nice, hearty home win, not too common with this offense. Somebody pinned a photo of Devin Fitz-Gerald (a top-100 prospect now, per BA) to MacKenzie Gore's locker. And Gavin, please, no more of that.

Rangers 0, Diamondbacks 1. 19-22. Had this one under consideration last night but it felt too bleak after back-to-back shutouts of the Cubbies. Tonight, though, mmm, hit's the spot.

Rangers 3, Cubs 0. 19-21. Underwater, yet the 5th-best record in the league despite a difficult schedule. Relative ease upcoming. Fair enough. Still feels like the Rangers left a little on the table during this stretch, but can't complain about consecutive shutouts against a 27-12 club.

Rangers 6, Cubs 0. 18-21.

Good on Justin Foscue. 1st MLB homer. Don’t know what the future holds but he deserves better than his actual career line. Seeing him get a big ol hug from AAA teammate Alejandro Osuna and a chat with Cutch warms my heart.

The more complex answer to Texas being a hard-hit low-result team is NOT Globe Life, it's (mostly) the Rangers. Texas's success on hard hits at an angle of 20-44 is TERRIBLE, miles below any other team. These numbers don't seem real. But opponents are doing pretty well. (1/4)

The basic answer to Texas being a hard-hit low-result team is Globe Life. Yes, the Rangers are worse on hard hits than their opponents at home, but the park is massively pitcher-friendly. Texas's road numbers are right at the league average.

The 2026 Texas Rangers: 2nd in hard-hit percentage but 28th in average (.432, 44 points below average) ans 27th in slugging (.814, 107 points below average) (Deleted earlier post with math error)

Rangers 1, Cubs 7. 17-21. So anyway, I did a stupid thing and looked up Rodney Dangerfield's IMDB and discovered I'm older than he was when he filmed this. I mean I get it, I saw this in a theatre in 1986, but also, wtf.

Jose Corniell on the hump for the first time. FB 95, Cut 91 CH 86, SW 83. 11 misses in 3 IP, at least one for each pitch. Messily effective: 2 H, 3 BB, 3 SO, 0 R in 3 IP.

Rangers 2, Yankees 9. 17-20. A messy 6th inning. A messy game. A messy series. Still just two back of 1st (pending the A's victory) and 0.5 back in the wild card.