Rays Claim Nathan Haynes

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 29, 2008 12:13 PM CDT Comment 8 comments

The Angels had been trying to foist Nathan Haynes on the Rangers as part of a Mark Teixeira trade, with Anaheim thinking last summer that Haynes was good enough to be the second or third player in a Teixeira deal.

And now today, he's a D-Ray, having been claimed by Tampa off of waivers.

This impacts the Rangers, to an extent, because Tampa was supposedly one of the teams interested in Nelson Cruz. The fact that they now have Haynes could mean that there is less of a market for trading Cruz, or that it is more likely that Cruz will clear waivers.

It also helps highlight how crappy the Angels' offers for Teixeira were last summer.

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not D Ray

just Ray. its funny to think that in 20 years, someone will say "they'll always be the devil rays in my book."

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by ab03 on Mar 29, 2008 12:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

And that someone...

...will be me...

And the basketball team in Washington is the Bullets.

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 29, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Adam...

...He still thinks that team in Cincinnati is the Red Stockings.

And that team in LA is still called the Trolley Dodgers. And they don't actually play in LA, they play in Brooklyn.

Live in the now, crotchety old man! Live in the now!

by tlt29 on Mar 29, 2008 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmm

i always thought dodgers referred to draft dodgers.

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by ab03 on Mar 29, 2008 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

draft dodgers?

Why would someone use that as a team name?

A working class hero is something to be.

by t ball on Mar 29, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, he is 100 years old

Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

by DaheelzCM on Mar 30, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Angels offer

It never ceased to amuse me that the angels were convinced that their offer of Kotchman plus a couple of scrubs was overpaying for Teixeira. Bill Stoneman was the poster boy for overvaluing his prospects.

by JBImaknee on Mar 29, 2008 1:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs