was on a 2BB/9 Inn walk rate in the minors this year, so I guess that says that there can be improvement. right?

What to say about him?

One one hand, he’s stuck this long.

On the other, did anyone reeeally think he would?

- Padilla’s motto

Dont worry, we will swap these boys for some more pitching, maybe we will get 1 keeper.

Maybe someday….we will have pitching.

DFW and started following the Rangers, BBs have always been a problem. Until they get some pitchers in here that consistently throw strikes and get a respectable K/BB ratio, this team will not win the division.

i get so frustrated that I do not even post since it would turn into a wild rant that would not make any sense. Either these guys are (1) hurt, (2) lacking in talent, or (3) have no confidence in their stuff. What really gets me is when Wash finally comes out to get them, they have this why are you out here look in their eyes. Bah!

send him down to AAA (does he have options left?) to let him work on his command, and see what Mathis or Murray can do for a few turns.

When is it time to start talking about Tejeda again? He has been our best starter in AAA by far, and there is room on the 40 for him (even more when Nippert is DFA’ed).

To me, anways.

I don’t mind Mathis in a long-relief role. I would rather see Murray in the rotation.

get at least a game over .500%. This is getting ridiculous lately.

That Washington kept chanting to the media when he took over? “We’re going to pound the strike zone.”

is everyone freaking out about Kason’s walks, he has done this throughout his minor league career. He has no track record. Basically, he tries hard, but at the end of the day, he stinks. He is nothing more than a AAA (or even worse) pitcher.

You want to know the name of a real pitcher? Doug Mathis. I would love to see him stick up here, and there is little reason to believe he won't, and for years to come I might add.

You know what else is weird? Robinson Tejeda’s numbers in AAA this year. We might just have a little something there. His walks are down DRAMATICALLY, just as his K’s are way up. You simply cannot ignore it.
You know what his numbers this year are comparable to? One Edinson Volquez’s AAA numbers LAST year, and we all know how that worked out. I’d like to see Tejeda replace Ponson/Feldman, whichever one fails first. AJ Murray is pretty decent as well, and I wouldn’t mind seeing him replace failure #2, and if they don’t fail, he might be ok in the bullpen. Murray’s too old and not good enough to carve out a place for him, he’s going to have to hope for some fail.

The Demon Thing = Bases Loaded Walks
Cookiepuss = Adam J. Morris

I guess I’m in the minority here, but I like the kid. As a back of the rotation guy anyway.

My guess is that he’s hurt.

In the past I’ve been a Gabbard supporter, mainly because I really liked his curveball, and I bought into all the hype back when he came over from Boston. But right now I’m wondering exactly what it is that makes people think Gabbard is significantly better than Murray.

They’re both finesse lefties who don’t have overpowering stuff, and their career minor league WHIP’s are practically the same (1.30 and 1.34). But if you look at their BB/K totals, it seems like Murray misses more bats that Gabbard, and also walks less people – Murray has 175 BB to 464 K in 564 minor league innings whereas Gabbard has 205 BB’s to 399 K’s in 492 innings.

Those might be negligable differences overall, but considering Gabbard and Murray are very similar pitchers, and probably have about the same ceiling for success in the Majors, I would think those numbers might indicate that Murray > Gabbard, at least as far as back-of-the-rotation lefty starters go.

Walks are collectively a failure to pitch well. At any level. If Gabbard is hurt, DL him and make him demonstrate on rehab he can throw 55+ strikes out of 100 pitches. But here’s the thing with Gabbard. He isn’t Kenny Rogers. He doesn’t have a lively fastball to put in the mix. He doesn’t really have much of a change. And so far as I’ve seen, can’t change speeds at will on his otherwise excellent curve.

So, he starts each game with his best stuff, and when it doesn’t work (for whatever reason) there is nothing different or extra in the tank for him to go to. That says, doesn’t put batters away, doesn’t move the ball around in the zone, and doesn’t miss quite enough bats. If he’s better than other Ranger alternatives, yes give him more starts or if hurt, get him fixed and healthy. And no I don’t know who else is actually ready. But don’t expect more from Gabbard than he can actually do, would be the present view.

LAA- 0
Detroit – 5

with…...... Galaragga throwing a shutout through 6. I still dont believe in him, but he’d certainly be better than having mendoza around or whatever.

article here

okay, 2nd start, but solid.

TD: 5IP 3H 1ER 2BB 7K 0HR

Can someone tell me what’s going on in the OK game? Rain delay?

90 pitches… I’ll be watching to see if he goes for the CG. Even though we traded him, at least he’s helping us tonight.

We’ll see if Leyland lets Galarraga stay out there

are because Nolan Ryan, the pitcher who has walked 962 more hitters than any other pitcher in the 130+ year history of MLB, and whose record for walks will likely never ever be broken, is the president.

Jones said the suspended game won’t change the team’s routine, though the Rangers did call up Robinson Tejeda, today’s scheduled starting pitcher, and third baseman Travis Metcalf.
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Rangers infielder German Duran told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he was returning to Oklahoma. MLB.com reported that reliever Kameron Loe also would be going to Triple-A, although no official move has been made.

Posters on the NMLR that think the Rangers were a better team without ARod because he doesn’t have the desire to win. That the Rangers and Mariners improved after ARod left because of “team chemistry”. That the Yankees will never win because Jeter plays the game the right way and ARod plays the game for his stats.

I used to really enjoy posting on Jamey’s site. There are still some very solid baseball opinions discussed over there but lately it has taken on a very wufdogian atmosphere and that sucks.