Ranger's Pitching-best in the AL right now

[Wishbonemac]

Can a pitching coach really make that much difference?

Or is it that second-string catcher?

Doubters REPENT!

 

[WorsterMan]

OK I am not a baseball guy, but I would not have thought a pitching coach could make that much of a difference or change but I gotta repent. I have followed this team since 1973 - some years very closely, but pitching has almost always been the Rangers achilles heel. So far, not this season... what a pleasant surprise. And so being a baseball fan and respecting the jinxs that surround it... I will make no other statements but just that this season is FUN... so far.

 

[zork]

Grilli has a chance to be a nice addition too. He's 33 but maybe with Maddox and Ryan helping him he can maximize his physical tools that are plentiful.

 

[Wishbonemac]

And Padilla looks very focused right now.

The Angels are a .500 team, that's as much of a surprise as anything.

 

[scharnell]

The Angles' staff has been injured all year, and I think they are all back now (Escobar may not get his spot back) and they stayed within 4.5 games. I do not see them playing .500 baseball anymore, but I hope I am wrong.

 

[cochamps]

Mike Maddux.