Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle should return soon. Texas just has to hope it’s not too late.
FILE - Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom works out prior to a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, in Baltimore, May 26, 2023. ARLINGTON — The cavalry has not yet arrived. You might be able to hear the gallops coming up Stadium Drive if you listen closely though.
As the Rangers hosted the Red Sox on Saturday, a 7-4 victory to win for just the second time in eight games, DeGrom threw his final bullpen session — a 45-pitch, three “inning” set in which he used his entire arsenal and included eight warm-up pitches in between each up-and-down — and will next progress to a live bullpen before he can begin a rehab assignment in the minor leagues.Bochy said that deGrom will face hitters “in a few days.
The process is arduous. Mahle hasn’t pitched in a major league game since April 27 of last season and underwent surgery in May; deGrom made just six starts as a Ranger before his operation in June. The two have been sidelined for a combined 26 months. It means that Texas can’t push either arm too hard or too fast, though Mahle waived off the possibility of any kind of “slow” start.
Texas starting pitchers posted a league-worst 10.94 ERA in a one-win seven-game strech prior to Cody Bradford’s start on Saturday. The 26-year-old left-hander allowed three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings in his first start since April, struck out five batters and allowed a pair of solo home runs to southpaw-killer Rob Refsnyder.
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