Ranger was hitting 93, 94 a big jump from his last few starts.It almost like extended spring training for him, with the target getting him ready for the playoffs.First build up arm strength, then refine his command.
It is really not the velocity with Ranger, it is the location. His stuff has little movement. He requires pinpoint control and changes in velocity to succeed. He left too much of the plate on the home runs and in general in the last few starts. There is a reason he grades poorly in those Stuff+ rankings. Without his command he will always have trouble. And he needs a change which was not there at all tonight.
