July 23, 2025 • 5 mins
“What if the only thing standing between the Rangers and a historic season… is just a little bit of luck?”In this electric episode of The Ben and Skin Show, Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive deep into the Texas Rangers’ rollercoaster season and why this might just be the summer of our lives.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Now it's around the sports k T queens as all
the sports.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
I just wanted to say that the Texas Rangers are
doing really good right now and all is not lost
and this could be the summer of our.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
Lives, aren't They only one game back now of the
wild card?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
There is less than They're a game and a half back.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
This is a massivey important stretch for them. Obviously they
play really well, then maybe they're buyers. If they were
to tank right now, maybe they'd be sellers. But everything
is trending towards them being buyers. And look, I'm always
tempted to rebuild and punt and be a seller if
you're not going to be a contender. This one's fascinating
(00:48):
because they have the pitching to win at all, which
is rarely the case here. It was always just a
matter of if their offense came around, and basically it's
come around. Yeah, dude, watching de Gram is so much fun.
This is why they need to go now. Yeah, he
was so incredible last night.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
They threw a stat up so he I can't rip
as the fifth or the sixth inning, but the leadoff
hitter was you're you're in the sixth spot and he
let off with a double and then they flashed up
a stat The bottom of the order this year against
de Graham is batting one forty five and he just
mowed those next three dudes down so effortlessly.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
It was awesome. He is so good. He's so good.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And if the offense is coming around like they are
a little bit is like Corey Seeger and Marcus simmyin
who paid a lot of money too. If you don't
make the playoffs this year, you got your World Series
ens it said it didn't matter, but it's kind of
wild that in the Jacob de Graham time too, you
made the playoffs one time and the year you did
(01:54):
that was the year you didn't have de Grom and
won the World Series.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Imagine Corey Seeger signing here.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
We did that first year was gonna be rough, But
tell me make the playoffs once in four years.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Yeah, it seems bad, especially and well, you know the Astros,
I mean, the astros are so good.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You're thinking wild Guard.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
They've they've done something that's very interesting, uh and it
appears to be working. And maybe we'll see if they
do it with White Langford. Now they did this with
Jake Berger first. Then they did it with Josh Young
and it's basically, you've been sucking so bad and they
was a doolies too. Uh, it's if they didn't send
a Dolis down. But Josh Young and and Berger had
to go down to Triple A and like for a
(02:32):
week and it was just a mental reset and also,
you know, you are killing us right now. And they
took Delis out of the lineup for like five days
and then Dulas has kind of got it going now.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
A Doulas is tradable and he's still very good defensively.
He didn't sign a long term contract.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
No, No, he's long enough. Yeah thing, Yeah, he's got
a year. You know, next year would be his last year.
So if you were going to move him now to
the time there could be someone who's like, I'd like
to have a hitter, and well, we kind of need.
So they are in a weird boat where it's like
what is the smart thing to do? But if you
like map out some of the numbers, like I think
I always like run differential because there's not that many
blowouts in baseball, and the Rage are like one of
(03:10):
the six teams in the American League they have a
plus on that side, a run differentially, Like, there's a
lot of good things that go okay, they should be
better than what the record says. They just need to hit.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I saw this thing.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yesterday too, which is the U one of those luck stats.
Oh yeah, and they're just like based on if they
had just normal luck, their record would be this and
if but they haven't had normal luck. They've had below
average luck, and so they're looking at that. If they
had just normal luck, they'd be the wild card team
right now for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Normal luck.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Offensively, they would be on pace for the franchise record
for wins.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Is that right? Yes?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Now, what's not in their favor is that they've got
one of the toughest schedules. The rest of the way
they do. But why they're cleaning house right now by
the sweet Bokland tonight.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
They almost swept Detroit. Dude coming right out.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah, oh yeah, no, this is Things are going very
well right now. So I think it's interesting to keep
an eye on and it's a good little thing to have.
I know, not everyone's watching the Rangers or anything, but
they're pretty good.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
They were fun last night. They could use some bullpen help.
Chris Young. They just lost their closer, right, calf strain. Right,
he was smart. Yeah, he was kind of eighth inning.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Yeah, I mean we've we've tried three or foreclosures this year,
and you know, we don't really have a ninth inning guy.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
But he's out for six weeks. So six weeks, that's
what I heard. What you saw, four to six weeks,
that's what I heard.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I don't like that. Maybe that's wrong.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
But if he's out four to six weeks and he's
one of their back of the bullpen guys, they need
to make a move. Man.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
The guy from Astronomer wish the Chris Martin injury had happened.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Sooner'd been good for him. Also page from the Dallas
Wings page Buckets. Yes, she's gonna be in the Naked
Gun movie that I've been hyping up a little bit
this month August First, it's more of a reason for
me to go watch the movie now because I'm in now.
I saw a little trailer for it, the part that
she's in. Really, yeah, it looks great. Dude, Liam Neeson's
(05:02):
making all kinds of Leslie Nielsen jokes.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
It's perfect.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
That's why he got cast because his name is so
close to Leslie Nielsen.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
This movie is gonna be funny, dude.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Earlier in the day, I told you guys, my daughter
went on a Japanese interval training walk with me and
she brought up She asked me if I'd ever heard
of the movie Taken.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That's great, you tell her no, I said, I've never
watched it.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
I said, I've never seen it, but I know what
it is, and it's about a man with a particular
set of skills.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yes, very nice. I'm not that son. Yeah, yeah, exactly exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
That's a crazy dynamic for that to come up, dude,
really really good. All right, Coming up next, Uber is
making things safer for women.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
We've got the story and that's coming up next.
Now it's around the sports k T queens as all
the sports.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
I just wanted to say that the Texas Rangers are
doing really good right now and all is not lost
and this could be the summer of our.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
Lives, aren't They only one game back now of the
wild card?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
There is less than They're a game and a half back.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
This is a massivey important stretch for them. Obviously they
play really well, then maybe they're buyers. If they were
to tank right now, maybe they'd be sellers. But everything
is trending towards them being buyers. And look, I'm always
tempted to rebuild and punt and be a seller if
you're not going to be a contender. This one's fascinating
(00:48):
because they have the pitching to win at all, which
is rarely the case here. It was always just a
matter of if their offense came around, and basically it's
come around. Yeah, dude, watching de Gram is so much fun.
This is why they need to go now. Yeah, he
was so incredible last night.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
They threw a stat up so he I can't rip
as the fifth or the sixth inning, but the leadoff
hitter was you're you're in the sixth spot and he
let off with a double and then they flashed up
a stat The bottom of the order this year against
de Graham is batting one forty five and he just
mowed those next three dudes down so effortlessly.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
It was awesome. He is so good. He's so good.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And if the offense is coming around like they are
a little bit is like Corey Seeger and Marcus simmyin
who paid a lot of money too. If you don't
make the playoffs this year, you got your World Series
ens it said it didn't matter, but it's kind of
wild that in the Jacob de Graham time too, you
made the playoffs one time and the year you did
(01:54):
that was the year you didn't have de Grom and
won the World Series.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Imagine Corey Seeger signing here.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
We did that first year was gonna be rough, But
tell me make the playoffs once in four years.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Yeah, it seems bad, especially and well, you know the Astros,
I mean, the astros are so good.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You're thinking wild Guard.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
They've they've done something that's very interesting, uh and it
appears to be working. And maybe we'll see if they
do it with White Langford. Now they did this with
Jake Berger first. Then they did it with Josh Young
and it's basically, you've been sucking so bad and they
was a doolies too. Uh, it's if they didn't send
a Dolis down. But Josh Young and and Berger had
to go down to Triple A and like for a
(02:32):
week and it was just a mental reset and also,
you know, you are killing us right now. And they
took Delis out of the lineup for like five days
and then Dulas has kind of got it going now.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
A Doulas is tradable and he's still very good defensively.
He didn't sign a long term contract.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
No, No, he's long enough. Yeah thing, Yeah, he's got
a year. You know, next year would be his last year.
So if you were going to move him now to
the time there could be someone who's like, I'd like
to have a hitter, and well, we kind of need.
So they are in a weird boat where it's like
what is the smart thing to do? But if you
like map out some of the numbers, like I think
I always like run differential because there's not that many
blowouts in baseball, and the Rage are like one of
(03:10):
the six teams in the American League they have a
plus on that side, a run differentially, Like, there's a
lot of good things that go okay, they should be
better than what the record says. They just need to hit.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I saw this thing.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yesterday too, which is the U one of those luck stats.
Oh yeah, and they're just like based on if they
had just normal luck, their record would be this and
if but they haven't had normal luck. They've had below
average luck, and so they're looking at that. If they
had just normal luck, they'd be the wild card team
right now for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Normal luck.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Offensively, they would be on pace for the franchise record
for wins.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Is that right? Yes?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Now, what's not in their favor is that they've got
one of the toughest schedules. The rest of the way
they do. But why they're cleaning house right now by
the sweet Bokland tonight.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
They almost swept Detroit. Dude coming right out.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah, oh yeah, no, this is Things are going very
well right now. So I think it's interesting to keep
an eye on and it's a good little thing to have.
I know, not everyone's watching the Rangers or anything, but
they're pretty good.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
They were fun last night. They could use some bullpen help.
Chris Young. They just lost their closer, right, calf strain. Right,
he was smart. Yeah, he was kind of eighth inning.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Yeah, I mean we've we've tried three or foreclosures this year,
and you know, we don't really have a ninth inning guy.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
But he's out for six weeks. So six weeks, that's
what I heard. What you saw, four to six weeks,
that's what I heard.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I don't like that. Maybe that's wrong.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
But if he's out four to six weeks and he's
one of their back of the bullpen guys, they need
to make a move. Man.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
The guy from Astronomer wish the Chris Martin injury had happened.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Sooner'd been good for him. Also page from the Dallas
Wings page Buckets. Yes, she's gonna be in the Naked
Gun movie that I've been hyping up a little bit
this month August First, it's more of a reason for
me to go watch the movie now because I'm in now.
I saw a little trailer for it, the part that
she's in. Really, yeah, it looks great. Dude, Liam Neeson's
(05:02):
making all kinds of Leslie Nielsen jokes.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
It's perfect.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
That's why he got cast because his name is so
close to Leslie Nielsen.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
This movie is gonna be funny, dude.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Earlier in the day, I told you guys, my daughter
went on a Japanese interval training walk with me and
she brought up She asked me if I'd ever heard
of the movie Taken.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That's great, you tell her no, I said, I've never
watched it.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
I said, I've never seen it, but I know what
it is, and it's about a man with a particular
set of skills.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yes, very nice. I'm not that son. Yeah, yeah, exactly exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
That's a crazy dynamic for that to come up, dude,
really really good. All right, Coming up next, Uber is
making things safer for women.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
We've got the story and that's coming up next.
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