Jack Leiter's Struggles: Another Rangers' Draft Mistake?

INTRO this is the talking Texas Rangers broadcast sponsor by game time if you're looking for the best place to get tickets in the sporting event including the Texas Rangers check out game time today here's the link in the description support the channel your purchase of game of game time tickets and without further Ado let's dive into today's first Michael Lorenzen Saving the Rangers topic Rangers signing Michael lenen over Jordan Montgomery may have actually saved their season the world is a wild place when signing Michael lenen over a guy that help carry Texas to a title somehow looks great almost everyone agreed that the Texas Rangers should have trying to bring Jordan Montgomery back for this season and Beyond much harder than they did Montgomery was such a crucial part of Texas as run of the World Series and they needed starting pitching so the fit was an easy War unfortunately the Rangers Revenue situation due to the TV right blows made them feel as though they could not afford m not that this is actually true it isn't they could have definitely afforded Montgomery but it looks like the Rangers passing on Montgomery instead going out and signing Michael lenen may have actually been one of the few things that's gone right for Texas in 2024 lenon is thriving with the Rangers while Montgomery is struggling with his new team and B In fairness to Montgomery it does look like he might have gotten screwed by Scott poris as he signed Arizona so late that they didn't get a spring training his mishandling in his free agency got him fired but that doesn't change the fact that Montgomery has not worked good early in his tenure with the Diamond Backs through Montgomery's first eight starts this season he holds just a 548 erra with a big drop off and a strike out rate so far which already wasn't great to begin with conversely Lorenzen has been doing really strong work in the Rangers rotation since joining the club while he doesn't have the most exciting per roles in the world especially when it comes to missing bats all lorenz's pitch pitches are grading out well this this 296 ER is a massive improvement over what monate has been doing we'll never know how much better if at all Montgomery would have been if you got a full spring training but lenon signed very late as well while the right-handed right hand hander needed a little bit of timing to get up to speed he has been strictly better than Mony this year whether that remains true all year long is a fair question when you consider both players track records however Montgomery can opt out of his deal after this season as long as he makes 10 Starks and and if he is good Texas could end up getting him back next year anyways so let us know in the comments section below would you rather have Montgomery or Michael Lorenzo currently based on their current stats with that we dive into our next topic readers losing John Gray was a lot Jon Gray to IL Was a Lot More Significant Than What People Think more significant than fans might have realized no injury is great but John Gray's ailment could have come couldn't have come at a worse time for the Rangers anyone who has followed the Texas Rangers this season knows that they must have some sort of curse on them when it comes to injuries getting W lford and Nathan nodi back from I this week was great but they still have a lot of guys out on both sides of the ball one such injury befell to ungr last week when he was placed in the Isle with a groin issue injury was described as mild it couldn't have come in a worse time for Rangers not only had Texas been scuffing scuffling terribly before winning four their last five but gray looked like he was working on a special season since the beginning of April since April 6 John Gray had nine games 48.1 inning pitches one 1.3 erra a 1.06 whip 26% strike rate and a 6% walk rate John Gray's injury could der ra on his special run and halt the Rangers Pro progress given everything that has gone wrong for the Rangers this year gray had been a rare bright spot now with Cory Seager finally waking up and trying to carry the offense the Rangers have to go without a guy that was putting up a like numbers this year even if gray is only out for the minimum of 15 days which is not a sure thing at all given how 2024 is gone there is no guarantee that he'll be able to capture that magic again again there are signs that Texas could actually be getting more healthy again soon however Texas really needed gray to keep being the guy he was on the mound before he got hurt to climb out of the hole they had dug for themselves this year instead Ranger fans just have to hope that he can pick right up where left off and dominate once eventually Returns the problem with that kind of optimism is that it requires some good fortune and the Rangers have decidedly lack that the season at some point Texas has to have some things break their way right Max Scherzer/Jon Gray Injury Update and now we got some updates on Max sherzer and John Gray as well as some updates on josy's progress it's no secret that the Texas Rangers arer has been hit hard by injuries in 2024 the defending World Series champs have had their work cut out for them while trying to be the first team since 2000 New York Yankees to win back-to-back World Championships while missing while missing Josh Young has affected the Rangers lineup players like Marcus Simeon adolis Garcia and Cory Seager have helped to offset the allstar absence Texas's starting rotation however is a different story The Rangers have seen far too many starters land on the I this season while there's hope that the team will return to full strength sometime after the All-Star break those reinforcements can't to come soon enough one of the biggest holes in the Rangers starting rotation has been the loss of Max Scherzer there was hope earlier this season that the former Sai Young Award winner would make it back before June but his placement on the 60-day I last month guaranteed that wasn't going to happen Sher had a set back during his rehab Pro processes but through a bullpen session over the weekend the next order of business in his progression will be facing live banners there's a chance that the eight8 time All-Star could take that step on the Rangers desperately need Sher back in the rotation not the only key starter who's on the IL while the Rangers are hopeful that sherzer will face live hitters on Monday starter John Gray is scheduled to do just that the right-hander had been sidelined since late May with a groom injury gray has been arguably Texas's best starter of the Season like we previously mentioned the 32y old is 2-2 with a 228 221 ER 56 strikeouts and 57 Innings of work this season there's a chance that gray could return to the Rangers starting rotation as soon as the team Series against the San Francisco Giants this week Justin fy's Major League debut was an abbreviated one almost as soon as infielder was called up he was forced to hit the I with a left oblique string the Rangers Shift at fosu from the 10day to the 60-day I Midway through the month of April according to the Dallas wning news fosu has resumed baseball activities and is taking swings off live pitching The Next Step will undoubtedly be a rehab ofite there's room on the roster Texas could recall fosu back to the majors rather quickly bosu is one of the Rangers top position players currently on the iil joining the aforementioned young and rookie outfielder Evan Carter Ranger fans are hoping Jack Jack Leiter a Bust lighter doesn't join the long list Texas draft draft bus Jack lighter's initial impression in the big leags has him on track to make the history books for all the RAC after getting absolutely torched in his Texas Rangers home debut Jack lighter's Major League Outlook is extremely uncertain down in the minor he fools hitters and his stuff looks Lively and dominant however in his three starts in the big leagues lighter hasn't been able to come close to replicating that success as he has a hored 1639 erra in just nine innings of work at this point Ranger fans have to be wondering if lier will ever figure things out now that Texas officially s him back down to the miners again he still has time before Texas potentially decides to give up on it but ler struggles sure do have him trending towards joining what he has become a long list of recent draft failures to the Rangers when ligher was selected second overall by Texas the expectation was that he would be a stalwart member of their rotation for the future pitures are always a risk but lighter was one of the Sher bets in the 20201 draft class and now he is anything but that that said he still has a way to go a worst pick some of Texas's worst draft Buss in recent years for example the Rangers had two first round picks in the 2010 MLB draft because they failed to sign their first round pick Matt perk the previous year and with the 15th and 22 overall pick in that draft Texas ended up with outfielder Jake skull and catcher Ken digin skull never amounted to much and failed to reach at big leagues before leaving organized baseball in 2016 dlin hung on bit longer and made it to Triple A before being released in uh 2022 guys who the Rangers could have drafted instead of them CL Christian Yelich Aaron Sanchez and Nick castanos all big Leaguers and All Stars looking at higher draft picks Texas picked Dylan Tate fourth overall back in 2015 after he couldn't and wouldn't make adjustments as a pro when a stuff declin Tate got traded for Carlos belra despite his Raw Talent and now he's struggling to hang on as a relap going back a bit further Casey ker was the Ranger's bup overall pick in 2006 and he never did much as Texas was left wondering what could have been Tim LOM Max Scherer or Clayton Kershaw and fall it in short lighter still has time to figure things out he appears to be motivated to shore up his weaknesses and he is still just 24 years old however he doesn't have forever to establish himself as a big leader especially with the Rangers having title aspirations in the coming years if he doesn't he will join some not so Elite company of Rangers history so let us know your thoughts in the comment section below do you think lighter will be a bust or will he finally find his footing on the majri know and now on to our next Jordan Montgomery Receives WS Ring topic Jordan Montgomery finally got His World Series rang from the Rangers and it was a beautiful moment Monty was back in lington this week the Texas Rangers battled a familiar fo this week at Global field a world series rematch against the Diamondbacks took place in Arlington last October the Rangers and Dbacks met in the fall classic with Texas submerging as Victors the Rangers won the series in just five games and took home the commissioner trophy for the first time in franchise history earlier this season all the players who were part of Rangers World Series run received the Ultimate Prize every Major League player aspires to have World Series Championship but not every member of the 2023 Squad is still part of the Rangers organization earlier the season when the Mariners came to town former Ranger Slugger Mitch Garver received his championship break with the Diamondbacks in town it was time for Jordan Montgomery to finally get his SCH Montgomery became a free agent this past offseason and while there were certainly discussions about reaching a contract agreement with the left-handed ear the Rangers chose to go on a different direction rather than a Montgomery's contract demands Texas instead in the likes of Tyler Maul and Michael Lorenzen to Shorter term deals Montgomery Montgomery lingered on the open market for quite some time and while there was multiple teams rumored to have interest in Southpaw he eventually landed a one-year deal with the Diamond Backs Montgomery did not Pitch during the two game series against the Rangers but that didn't sty out Texas M manager Bruce Boi and DM Chris Young from giving the leftand pitcher his championship ring and enjoying an Embrace on the field Montgomery took the loss in his lone round series app appearance allowing four runs on nine hits in his game through start the Monte was the Rangers best starter in the ALCS against the Astros and when she loged 14 innings three appearances striking out 10 and posting a 129 ER he was also instrumental in the team staying afloat during the second half of the regular season though he may not be part of the Rangers organization anymore Montgomery received a warm welcome from the Texas faithful in attendance at Tuesday's game and will be finally remembered for helping deliver a World Series Championship to the Rangers and before we go we like to remind you you can give us a thumbs up if you like your video subscribe to the channel hit the Bell notification button be notified of future videos and of course if you want to support the channel 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