If the Rangers can get Roki Sasaki from Japan, and even if they don't, Mike Bacsik thinks Texas should go to a 6-man rotation to protect both Jacob deGrom and the young arms.
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00:00This is what I was thinking about with this, if the Rangers get Sasaki from Japan in this
00:06offseason, which I know they really want, man, I think it will be best for everybody
00:12with the Texas Rangers.
00:13And here's where I'm going with this, I don't think Jacob deGrom should be throwing every
00:17fifth day.
00:18Do you?
00:19No.
00:20No, let's keep him once a week, right?
00:22Let's get 25.
00:23I mean, I'm hoping to get 25 starts from him.
00:26And I'll tell you right now, you get 25 starts from Jacob deGrom.
00:30And I'm sure he'll go on the injured list.
00:32I'm not saying with a major injury, I'm sure that they'll be like, hey, let's just skip
00:35him a couple starts here.
00:36Give him a little bit of a rest.
00:37We got to watch his innings.
00:38He hasn't pitched much in the last two years.
00:40So I get that.
00:41Guess what?
00:42Kumar Rocker, Jack Leiter never pitched a day.
00:45Jack Leiter, for the first time in his life, pitched on a fifth day.
00:48It's the first time he's ever done it in his life.
00:50They're not training and not just the Rangers.
00:52Most teams are not training their minor league pitchers to ever throw any fifth day until
00:57they get to the major leagues, which is if you're not training them in the minor leagues,
01:00they're not training them in college to do it.
01:01Why in the world would you do it in your mid 20s to say, hey, I know you never done this
01:05in your life and you'll probably destroy your arm for a year or two years.
01:09Let's throw you every fifth day.
01:11So I think in a way, getting a pitcher from Japan where they do acquiesced, is that the
01:17right word?
01:18Oh, look at you.
01:19Two Japanese pitchers are like, well, gosh, the guy's only pitched every Friday night
01:23for, you know, till he's 23 years old.
01:25Why would we ever throw him a fifth day?
01:27Well, I think with, if you get Nathan Evaldi back, which the Rangers really want Nathan
01:30Evaldi and he had a great year last year and stayed healthy most of the year.
01:34But if you get Nathan Evaldi back and you have Jacob deGrom in your rotation, Tyler
01:37Malley has dealt with injuries.
01:39He couldn't really even come back.
01:40He came back, but then didn't come back.
01:43I just look at it and go, a six man rotation makes so much sense for me next year that
01:47guys are just throwing once a week.
01:49If I want to keep Jacob deGrom healthy, if I want to keep, let's just throw Sazaki on
01:53the team, which would be awesome.
01:54If I want to try to keep him healthy, Yamamoto couldn't stay healthy for the Dodgers.
01:57Luckily, he's healthy for the playoffs.
01:58But if I want to keep my guys healthy, if I want to keep Kamar Rocker healthy and limit
02:02his innings, I need a six man rotation.