Baseball Chatter May 27

In a surprising turn of events, Masahiro Tanaka took a shutout into the eighth inning. He didn’t walk any batters and struck out 13, including the seven he caught swinging in the first three innings, and eight of the first 11 he faced.

Baseball Chatter 04/18

Kela came into a non save situation last night and threw his 97 mph fastball for a scoreless ninth inning. GM Jon Daniels says Matt Bush is first in line for saves but the Rangers depend on Bush’s ability to pitch more than an inning if necessary so don’t be quick to assume he will take over as closer long term. The Rangers also have Jeremy Jeffress to close out games.