BP's Team Health Report -- Rangers

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2008 1:31 PM CST in News

BP has their Team Health Report for the Rangers up, and it isn't even behind the pay firewall...

So check it out, even if you aren't a BP subscriber...

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Salty

"The team has said he'll be a full-time catcher this year, but his ability to hack it defensively may determine whether that becomes a reality."

After listening yesterday, do you think he can cut it, behind the plate? If he doesn't that would hurt his value a ton. Trade him before it gets too bad?

by thesplendidsplinter on Mar 2, 2008 1:31 PM CST reply actions

Speaking of bad defense

it sounds like Teahen has really struggled the last few days.

by Brett Perryman on Mar 2, 2008 2:26 PM CST up reply actions

Surprised at Kason Gabbard's rating

I'd have thought he'd be a sure red. Padilla, McCarthy and Jennings were all foregone conclusions, of course.

Not terribly many surprises, but a worthy read nonetheless.

Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Mar 2, 2008 1:39 PM CST reply actions

Love the comment about F.F.

He has never been the same since the chair throwing experience.

by NYTXFAN on Mar 2, 2008 1:41 PM CST reply actions

neither has the lady he hit in the face ...

C J come back! Come back! <---just imagine the raw emotion in "Titanic" when Leonardo watches Kate go under for the last time. Come back!

by LAMuscleFag on Mar 2, 2008 2:06 PM CST up reply actions

Right,,,,

she got even uglier!

....zing

Eli Manning barebacks Ruddy Yan

by Rodney on Mar 2, 2008 3:08 PM CST up reply actions

OT: Geez - Howard

when did Josh Howard start sucking?

"I think it's clear that he (Michael Young) made sure that the story (CJ's) got out. " - mjh

by Longhorn on Mar 2, 2008 3:26 PM CST reply actions

I was wondering the same thing

He's so passive. A pure jump shooter. It's awful to watch. Dirkles has had a rough game, but he's a mid-range shooter, so you can't fault his shot selection, they just aren't falling today. Howard, on the other hand, should not be taking those shots. It's freaking awful to watch.

Look out, March. February is engorged and it's poking into you!

by thedirkatron on Mar 2, 2008 5:01 PM CST up reply actions

Swingmen + Dirk today

12-52

Unbelievable. And I'm completely sick of seeing George on the court. I don't care about the who trade thing, but he is just not NBA worthy right now.

by Brett Perryman on Mar 2, 2008 5:12 PM CST up reply actions

Howard sucks

"I think it's clear that he (Michael Young) made sure that the story (CJ's) got out. " - mjh

by Longhorn on Mar 2, 2008 5:31 PM CST up reply actions

He is

injured, back injury..

The real question is why isn't Avery playing Magloire?

Milton Bradley + Frankie Francisco = team chemistry

by miles on Mar 2, 2008 10:38 PM CST up reply actions

Cause

he's been on the team for, what, 3 or 4 days now, and LA didn't play a true center at all today so there was no need to play a plodder like Magloire?

Those sound like good reasons to me.

Look out, March. February is engorged and it's poking into you!

by thedirkatron on Mar 3, 2008 1:15 AM CST up reply actions

Jeff Van Gundy just pwns Avery

AJ is a moron.

"I think it's clear that he (Michael Young) made sure that the story (CJ's) got out. " - mjh

by Longhorn on Mar 2, 2008 5:12 PM CST reply actions

i predict

a predictable and horrible play call

"I think it's clear that he (Michael Young) made sure that the story (CJ's) got out. " - mjh

by Longhorn on Mar 2, 2008 5:15 PM CST up reply actions

okay

Longhorn gets pwned.

"I think it's clear that he (Michael Young) made sure that the story (CJ's) got out. " - mjh

by Longhorn on Mar 2, 2008 5:15 PM CST up reply actions

One thing from today

Dampier has been great. I don't quite understand how Kidd coming and Diop going has this positive of an effect on Dampier, but I'll take it.

Also, I'm really sick of Bass playing like this and getting 15 minutes.

by Brett Perryman on Mar 2, 2008 5:18 PM CST up reply actions

damp

confuses me.

but ill take it!

positives:
dirk
damp
bass

negatives:
howard sucking it up.

by knockoutking24 on Mar 2, 2008 5:30 PM CST up reply actions

Kobe was just unbelievable today

And to think, we could have had him at one point last year.

Oh, and this is for BG who thinks I made up the fact that Kobe wanted to go to Dallas...

"The working list of teams Bryant is willing to be traded to, as reported by ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher, includes only three teams: Phoenix, Dallas and Chicago." - Mark Stein

"I think it's clear that he (Michael Young) made sure that the story (CJ's) got out. " - mjh

by Longhorn on Mar 2, 2008 9:41 PM CST up reply actions

I'll bet Kobe...

is really happy not to be in Chicago right now.

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

by slc ranger on Mar 2, 2008 10:37 PM CST up reply actions

Kobe

was getting EVERY call, and Dirk wasn't getting anything even though Oden was clearly fouling him on every play.

Pretty retarded if you ask me.

Milton Bradley + Frankie Francisco = team chemistry

by miles on Mar 2, 2008 10:39 PM CST up reply actions

Must have been a quick recovery

from microfracture surgery.

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

by inactive lsb user on Mar 3, 2008 3:42 AM CST up reply actions

Now i predict an ugly play

"I think it's clear that he (Michael Young) made sure that the story (CJ's) got out. " - mjh

by Longhorn on Mar 2, 2008 5:33 PM CST up reply actions

question from LSB

"In the aftermath of last year's blister problems and stress fracture, and in light of his frame, how concerned should Ranger fans be about Brandon McCarthy's ability to stay healthy over the next few years?"
Is there a pitcher about whom a team and its fans shouldn't be somewhat concerned he can stay healthy? McCarthy falls into the class of the rest of them. Last year was certainly no picnic for the hurler, given the litany of injuries he went through. If there's a trend that should concern Rangers fans at this point, it's that McCarthy hasn't made the necessary adjustments he needs to make in order to stay healthy, whether it's with his grip or his mechanics. Still, as the old proverb goes, "If you hang around a barber shop long enough, sooner or later you'll get a hair cut." If McCarthy keeps getting hurt due to things that he may be able to control, the message that he'll need to listen to his instructors will sink in, and he may change for the better.

by knockoutking24 on Mar 2, 2008 5:15 PM CST reply actions

The fact that this analysis

Gives Kevin Millwood a "green light" pretty much negates a lot of it's credabilty. All it does is state the obvious: we have a ton of injury risks on this team. To quote Bart Simpson: "um - duh"!

And another interesting asessement: "Jason Botts could become a yellow light if the Rangers put him in RF in the stead of Milton Bradley". Huh?

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by LSJ on Mar 2, 2008 9:03 PM CST reply actions

Doesn't the article

Cite "despite hamstring" etc? They seemed to know he currently has an achy hammy.

'At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.' Erk Russell / Georgia Southern

by Ed Coffin on Mar 3, 2008 8:39 AM CST up reply actions

And yet they still give him a green light

Thanks for reinforcing my point!

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by LSJ on Mar 3, 2008 4:05 PM CST up reply actions

the lights are based on a formula

including position, days spent on the DL, and a lot of proprietary info. He's not arbitrarily assigning him a green light, it's just what the numbers say. (Though I gotta admit he looks an awful lot like a yellow to me too.)

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by a bebop a rebop on Mar 3, 2008 6:22 PM CST up reply actions

Botts

It's mainly because Botts sort of reminds people of big bird. Seriously, it really goes by position saying that big bad Milton goes to a yellow as a DH instead of RF, if Botts and he switch

by thesplendidsplinter on Mar 2, 2008 9:11 PM CST reply actions