is on the mound in Yankee Stadium or Fenway in October protecting a one-run lead in the ninth, does his head explode or does he just piss his pants?

For those in need of a fix, there’s a little chatter about him at minorleagueball.com

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2008/6/17/553887/logan-morrison-vs-justin-s

I am ready to see this player in the boxscores. Kind of thought we’d see preliminary personnel movements around full-season first-half conclusions.

We’ll see…

I’ve said that too in the last few months, and echo the fear the many fans will be disappointed. I’ve also said that out of the whole DVD thing (plus Hurley) should be considered a rousing success from a player development standpoint.

No organization should think it’s automatic that a groupof 4 pitchers like that could turn into 4 top starters. When it’s all said and done, the Rangers might have:
- another Rick Helling, eating up 200 innings a year, saving the bullpen and keeping a team with a strong offense in games most starts.
- an MVP candidate in Hamilton knocking the hell out of the ball and playing good defense in a park that needs it.
- Another potential #2 or #3 if McCarthy can stay healthy
- We don’t know what Diamond will do, yet.

Even if McCarthy never pitches another inning and Diamond becomes just another middle reliever, this is a success in player development given the massive attrition inherent with pitchers. All this talk of the Rangers not being able to develop pitchers is silly. And the talk of not being able to keep them is only slightly less silly. You develop prospects both to play and to trade.

Is watching Chris Shelton get regular playing time when it’s obvious he’s a big fat bag of nothing. How much longer are they going to put up with this? Are they going to let him keep playing until they’re comfortable to bring up Davis or until Blalock is finally healthy from carpel tunnel or a hamstring or whatever various ailment he has today?

Shelton just plain sucks. I’d rather see The Cat out there, at least maybe he can play well enough to garner some interest at the deadline.

Wish I choose to go to Tuesday’s game instead of last night’s mess. I started walking downstairs after that wild pitch.

He really seems to be a lot like gagne, good in save situations and meltdowns in non save situations.

I still think he can be a legit closer even if he doesn’t have closer stuff, because he seems to have a closers mentality

The first thing I looked at after the score was Hurley’s pitch count. I too thought 106 pitches for five innings was a bit much. But then I realized that this is just his second start against major league hitting. He is young, has much to learn, and will continue to make progress.

with a few good Rick Helling years from Hurley. Bet he’s up to stay. Last night’s lack of offense shows how much we need Milton. They pitched around Hamilton all night.

But scoring only 2 runs, at home, against Jo Jo Reyes is a bad thing, as well.

the rangers aren’t going to win many/any 2-1 2-0 games, so it seems to me that this team goes as the offense goes.

that may sound overly simplistic, but i don’t think anything has changed in the 15+ years i have been watching the team. over analyze the staff daily, but pitching still sucks. a better-than-average offense equals a team that is (barely) competitive.

blame JD. blame connors. blame wash. blame hicks. blame anybody, but nothing has changed from the days when pudge, juan, clark/palmeiro, (my personal favorite) tettleton, and rusty greer were bashing and mashing while helling and sele were trying to hold the run counts down.

i love watching the rangers, but i am tired of getting sucked back in every season with the hope of something different when all we get is the same crap recycled, repackaged and remarketed.

hurley is average at best. millwood would rather be hitting the golf ball out at dallas national (or tending to his divorce when the team really needed him). jennings completely sucks. mccarthy – not really helping the team. gabbard – he’s pretty good for a guy that’s near the end of his career (how old is kason moyer, 40?). volquez, chris young, galarraga – this team is snake bit.

hamilton – great offensive player. the rangers have four MVPs since 1996. thanks for nothing juan, pudge, a-rod.

next time CJ (and feel free to interchange his name with any other pitcher on the staff) drags his gas can out there on the mound with a box a blue tips in his back pocket, realize that the rangers will never improve until they have GOOD, RELIABLE pitching.

there. i feel better now.

go rangers, score some runs.

does there seem to be any possibility to have him as a starter again someday down the line? id rather watch him start than close and id rather him start over the likes of scott feldman.