Columnist Kevin Sherrington, David Moore and Rangers beat writer Evan Grant are back with a new episode of SportsDay's "Ballzy" Podcast, featuring ex-Ranger Michael Young. Listen to the full episode below.

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Can the Rangers dig out of this hole?

Evan Grant [3:35]: "Let's start with this... Why is this team not good?"

Michael Young: "You suck, Evan. You suck."

(laughter)

"Listen, I've been through stretches before where teams don't play well. I'm not willing to say... Obviously, this is a very tough stretch and every guy in that clubhouse will tell you that. I don't subscribe to the theory where you say, 'Oh where it's a marathon season, we've got to stay here and brace for the long haul.' Because then you do that too long, you're going to find yourself out of the race and it makes things go sideways pretty quickly.

"So I do think if we get healthy -- that's a big if -- obviously we've had some bang-ups here at the beginning of the season... But I would like to see those guys back in the lineup. Give us a full crack at this thing before we make any bold proclamations like you just did.

EG: "Look it's very true that the second day of the season this team lost Delino DeShields and I thought there were going to be big things in store for Delino. But losing that leadoff guy really changed the entire dynamics of the order and before you could turn around you were without Rougned Odor and then without Doug Fister and then without Elvis Andrus and now who knows what the situation is with Jurickson Profar after he landed on his head [Monday] trying to complete a double play.

"I guess the question would be -- you have been through some rough starts with this club early in your career... What does that do to a clubhouse and their ability to dig out?"

MY: "Yeah, it's hard. There's no question about that. For me, early in my career, at that point all I had known was bad big-league teams. When you've experienced winning? It's way worse to experience losing once you've experienced winning. A lot of the guys in that room have experienced winning. Division winning teams who a few years ago had the best record in the American League. So when you get to this stretch now, this is when it gets really difficult. You have to summon that professionalism and try to perform at a high level no matter what the wins and losses say. That's really hard to do.

"We lost some guys to injury, but we also lost energy guys. That's hard. Delino is an energy guy, Rougie is an energy guy, Elvis is an energy guy. To not have that in your lineup early in the season will be challenging. ... Hopefully some of the young guys can provide some leadership like they did down in Houston and continue to build."

What's the most encouraging thing that's happened to the Rangers thus far?

Kevin Sherrington: "I'm having a difficult time here with this. I thought going into the season that Martin Perez' attitude about wanting to come back and pitch -- because he was saying he wouldn't miss any time and that he was ready to go--

EG: --And he said that he wanted to be the guy this club counts on."

KS: "And Martin had always been characterized as a little bit fragile. I thought the bullpen was going to be a strong point, too. It's been up and down, there's been moments when the bullpen's been pretty good and moments when it hasn't. It's been pushed a lot. ...

"Bartolo Colon has certainly earned himself a spot on this roster. He's not keeping any young kids from pitching and in a season like this one, that's the only complaint anybody should have. Is this guy standing in the way of the development of a young player who needs to play right now? And Bartolo Colon is not doing that. That would be my bright spot."

EG: "Kevin and I have a very inside the box approach -- we don't see everything that goes on in the clubhouse. We're not informed about that and we don't have a players perspective. What do you think, Michael? What gives you encouragement?"

MY: "Well I think [Evan] spends more time in the clubhouse than the carpet. He's there all the time. With a pen and a paper. And you judge and you stare."

(laughter)

"...I think Joey [Gallo] has been fantastic. I know Joey is really looking forward to establishing himself as one of the top defensive first basemen in the league. That was something he talked very openly about in spring training. He wants to be one of the best in the game. And to have us get snake bitten by some injuries and Joey gets moved to left field, no big deal. ... Having to do that on the fly is very, very difficult and Joey deserves a lot of credit for that.

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