Friday a.m. things

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 14, 2008 12:10 PM CDT in News

Evan Grant has a story up on the mixed bag that was Luis Mendoza's outing yesterday...Mendoza retired the first 10 batters he faced, and then didn't get anyone else out...

There's also more love for Josh Hamilton, who has reached base 7 consecutive times now...

T.R. Sullivan's Friday blog has some quotes from Jason Botts, Milton Bradley, and Jason Jennings, among others...

Sullivan also reports that six players have been sent to the minor league camp -- Taylor Teagarden, A.J. Murray, Matt Harrison, Warner Madrigal, Brandon Boggs, and Nate Gold...

Gil LeBreton talks about the possibility of the Rangers being this year's Colorado Rockies...

And Jeff Wilson has an item up on the battle for the starting catching job...

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Catcher

Daniels got the timing right on Teixeira, Lofton, and Gagne last year. It would be really nice if that happened with the catching situation this year. There is going to be an odd man out somehow between Laird, Salty, Teagarden, Ramirez...

A working class hero is something to be.

by t ball on Mar 14, 2008 12:44 PM CDT reply actions

My guess...

Laird starts for a couple months this year and performs well enough to be traded, or is demoted to backup when Salty is ready.

Salty starts the year in AAA and is called up in early June to take over the starting CA job. I think he is dealt by the ASB in '09 when TT is ready.

TT starts in AA this year and is up to AAA when Salty is promoted. He starts '09 in AAA and becomes the starter when Salty is dealt.

MaxRam is the DH in AA and spells TT at CA there a couple times a week this year. Starting CA at AA when TT is promoted. He is not good enough defensively at CA to make it to the majors but can mash at the plate. The Rangers try to find another position for him to play, or he is dealt as well, but that decision is probably 2 years away.

This is all just speculation and assuming that all these guys perform well and there are no injuries though. How do you see it playing out t ball?

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Mar 14, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions

sftxfan

see his posts below, I think that's quite possible. Most likely to me is that Max ends up as a DH with Laird gone soon, and one of Salty or Tea gone by 2010 at the latest.

A working class hero is something to be.

by t ball on Mar 14, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions

CJ will pitch on Saturday

He updated his MLB blog yesterday.

Also, he tells us about a "Rehab All-Star".

http://cjwilson.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/2008/03/april_april_apr.html

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Mar 14, 2008 12:50 PM CDT reply actions

Jennings velocity

If his fastball is sitting at 84 mph in the regular season, he is going to get abused.

Hambone, Hambone where you been? I been around these bases, and I'm going again.

by tricer on Mar 14, 2008 12:55 PM CDT reply actions

that's his fastball?

yikes they better start handing out helmets on the days he pitches for people in the bleachers.

Josh Hits-a-ton is the new Gonezilla, minus the syringes.

by LAMuscleFag on Mar 14, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions

jennings

i seem to recall in his first outing he was in the upper 80s-low 90s. so i wouldnt be too worried about 1 start.

Theory: Jeter wears rings on fielding hand,rendering fielding borderline impossible.

by rentz on Mar 14, 2008 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Heh

that's Failedman-esque.

2/26/08 R.I.P. The BGL ... out.

by inactive lsb user on Mar 14, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Catchers

I think it will play out this way...

Laird - Traded
Salty - Traded
Teagarden - ML Catcher
Ramirez - ML DH

Just what I think will happen.

by sftxfan on Mar 14, 2008 1:20 PM CDT reply actions

What is

your timeline for this to happen?

"This has been a team effort. No one or two guys could have done all this." - Casey Stengel, after the Mets lost 120 games in 1962

by RangerMad on Mar 14, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Catchers

I think that...

Laird - Traded this year
Salty - Traded next offseason
Teagarden - 09 ML catcher
Ramirez - DH in late 09 if not then in 10

What do you think will happen?

by sftxfan on Mar 14, 2008 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Rockies

EMC is quick to point out how little the Rangers resemble the Rockies.

Ponson, Mench, Broussard, Guardado, and I'll put Bradley in there too - same story year nine...

Vitamin B12. You can get it in cereal or by an injection in the buttocks. Only one of the two ways ensures mutant muscle growth.

by rooster on Mar 14, 2008 1:29 PM CDT reply actions

Tough to get excited

about any of those names, except Bradley (if he has a miracle season and actually stays healthy), and Guardado (If he is fully healed and ready to roll).

Ponson, Mench and Broussard is just bad filler garbage.

"We should have bombed it (Auschwitz)"-President Bush

by DJCahill on Mar 14, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Add these Loe comments to LaLooshian cliches:

I enjoy the competition. It's only good for the team; it means we have more depth. Like always, you learn from adversity. I'm not letting it take me out of my game.

Vitamin B12. You can get it in cereal or by an injection in the buttocks. Only one of the two ways ensures mutant muscle growth.

by rooster on Mar 14, 2008 1:35 PM CDT reply actions

Bob Costas ridicules bloggers

From a Miami Herald article ...

''I understand with newspapers struggling and hoping to hold on to, or possibly expand their audiences, I understand why they do what they do,'' Costas said. 'But it's one thing if somebody just sets up a blog from their mother's basement in Albuquerque and they are who they are, and they're a pathetic get-a-life loser, but now that pathetic get-a-life loser can piggyback onto someone who actually has some level of professional accountability and they can be comment No. 17 on Dan Le Batard's column or Bernie Miklasz' column in St. Louis. That, in most cases, grants a forum to somebody who has no particular insight or responsibility. Most of it is a combination of ignorance or invective.''

"It's just a high-tech place for idiots to do what they used to do on bar stools or in school yards, if they were school yard bullies, or on men's room walls in gas stations. That doesn't mean that anyone with half a brain should respect it.''

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/455928.html

[Meno, you're lucky I have less than half a brain.]

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by shroomer on Mar 14, 2008 6:59 PM CDT reply actions