Texas Rangers pitcher Jordan Lyles battled for six innings on Tuesday and allowed three runs in the club's 6-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. The veteran right-hander threw lots of strikes (69%) and whiffed five batters. Lyles allowed just five hits but three of them went for extra bases including a solo homer by Mike Trout. The Rangers' bullpen then allowed another three runs immediately upon his exit. Lyles has a 4.64 ERA with a K-BB of 18-3 through 21 1/3 innings in 2021. His command has ...

Texas Rangers pitcher Jordan Lyles had a rough second outing of the season. The veteran right-hander allowed three runs over 4.1 innings of work. He gave up six hits and two walks while striking out just one batter. Control was not an issue for Lyles as he threw 50 of his 78 pitches for strikes (65%) but he lacked command in the zone and allowed two home runs. Lyles also couldn't find a reliable put-away offering. He's now allowed 11 hits and five runs through 10 innings this season. Last ...

Texas Rangers pitcher Jordan Lyles gave the club a much-needed strong performance from the starting rotation. The 11-year veteran allowed just two runs in 5.2 innings of work in a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. He produced a K-BB of 8-0 and allowed just five hits including a sixth-inning homer to Royals catcher Salvador Perez. Lyles' first season in Texas in 2020 was far from successful. The right-hander produced a 7.02 ERA in 12 appearances (nine starts) and he allowed 67 hits in ...

Texas Rangers pitcher Jordan Lyles will open the 2021 season as one of the club's tandem starters. The veteran right-hander continued his solid spring with four innings of one-run ball on Tuesday. So far this spring, Lyles has allowed just two runs on five hits and one walk over seven innings of work. He has a K-BB of 7-1. A former top prospect of the Astros, Lyles never realized his full potential and posted a 7.02 ERA in 57.2 innings for the Rangers last season. The 30-year-old spent this ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jordan Lyles gave up seven runs, six earned, on Monday night in a 14-4 loss to the San Diego Padres. In four innings of work, Lyles allowed seven hits and one walk while only striking out two batters. The right-hander saw his ERA rise to 7.52, and you have to wonder if his spot in the rotation is in jeopardy. He hasn't made it through the sixth inning in any of his four starts, and it's doubtful that this is the type of pitcher the Rangers were hoping for when ...

On Wednesday night, Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jordan Lyles was not sharp in five innings of work. Lyles pitched five innings and gave up six hits, four walks, four earned runs, and two home runs with four strikeouts. On the box score, it looks like all of the damage was done to Lyles in the second inning with two home runs, but that doesn't tell the whole story. Lyles had baserunners on in every inning and allowed the leadoff batter to reach base in three of his five innings. In his three ...

Texas Rangers pitcher Jordan Lyles will not make his first start of the season until next Sunday, August 8th. With Texas having some off days, the team has decided to keep Lance Lynn on regular rest and have him pitch in the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Lyles signed with the Rangers in the offseason and is a fine fifth man in the rotation, but these things will happen to the back end of a pitching staff. Fortunately, this will place Lyles in an advantageous ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jordan Lyles was not sharp in his final start before the 2020 season gets underway. In a 7-3 loss to Colorado, the 29-year old threw 90 pitches and couldn't make it through the fifth inning. He gave up three earned runs, five hits, and three walks while striking out three Rockies. Lyles' only clean inning came in the second when he struck out Ryan McMahon and Matt Kemp. Eight baserunners in less than five innings is never ideal. Hopefully, when his turn in the ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jordan Lyles pitched three innings on Tuesday against the San Francisco Giants but gave up a three-run home run in the second inning to put a damper on his debut with his new team. Lyles three strikeouts in three innings continued a rising trend for the 10-year veteran. He averaged 6.2 strikeouts per nine innings from 2011-2017, but over the last two seasons, he has seen that rate rise to 9.1 K/9. Lyles will occupy the fifth spot in the Rangers rotation to begin ...

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jordan Lyles gave up one run on three hits and two walks through five innings in a win over the Athletics in his Milwaukee debut. It wasn't quite a quality start, but good enough for the win and potentially good enough for fantasy owners to consider picking Lyles up, but I would advise not to. In the last 10 starts for Lyles, he has given up six or more runs in four of them and completed six innings only twice. After his start on May 23rd, Lyles was 5-1 with a[...]