FYI - Law Chat on ESPN.COM

by lamron on Jun 8, 2007 2:36 PM CDT

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=16125
2 Ranger related items:

Jason (Wichita): How about the top 3 picks from the Rangers Beavan, Main, and Borbon?

Keith Law: (2:58 PM ET ) I rated their day-one draft as the best. Main really seems to be underrated - great stuff, great athlete, good track record, appears to have slipped because his last outing wasn't good. Borbon was a good value play there; a lot of teams saw him as a first-rounder, and as a college bat he should put up good #s in A-ball. A CF who performs in high-A or AA has trade value.

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Jonathan (Mansfield, Tx): Did the Rangers pass on Porcello b/c of signability issues/Boras? Or did they just like Beavan and Main better?

Keith Law: (3:23 PM ET ) I'm assuming it was signability, but they didn't exactly go cheap.

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Great point by Law

Borbon is likely going to be a guy who puts up some decent looking stats (BA and SB especially) in A+ and AA the next year or two, at which point he'd be quite a valuable trade chip if we choose to go that route.

"The boxing scenes in 'Million Dollar Baby' were so realistic, I initially thought it was a documentary." -Brian Thomas

by thedirkatron on Jun 8, 2007 7:51 PM CDT 0 recs

More likely

he will hit under a 300 OBP at AA with no power, and will net us as much in a trade as Ramon Nivar.

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

by DJCahill on Jun 8, 2007 8:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

It's a bird! It's a plane!

No, it's DJ Cahill being super negative!

"The boxing scenes in 'Million Dollar Baby' were so realistic, I initially thought it was a documentary." -Brian Thomas

by thedirkatron on Jun 8, 2007 8:42 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yeah, I worry too much about my negativity.

I was told about my negativity when I said in the offseason that the OF for the Rangers would be horrible.

Someone posted about my negativity when I posted about Mayberry, and how if he hadn't learned to hit well after growing up with a major league dad, and after going to Stanford, there was a very good chance he would never hit well enough to make the majors.

I was told I was negative when I said that Scott Heard was much more likely to make the Home Depot Softball team than the Rangers.

Someone made a post about my negativity when I mentioned that since Teixeira was likely to go free agent, investigating his trade value made sense.

Now I'm being told I'm being negative for daring to suggest that a guy who isn't a very good hitter in the SEC with an aluminum bat will have similar trade value to another prospect that some oohed and ahhhed over because he was such an electric player.

Yeah, its amazing about my negativity.

By the way, congrats to the Rangers on winning and getting up to .361 ball.

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

by DJCahill on Jun 9, 2007 5:16 AM CDT up 0 recs

Even a broken clock

is right twice a day.

If you're negative about everything and everyone, then eventually you're going to be right.

"The boxing scenes in 'Million Dollar Baby' were so realistic, I initially thought it was a documentary." -Brian Thomas

by thedirkatron on Jun 9, 2007 12:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

Considering

the record of this team the last 8 years, I'd say the pessimists were realists and the optimists were mostly delusional.

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

by DJCahill on Jun 9, 2007 1:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

Mayberry

It sure has worked well for Mayberry. I'm sure Daniels is having to beat off suitors with a stick.

by BCanfield on Jun 8, 2007 11:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

Mayberry

Yah, since JD wasn't the GM at the time, I'm sure it was his fault. There was an article a week or so ago that put the blame for that one solely at the feet of our old gm. It was (supposedly) 100% a Hart pick. You can't even pin it on Hopkins. The EGS apparently went over Hopkins' head with that one.

And Mayberry is different. The thought on him was that he had a hole (several holes?) in his swing and would need a complete overhaul to succeed.

The knock on Borbon is that he doesn't walk enough to be a successful hitter unless he hits .300+.

I'm not real fond of the Borbon pick, but to say he won't succeed cause "hey, look at Mayberry" is lazy, and to put Mayberry on JD is ignorant.

"The boxing scenes in 'Million Dollar Baby' were so realistic, I initially thought it was a documentary." -Brian Thomas

by thedirkatron on Jun 9, 2007 12:49 AM CDT up 0 recs