Good morning.
Shawn McFarland writes that Skip Schumaker was satisfied to see the Texas Rangers reach base early and often in their win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
Jacob Gurvis writes that Jacob deGrom continued his career-long mastery of the Dodgers while earning his first win of the season in Sunday’s finale.
McFarland writes that in a tussle between living legends, Shohei Ohtani won a battle with a leadoff home run but deGrom won the war with a superlative outing in the victory.
Gurvis
notes that deGrom and the rest of the Texas arms got an assist from catcher Danny Jansen with four successful ABS challenges in five challenges overall on Sunday.
McFarland writes that the struggles for reliever Chris Martin has thrown a wrench into the bullpen plans during the season’s first few weeks.
Will Leitch is the only person willing to say they like the Rangers’ new City Connect look as he bumps Texas up to No. 8 in the MLB dot com power rankings.
McFarland offers the latest on Wyatt Langford’s status after Langford sat out a second consecutive game with a mild quad strain.
And, the MLB Trade Rumors folks note that former long-time Ranger Martin Perez has been designated for assignment by Atlanta.
Try to remember the good times, ’teen.
Have a nice day!
