Hurley delayed; Minors 7/21

by hightowersmith on Jul 21, 2008 3:33 PM CDT

http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/feldman-starts-tonight.html

RHP Scott Feldman will start in place of RHP Eric Hurley tonight. Not sure why. Should know that a bit later.

Feldman is 3-3 with a 4.85 ERA in 14 starts. He was supposed to return to the lineup today as a member of the bullpen, but instead gets back on the hill as a starter. Feldman gave up eight runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings with five walks and two strikeouts in his last start, against the Angels.

How about a compound Fanshot with minors notes?

Hunter didn't have a pretty start this afternoon, allowing runs in 4 of his 5 innings.

5 IP
8 H
5 R
4 ER
1 BB
2 K
1 HR

Read Part 2 of Jason Cole's mailbag and feel better about Omar Poveda, who goes tonight, along with Carlos Pimentel.

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Hopefully the long rest will do him good

Would rather see Hurley not get delayed, though.

by Inkara1 on Jul 21, 2008 3:37 PM CDT 0 recs

Just being cautious?

crossing fingers.

Although, there really is not point pushing him out there if he is not 100% right now. It’s not like the Rangers are in the race.

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"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."

by LBBRangerFan on Jul 21, 2008 3:39 PM CDT 0 recs

Hope nothing serious there

damn.

In other developments, Jorge Posada is considering surgery and may be done for the year…
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/posada-could-be-out-for-the-season/

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 21, 2008 3:53 PM CDT 0 recs

that would definitley put gerald in play

by tyd3311 on Jul 21, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

doubtful

I think the Yankees throw in the towel. I think they will be very active in the offseason in both the FA market and trades.

"An effortless 98" - Scott Gardner after Neftali Feliz's first AA pitch

by RangerMad on Jul 21, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

I disagree

I think the Yankees throw in the towel.

They are only 4.5 back in the East and 3 back in the wild card. I believe that the Steinbrenner’s will want to put some pressure on Tampa Bay and see how they react.

Now, I don’t think that they will make it this year, but I can see why they would want to go for it anyway.

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"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."

by LBBRangerFan on Jul 21, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

I agree that they will be very active in the offseason with boatloads of money coming off their books. But they are in the race, and their rotation, if healthy, is just as good as anyone else’s. They have the best pitcher in the league and Wang/Pettitte/Mussina backing him up. And their lineup has been bleh, but it has as much talent as anyone’s.

I said a month or two ago that they weren’t done, and got roundly panned. Well, they still aren’t.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up 0 recs

Having said that

if we’re talking specifically about Laird, they have been really strict about hanging onto their pitching, and it would be pretty surprising if they chose Laird as the guy to break that rule.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

Jose Tabata.......?

interesting name…

loads of talent…

head case..

worth a shot?/

by tyd3311 on Jul 21, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

His stock has plummetted

BA had him as the most disappointing prospect in baseball today. The power is nowhere to be found, and I wonder if much upside is still considered to be there.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up 0 recs

Alot of problems

with Tabata..

Injury History, unsustainable BABIP in his good stretches, power has never developed…

He could get it together but then again…

by laxtonto on Jul 21, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

possible user?

by tyd3311 on Jul 21, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

nah just another young overhyped

kid that flamed out. Doesnt help he is a Yankee

He has alot of interesting tools, but hasnt put anything together

by laxtonto on Jul 21, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

for Laird? Yes.

I’d rather take a flyer on Tabata than some A-ball reliever, that’s for sure. Otherwise a nice return would be somewhere between Beau Jones and Matt Harrison, with perhaps a Mitch Moreland/Jonathan Greene type thrown in.

by naropean on Jul 21, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

OK, "throw in the towel"

not quite the correct phrase. With their willingness to hold onto prospects, Wang out until Sept(?) and Posada mulling season ending surgery, I don’t think the Yankees are going to go out and make a big acquisition at the deadline like they normally would do. In that sense, maybe they are throwing in the towel.

"An effortless 98" - Scott Gardner after Neftali Feliz's first AA pitch

by RangerMad on Jul 21, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up 0 recs

Do you think

the general lack of success of their young rotation arms would at least get them to reconsider?

by FirebatM3 on Jul 21, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

I don't

at least with however much pull Cashman & co have. I don’t think they’re deterred at all. Hughes sucked for a few starts but really his setback is the midsection thing, which could happen to any pitcher. Kennedy was awful, but he’s also Kennedy. Chamberlain is awesome, better than just about anyone they’ve tried to buy and about a gazillion times cheaper, so it doesn’t seem like things are going all that badly.

As for guys like Horne and Rasner, I think that they’re smart enough to know that they’ve gotten what you get with lots of young arms. Some get hurt, some fail, some are okay, and some become anchors of your staff.

The only way I see them getting away from their plan this fast, especially since they are in the process of becoming monsters, with all of the pitching they’re collecting in their system, is if Steinbrenner freaks out like his dad did sometimes. And considering that they talked him off the ledge over the Santana deal and through the early season struggles, I have to think that they can keep him level headed right now, with the team playing pretty well and making up ground.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

I agree

I just think that they would largely be doing that even if they were having a great season. I think that they want to hang on to their young pitching and that they really don’t have much else to trade. Austin Jackson and Jesus Montero are about it, maybe Melky.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think they have a glut

of young bullpen arms that could really help this team out this year and beyond.

by clark on Jul 21, 2008 8:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yeah agree

about that. Do you think that they want to deal them, though? The best two are probably Robertson and Melancon, and I don’t get the feeling that they intend to deal them(especially for Laird), but some of the others could move.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

thank God he made his start in Frisco

over the ASB.

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by willamos2 on Jul 21, 2008 3:57 PM CDT 0 recs

The AZL team won today, posting a 6-hit shutout of the AZL Brewers.

Wieland: 3IP, 3H, 1BB, 3K, 0R
18-yo LHP Gueris Grullon: 3IP, 1H, 2BB, 3K, 0R, 6 groundouts and 0 flyouts
18-yo C De Los Santos: 1-3 with 1 RBI

Go Rangers!

by rooster on Jul 21, 2008 4:16 PM CDT 0 recs

Grullon

Crazy G:F ratio, up over 4.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Jul 21, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

Over 7

on the season

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

over 10

against RH.

Give it a Name

by jparks77 on Jul 21, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

That's

a couple of pretty intriguing arms right there. Both have talent and are performing pretty well at the moment as 18 year olds. Grullon still has that walk thing, but they are ones to watch imo.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

Podraza dropped from SPO roster

Wonder if it means we’ll see Bianucci debut tonight.

Also, Tatusko’s been told he’ll start the rest of the season ...

"To pitch seven innings like that felt great," Tatusko said.
.
Earlier in the year, the organization tweaked Tatusko‘s pitching mechanics and now have let him go back to his old style of pitching.
.
"Pitching as a lot to do with comfort and going back to my old mechanics and things I’ve done a lot before a lot I felt more comfortable and in turn I felt a lot more confident," Tatusko said. "They’re gradually building up my pitch count. They’ve told me they are going to take it slow with me because they want me too keep me as a starter the rest of the year." said Tatusko.

So, I guess in Clinton now it’s Beavan and Main and pray for rain.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Jul 21, 2008 4:46 PM CDT 0 recs

Yeah

that doesn’t exactly suggest that we should be expecting promotions in the lower levels.

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

I miss Kennil.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Jul 21, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bianucci

Hulett sez he’s supposed to arrive in Spokane late tonight – should debut tomorrow. Podraza to AZRL to make room.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Jul 21, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

nice

by zywica on Jul 21, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

Way Back Wasdin

Shut the OKC bats down pretty good today. 16 K’s total for Memphis.

by Chris Hanes on Jul 21, 2008 5:24 PM CDT 0 recs

He was perfect through 7...

and then I jinxed him. I showed up in the top of the 8th (wasn’t going to go because work was crazy and it was hot) but there was no way I was going to miss his perfect game. Then Chris Shelton went deep on the 1st pitch in the 8th. Sorry John!

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For old times sake...C'mon Kelly! :-)

by Beverly23 on Jul 21, 2008 7:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

RHP Eric Hurley said his arm is sore. He felt it a day or two after his rehab start in Double-A Frisco.

Hurley didn’t look concerned and said he’d be ready for his next start. It also means the club can keep him on the DL and not make the additional roster move until Hurley goes back on the mound.

http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/hurley-has-sore-arm.html

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Jul 21, 2008 6:13 PM CDT 0 recs