Tricksy Rangerses
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 11, 2008 8:57 PM CST
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PrintSo, Willie Eyre being on the 40 man roster? We may have an explanation:
The Rangers may get creative with their 40-man roster before Friday's 11 p.m. CT non-tender deadline.
The Rangers aren't planning to let anybody get away by not tendering them a contract. But club officials said they might non-tender a player and then re-sign him to a Minor League contract. The Rangers did that five years ago with outfielder Jason Tyner.
The move would free up a spot for the Rangers on their 40-man roster. Right now, the roster is full. Two possible candidates are pitchers Willie Eyre and Doug Mathis, who are both coming off arm injuries.
The Rangers also did this with Jovanny Cedeno a while back.
Eyre would be the obvious candidate for this move, since you have to have the player's cooperation to do this. The Rangers signed Eyre to a minor league deal for 2008 despite the fact he was going to miss the entire year, which suggests there is some quid pro quo possibly happening.
And by adding Eyre to the 40 man roster, they ensure that no other team snags him in the Rule 5 draft. Then, after he's non-tendered, they sign him to a new minor league deal.
Which explains why the mysterious decision to add him in the first place...protect him from the Rule 5 draft, then drop him and give him a new minor league deal, which would open up a 40 man roster spot.
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All the while
being pretty confident no one will take a chance on an injured Strop.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Jovanny Cedeno?
You mean the next Pedro, right? haha
Don't laugh at that...
he was man. He was.
He was the next JESUS.
by ghostofErikThompson on Dec 11, 2008 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
Injuries:
the difference between a really good player and jokes about how overrated a guy was
by Brett Perryman on Dec 11, 2008 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
It's great that they put so much thought and effort
into keeping Willie spEyre. But he sucks.
I just hope that we see something “creative and aggressive” with some better players.
Don't believe the hype about sloppy seconds. They ain't bad.
strop? madrigal?
harder to get creative with players better than that.
anyway, eyre isn’t a terrible guy to have around for bullpen depth. i was going to say that he had decent AFL numbers but appparently he wasn’t all that great. maybe he started well and then tanked?
Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade
OT: slow night so i thought i would bring this up
If Kurt Warner wins his 3rd MVP this season, is he a NFL HOFer?
I just
Can’t imagine it. I think, though, that he will forever be underrated, because he’s one of the absolute best passers to ever play. His placement, timing, and accuracy are amazing. He’s just one of those guys who simply can’t be effective unless he gets big-time protection.
He may be the Steve Nash of the NFL.
by brettgardner on Dec 11, 2008 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
yeah
i think it hurts that he started being this good at a later age too.
by Michael Cave on Dec 11, 2008 10:49 PM CST up reply actions
Interesting take
and concur. He’s a statue that can really sling it.
This is an exciting time in my life.
The LSB CPP's are in full bloom.
by inactive lsb user on Dec 12, 2008 6:17 PM CST up reply actions
Blalock and Orioles
The O’s have discussed Hank Blalock as a possible fallback if they don’t sign Teixeira.
Homer Bailey
If you want a good reason to not trade for Homer Bailey, read his Driveline Mechanics writeup.
Ouch.
Well the Phillies signed Ibanez
I like it however their lineup is really LH heavy now. Should be an interesting NL East race next yr.
A LH heavy lineup is not so bad
when you’re in the late innings against the Mets considering they have 2 right handed guys they are going to run out there in Putz and Krod. They’re not gonna sub a lefty in for those guys I would assume.
Either way, its a good signing but does it give them more than Burrell did? Burrell came up with some big hits and HRs for the phils last year.
Wait 'til the year after next
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"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by LSJ on Dec 12, 2008 9:19 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, they've got a whole sidebar devoted to these
It’s called “Raul Ibanez takes pride in his defense”.
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
this is great
these clips are like a combination of wilkerson and mench.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
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