The New Nomar

I did not miss somebody named Nomar beating down on the Yankees. So last night, needless to say, was not fun.

Look, it was nice that we got to beat up Bartolo Colon for a bit, but Cole Hamels is pretty unbeatable. I don't care who are you. It's hard to do. Even worse, the offense that only occasionally comes on was on last night, featuring newbies like Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Ronald Guzman, and....Jurickson Profar for some reason. People who I'd never really heard of were attacking the Yankees' offense, and battering down Domingo German. And Nomar Mazara was the ringleader.

To be fair, it's very easy to hit a ton of home runs on this team without being seen as a good player. Guzman, Rougned Odor, and ESPECIALLY Joey Gallo are guilty of this. None of them can hit for average, and none of them are particularly good position players (Odor notwithstanding), but they sure can go for long balls. Mazara has the range, though, and can get by on hits and RBI as well as hitting 10 home runs. He's got the range that nobody that's healthy on this team wants to have. And yes, there's promise in this roster, but Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus are both injured, so only Mazara seems to have the right idea.

The pitching's fine, though. Colon, Hamels, Fister and occasionally Mike Minor seem to be working pretty well. Keone Kela's a good enough closer, but he's not used a ton because they're the Rangers and they don't win games unless they're against Domingo German apparently (OKAY, FINE, I'M STILL A LITTLE BITTER).

With Mazara, the Rangers will at least avoid being a completely lifeless last-place team, though if he gets traded anytime soon, I at least hope Andrus and Beltre will still be around to carry the team.

Coming Tonight: The ace for an NL West squad that's quickly losing momentum.