Rangers schedule promising, not just in April.

by NothinG on Apr 7, 2009 3:09 PM CDT Comment 12 comments

We will see how the Rangers perform in their beneficial schedule in April where we face only one team that posted a record above .500 last year. I wanted to break down each month that the Rangers are going to have this year based on their schedule.

I think most of us would agree that having more home games vs road games is an advantage. Here are the Rangers home and road games respectively by month:

April - 12 - 10
May - 15 - 13
June - 15 - 12
July - 15 - 10
August - 10 - 19
September - 14 - 13
October - 0 -4

It is an interesting schedule where the Rangers have more home games in every month except August and October, and as you see there are only 4 games in October. Isn't it usually a negative thing in sports to have 10 home games with 19 road games in a month. The month of August presents us with this many road games. I wonder if this is actually a disadvantage or not, since our pitchers will be able to avoid the heat of Texas, for the most part, in August. I think these home and road splits will help our team stay competitive until later in the season. Of course, these are just numbers, and the Rangers did go 40 - 41 at home last year, but in 2007 we went 47 - 34.

In the first month last year, we had 13 home games vs 15 road games, and the year before we started with a 10 and 15, home and away shedule which of course did not help (i don't think playing at home or on the road was the result of all the errors and poor play). I'm only saying, in years past the schedules have not favored the Rangers, and this year it does. We'll see how it turns out on the field.

Yesterday was a good start. Keep it up!

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An important question I had is where the 19 road games in August are if we're talking heat

Four @ OAK, three @ LAA, three @ CLE, three @ TB, three @ NYY and three @ MIN.

Cleveland gets hot and muggy. New York can, but usually not as much. Seven games next to the Pacific Ocean and six indooes spells a lot of no-heat, though.

For those who buy into the Texas heat theory, they should be licking their chops at the August schedule.

by Inkara1 on Apr 7, 2009 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

my monthly predictions

Apr 13-9
May 15-13
Jun 13-14
Jul 13-12
Aug 12-17
Sep 13-14
Oct 2-2

46-42 at the ASB, for season 81-18

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Apr 7, 2009 3:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

81-18 = 81-81?

"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin

by utlonghorn24 on Apr 7, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

dyslexic I am

or just a typo

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Apr 7, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We're so awesome...

they’ll award us a playoff spot after only 99 games and allow us a couple months to get ready for the playoffs.

by rangers85 on Apr 7, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

MLB

should really fix the schedules so that teams like Texas, Kansas City, Florida, and Atlanta don’t have tons of home games in July and August, whereas teams like Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, etc, don’t have lots of home games in April.

Why should we pretend that weather is not an issue? The rain/snow-outs in April have to cost these teams more money and complicate schedules than they benefit from opening at home. Likewise, the heat in places in August is probably more detrimental to attendance than missing out on potential playoff run games.

by JBImaknee on Apr 7, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the scheduling hasn't made alot of sense

in regards to weather when Texas had home openers only 2 of the last 9 years.

As well as the weather, when the season starts makes a big difference too. Now that the season is going longer and there is a problem with weather in the postseason. I think ST should be a week or two shorter. And start the season earlier, or go back to 154 game schedules which will never happen.

Bring on April 6th!

by NothinG on Apr 7, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Concur...

There should be no such thing as opening day in Chicago for one.

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by slc ranger on Apr 7, 2009 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why i particularly like the easy early schedule

I want the rangers to be aggressive at the trade deadline and look more appealing to Sheets and/or potential trade acquisitions with no trade clauses.

The rangers staff as is currently can’t carry them too far, but make a trade for a pitcher with 1 and a half or hopefully more years left from some team having a disappointing year… if sheets is healthy and willing.. then add in holland/feliz potentially.. its not impossible to see a major improvement in the second half.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Apr 7, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i don't think i would add holland/feliz

we have plenty of talented arms in the system to make an adequate deal

Bring on April 6th!

by NothinG on Apr 7, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i meant to the team not a trade

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Apr 7, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

More favorable

For continuity (if the team is playing well) than in most the the last 5-6 years. Every game is a matchup, though. Opposing pitchers are about as significant as location, to me. And even the not so good kind (used to be soft tossing leftys) can mess up Ranger momentum, not to mention ‘stoppers’ among individual matchups. Like all hitters, each Ranger has a couple of guys they have never hit, can’t hit, and won’t hit.

Short of a prediction, I think the midseason record and the season ending record ought to have about a 5 to 4 wins ratio. That is, if they win 50 games the first 81, they should win 40 the second half. Or pick any other first half number and x by 1.8

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by Ed Coffin on Apr 7, 2009 8:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs