Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season.

 

2020 Record: 22-38 (5th in AL West)

 

Rangers Hitters

 

Leody Taveras

  • Leody Taveras has at least one strikeout in 20 consecutive games, dating back to September 7th, 2020
  • Leody Taveras came to the plate with runners in scoring position in just 18 of his 134 plate appearances (13%) in the 2020 season — lowest in MLB

 

Isiah Kiner-Falefa

  • Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a groundball rate of 62% (112/180) in the 2020 season — highest in MLB

  • Isiah Kiner-Falefa slugged just .322 (49 total bases in 152 ABs) against RHP in the 2020 season — 4th lowest in MLB
  • Isiah Kiner-Falefa averaged just 3.50 pitches per plate appearance (799/228) in the 2020 season — tied for 7th lowest in MLB
  • Isiah Kiner-Falefa had an OBP of .424 (66 PA’s) against LHP in the 2020 season — 7th best in MLB

 

Willie Calhoun

  • Willie Calhoun is batting just .271 (26-for-96) in hitter’s counts since 2019 — 5th lowest in MLB 
  • Willie Calhoun had an OBP of just .231 (108 PA’s) in the 2020 season — 8th lowest in MLB
  • Willie Calhoun had an OPS of just .491 (108 PA’s) in the 2020 season — 8th lowest in MLB
  • Willie Calhoun missed on just 15% of swings (27/184) in the 2020 season — tied for 14th best in MLB 

 

Joey Gallo

  • Joey Gallo has drawn 81 walks in 523 PA’s (15%) since 2019 — tied for 11th best in MLB 
  • Joey Gallo has missed on 40% of swings (376/951) since 2019 — 2nd highest in MLB 
  • Joey Gallo has not grounded into a double play in 76 opportunities since 2019 — best in MLB

  • Joey Gallo has 56 extra-base hits out of 96 total hits (58%) since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
  • Joey Gallo has 193 strikeouts in 523 PA’s (37%) since 2019 — 3rd highest in MLB 

 

Nick Solak

  • Nick Solak slugged just .344 (72 total bases in 209 ABs) in the 2020 season — tied for 12th lowest among 159 in MLB
  • Nick Solak batted .242 (16-for-66) on pitches out of the zone in the 2020 season — tied for 4th best in MLB
  • Nick Solak missed on just 9% of swings (17/189) on fastballs in the 2020 season — 5th best in MLB 
  • Nick Solak had a groundball batting average of .349 (29 GB hits out of 83 GBs) in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB

 

Nate Lowe

 

David Dahl

  • David Dahl is slugging .541 (20 total bases in 37 ABs) on high 95 MPH+ pitches since 2019 — 14th best in MLB
  • David Dahl has a Well-Hit Avg of just .071 (4/56) on breaking pitches against LHP since 2019 — 6th lowest in MLB
  • 75% of David Dahl called strikeouts are outside since 2019 — tied for 9th highest in MLB

 

Jose Trevino

 

Rougned Odor

  • Rougned Odor has 22 extra-base hits out of 30 total hits (73%) with the pitcher behind in the count since 2019 — best in MLB
  • Rougned Odor is batting just .133 (45-for-339) in pitcher’s counts since 2019 — lowest in MLB
  • Rougned Odor has grounded into 6 double plays in 145 opportunities (4%) since 2019 — 7th best in MLB
  • Opponents have used a defensive shift against Rougned Odor on 69% of his plate appearances (438/636) since 2019 — 6th highest in MLB

 

Bench

 

Khris Davis

  • Khris Davis has an OPS of just .464 (687 PA’s) with two-strikes since the start of 2018 — 3rd lowest in MLB
  • Khris Davis has come to the plate with runners in scoring position in 374 of his 1,286 plate appearances (29%) since the start of 2018 — tied for 5th highest in MLB
  • Khris Davis is slugging .588 (100 total bases in 170 ABs) on fastballs away since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB

 

Charlie Culberson

 

Delino DeShields

 

Jonah Heim

 

Projected Starting Rotation

 

Kyle Gibson

  • Opponents have a miss rate of 49% (202/416) against Kyle Gibson on sliders since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB 

  • Opponents are hitting .307 (70-for-228) against Kyle Gibson with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 12th highest in MLB
  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 55% (240/440) against Kyle Gibson’s fastball since 2019 — 13th highest in MLB
  • Kyle Gibson has allowed an OBP of .358 (481 PA’s) vs left-handed batters since 2019 — tied for 13th highest in MLB
  • Kyle Gibson has located his changeup low 81% of the time (526/651) since 2019 — tied for 3rd highest among qualified SPs in MLB

 

Jordan Lyles

  • Jordan Lyles has walked 45 of 383 left-handed batters (12%) since 2019 — 7th highest in MLB
  • Opponents have a line drive rate of just 20% (122/602) against Jordan Lyles since 2019 — tied for 13th lowest in MLB 
  • Hitters have chased just 207 of Jordan Lyles’ 773 off-speed pitches out of the zone (27%) since 2019 — tied for 8th lowest in MLB 

 

Kohei Arihara

Purchased from NPB

 

Dane Dunning

  • Opponents batted just .057 (2-for-35) against Dane Dunning on low non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 2nd best in MLB 
  • Dane Dunning allowed a slugging percentage of just .242 (16 Total Bases / 66 ABs) against right-handed batters in the 2020 season — 6th best in MLB
  • Dane Dunning allowed an OBP of just .226 (53 PA’s) versus the top of the order in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB
  • Dane Dunning threw his off-speed pitches for a strike just 54% (121/226) of the time in the 2020 season — tied for 6th lowest in MLB
  • Dane Dunning threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 53% (58/110) of opposing batters in the 2020 season — 8th lowest in MLB 

 

Kolby Allard

  • Kolby Allard had an ERA of 7.75 (33.2 IP) in the 2020 season — 3rd highest in MLB 
  • Opponents batted just .048 (1-for-21) against Kolby Allard’s elevated fastballs in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB
  • Kolby Allard walked 20 of 152 batters (13%) in the 2020 season — 8th highest in MLB
  • Hitters chased just 36 of Kolby Allard’s 178 off-speed pitches out of the zone (chase rate of 20%) in the 2020 season — 2nd lowest in MLB

 

Mike Foltynewicz

  • Left-handed batters are hitting just.199 against Mike Foltynewicz since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .248
  • Opponents are hitting just.252 against Mike Foltynewicz on pitches in the strike zone since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .286
  • Opponents are hitting just.166 against Mike Foltynewicz on sliders since the start of 2018 — 9th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .213
  • Opponents had a groundball batting average of just.146 against Mike Foltynewicz with the shift in the 2019 season — tied for 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .229
  • Mike Foltynewicz has allowed a slugging percentage of just.382 versus the top of the order since the start of 2018 — 10th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: .448

 

Projected Bullpen

 

Jose Leclerc

  • Jose Leclerc has thrown at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 56% (136/245) of opposing batters since 2019 — 10th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Left-handed hitters have a miss rate of 35% (88/249) against Jose Leclerc since 2019 — tied for 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Jose Leclerc has allowed a slugging percentage of just .214 (12 Total Bases / 56 ABs) on elevated fastballs since 2019 — tied for 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Jose Leclerc has allowed a slugging percentage of .480 (59 Total Bases / 123 ABs) vs left-handed batters since 2019 — 14th highest among among 102 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Jonathan Hernandez

  • Opponents had a miss rate of 49% (57/117) against Jonathan Hernandez on non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 11th best among among 102 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of .260 (13/50) against Jonathan Hernandez’s fastball in the 2020 season — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents batted just .133 (8-for-60) against Jonathan Hernandez’s non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 12th best among among 105 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Joely Rodriguez

  • Joely Rodriguez has not allowed a home run in any of the last 19.2 innings he’s appeared

 

Taylor Hearn

  • Taylor Hearn located 44% of his pitches inside (155/352) in the 2020 season — 5th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a groundball rate of just 27% (11/41) against Taylor Hearn in the 2020 season — 11th lowest among among 232 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a miss rate of just 20% (8/41) against Taylor Hearn on sliders in the 2020 season — 4th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Jimmy Herget

  • Jimmy Herget’s K:BB ratio was 1.2 (17/14) in the 2020 season — tied for 6th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Jimmy Herget allowed an OPS of just .579 (19 PA’s) when he’s behind in the count in the 2020 season — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents batted just .146 (6-for-41) against Jimmy Herget on the road in the 2020 season — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Brett Martin

  • Hitters not batting 3-4-5 in the order are hitting .286 (57-for-199) against Brett Martin since 2019 — tied for 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a first pitch chase rate of 21% (34/159) against Brett Martin since 2019 — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting .234 (40-for-171) against Brett Martin when ahead in the count since 2019 — tied for 5th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Brett de Geus

 

Wes Benjamin

  • Opponents batted .341 (15-for-44) against Wes Benjamin’s non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Wes Benjamin allowed an OBP of just .156 (32 PA’s) versus the top of the order in the 2020 season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents batted just .087 (2-for-23) against Wes Benjamin on fastballs away in the 2020 season — tied for 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a groundball rate of just 25% (9/36) against Wes Benjamin’s fastball in the 2020 season — tied for 9th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

 

 

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