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Published: Oct 14, 2014
Author: CZ82
Post Date: 2014-10-14 18:08:52 by CZ82
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For those of you who would like to comment on what might happen with the 2015 version of the Texas Rangers or any other MLB team for that matter.
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#205. To: redleghunter (#201)
No they put him on the DL to start the season because he had some kind of injury early in the spring and wasn't ready for opening day. Problem is he couldn't get anybody out in Spring Training, during his rehab and now in the majors.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
And in a different zipcode.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Yea we had a lot of fun in those days, that's the one thing I really miss about the military is the camaraderie. Heck I have no clue where any of them are, we are all retired and went to all different parts of the country I'd bet we drank enough beer to float one of nolu chans ships he was assigned to. :)
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
I think the better ones do it on purpose so the pitchers can't figure out what to throw them on a regular basis to get them out.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
I can't even start to opine on the game I watched on Sunday. Got back from the gym early afternoon with younger son (sonny boy) cleaned up, made a sandwich and said 'cool a Rangers game is on.' Realized Detwiler has some real issues getting batters out; Rangers can hit bad pitching pretty good; and Banister has much to learn about Tanner Sheppers. I have to say these decisions to bring certain folks up is front office type decisions, so give Banister a pass the FIRST NIGHT he used Scheppers. He probably thought, 'hey this is a professional organization, and the FO would not give me a player who is not MLB ready to play.' So he gets the pass bringing in Scheppers in Friday's game. He gets a slap on the back for pulling the plug on Scheppers before losing the lead. He gets and ok for brining in Scheppers with a 4 run lead. But after the first or second walk, he gets a head scratch from me as if he needed more to see to get someone else on the mound. Being generous, the Rangers win tops 70 games this year. It is quite sad to see this team struggle so much. Is this the curse of Nolan Ryan:)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Just to rub some salt in our wounds...Cruz could have easily been on the Rangers roster again.... "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Scheppers isn't ready to take back his spot in the 8th inning yet. He should have been left in the minors until he had shown he could get somebody out, which he hasn't done all spring. I would have brought in Kela after Bass cause it wasn't a stressful situation and I would bet he would have done better. If he could have gotten 3 or 4 outs then you could have then brought in Tolleson for the 8th and saved Feliz for the 9th.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
He should have never left in the first place, I really wonder what Daniels is thinking sometimes with the crap he pulls. He could have gotten Cruz for $13-14 mill per year and had a power hitter in the prime of career, for $10 mill less than the one he replaced him with. I also think he could have gotten Choo for less and why didn't he trade Hamilton for a pitcher when he knew he was going to let him walk in Free Agency. I have a sneaking suspicion Daniels isn't going to be here much longer. If I was the owner he would already have a new zipcode.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks Andrus stinks.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
He could have gotten Cruz for $13-14 mill per year and had a power hitter in the prime of career, for $10 mill less than the one he replaced him with. I also think he could have gotten Choo for less and why didn't he trade Hamilton for a pitcher when he knew he was going to let him walk in Free Agency. I have a sneaking suspicion Daniels isn't going to be here much longer. If I was the owner he would already have a new zipcode. All good and valid points. JD was a 'rain man' when he was younger. The other GMs and owners did not see him as a rising and aggressive star GM. What 'magic' or tricks he pulled to get what was needed for the 1-11 teams will never be repeated. He did shift focus to the farm and that has been a mixed bag. The farm reports on Luke and Chi Chi G. have not been good so far this year. Both are struggling with minor league batters. Perhaps they worked them too hard in the Spring and they need to be skipped in the rotation a few times to give them a rest. Oh and Gallo is in a boot for heel surgergy. Starting to sound like Mike Olt all over again.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
LOL I saw that. That had to be JD's worst deal yet...the contract extension of Elvis. He had two young sprouts in the farm who could take EAs spot for a fraction of the cost. At least one of the big three contracts have to be dumped. Either EA, Prince or Choo. All three are toxic contracts no one wants to take on except maybe the Yankees. Even they will ask for some cash in return. Heck we are still paying A-Rod to hit HRs or sit on his duff for the Yankees.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Let's see...Goldsmitd goes 3-5 tonight. Martinez gets slammed by the second inning. His no ER streak will have to end sooner or later. Track record for young Rangers pitchers is to do well in the first two or three weeks of the season then get "figured out."
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Remember Grimm? http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grimmju01.shtml Mike Olt? http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oltmi01.shtml Seems Ramirez who went in that Soria trade is on the DL too. No wonder no one wants to deal with JD.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Nostradamus you're not. :) That makes what 10 games in a row now for Martinez of at least 6 innings and 2 ER or less, I'd say he's a keeper. "Evis" must have heard all the grumbling about his crappy play and contract, he got 2 hits last night. Looks like some of the bats are waking up but not enough of them, got way too many people with sub .200 averages. My dogs could hit .200 :) Look at the box score to see how he used the pen last night, used Kela ahead of Tolleson. Looks like Scheppers finally got someone out for a change, he pitched the 9th.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Looks like they turned Justin into a reliever and he didn't do too bad last year. Olt still hasn't figured how to hit for average yet, he has power though.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
They should have called the Yankees the day Jeter announced his retirement, they could have at least got a "bag of used pucks" (derogatory hockey term) in return. Oh wait maybe they did and the Yanks told them to FO..
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Not any worse than what the big league team is doing, didn't both of them move up this year? I knew about Gallo had some loose chips or something, said he would be out at least 3 weeks. Now I hear Moreland has loose chips in his elbow he needs to get rid of, might as well do it right now instead of waiting. He'd only be out 10-14 days so why not now. If they can stay close to .500 until Holland, Perez and Harrison have a chance to pitch again they may not do too bad. But they have to get the bats going soon or when they start playing better teams it will be all over, including the crying.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
I'm glad I was wrong. Then again I bit my lip when Roogie fumbled an inning ending out. But Sir Nick proved he is a pro and got out of that inning.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Would have been another A-Rod situation I'm sure. Elvis goes to the Yanks, Rangers eat a portion of the salary and Elvis has an All Star season. Seems to happen to everyone we ditch except Hamiliton.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Wonder how long it will be before he goes down with an ailment? (rolling eyes).
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Like someone else we know who wanted to play 2B but wasn't really that good at it and they were too chicken to force him to play the OF. Then they traded him and he really took off, after his new team forced him to play the OF. The guy ended up with over 400 HRs for his career.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
You jinx!
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Rangers struggling tonight. After such a good night last night. It's hard not having a #1 or #2 rotation pitcher to start the season. Gallardo is no #1 or even #2. It's ok to have a bunch of 3s and 4s when you have a consistent offense like we did in 10-11. Good thing everyone else in the AL West is struggling too.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
It doesn't surprise me I think some of those teams played over their heads last year.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
With everything else going on its bound to happen.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
I think the Offense will finally get its act together and they will stay close to .500 for awhile. They can't all hit below the Mendoza line for the entire season. Houston just moved into last place yesterday for team batting average at .216. So there is at least one team who's bats suck worse than the Rangers.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Let's see... 'Stros still struggling for consistency. Once they play outside the division they will fall apart. BP is WAY much better but still... Billy Beane gutted his team and two of the better OPS players are on DL for a few more weeks I think. One of them being Reddick. Good #1-3 starters but beyond that struggling like everyone else. Beane killed his magic gnome team. Angels even with Puhols and Trout are struggling to produce runs. They too have issues with pitchers at the back of the rotation. Not like the Rangers do but they do not have the magic of last year. Mariners were picked to be 'the team to beat' not only in the AL West but in the playoffs along with KC and Detroit. Their line up is very good and looks as deep as the Rangers 2011 line up; however, they too have back end of the rotation issues. The Rangers as I mentioned above are the most at risk given they do not currently have a #1 nor a #2 to toe the mound. Nick Martinez will be a solid #4 or even a #3 when he fully develops. Position/location pitchers without an effective heater will not raise up to the top two in the rotation. That's fine and I'm sure no one is trying to make him 'ace' material. But the biggest problem for the Rangers is offense. The first three weeks of the season shows the Rangers CAN hit average and struggling pitching but they are blanked when a good pitcher is on the mound. The fact the other teams in the division have some back end of the rotation issues may keep the Rangers afloat until help arrives. Plus if they 'luck out' most of the division series not catching a Sonny Gray or Jared Weaver or King Felix, will help. But it always seems they get those guys:)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Could not resist...My childhood and teen years I was a Met's fan. Still follow them and hope for a Rangers-Mets WS to test my loyalties:) 11 in a row for the Met's getting it down with a deep DL but healthy and good pitching. At the link don't forget to take a look at Bartolo Colon running down a tag. Big boy and glad he is no longer on the A's. Mets walk all over Braves for 11th straight win "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)
Good news we may have a lefty reliever soon...Claudio seems to be doing better in RR: Texas Rangers may add lefty reliever soon Other than the Scheppers 2X fiasco, Banister showed he is much better making BP calls. He is not making who pitches the 7th and 8th predictable which is good. Keeping the opposing manager and bench coach thinking. Any advantage opens doors. I shut off the 8-1 romp the other night only to realize it ended 8-5 with 4 runs in the 9th. Again confirming that with good pitching, teams can beat the Rangers. If however, this offense proves to be like the 2010 late come back Rangers (getting to BPs) I think we can hang in there for an end of year fight IF Holland and Perez are truly healthy when they come back. Matt Harrison, is a wild card...we shall see. I said the same thing about Colby though:)
"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)
Hammy may be coming back. "The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)
I sure hope not but wouldn't be surprised if he does come back. It would just be another dumb decision by the brain trust, "Hey lets get rid of Nolan and bring the Meth head back"... (rolling eyes). Now they'll have to go out and hire some more baby sitters for him, wonder how much that will cost?
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Matt Harrison, is a wild card...we shall see. I'm not too worried about Holland, Perez probably won't pitch much before Aug or Sept so am not expecting much. Harrison I think will be back by July at the latest, he just did a 75 pitch BP session earlier this week and is going to do a 80 pitch BP session "today". They next thing up for him will be live batters and pitching in the minors to finish his rehab. They say he is looking really good and very anxious to get back to pitching in the majors.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Update on Hammy: Deal is done. So the Rangers pick up about 20% of the money. Frankly that is not a bad deal if this is spread out over the remaining three years. If he starts producing and the Rangers are not contenders this year, then he can be an economical trade deadline piece for prospects.
"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)
Oh well I guess we will see how this all turns out. He's currently going thru a divorce, coming back from surgery and last I seen his stroke sucked, lots of bad things going on right now. If Magaden and Jones can help him find his stroke this may turn out OK, if not then it will end up as I fear a clusterphuck.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
He is not making who pitches the 7th and 8th predictable which is good. Keeping the opposing manager and bench coach thinking. Any advantage opens doors. Yea I seen that. Now Tolleson can go back to his normal roll of 7th and 8th inning. Most people like knowing what their role is and when they are to be doing it, makes it easier on the player and the manager. I also think the opposing manager knowing so and so will be pitching in certain situations sometimes forces him to do things he doesn't really want to do, so it works both ways.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Remember the Nasty Boys? Opposing managers knew that they had to shoot their entire wad before the 7th inning if the wanted to win the game, cause if they didn't it was all over but the crying. The Nasty boys were originally made up of 5 pitchers Tim Layana, Tim Birtsas, Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble and Randy Myers. But because of the outstanding job the later 3 did in the 1990 WS history really only remembers those 3. There is an image (I can't find it) where they were all holding on to this plate of flaming baseballs, looked cool.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Yes I remember the nasty boys. Especially Dibble.
CJ Wilson went to visit Hammy at his friend's ranch where he is working out and rehabbing. He said Hammy was in the best shape he has seen him (chizled and cut) and hitting the ball good. Yes this is a risk but a low risk as we are not sending anyone to the Angels and the money is minimal. I think it was Evan Grant who said "what do the Rangers have to lose" in a rebuilding year? Well about $5M a year but that's chump change compared to the other toxic contracts they have. Maybe having Hamiliton become a two spot guy giving Fielder some protection will help. If that stroke is back as you said, things could only improve what we have now. Good to see Martin over Mendoza line. I think he, Moreland (not as many at bats) and Fielder are the only ones over the mark right now. Wandy gave me fits last night but due to good OF defense he got the job done. He was out of gas in the 4th but still pitched 'flubber' balls for strikes in the 5th. Maybe some more conditioning and he can be a 5th in the rotation. He still worries me... 3-2 belt high inside pitch to Freese? Rookie mistake, I give him a pass. Feliz should have told him to walk that dude with runners on:)
"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)
Rookies mistake or catchers mistake? He is constantly throwing the fastball much more than he throws the curve or change (101 fastballs, 33 curves and 17 change-ups). He needs to throw the later 2 just a bit more, change speeds to keep the hitters off balance.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Well they hung on to win in 11 today. Not bad. After Banister was tossed out. Maybe they could have kept on and win in 9 if Choo did not miss a routine fly ball. That guy is a liability on the field and at the plate right now. Mitch Moreland and Martin doing well.
"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)
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#206. To: redleghunter (#203)
He should be batting 7th or 8th.
#207. To: redleghunter (#202)
#208. To: redleghunter (#204)
#209. To: CZ82 (#208)
#210. To: CZ82 (#208)
#211. To: redleghunter (#209)
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#213. To: redleghunter (#210)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-rangers/headlines/20150420-grant-stats-say-rangers-elvis-andrus-is-worst-shortstop-in-baseball.ece
#214. To: CZ82 (#212)
He should have never left in the first place, I really wonder what Daniels is thinking sometimes with the crap he pulls.
#215. To: CZ82 (#213)
#216. To: CZ82 (#213)
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#218. To: redleghunter (#216)
#219. To: redleghunter (#217)
#220. To: redleghunter (#215)
At least one of the big three contracts have to be dumped. Either EA, Prince or Choo
#221. To: redleghunter (#214)
The farm reports on Luke and Chi Chi G. have not been good so far this year. Both are struggling with minor league batters.
#222. To: CZ82 (#218)
Nostradamus you're not. :)
#223. To: CZ82 (#220)
They should have called the Yankees the day Jeter announced his retirement, they could have at least got a "bag of used pucks" (derogatory hockey term) in return. Oh wait maybe they did and the Yanks told them to FO..
#224. To: redleghunter (#222)
But Sir Nick proved he is a pro and got out of that inning.
#225. To: redleghunter (#223)
Would have been another A-Rod situation I'm sure. Elvis goes to the Yanks, Rangers eat a portion of the salary and Elvis has an All Star season.
#226. To: CZ82 (#224)
#227. To: CZ82 (#225)
#228. To: redleghunter (#227)
Good thing everyone else in the AL West is struggling too.
#229. To: redleghunter (#226)
#230. To: redleghunter (#227)
It's ok to have a bunch of 3s and 4s when you have a consistent offense like we did in 10-11.
#231. To: CZ82 (#228)
It doesn't surprise me I think some of those teams played over their heads last year.
#232. To: CZ82, liberator (#229)
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#234. To: CZ82 (#229)
#235. To: redleghunter (#234)
Hammy may be coming back.
#236. To: redleghunter (#233)
IF Holland and Perez are truly healthy when they come back.
#237. To: CZ82 (#236)
#238. To: redleghunter (#237)
#239. To: redleghunter (#233)
Good news we may have a lefty reliever soon...Claudio seems to be doing better in RR:
#240. To: redleghunter, A K A Stone (#233)
He is not making who pitches the 7th and 8th predictable which is good. Keeping the opposing manager and bench coach thinking. Any advantage opens doors.
#241. To: CZ82 (#240)
#242. To: CZ82 (#238)
If Magaden and Jones can help him find his stroke this may turn out OK, if not then it will end up as I fear a clusterphuck.
#243. To: CZ82 (#240)
#244. To: redleghunter (#242)
3-2 belt high inside pitch to Freese? Rookie mistake, I give him a pass.
#245. To: CZ82 (#244)
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