Ray’s Ramblings:  Happy Halloween 2023

Ray Flowers starts by discussin the Rangers 2-1 series lead over the Diamondbacks in the World Series. Then, he breaks down the exciting and FREE new show offered by FantasyGuru.com – Fantasy Sports Daily.

WORLD SERIES NOTES

TEX leads the series 2-1.

so far this postseason:

– Teams to score first are 30-9
– Teams to out-homer opponents are 23-4 (22-6 last PS)
– 49.2% of runs have been scored via HR (was 41.0% in '23 RS, 46.8% in '22 PS)

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 31, 2023

Speaking of scoring first, the Rangers are killing it.

TEX is now 9-0 when scoring first this postseason

The Rangers are the 10th team to have a win streak of 9+ games within a single postseason when scoring first

h/t @EliasSports

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 31, 2023

Oh, the team winning Game 3 after entering with the series tied 1-1, well, they win an awful lot.

In all best-of-seven postseason series tied at 1-1, the team winning Game 3 has gone on to win the series 68 of 99 times (69%)

Those doing so on the road in series with the current 2-3-2 format have gone on to win 29 of 39 times (74%) https://t.co/nIcaIOsFT5

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 31, 2023

The defense has been solid.

There have been no errors yet in the 2023 World Series.

It's the first time ever there have been 3 consecutive games in a single World Series without an error.

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 31, 2023

Evan Carter has had an amazing postseason (.333/.452/.549) and he nearly set a record last night for the youngster cleanup hitter.

Evan Carter joined exclusive #WorldSeries company tonight. pic.twitter.com/N1F9RrOnq8

— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) October 31, 2023

Adolis Garcia is having an MRI on his left side, and as of this writing it is unclear if he will miss time or now. Travis Jankowski will likely replace him in the lineup if need be. He brings speed and defense, but Garcia could probably produce as much offense as Travis if he hit left handed.

Jose Leclerc is basically pitching every game, he’s appears in 12 of 15 games, and having tons of success (1.05 WHIP).

José Leclerc saves for the @Rangers this season:

Regular season: 4
Postseason: 4

He's the only MLB pitcher to have 4+ saves in the regular season and then match or surpass that total in the postseason that year (since saves became official in 1969). pic.twitter.com/ozFcXvbc32

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 31, 2023

Brandon Pfaadt made his fifth start in Game 3 to tie the all-time rookie postseason record.  He has a 1.09 WHIP and 3.27 ERA with 26 punchouts over 22 innings.

Max Scherzer doesn’t know if his postseason is done or not. He thinks he should know in under 48 hours if he will be able to pitch through his back spasms. “I’ve got to see how bad this is, if the drugs can work,” he said. “There is definitely a path forward for me to get out of this and get back onto the mound.”

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