Tex vs Det

[HBMike]

Crazy game. 9-7 Tex.  Hopefully Tigers come back and win. 

[Chuck]

Go Tigers!!

[Chuck]

Can you imagine how many home runs Miguel Cabrera would hit if he played half of his games in Texas?

 

Damn.

[rageous]

Remember when the Angels were close to trading for Cabrera?

Imagine Cabrera and Vlad in the same lineup?

[tomsred]

Remember when you all got tied of Vlad?  Couldn't run the bases, clanked balls in RF, swinging at pitches he could no longer get to.

[AZMike]

Can you imagine how many home runs Miguel Cabrera would hit if he played half of his games in Texas?

 

Damn.

 

A midseason trade to pick up Stanton would make the Rangers' offense this year ridiculously potent in that stadium.

 

That said the Rangers are probably not foolish enough to empty their farm to the tune of Miami's asking price to actually get it done.

[austin724]

I can't believe Texas keeps winning. Something in that stinking hick state that gets them going. Can't wait for them to lose in the 1st round of the playoffs again. Sooner or later that is going to bite them in the ass.

[The God of Runs]

I can't believe Texas keeps winning. Something in that stinking hick state that gets them going. Can't wait for them to lose in the 1st round of the playoffs again. Sooner or later that is going to bite them in the ass.

Tony Romo effect?

[AZMike]

I can't believe Texas keeps winning. Something in that stinking hick state that gets them going. Can't wait for them to lose in the 1st round of the playoffs again. Sooner or later that is going to bite them in the ass.

 

Actually at this point Angels have about a 1/30 chance of landing a wild card if the following happens:

 

• Angels get an effective Burnett, Weaver, Madson, Jepsen and Bourjos back.
• Oakland and Seattle collapse big time
• Texas gets Harrison and others back and starts going on a historic run, like 120+ wins, mostly against all the teams ahead of the Angels in the WC race. .
• Angels pull their heads out and actually win games against Houston

 

Angel fans should therefore view Rangers winning regular season games not against the Angels as a good thing. At the end of the day the Rangers could always pull a '90s Braves and get bounced out of the first round of the playoffs. 

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

MCab is 4-4 with 3 HR's and 5 RBI's, BUT the Tigers are still losing. 

[rageous]

Cabrera is on his way to another MVP season.

[Ohtaniland]

Miguel Cabrera just hit his 3rd Hr of the game. .387 / 11hrs / 47rbi's  there's no doubt who the AL MVP is going to be again.

[AngelsFaninGA]

Cabrera single-handedly cost me runs, HRs, RBIs, and average in my fantasy league. 

[DW711]

He might be the best dh of all time.

[HaloCory22]

He is a beast and took me from a 10-8 fantasy win to a 13-6 fantasy win. Love it!

[AZMike]

Miguel Cabrera just hit his 3rd Hr of the game. .387 / 11hrs / 47rbi's  there's no doubt who the AL MVP is going to be again.

Cabrera could conceivable win a second triple crown (Although I don't think he'll "easily" win 3-4 consecutive like Hawk Harrelson was rambling about earlier...)

[HaloMagic]

There were people in the MCab Triple Crown thread that said he'd have trouble catching up to the HR totals.

LOL

[Ohtaniland]

Well one thing is for sure, the Trout vs Cabrera for MVP debate won't happen in 2013. I also think that Cabrera is validating his 2012 MVP season.

[tennischmp]

Nathan sure is working out well for the Rangers

 

Wish the Angels could have signed a RP like that...

[AZMike]

Well one thing is for sure, the Trout vs Cabrera for MVP debate won't happen in 2013. I also think that Cabrera is validating his 2012 MVP season.

 

One thing I don't understand about Trout is why is it than Fangaphs loves his defense so much more than Baseball Reference? Baseball reference seems to have a more pessimistic assessment of his (and others') 2013 season: 

 

AL bWAR Leaders - Trout 20th with 1.4 WAR

AL fWAR leaders - Trout 2nd with 2.4 WAR

 

Fangraphs considers his defense worth +0.3 WAR while Baseball Reference ranks it worth -0.6, a swing of almost a full win.

[HaloMagic]

UZR vs DRS. What's crazy is that both defensive statistics use the exact same info.

[OneLove22]

I can't believe Texas keeps winning. Something in that stinking hick state that gets them going. Can't wait for them to lose in the 1st round of the playoffs again. Sooner or later that is going to bite them in the ass.

 

It's called defense, pitching, base running.  We do all the little things well.  Loads of injuries and all they do is churn out W's.

 

Just wait till we get Harrison, Lewis, Ogando, Kinsler, Feliz, Soria, Lindblom, and AJ back.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

The Tigers must have been channeling our bullpen tonight. Their pen (Ortega and Coke, at least), six runs on seven hits and two walks in an inning and two thirds.

[dimitrig]

Why do we care about Texas? Let's get back to .500 before worrying about standings.

[mancini79]

Why do we care about Texas? Let's get back to .500 before worrying about standings.

 

Yeah, we need to worry about the Mariners first!