Daniels denies that the Rangers are shopping Young

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 9, 2008 1:17 PM CST Comment 26 comments

At least that's what one club official told me. There is a report out there that the Rangers were quietly seeing if teams are interested in Michael Young, but that is not the case.

In fact, GM Jon Daniels has now weighed in and said there's no truth to the report. "We're not shopping Michael," Daniels said. "You get a lot of inquiries at these meetings but that's been the extent of it."

T.R. Sullivan has similar comments, as well.

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Of course he does...

What else is he supposed to say?

And dear God, just imagine the ST articles from Galloway and Reeves if the Rangers trade Michael Young… LOL.

by N41D on Dec 9, 2008 1:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

the same stuff he said about the catchers

by Mike E on Dec 9, 2008 2:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

MY

I say we trade him to some team for all their LA teenagers.

Fire Ron Washington

by pblack on Dec 9, 2008 1:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Chad Cordero

TR says the Rangers are meeting with him. I expect he should be in high demand and could even snag a decent 1 year guarantee. Still, I am not surprised they are talking with him.

Fire Ron Washington

by pblack on Dec 9, 2008 1:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Inoa

interesting backtrack on what the rangers were willing to pay the guy from beatwriters and management today in another thread.

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on Dec 9, 2008 1:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

link plz

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012

by Longhorn on Dec 9, 2008 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

look at the 2nd comment

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on Dec 9, 2008 1:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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Correction: The Rangers did not offer Inoa the kind of money you mention. It was reported they did, but my information was that the club only proposed a “What if…” scenario based on a bid double the size of Oakland’s. I don’t think they ever got to $5 or $6 million for him. The Rangers have never paid more than $1 million for a Latin American teen.

egrant

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Dec 9, 2008 2:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow... red ink. That's a new one.

by JBImaknee on Dec 9, 2008 1:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

lol

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Dec 9, 2008 1:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OT: Potentially Bad News

Supposedly the Braves are close to getting Zach Greinke.

. . . for Jeff Francouer. . .

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Dec 9, 2008 1:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3757519&type=blogEntry

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Dec 9, 2008 1:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I like RJ's musing on how such a rumor could possibly happen.

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Dec 9, 2008 2:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

why is that bad?

Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade

by ab03 on Dec 9, 2008 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Greinke being taken out off the market for Jeff Francouer.

That would make me rage.

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Dec 9, 2008 2:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If KC's interest in Francouer is true,

what the hell is Dayton Moore’s obsession with hitters that aren’t good at getting on base?

by Randy Richardson on Dec 9, 2008 2:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

uh, what?

Francouer is not good. That trade would make no sense.

"You’re the only here who contributes schtick only." - brettgardner

by trza on Dec 9, 2008 3:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yet another reason KC is really bad...

In Smoak We Trust

by Smoak Some on Dec 9, 2008 4:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Rangers, Sox still talking catching...

http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/projo_20081209_red_sox_rangers_buchholz.48086256.html

Texas president and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan just told Mike Salk of 890 ESPN that the Rangers and Red Sox were having discussions this morning.

“There has been some contact over the last month,” he said. “Where it is today, I can’t tell you because I have to get an update to see where things have developed this morning.”

They’re not talking Buchholz, outside of this writer’s headline.

Anyway, I for one salute our insect overlords!

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Dec 9, 2008 2:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Ryan on Buchholz

Obviously being a Texas kid we think he’ll look really good in a Texas uniform.

by robert_d_wilfong on Dec 9, 2008 2:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

that's ridiculous

I guess that explains why they wanted Jennings though.

by Mike E on Dec 9, 2008 2:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He'll

As in ‘he will’? So… when is that going to happen?

by hiafex on Dec 9, 2008 6:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

that Jon Daniels does not say that the Rangers are keeping Young, or that he is not available, but rather that they are not shopping him. He could very easily nip this talk in the bud by saying the Rangers have no intention of trading Young, but he never says that.

by clark on Dec 9, 2008 3:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

If I were a GM, I'd have a rigid policy to make all answers to questions like these vague and open-ended

Nah, noob.

by Brian Thomas on Dec 10, 2008 2:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

also

I wonder when NR made this statement:

“We feel like, with our organization, we have the opportunity to make some trades with other organizations where we might try to get pitching back,” Ryan told the Journal. “We feel like we’ll have an opportunity to do something in the next couple of days.”

If this was after the Laird trade, then it makes it a lot more interesting. And I wonder how JD feels about Nolan going around making these sorts of statements.

by clark on Dec 9, 2008 3:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs