i like the website.
i really like the chats.
i dont like what i have seen in the book.

wrote the Rangers chapter?

What the hell do you want BP to say about the Rangers? It's kind of been a rough ride these last few years.

This organization has been historically inept and their current owner is the biggest problem with this thing but Boy Blunder is a close second.

I went by Barnes & Noble yesterday and thumbed thru the Rangers section and yes, did give a knowing laugh to myself when I read what they had to say about both Tom Hicks and JD. Not so sure the boys at BP consider JD to be "an up and comer."

I'm waiting until I go to Arizona before I buy it because I want to hear what an unbiased source has to say about not only the Ranger prospects but everybody else's prospects as well.

that i can think of multiple guys on here who could write a better player profile on andrus than than.

and it should be better considering their projection system (PECOTA) has andrus as one of the best prospects in baseball in the very near future (or did last year)

to have a guy who is pretty much a top 20 prospect in the game have a deal that bad is sad.

I like a blend of information.

I like to read what the homers think about the kids but I also like to read what unbiased sources who have no relationship with the players or their family have to say.

Reading what national writers think about our ownership and GM is also a good.

I've been a subscriber and book buyer of BP since they published the website, and I am unsurprised.  I won't say that the people there are biased against the Rangers, but they most certainly are not fans of the team.  Maybe that's what irks us the most.  We look at the team and say, "WOW, look at what's here, we're going to win this year for sure!" and then end up disappointed come september when we're 20 games out.  BP looks at the rangers and says, they aren't competitive, they haven't been competitive since 1999, and they aren't likely to change that any time soon since most of their best prospects are still in a-ball.  But, I will say this, they do agree that the system is better.  

I just read on their site their organizational rankings, which put the rangers at number 3, up from number 22 the year before.   (of course they put Oakland at number 2, which I don't see)  

About Elvis Andrus.  He's not rated as the best prospect in the Rangers system, he's rated as number 3, behind Neftali Perez and Eric Hurley.  Perez is basically where Hurley was last year, before he failed to dominate AAA.  He's also 2 years away, and this is his second notation.  If he is uber, and beats up AA pitching and earns a midseason promotion to AAA along with a major league call-up in September, then we'll see a bit more from them.  

Personally, I'm hoping that the depth we have this year translates into some explosions on the farm and 3 or 4 of our pitchers making the big leap up to AA and beyond.  Judging by whats available, its possible.  combine that with another strong Draft Class and 2009-2010 could be very hopeful years for the rangers, much the way 2008-2009 is looking for the Rays.

I did notice one other thing reading through the various pitchers reports.  Both Millwood and Padilla had the worst years of their careers last year.  A significant bounce back from the two of them might put this team, whose weakness is perennially pitching, back into contention.

Ira