yo what's going on guys it's Houston Sports Talk Back another video day and today the Texas Rangers starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen has been traded to the Kansas City Royals The Royals are trading for 32-year-old Michael Lorenzen who had a no hitter last year with the Philadelphia Phillies and also pitched for the Detroit Tigers um so he had a 3.58 ra with the Tigers in 2023 he goes to Philadelphia traded to Philadelphia he has a no- hitter in like one of his first starts with Philadelphia looked absolutely amazing and then looked completely garbage the rest of his time in Philadelphia he had a 5.51 erra in his time with Philadelphia in 11 games with seven starts he's had a bounceback since then being with the Rangers this season with a five- six record a 3.81 erra 19 games 18 starts pitching 101 Innings 82 hits 43 runs 43 earned runs so all the runs he's given up have been earned runs uh that's pretty interesting 15 home runs 48 walks and 75 strikeouts um so yeah it's been a good year for him but the but the uh Rangers are trading him to the Royals for Walter pen penan uh Pennington who is a relief P relief pitcher relief pitcher but also uh has played right field as well um and I think he was a two-way player in college but I don't think he's really hit it at all uh in the minor leagues but I'm not sure uh but this year in 2024 uh pitching he has been excellent in Triple A he actually got to make his major league debut this year with the Royals uh in his first outing of his career he pitched two outs given up nothing no walks no hits and had a strike out uh but in the minor leagues in Triple A he's six and3 with a 2.26 ER he has pitched 37 games with two starts he has two saves pitching 59 innings 39 hits given up 18 runs 15 home runs or sorry 18 runs 15 earned runs six home runs 20 walks with 79 strikeouts so he's been excellent in Triple A uh and looks good in his only MLB outing uh almost win an inning getting a strike out didn't give up a hit or a walk so definitely pretty solid so let me know your thoughts on the Royals trading for Michael Lorenzen and the Rangers in return getting a really solid relief pitcher who's been really good in the minor leagues and 26 years old Walter uh Penning Pennington so that's the video hope you guys enjoyed let me know your thoughts on the trade in the comment section if you like what you see push the Subscribe button that's the video hope you guys enjoyed peace out