Jim Callis of BA

by OKC Ranger Fan on Jun 4, 2007 10:02 AM CDT Comment 19 comments

Was on sports radio in OKC and said the Rangers want a college position player in the 1st round. I don't subscribe to BA so sorry if this is old news. He specifically mentioned LaPorta and Borbon. He also backed up the Rangers when the radio host bashed us for our pitching. The host tried to say we need to draft all pitchers then Callis said we won't have position prospects then. Callis then went on the say that Hurley and Diamond look like good prospects and that we have drafted better lately. Of course, the host is a huge Red Sox fan so they can do no wrong. He sounded disappointed when Callis didn't have the Red Sox in the top 3 in talent evaluation.

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Where were the Rangers...

in talent eval?

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

by ortonius on Jun 4, 2007 9:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He only mentioned 3 or 4...

Twins
Brewers
Rays
I also want to say Angels, but I could be wrong.

I know for sure he mentioned the top 3 and to his credit he had a disclaimer in there about being the 1st and 2nd overall in picks every year. So the Rays choice was discounted a bit.

I thought it was interesting that Callis said basically not to completely blame JD on the current state of the Rangers.

by OKC Ranger Fan on Jun 4, 2007 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It certainly isn't all his fault

but I haven't seen a lot of moves by him that have significantly helped things either. Even his most trumpeted successes, like Padilla and Tejeda, aren't looking particularly good right now.

Mitt Romney should "get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn" -- Sen John McCain

by DJCahill on Jun 4, 2007 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll pass judgement for a couple years

I think the win now attitude has really hurt us. I just wish he could have said we are going to take our lumps this year and next year we'll be better. I think the win now pressure comes from the top. And other than game day decisions by Wash, which I think haven't been great, I think Wash is the right guy to develop young players that are new to MLB.

by OKC Ranger Fan on Jun 4, 2007 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I haven't seen any evidence that suggests:

JD is particularly good at drafting and development.

Washington is very good as a manager at developing young players. Which of the young players are you seeing blossom? Scrap Iron Kinsler? Engelberg Laird? Tejeda?

Mitt Romney should "get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn" -- Sen John McCain

by DJCahill on Jun 4, 2007 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oakland is evidence enough for me

We aren't very far into the season. I think it's premature to throw Kinsler and Laird down the drain. THey have time to improve. All I know from Wash is what I saw in Oakland and I was impressed.

by OKC Ranger Fan on Jun 4, 2007 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wasn't aware

Washington was a manager at Oakland.

There is a lot of difference between being a coach and a manager. Maybe we should flipflop Howe and Washington, so Washington can actually work with the young players.

Mitt Romney should "get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn" -- Sen John McCain

by DJCahill on Jun 4, 2007 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I will admit

that I have been disappointed to hear that Wash hasn't been able to work with the players as much as he would like. I said Oakland because he has been around there so long I would hope that he knows what it took to get them there.

Here's the deal DJ. I look at Oakland as the model for overachieving. Obviously their pitching has been key, but I don't look at any of their players lately and think superstar yet they are always in contention.

by OKC Ranger Fan on Jun 4, 2007 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not surprised

"I thought it was interesting that Callis said basically not to completely blame JD on the current state of the Rangers."

Callis is a level-headed guy, and he can look at this situation from the outside, though with some industry knowledge. It doesn't surprise me that he's not all freaked out like so many of our fans are, and just throwing knives wherever he can think to throw them.

Daniels has made a big mistake in a trade, has made a few other moves that weren't inspired but didn't really hurt us much, and hasn't made that great move that made our offseason yet. But this was a really tough situation that he came into, with overperforming players having their contracts up and the core talents on the team underperforming (Blalock, Tex last year and Young, Millwood this year, for example).

I'm saying this so much that it's becoming my mantra, but let's see how things look in August.

by Brett Perryman on Jun 4, 2007 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs