BOSTON — A day after Will Smith blew a save in the Rangers’ monumental comeback against Houston, manager Bruce Bochy still wasn’t ready to announce any swap...
“We’ve already talked about and I’m not going to go into it again now,” Bochy said. “[Chapman] has been really good. It’s certainly an option. We may look at certain pockets and stuff for how and when we use him, but we wanted to Aroldis to get settled in here first.”Rangers place pitcher Andrew Heaney on paternity leave, could tweak rotation for weekendBy “pockets,” Bochy essentially means matchups.
Since Chapman has a higher swing-and-miss rate and significantly greater velocity, he might be the choice for the ninth if the situation would favor him more. Since both pitchers are lefties, it might favor the Rangers more to have Chapman pitch if the situation is full of right-handed hitters. He’s held right-handers to a .146 average, but lefties are hitting .211 against him. Left-handers are hitting only 148 against Smith.
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