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48 games into the season, and the Texas Rangers pitching staff has been...well, okay overall, though with a few glaring issues, mainly in the bullpen, that have been causing significant problems so far.
Yu Darvish is doing Yu Darvish things, pitching great and striking guys out and looking like a #1 starter. Martin Perez has been pitching like a #3/#4. Andrew Cashner has a gaudy ERA but lousy peripherals. Nick Martinez and A.J. Griffin are holding down the rotation fort while waiting for Cole Hamels and Tyson Ross to get healthy. The rotation is what it is.
The bullpen, on the other hand, has been erratic, to say the least. Matt Bush has been outstanding. Alex Claudio and Keona Kela have been pretty solid. Austin Bibens-Dirkx has pitched. But Sam Dyson has been a disaster, Jeremy Jeffress has been awful, and Tony Barnette, after being an unsung hero in the 2016 pen, has been consistently inconsistent.
If the Rangers can stay in the race, one can hope that improved health and figuring out who can be trusted in key situations out of the pen will make things better going forward. But if they can’t...well, a Yu Darvish/Matt Bush package would seem to be able to command quite the package at the trade deadline.
| NAME | GP | GS | QS | W | L | SV | HLD | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | K/9 | WHIP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bush | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16.1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11.57 | 0.98 | 1.10 |
| Jose Leclerc | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 13.89 | 0.94 | 2.31 |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.91 | 0.82 | 2.45 |
| Yu Darvish | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 | 46 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 68 | 9.61 | 1.15 | 2.83 |
| Alex Claudio | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3.68 | 1.09 | 2.86 |
| Cole Hamels | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4.13 | 1.13 | 3.03 |
| Andrew Cashner | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45.1 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 4.17 | 1.41 | 3.18 |
| Dario Alvarez | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10.45 | 1.84 | 3.48 |
| Keone Kela | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 12.18 | 1.00 | 3.71 |
| Martin Perez | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 65 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 6.28 | 1.53 | 3.77 |
| Nick Martinez | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 | 44 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 5.13 | 1.31 | 4.69 |
| A.J. Griffin | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 7.88 | 1.19 | 5.02 |
| Tony Barnette | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 7.71 | 1.45 | 5.30 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17.1 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4.67 | 2.13 | 6.75 |
| Mike Hauschild | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7.88 | 2.00 | 11.25 |
| Sam Dyson | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14.1 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3.14 | 2.65 | 11.93 |
| Anthony Bass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 2.47 | 14.29 |
| Totals | 48 | 48 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 425.2 | 417 | 194 | 60 | 168 | 325 | 6.87 | 1.37 | 4.10 |