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Outside of Benoit and Valverde, Detroit you have no bullpen. You have a good, maybe even great pitching staff, that has been able to lock down most of the length of games for you to beat opponents.
The problem is that you are facing probably the most dangerous lineup in baseball 1-9. The Texas Rangers have the ability to wear out and/or hit any pitcher in the game. Pitchers, no matter how dominant they are, don't carry a 0.00 ERA over time; they give up runs at some point. Furthermore, the Rangers are in a sense changing the way baseball is played in that they are showing that a significantly deep bullpen can carry your team. Quality Starts have been irrelevant as the club is now 6-2 this post season with no pitcher going beyond 6.0 innings, which was once.
The Texas Rangers have statistically and athletically the best team left in the playoffs. But in the end, it's all speculative. Guys preform or they don't.
The problem is that you are facing probably the most dangerous lineup in baseball 1-9. The Texas Rangers have the ability to wear out and/or hit any pitcher in the game. Pitchers, no matter how dominant they are, don't carry a 0.00 ERA over time; they give up runs at some point. Furthermore, the Rangers are in a sense changing the way baseball is played in that they are showing that a significantly deep bullpen can carry your team. Quality Starts have been irrelevant as the club is now 6-2 this post season with no pitcher going beyond 6.0 innings, which was once.
The Texas Rangers have statistically and athletically the best team left in the playoffs. But in the end, it's all speculative. Guys preform or they don't.
Oh my Rangers, I can't believe you guys are doing this again. I'm so proud!
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