*Briefly Explaining Lotsa Texas Rangers Events
Single most impressive development of Sunday night: Sam Dyson struck out hitters. Three in a row over a 1.2 inning stint. It ended a streak of 47 consecutive hitters against whom he'd failed to record a strikeout, dragging his strikeouts per innings rate below 1.6. This is a guy who averaged seven strikeouts per nine innings last year. This has been his single-biggest issue and it's all due to an inability to get his sinking fastball to dive. He did accomplish that effect consistently, though, with his changeup on Sunday.