Cody

Bradford

With the Rangers’ season hanging in the balance, Bradford didn’t have his best stuff against the Mets. They socked nine hard-hit balls out of 17 in play and in the end, he was fortunate to give up just two runs. He didn’t command his fastball well and at an average velocity of 89 mph, the Mets were all over it. His regular season is over and he wound up with a 4.19 ERA, 21 strikeouts, and 10 walks in 43 innings after recovering from internal brace surgery.

The 28-year-old left-hander struck out three batters in the ballgame while issuing only one base on balls. He exited in the sixth inning with a comfortable 3-0 advantage, but the Rangers’ bullpen couldn’t hang on to get him his first victory of the season. Bradford got eight swings and misses on 73 offerings in the game, registering an elite CSW of 36 percent. He’ll attempt to further improve upon his 4.19 ERA and 1.50 WHIP (38 2/3 innings) in his season finale against the Mets on Wednesday.

Bradford struck out one and walked two as the Rangers went on to lose 3-2. The soft-tossing southpaw has made seven starts since returning from elbow surgery, with just 17 strikeouts through 34 1/3 innings. A K rate that low keeps him off the fantasy radar ahead of his next start, at home against the Red Sox.

The Rangers are pushing Cody Bradford back an extra day to take the ball against Seattle on Wednesday instead. It doesn’t appear to be an injury-related situation. Quantrill has been an unexpected revelation for Texas, posting a surreal 2.79 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 73/24 K/BB ratio across 96 2/3 innings this season. It’s hard to argue against his streaming appeal against a Seattle lineup that has consistently struggled to score runs this season.

All five runs came via the long ball. This was Bradford’s sixth start since returning from internal brace surgery a little over a month ago. It was also the most runs he’s given up in an outing this year. Through 30 1/3 innings he has only struck out 17, severely limiting his fantasy upside. He’ll look to rebound on the road against the Mariners next time out.

Bradford gave up seven hits, walked none and struck out three. He fell to 0-2 with the loss. Bradford was solid in his fourth start back since returning from Tommy John surgery, but had no margin for error with the Rangers offense failing to score a run. He has a 3.05 ERA. Bradford is lined up to face the Brewers on the road next weekend.

Bradford tossed two scoreless innings before the Angels got to him for three runs on three hits and a hit batter in the third. He settled in for four more scoreless frames, ending his day after seven innings with only one strikeout. The three runs were the only runs he’s allowed across two starts with a 6/3 K/BB ratio over 11 1/3 innings. The 28-year-old left-hander will take on the Athletics in Sacramento on Sunday.

It’s good to have Bradford back from elbow surgery. Despite averaging just 90 mph with his fastball, he had a 3.03 ERA in 13 starts for Texas in 2024. Today, he averaged 88.8 mph with his fastball, but he had his changeup working and racked up five strikeouts and a 40 percent CSW. He was, however, quite lucky to get outs on long flies from Buddy Kennedy and Bryce Eldridge that would have been homers in 26 and 16 ballparks, respectively. He’s probably not a mixed-league starter right now, but he might be once he gets back to throwing 90-100 pitches. He’ll face the Angels next week.

Bradford will be making his first big-league start since late September of the 2024 campaign. The 28-year-old lefty missed most of the last two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery. He’s unlikely to offer significant fantasy appeal over the final two months, but gets a nice matchup right out of the gate against a pedestrian Giants lineup.

Technically, the Rangers haven’t announced their pitching plan, but Bradford seems likely to make his season debut after missing the first couple months working his way back from Tommy John surgery. He’s unlikely to offer significant fantasy appeal, but it’s a nice matchup right out of the gate.