Rangers trade for Nippert
by Brett Perryman on Mar 28, 2008 8:32 PM CDT
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PrintThe Rangers have added talented but struggling Dustin Nippert to their roster in exchange for Jose Marte. Nippert has good stuff but has never managed to step up and win a spot in the Arizona rotation. He was so-so in relief last season and awful this spring, earning his way out of town. In Marte the Rangers gave up a nondescript arm, but someone with a little talent.
Chances are that Nippert struggles here just as he did in Arizona, but this is the kind of arm you take a chance on, especially when the price is so low. As I've already seen suggested I'm guessing that this costs Rob Tejeda his spot on the roster and in the organization. If so, the dynamics of the staff with respect to the 40-man roster and the versatility in bringing guys up and down are basically unchanged, as Nippert, like Tejeda, is out of options. On the surface, definitely seems like a worthwhile move, as Nippert, in my view anyway, is a higher profile talent with more upside than Tejeda.
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We gave
up Jose Marte.
" Winning doesn't always mean being first,
winning means you are doing better than you have done before"
So
Does he go in the bullpen, thereby ensuring that we trade at least one of the guys vying for the last spot, or does he take the #5 job?
I'm with you also
but I would like to see him pitch in the pen until he gets himself sorted out. If he does well for the first couple of months in the pen, I would like to see him eased into the rotation.
Who would he replace in the rotation?
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 28, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
easy answer is
in a couple of months, let him have mendoza's spot if/when mendoza shows he can't handle it. probably could say the same thing about gabbard
My thoughts as well.
By all accounts he has the talent and has had previous success as a starter in the minors. Plus the Rangers would benefit a lot more with him as starter rather than having him in the bullpen.
I don't think that anyone
would discount the possibility of him starting at some point if he has success in the pen. But when the questions is 'will he start or relieve' most of us assumed that we were talking about the immediate.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 28, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Who would he replace?
Whoever inevitably goes down with an injury. He stands a good chance at getting a couple of starts at some point.
A working class hero is something to be.
24 hits in 10 spring innings
ouch.
im fine with taking a chance on him though. tejeda might not even get claimed.
This is interesting
I kinda wanted to see Tejeda get a shot, but if Nippert is the better pitcher, then this is a good move, obviously.
I don't know.
Is he any better than Tejeda?
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
nippert might bounce back
but what makes anybody think that this team has the coaches in place to get that done? mark connor's best tool is to send a guy to triple-a.
maybe they are banking on him pitching in low pressure situations (blow-outs) so he can slowly regain confidence but that's really the only reason to expect that the rangers can fix him.
That's a viable point
You know the Rangers don't think that about themselves, though. Conner & co. are probably quite optimistic that they can fix him, as are their pro scouts.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 28, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually...
the trick in Connor's bag seems to be to send them all the way back to singe A.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
Was never really a big Tejeda fan....
and as I said, we should have gotten more for Dellucci.
Still, I don't mind this move, even though it sort of looks like Nippert might be in a similar vein to Tejeda.
We'll see if this pans out.
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