Time to start looking towards 2008

by Adam J. Morris on May 12, 2007 5:35 PM CDT in News

This team is done.

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Lol...

I think the loss is just getting to you, I bet you will change you mind later...

"Nellie can't beat our Johnson"

by miles on May 12, 2007 5:37 PM CDT reply actions

I gotta say I agree

I'm not it favor of the blow it up mode, but decisions for this year should be geared toward making the team better next year.

Loves me some "loves me some".

by trza on May 12, 2007 5:38 PM CDT reply actions

i rather do it that way

then be like this year after year after year...

by Longhorn on May 12, 2007 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions

maybe

if so, we will get a lot for Tex, Millwood and Aki.

by Longhorn on May 12, 2007 5:45 PM CDT reply actions

And maybe Gagne

could be a nice one year rental for a team in need.

Sign a guy for one year, then flip him at the deadline. Similar to the Urbina situation. We got a nice return on that.

"You busted up that crack house pretty bad, McGarnagle. Did you really have to break so much furniture?"

by thedirkatron on May 12, 2007 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions

If Sosa keeps hitting

Maybe a team will take a flier on him also.

"I'll stomp a mud hole in your ass!"

by boomer1 on May 12, 2007 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Still too soon....

as down on this team as I am I still think you have to give them until middle of June.

by bdavison94 on May 12, 2007 5:56 PM CDT reply actions

That may be

But the real opportunity to restructure was rejected about the dealine in 2005 in favor of trying to win "now", then repeated a year later for the same reason.

It's the 4-H thing. Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, halitosis, and hydrogen atoms.

Time does funny things. The worst of which is, it keeps moving when you don't.

by Ed Coffin on May 12, 2007 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Yup

I was just thinking this last night. Today's game made me a true believer.

Trade Tex.
Trade Aki, Gagne and Wilk.
See what offers are out there for Millwood.
See if anyone might be interested in taking Blalock off our hands.

I wonder what kind of package Detroit might be willing to put together for Tex and Aki?

Would the Mets be interested in Millwood?

Too bad we extended MY... he'd bring a nice return back for sure.

"You busted up that crack house pretty bad, McGarnagle. Did you really have to break so much furniture?"

by thedirkatron on May 12, 2007 6:00 PM CDT reply actions

No team would give

The Rangers a top or mid level prospect for Wilk.

"I'll stomp a mud hole in your ass!"

by boomer1 on May 12, 2007 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

well

I'd be happy to get a bag of balls for him or cruz.

by j d on May 12, 2007 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Oakland would

especially with their OF situation.

by Longhorn on May 12, 2007 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe not

but it's worth a shot.

"You busted up that crack house pretty bad, McGarnagle. Did you really have to break so much furniture?"

by thedirkatron on May 12, 2007 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions

According to SI.com

the Padres may have some interest in Blalock. Guess we can get raped again on another deal.

"Chip" first person on LSB to be berated by someone on the 25-man roster. - RangerMoto

by ortonius on May 12, 2007 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Other GM's

...must be licking their chops at the prospect of having JD call them wanting to trade (given his past history). Like having a sucker walk into the shop looking to buy.

by mgb5 on May 12, 2007 6:21 PM CDT reply actions

ridiculous exaggeration

Dreamcatchers work...if your dream is to be a douchebag...

by Brian Thomas on May 13, 2007 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions

Word

Really he's only had one horrible trade.

But damn it was a horrible trade.

"You busted up that crack house pretty bad, McGarnagle. Did you really have to break so much furniture?"

by thedirkatron on May 13, 2007 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions

...when you recognize that it's time to turn toward the next season and do things to benefit that team but the team isn't ready to accept that, whether it's for a worthy reason or not, is a frustrating time.

by Brett Perryman on May 12, 2007 6:25 PM CDT reply actions

They probably are done,

but might as well wait for closer to the All Star Break to part out this team.

Signing Sosa in Spring Training may pay dividends in terms of minor leaguers.

"The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place,"--ret Lt. Gen. Odom

by DJCahill on May 12, 2007 6:32 PM CDT reply actions

Yep. I'm down and out as a fan.

I need to find some interesting analysis to do; otherwise, I better just sign off for the rest of the season. I think I might become a bandwagon Brewers fan. It wouldn't be all that different from rooting for the Rangers.

People rarely live up to their baby pictures.

by rooster on May 12, 2007 7:08 PM CDT reply actions

This team was done

when it broke camp with Sosa, Lofton, Cruz, Wilkerson, and Hairston as its OFers.

by zackaryl on May 12, 2007 8:42 PM CDT reply actions

That's ridiculous

Proclaiming them as done this early? I don't think so.

You're just a very misguided individual, Dustin. -- Sharky

by Dustin on May 12, 2007 10:49 PM CDT reply actions

Whether they're done or not

It would be exciting to have a bonafide top 5 pick in the 2008 draft.

These guys are so much more interesting to follow in the Minors...

by hightowersmith on May 12, 2007 11:15 PM CDT reply actions

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Thank goodness for the Golden State Warriors. Because their amazing run I haven't had a chance to pay much attention to our Rangers and their terrible first six weeks.

by alon91 on May 13, 2007 12:07 AM CDT reply actions