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So please consider getting a subscription if you enjoy what we do here with this podcast and on the site. And I got to talk about Rangers Suarez. Rangers Suarez, eight-ending, zeroed runs, one-head, one walk, and ten strikeouts for a golden goal. 14 whiffs and a 34% CSW. Finally. Oh my gosh. I mean, seriously, that's Boston Red Sox fans. They paid so much money to Ranger Swar's.

Look, you've had Rangers Swarrest for a while. I've been waiting for it to happen. You were thinking about dropping for a while. I don't know if you started him in this one. If he did, awesome. I'm super happy for you. It is better Ranger Suarez. It is not peak Rangers Swares. And what is the difference? Well, Suarez is a kitchen sink guy. He throws a lot of different

pitches. He throws a cutter. He throws a lot of different pitches.

He throws a cutter.

He throws a four seamer, a curveball, a change up a sinker. And he mixes and matches them really effectively. When he's at his peak, it sinkers down in a way with that change up. Four seamers kind of surprising around the zone. Cutters up and in. Sometimes a surprise sinker up and in. You have that curveball down and it makes it really

difficult for batters to lane a certain pitch to expect something when going through the sequencing

of Ranger Suarez, especially third time through the lineup too, then they don't know what to expect

still. However, when Ranger Swarrest is not locating well, it doesn't really matter. They just kind of look over the plate and they hit what they get and that's why Rangers Forest has been bad for a bit. We've seen him throughout his career have these amazing stretches for two months where he's locked in, throwing these pitches exactly where he wants to, and then he has these terrible stretches where it's just really bad for a bit. I think we just saw a really bad stretch for a while. I think we're going to see a better one, but I'm not going to tell you that's going to be amazing now against the Astros. So what I am going to tell you is that you're going to start him there. And regardless, unless it's like the worst thing ever, you're still going to hold on to him for the raise after that. And I think after that raise start is when we really start to consider, okay, is this enough for

Ranger's Wars for me to continue holding on?

If there is a massive prospect explosion again or really just a lot of young guys that are

doing different things and exciting us, Ranger's Swars to me does not feel like someone I still have to hold on to.

Right?

It's still risky that it's going to pan out in the way that it has in many other years.

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