Signed and Broken and a Contender?

by Jayslick on Jan 17, 2008 11:17 AM CST

Jenning: Surgery in August on torn elbow ligament. No way he is ready for ST. takes a year to recover at least.

Fukumori: Hurt last season, recovering from injury. old. unproven.

Milton Bradley: Torn ACL in August or September. 10 months to recover, 1 year to fully recover.

What the hell is going on? The rangers dont actually think these guys will be difference makers?

When do u guys think Bradley and Jennings are 100%? it wont be this season. Why sign these guys if we arent contending and they wont be healthy for the season. I'll give Fukumori the benefit of the doubt, but Jenning and Bradley? there is no way on earth those guys can be 100% this season.

what is the purpose?

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Purpose is

right field, rotation, and bullpen are lacking competition and players. Sure you could stick cruz in right but Bradley could return to top form. Sure you could stick in Mendoza or who ever in the rotation but I'm sure J.J. will be an upgrade. Sure you could go into the season with our deplated bullpen, but why when you could add Fuki and Gudardo. Were are rebuilding but all three could be assets this year. Fuki is signed for at least two years, Jennings can hopefully establish himself again and be traded, and Milton I'm hoping can take over right field for the next couple of years.

""I love GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLD" blueglovelefty

by NYTXFAN on Jan 17, 2008 11:23 AM CST reply actions

Jennings

Jenning: Surgery in August on torn elbow ligament. No way he is ready for ST. takes a year to recover at least.

It was a torn tendon, not a torn ligament. Torn ligament is 12-18 months recovery time. Torn tendon is a lot less. He's supposed to be ready to go by Opening Day.

by Adam J. Morris on Jan 17, 2008 11:24 AM CST reply actions

Thanks AJM

i was having nightmares on Jennings recently, good to know it wasnt what i thought it was, although im still totally convinced MB isnt gonna be healthy for us till august.

I still think we are way way overestimating Miltons ability to contribute. He's fragile. He's old. He's got a torn ACL to recover from. He aint ever gonna be 'right' for us this year.

I've had a torn ACL. its a 12 month deal to recover 100%. I promise.

Fuku is coming off bone chips removal, im not worried about him as much.

I am concerned that these guys are being counted on and that the rangers expect much more than they will get out of any of them though.

.500 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jan 17, 2008 11:40 AM CST up reply actions

Well to be fair...

12 months for you could be 8 months for Bradley. There's a reason they're major leaguers. Mostly freaks of nature especially the athletic ones like Bradley.

I know this is a rarity but look at TO. His injury was a minimum 4 week recovery by the most optimistic of projections for a normal person and he played in 3 weeks with little effects.

by slimshadty12 on Jan 17, 2008 11:52 AM CST up reply actions

Bradley

He has more experience being injured than Homer Simpson so he should know a thing or two about recovery time

by bushe on Jan 17, 2008 12:00 PM CST up reply actions

agreed slim but

TO had to be ready for a single game. Jerry Rice was kinda the same when he came back from ACL reconstruction.

MB has to play 120+ games. I also think injury prone players dont recover that quick. if they were good healers, they wouldnt be injury prone.

If MB had torn his ACL in june id be a lot more optimistic. Late August? Forget it.

I hope Im wrong.

.500 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jan 17, 2008 12:23 PM CST up reply actions

"If they were good healers,

they wouldn't be injury prone."

I disagree with this statement. I don't see a connection.

by jparks77 on Jan 17, 2008 12:54 PM CST up reply actions

I don't see a conection there either...

and Bradley will be DHing as well, so it's not like he's truly playing everyday. I'm sure especially for the first few months.

by slimshadty12 on Jan 19, 2008 2:40 PM CST up reply actions

"He's old"

Since when is 29 old?

Bradley is 29 and turns 30 in April.

If that is old, I am totally screwed.

by FrazierCranesque on Jan 17, 2008 12:32 PM CST up reply actions

As am I.

Piss off nut chucker... Boomer Sooner!

by boomer1 on Jan 17, 2008 12:35 PM CST up reply actions

Billy Beane-esque

JD is trying to exploit a soft spot in the market, just like Billy Beane is lauded for doing. There is a stigma about signing players coming off an injury, and the richer-thans don't have to take the risk. However, not all injuries are created equal, and for a "small market" team such as the Rangers, these are risks worth taking. One year commitments are a low risk, high reward gamble, and can potentially be traded mid-season for help, unless they (gasp) actually help us win some games.

by clark on Jan 17, 2008 1:34 PM CST reply actions

The Rangers are not a....

..."small market team". Tom Hicks just has a small market mindset since he got burned on the CHoP, Juando, J. Howell and VanPopple deals.

Piss off nut chucker... Boomer Sooner!

by boomer1 on Jan 17, 2008 1:37 PM CST up reply actions

small market

they may not BE a small market team, but hicks runs it like one. so you might as well just say they are small market

"When we're mad we'll use our words. Then the rest of the world will play nice with us. And the only boom-booms will be in our pants." - Ralph Wiggum

by rentz on Jan 17, 2008 7:49 PM CST up reply actions

+ 1

What does Bill say to Hillary after sex? "I'll be home in 20 minutes honey."

by NYCMuscleFag on Jan 17, 2008 7:53 PM CST up reply actions

The purpose

they have upside and the Rangers really have nothing to lose right now.

You shore up the outfield with Hamilton and Bradley, both of whom are waaaayyy better potentially than the incumbents. Hamilton, especially, has the potential to be the best CF the team has ever had, and he's cheap and under team control. Bradley at least shores up the outfield with a solid bat if he's healthy, and potentially does much more. Jennings is a decent, cheap stopgap, and provides some veteran depth when Milly or Padilla are traded. I don't know what to think of Fukumori, but again, they really don't have much to lose giving him a shot if they believe he has something.

hurlerhurley has to drink a 6 pack just to have one for each of his usernames.

by t ball on Jan 17, 2008 1:36 PM CST reply actions

"I'm LBrooks

and I approved this message."

hurlerhurley has to drink a 6 pack just to have one for each of his usernames.

by t ball on Jan 17, 2008 1:43 PM CST reply actions

lol

"God plays by his own rules, folks. And HGH is f***ing legal as hell up in heaven." -Andy Pettitte

by thedirkatron on Jan 17, 2008 1:46 PM CST up reply actions

Not a bad......

......but you forget a couple of things.

Everyday Eddy coming off TJ surgery, and Josh Hamilton, a drug addict.

Of all of Junior's off-season moves of signing injury riddled, headcases, and druggies, I'm thinking his best was the guy that he DFA'd - Shelton.

LOL

by LBrooks on Jan 17, 2008 2:07 PM CST reply actions

I'd rather have them DFA shelton

then cruz or botts. Could you imagine this site when that happens? We would have about a dozen what the f diaries along with the why did he do that crap. Listen Shelton isn't the fix for our team. Do I think Botts could spell him at 1st? Absolutly not. His future is DH. But if you can suck it up for a year to try and get his bat in the lineup then that's what has to get done.

""I love GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLD" blueglovelefty

by NYTXFAN on Jan 17, 2008 3:07 PM CST up reply actions