91 wins may be all that is needed to win this division.

File this under... turning over every rock:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/rangers-sign-kyle-barraclough-to-minor-league-deal.html

Water Boy said:

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91 wins may be all that is needed to win this division.

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It may be but I think Seattle has the best team right now. They don't have a potent offense but that pitching staff is damn good.

I think we need about 96 wins this year to win the division.

I'm a huge scherzer fan but, I didn't expect anything out of him when they made the trade. I don't expect anything this year but what the what about fore arm???

Chris Young said that Max Scherzer has been shut down from throwing for a few days as he still has the thumb/forearm issue. No timetable, but Young said that Scherzer won't throw again until any tightness/discomfort is gone. #Rangers

— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilsonTXR) May 8, 2024

Their hitting is bad. It could just be the cooler damp NW weather early is helping the P.


Consider this:
AL ERA for SP:
4. Mariners: 3.34, 1.03 WHIP, 215.1 IP, 216 SO
7. Rangers: 3.71, 1.18 WHIP, 213.2, 204 SO

Mariners: 5 SP
1. Gilbert: 7GS, 1.69, 0.79
10. Miller: 7GS, 2.61, 0.92
20. Castillo: 8GS, 3.54, 1.14
27. Kirby: 8GS, 4.15, 1.04
Hancock: 7GS, 5.24, 1.31 37th

Rangers: 8 SP
8. Gray: 7GS, 2.50, 1.16
10. Eovaldi: 7GS, 2.61, 1.16
Dunning: 7GS, 4.10, 1.15 (27th if Q. Needs 1.2 IP)
Heaney: 7GS, 4.50, 1.11 (33rd if Q. Needs 3.0)
Lorenzen: 5GS, 4.66, 1.34 (10.0 IP from Q) 33rd

Bradford: 3GS, 1.40, 0.62
Leiter: 2GS, 12.91
Urena: 1GS

Seattle has not had a disruption in their rotation. I don't know that Bradford maintains his performance, but he was projected for the rotation.

Seattle has 5 P on the IL. Only 1 is a SP and I don't think he was necessarily projected in their 2024 rotation.

This will be interesting.

I'm looking for the phrase "as a precaution. "