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Rangers Notes: Scherzer, Gray, Jung

By Nick Deeds | June 9, 2024 at 9:29pm CDT

TODAY: Scherzer began his rehab assignment today, tossing 53 pitches over four scoreless innings for Triple-A Round Rock.  As noted by Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News, Scherzer’s sinker was averaging 93mph, and he threw the pitch 22 times among his 53 overall offerings while allowing only one hit and one walk in the five-strikeout outing.  The Rangers plan to build Scherzer up to a 75-pitch count before evaluating whether or not he might be ready to return to the majors.

JUNE 8: The Rangers activated right-hander Jon Gray from the 10-day injured list this afternoon, just over two weeks after he was initially shelved due to a groin strain. That quick turnaround has left Gray not fully stretched out to start, and Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News wrote this afternoon that the right-hander would be eased back into his role with the club in a relief role before later rejoining the starting mix. According to Grant, the decision to first use Gray in relief before adding him back to the rotation mix his next time up allowed the Rangers to skip a minor league rehab stint for the 32-year-old hurler.

That plan came to pass this evening, as Gray pitched 2 1/3 scoreless frames in relief of Andrew Heaney during this evening’s loss to the Giants. Regardless of the role he’s pitching in, Gray’s return figures to provide a huge boost to the Rangers pitching staff. After all, the righty boasted a 2.21 ERA and 2.52 FIP in 57 frames at the time of his placement on the IL with a solid 23.7% strikeout rate and a 44.4% groundball rate that represents his best work since joining the Rangers prior to the 2021 season. With starters Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, Cody Bradford, and Tyler Mahle all currently in the midst of lengthy absences, Gray’s speedy return from the shelf figures to be key for the Rangers as they look to get themselves back into the hunt for the postseason. The club has scuffled in recent weeks and currently sports a 30-34 record that puts them five games back of the Mariners for the AL West crown and three games out of the final AL Wild Card spot.

Fortunately, Gray isn’t the only key player who could return from injury in the near future. Grant also relays that third baseman Josh Jung, who has been shelved for the majority of the season due to a broken wrist, has begun taken live batting practice and could be slated for a rehab assignment as soon as this coming Tuesday. Grant adds that Rangers brass are expected to set a schedule for Jung tomorrow that could firm up those plans.

Jung made it into just four games with the Rangers before he was sidelined this year, but he was hitting a scorching .412/.474/.941 in that microscopic sample size before the injury put him out of action. Since the start of Jung’s 2023 campaign, he’s been a well above average offensive contributor for Texas at third base with a .271/.320/.483 slash line, 26 doubles, and 25 home runs in 534 trips to the plate across just 126 games. Josh Smith has performed well at the hot corner in Jung’s absence, although the 26-year-old’s return from the injured list would still improve the club’s offense by allowing the team to push Ezequiel Duran and his 92 wRC+ into a bench role.

Turning back to the pitching staff, veteran ace Max Scherzer also made progress in his rehab earlier this week, as MLB.com’s Injury Tracker notes that he threw 40-50 pitches across two innings of live batting practice earlier this week, with Scherzer himself telling reporters that he hopes to start a minor league rehab assignment soon. It’s been a rocky road to recovery for Scherzer this season as he entered the 2024 campaign projected to return from offseason back surgery around the All Star break before seemingly progressing ahead of schedule. That left him and the Rangers eyeing sometime in May for his return, although a nerve issue in Scherzer’s thumb ultimately required a cortisone shot and caused the club to shut the veteran righty down.

Now that Scherzer is throwing to hitters once again, he appears to be on a similar track to the one he was projected for at the time of his surgery, with a return later this month or in early July now a seemingly realistic target so long as he avoids additional setbacks. After being swapped from the Mets to the Rangers in exchange for Luisangel Acuna last summer, the future Hall of Famer pitched to a 3.20 ERA and 3.41 FIP in eight starts for the club down the stretch with an excellent 29.9% strikeout rate but dealt with injuries that limited both his availability and his effectiveness during the club’s postseason run that culminated in the first World Series championship in franchise history. Looking ahead, his return to action should further bolster the pitching staff in Texas while allowing the Rangers to shift the likes of Heaney and Jose Urena into relief after early season rotation injuries forced them into starting roles.

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31 Comments

  1. Moneyballer

    1 year ago

    Jung Gray and Scherzer Impact players. Any update on Corey Seager?

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      1 year ago

      Out for the season, sorry. Probably from the spider-tack, or maybe the pitch clock.

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    • Texas Outlaw

      1 year ago

      He’s day to day

      Reply
      • Blue Baron

        1 year ago

        Aren’t we all?

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        • ShootyBabbit

          1 year ago

          -Vin Sculley

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        • Blue Baron

          1 year ago

          And others.

          Reply
  2. astros_fan_84

    1 year ago

    The national commentators keep saying that the AL West is weak. Truth is the Astros and Rangers are just injured. I’d love to see both teams dominate the second half.

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    • GoGreen

      1 year ago

      Spot on af84.

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    • Clofreesz

      1 year ago

      True. I hate to say this, but I was very disappointed to see the Astros flounder so badly in the first half. I would’ve liked an early Rangers/Astros divisional race, but the first half has turned into a survival-fest.

      Reply
  3. Paleobros

    1 year ago

    Af84,
    National commentators, schmational commentators. I wouldn’t listen too much to what they say. They’re either oversimplifying and dumbing things down for a national, more casual audience, or they’re John Smoltz.

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    • astros_fan_84

      1 year ago

      I don’t listen too much. Thank god for Astros centric podcasts. My friends who are Rangers fans feel the same way. The Mariners may win the division, but I think it will be a close race in the end.

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      • Blue Baron

        1 year ago

        Your friends who are Rangers fans also prefer Astros centric podcasts?

        Surprising.

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        • astros_fan_84

          1 year ago

          Nope. They like Rangers centric podcasts. National media always poops on Texas sports.

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        • retire21

          1 year ago

          You mean like ESPN covering the Cowboys 24/7?

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  4. draker

    1 year ago

    I believe that the injured list for pitchers is 15 days although I’m not surprised that Mr. Deeds is apparently unaware of this.

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    • Blue Baron

      1 year ago

      It’s the same for pitchers as for hitters.

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      • Ted

        1 year ago

        No it’s not. 10 days for hitters, 15 for pitchers. mlb.com/glossary/injuries/15-day-injured-list

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        • Blue Baron

          1 year ago

          OK. Thanks for the clarification.

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        • mlb fan

          1 year ago

          “”Thanks for the clarification”…Don’t feel bad, it’s almost impossible to keep up with the number of rule and procedure changes being made by Manfred. Just a few years ago I knew all the rules and procedures of MLB and now I don’t even bother talking about it, for fear of being wildly off base.

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  5. Mickey Solis

    1 year ago

    Of course none of these players will be ready when they face the lucky Dodgers who just avoided Soto all weekend. That includes Seager. At least Corey finally win his legit World Series last year with Texas.

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    • Blue Baron

      1 year ago

      Sorry not sorry, but MLB, including the teams participating in that year’s postseason, the media, and everyone apart from some whiny fans like you consider the 2020 World Series legit.

      Get over it.

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      • Mickey Solis

        1 year ago

        Apparently Seager didn’t. And now he has a ring worthy of celebrating, finally.

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        • Blue Baron

          1 year ago

          It didn’t appear that the Dodgers had any issues with celebrating their win in 2020.

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        • Mickey Solis

          1 year ago

          At least they didn’t get a parade for that fake one or the Fakers NBA title.

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        • Blue Baron

          1 year ago

          Why is that so important to you?

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        • Mickey Solis

          1 year ago

          Because LA sports fans are the worst. That is, the ones who even follow sports to begin with.

          Reply
  6. robw5555

    1 year ago

    Scherzer is done. Maybe a few wins left in the arm? TX on the hook with Degrom to 2027 and he is done as well. Stick a fork in him.

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  7. Guyerbassist

    1 year ago

    Said it once I’ll say it again for those in the back TEAR IT DOWN. best case they sneak into thr playoffs and bounced in first round. Not saying total rebuild, but max, and nate and anyone else who is going to leave at the end of the year should eb dealt to contenders for future pieces.

    Recoup some prospects that we traded away for 1 WS. I feel like this front office is going to neither buy or sell… Instead they are gonna sit pat and pray for a miracle that everyone comes back and is as good as they were before…

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    • Blue Baron

      1 year ago

      You could say the same for almost every MLB team.

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      • Guyerbassist

        1 year ago

        True but not every team is as delusional as the Rangers front office to be honest. They knew we needed starting pitching and went out and signed somone who was ALREADY HURT. Granted they couldn’t have predicted the offensive failure this team has turned into but still they need to do the right thing and savage what they can before max and nate walk away and we get nothing

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        • Blue Baron

          1 year ago

          Scherzer is unlikely to have any trade value in the next six weeks. He might be forced to retire soon.

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