Can Mariners’ Secret Pitching Weapon Finally Silence the Rangers?

The Rangers are another team that is still kind of searching for their identity. They hoisted the World Series trophy a couple of years ago and haven’t succeeded all that much since. They are 16-17 for the season overall, and their once stellar home record is now just 11-7. That’s still a good mark, but not quite as dominant as fans would hope. In their World Series run, the team was awesome on offense. They hit for average and for power. They found ways to manufacture runs, and things worked out well. Now, the team is hitting just .225 and has almost 60 fewer runs than today’s opponent. Losers of four of their past five games, Texas is certainly struggling. To try and stop the bleeding is Patrick Corbin. For the year, Corbin has been decent. Honestly, decent is something you should take out of him considering he was viewed as potentially the worst free agent signing of all time. This year, he has only thrown 19 innings in four starts. In that span, he has allowed eight earned runs, three homers, six walks, and 24 hits. His WHIP is high at 1.58, but the damage isn’t quite being done. Mariners hitters aren’t doing all that well against him either, batting just .255 with no one aside from Jorge Polanco standing out. Polanco also looks like he had one or two good games against Corbin.

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