Unfortunately, that will not be the case as on Saturday morning, the Texas Rangers announced that deGrom would be scratched from his season-opening start due to neck stiffness.
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Well, some unfortunate news for the Texas Rangers on Saturday morning as it was announced just a couple of hours before the Rangers’ second game of the season against the Phillies that ace Jacob deGrom has been scratched from his scheduled start, his scheduled season debut due to neck stiffness.
Well, some unfortunate news for the Texas Rangers on Saturday morning as it was announced just a couple of hours before the Rangers’ second game of the season against the Phillies that ace Jacob deGrom has been scratched from his scheduled start, his scheduled season debut due to neck stiffness.
Now, the Rangers don’t believe that this is a serious neck stiffness.
Now, the Rangers don’t believe that this is a serious neck stiffness.
They just wanna take every precaution that they possibly can, as they have since deGrom has gotten here.
They just wanna take every precaution that they possibly can, as they have since deGrom has gotten here.
Obviously, this is a guy that’s getting older and has a lengthy injury history, and obviously not really neck issues, but you just wanna be precautionary with that stuff.
Obviously, this is a guy that’s getting older and has a lengthy injury history, and obviously not really neck issues, but you just wanna be precautionary with that stuff.
And so that’s what the Rangers are going to do here.
And so that’s what the Rangers are going to do here.
Jacob Latz will get the start today.
Jacob Latz will get the start today.
So after not winning the fifth starter role in spring training, it turns out he will in fact get one of the Rangers’ first five starts.
So after not winning the fifth starter role in spring training, it turns out he will in fact get one of the Rangers’ first five starts.
And how much of a luxury is it for Skip Schumacher to have a guy like Latz that’s your pitching Swiss Army knife that can come in and start on, you know, short to little notice just like this, like we saw him do so many times last year.
And how much of a luxury is it for Skip Schumacher to have a guy like Latz that’s your pitching Swiss Army knife that can come in and start on, you know, short to little notice just like this, like we saw him do so many times last year.
He often started those bullpen days and gave them really, really good length and almost made them not even bullpen days anymore.
He often started those bullpen days and gave them really, really good length and almost made them not even bullpen days anymore.
And so it’s such a nice luxury for Schumacher to have in his first year as Rangers manager to have a player like that, and he is gonna have to use him.
And so it’s such a nice luxury for Schumacher to have in his first year as Rangers manager to have a player like that, and he is gonna have to use him.
Look, we knew the Rangers’ depth was gonna get tested, and this isn’t anything crazy.
Look, we knew the Rangers’ depth was gonna get tested, and this isn’t anything crazy.
Obviously, deGrom is not gonna be out for months according to the Rangers’ initial thoughts, but, you know, depth getting tested early.
Obviously, deGrom is not gonna be out for months according to the Rangers’ initial thoughts, but, you know, depth getting tested early.
And, you know, the Rangers were able to make it out of spring training kinda unscathed on the injury front, and bam, here we go.
And, you know, the Rangers were able to make it out of spring training kinda unscathed on the injury front, and bam, here we go.
Second game, and Latz is already thrown in.
Second game, and Latz is already thrown in.
But from the sounds of it, obviously the Rangers, like I said, being precautionary, they don’t feel like it’s too serious.
But from the sounds of it, obviously the Rangers, like I said, being precautionary, they don’t feel like it’s too serious.
they said that deGrom could start at some point on this road trip still, this season opening road trip, and then if he doesn’t, you know, maybe he gets to start in the home opener like he was originally scheduled to, and that’s just his season debut instead of his second start.
they said that deGrom could start at some point on this road trip still, this season opening road trip, and then if he doesn’t, you know, maybe he gets to start in the home opener like he was originally scheduled to, and that’s just his season debut instead of his second start.
We will see what happens on that.
We will see what happens on that.
We will be on it all, though.
We will be on it all, though.
Be sure to stay right here on Rangers Roundtable for all the latest.
Be sure to stay right here on Rangers Roundtable for all the latest.
God bless.
God bless.
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