Interesting McCarthy article...

by rangersfan34 on Dec 23, 2006 1:58 PM CST Comment 24 comments

...from the White Sox official website. Interestingly enough, it was posted online about an hour and a half before the trade was announced.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061220&content_id=1765276& vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

I'm not sure what to think of the trade, as I really like Danks and Masset, but this article will give everybody some insight into who McCarthy is...

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B-Mac highlights

struck out 8 on Sept 27 last season ... http://tinyurl.com/y62skb

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Dec 23, 2006 1:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Looks pretty studly to me

And sorta looks like Justin Verlander out on the mound, but maybe thats just me

by TexGoesYard on Dec 23, 2006 2:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

its just you

by Ian Cobb on Dec 23, 2006 2:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

unless you just meant that they're both

tall, white and skinny

by Ian Cobb on Dec 23, 2006 2:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Probably not too bad a comp.......

doesn't throw quite as hard but, has a better hook

by tklawless on Dec 23, 2006 2:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

mccarthy

has a better curveball than Verlander? I don't think so.

by Ian Cobb on Dec 23, 2006 2:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

changeup

his changeup is what makes him a 10+ SO/9 guy, but the curve is supposed to be pretty good as well. It's his fastball that is supposedly pretty straight

by The other Thomas on Dec 24, 2006 11:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Still more video - stolen from the NMLR board

B-Mac's first career win - 7.2 IP, 2 hits - heh
August 30th, 2005 - http://tinyurl.com/ygxtg6

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Dec 23, 2006 2:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Damn

I hope we dont have to face him to many times again next year....

Oh wait, HES ON OUR TEAM NOW.

Money.

by TexGoesYard on Dec 23, 2006 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

all I want for Christmas is a........

Merkin.........the authors last name was Merkin..........good times.

by rkh on Dec 23, 2006 2:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

McCarthy

Chris Young minus 80 pounds?

If he can fill out and pitch in the mid nineties he may be better than Chris.

by Allen13 on Dec 23, 2006 2:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Last off season I doubt the White Sox

would have traded McCarthy straight up for Chris Young.....and while he had a nice season in SD, that place is probably the most extreme pitcher's park in the Majors.

by tklawless on Dec 23, 2006 2:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the only

thing i don't like about this deal is Danks left

by myoungfan11 on Dec 23, 2006 2:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Wah!

You act like he was the savior of the franchise or something.

by hiafex on Dec 23, 2006 2:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't like Danks leaving either

but I'm happy with this trade, would have liked more but I don't think we're losing out.

by Taylor on Dec 23, 2006 3:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

MySpace Page

McCarthy's MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/bmac55

by RCCook on Dec 23, 2006 3:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He has some hotties

On lockdown in Chicago, we will need to replace those, stat.

by TexGoesYard on Dec 23, 2006 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not the trade that I envisioned

would involve Danks.

I think the Rangers got the best player in this trade, though. That's not a knock on Danks.

by rooster on Dec 23, 2006 4:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Is Mccarthey

more of a flyball pitcher or a groundball pitcher?

by myoungfan11 on Dec 23, 2006 4:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

FB pitcher

38% of balls in play by McCarthy were GB. Compare to Millwood (45%), Webb (65%), and Chris Young (25%-30%).

But, a fairly hefty percentage of his fly balls are IF. His IF/F percentage (14%) is comparable to Zito's this year (13%), and Chris Young's career mark (14%-15%).

I'm still stunned by the trade. I really thought a trade of Danks would bring back someone who is already near the top of a rotation rather than someone who has the potential to become that. But, I think the Rangers got the pitcher with the best stuff in this deal. I would much rather have McCarthy than Vazquez or Garland. I would've taken Buehrle over McCarthy, though.

by rooster on Dec 23, 2006 5:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Why

he has only 1 year in his contract left

by myoungfan11 on Dec 23, 2006 5:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but he could step into the #1 slot.

He has proven as durable as Zito. He throws ground balls.

Actually, this trade for McCarthy is about what I hoped the Rangers would do for Bonderman. McCarthy isn't far behind Bonderman on the developmental curve, and his upside is about the same. I feel good about what the Rangers got, but I'm bummed about losing Danks.

by rooster on Dec 23, 2006 11:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

i am too but now lets go get mulder or zito

by myoungfan11 on Dec 23, 2006 11:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Something I haven't seen mentioned

but might be big is McCarthy getting out from under Ozzie & Washington's positive attitude.....that kind of stuff can be huge, especially for a young guy.

by tklawless on Dec 23, 2006 5:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs