Yovani Gallardo, Cole Hamels to start first 2 ALDS games for Rangers

But Price has struggled during his postseason career. “I sleep pretty good once I get to sleep”. That’s how I’ve always pitched in my career. It’s clean, the people are friendly and cool, the roads are wide and the sidewalks are wider, traffic isn’t awful, there’s water, and the ballpark is downtown. “You’re better off wearing an ear bud, snaking it up through your hair and collar into one ear, and nodding glassy-eyed to the conversation around you”.

“I like the groundball (ratio)”, Banister said.

Next, Yovani Gallardo isn’t as bad as his recent numbers indicate.

Yovani Gallardo #49 of the Texas Rangers pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on July 19, 2015 in Houston, Texas. Instead, he held baseball’s hottest offense down to open the ALDS.

With the playoffs being somewhere he has already been twice before, there should be no change in his mentality or approach to the game; why would he change things up now? A few have attributed it to the heat while others say he’s just a streaky pitcher. He doesn’t mess around too much.

Man. Game One belonged to several players and a manager, but without Rougned Odor Texas doesn’t win that one.

Prince Fielder was asked what makes Price so tough to hit against. Joey Gallo is older. He’s only averaging 4.8 innings per start and has been a drain on the bullpen. “In those scenarios you want that stud going that second game, don’t you?” On the plus side, his post-season ERA is 3.09 against all teams. The over to me is the best possible pick in this spot. He stepped back up to the plate in the third, with two outs and DeShields on second.

Adrian Beltre would be my guess. “When we were out there shagging, we were talking about that ’08 season”, Gallardo recalled. In the second half they hit.270/.341/.430, scoring 5.2 runs per game. The pitch was up and Chirinos pulled the bat back. He comes after hitters. I lived there all my life.

There was never a question in Philadelphia about Diekman’s evil stuff, as filthy as any lefthander’s outside of Chris Sale and Aroldis Chapman.

It’s so refreshing to have a manager not married to the inning. They played two in Arlington, both Ranger wins, and split two games in LA.

Los Angeles and New York will kick off their best-of-five on Friday night.

“That’s a testament to how much this city loves their team and appreciates what we’ve done for them”, he said.

I loved the bullpen management in Game One. They know the way that I pitch. Banister was a star on Thursday. Instead, I’m siding with the over.

Head to head the Jays took four of six games.

Both John Gibbons (after the game) and Marcus Stroman (before it) told the press they know the Jays have their work cut out for them in facing Hamels.

“We came up with a good game plan, just being aggressive”, Gallardo said Wednesday of the earlier meetings. But starting Gallardo is far from conceding the game when all things are considered.