2008 Organizational Review MLB.com
MLB.com is doing their MLB team minor league reviews with the Rangers being released today.
They cover the Rangers Players of the year with the preseason and current picks, and the some of the major movers in the minor league system. They also have a 2007 draft recap as well.
Interesting read that doesnt cover any where as much information you get here, but interesting to see the view of a relative outsider instead of the our everday sources
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Ouch!
Could you please edit your title to “Organizational Review” ? Not being a spelling nazi here, but ‘origin’ says a whole different thing, and it’s the title! Sorry to be a pest.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Oct 22, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions
By the way
Do appreciate you posting it. I honestly don’t go to mlb.com or espn.com for Rangers news (not sarcasm) so I wouldn’t have seen it.
Nothing pithy here. Please move long.
Looks like Main is still way under the radar, at least compared to the reviews
from Jamey, JParks, MJH, and Adair. Also Perez.
Go Rangers!
Chris Davis:
Overall, he batted .309 with 40 homers and 128 RBIs in 2008.
MLB 1b with 30 HR/100 RBI
prince fielder
carlos pena
lance berkman/youkilis missed by 1 HR
delgado
pujols
adrian gonzalez
mark teixeria
miguel cabrea
ryan howard
players who had 40 HR/~125 RBI/hit near .300
ryan howard had 48 hr, 146 rbi but hit .251
miggy cabrera: 37 HR, 127 rbi, .292
teix: 33 hr, 121 rbi, .308
pujols: 37 hr, 116 rbi, .357
damn.
"I don’t know of a single thing Obama’s done except talk and write." - Newt Gingrich
"I'm more happy to be a Dallas Cowboy than when I got my first bike" - Roy Williams (WR)
thats overal btwn majors and minors btw
"I don’t know of a single thing Obama’s done except talk and write." - Newt Gingrich
"I'm more happy to be a Dallas Cowboy than when I got my first bike" - Roy Williams (WR)
by knockoutking on Oct 22, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Main
A general question: for all the anticipation he’s now generating, why was he drafted so low in the first?
Go Strangers.
I think the short answer is...
…he’s a RHP who isn’t very big. And he missed most of his junior season with rotator cuff problems.
I know Keith Law had him ranked around 10-12, I think, heading into the draft.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
AND no one was sure if he was a CF or a pitcher
"I don’t know of a single thing Obama’s done except talk and write." - Newt Gingrich
"I'm more happy to be a Dallas Cowboy than when I got my first bike" - Roy Williams (WR)
by knockoutking on Oct 23, 2008 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Some of the college pitchers moved ahead of him, since his season ended before their's
and it wasn’t as clear whether his development would be as a pitcher or an OFer.
Go Rangers!
Position
Yeah, I think it was a big question over what position he would settle into, as well. Some teams viewed him as a center fielder, but had others ranked ahead of him on their board.

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