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McCarthy - Minors 7/22

by rooster on Jul 22, 2008 6:09 PM CDT

McCarthy in OKC late tonight. Hopefully this is his last start before joining the Rangers.

AZL Rangers cruise to a 7-2 win over the AZL A's behind nice outings from Ben Henry and Bobby Wilkins, who each threw 3 shutout innings.

Schlact in Frisco. Phillips in Bakersfield.

Anyone know why Boscan was taken out after just 0.2 IP tonight?

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shroomer mentioned elsewhere that Boscan rolled his ankle

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 6:11 PM CDT 0 recs

Shroomer's post in the LSB Community Prospect Project: Mid-Season #16

Wilfredo Boscan just rolled an ankle backing up homeplate during the first inning fo the Spokane game. He was in some pain, couldn’t put any weight on it. He might be on the shelf a while. Yoon-hee Nam takes over with 2 outs gone in the top of the first inning. Time for a Kyle O’Campo promotion? Font supposedly was on the verge of getting assigned to Spokane – good time to put him in the rotation.

Go Rangers!

by rooster on Jul 22, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

i think that move

would get yoon-hee-namimous support around here

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Jul 22, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

ummm....

Also, Bianucci not yet in the lineup at Spokane.

Go Rangers!

by rooster on Jul 22, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

Wilfredo Boscan

He was pulled from the Spokane game in the first inning (0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K) after facing only 4 batters. Anyone know why?

by NoNameOnCard on Jul 22, 2008 6:12 PM CDT 0 recs

alrighty, then....

nevermind.

by NoNameOnCard on Jul 22, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

I agree,

word counter and spell checker. Who can I email to get it done?

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Jul 22, 2008 6:14 PM CDT 0 recs

Spellchecker

Just use Firefox.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 22, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

I don’t know when exactly he started his rehab assignment but I would imagine they are going to use the entire 30 days and then even possibly option him to OKC for more time to be sure before bringing him up. I expect to see him around the 10th of August which would still give him 6 weeks here in the bigs to start every 5 days.

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Jul 22, 2008 6:17 PM CDT 0 recs

McCarthy:

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

by oc on Jul 22, 2008 6:18 PM CDT 0 recs

this is a prediction

...for those reading this for the first time at 11:00

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

whoops...

by oc on Jul 22, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

good prediction?

by oc on Jul 22, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

hopefully

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

McCarthy:

0 IP
0 H
0 R
0 ER
0 BB
0 K

Injured on first pitch…Dies of Dysentery.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 22, 2008 6:28 PM CDT 0 recs

Dysentery, that shit sucks

I’ve had it before.

"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley

by boomer1 on Jul 22, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

Why does that not surprise me, Okie?

/sorry you set yourself up for that.

"I’m sure you’ve seen Kiker before but I’ll just reiterate that the kid is mean on the mound. He is only 5’10’’ but he is an intimidator. He looks like he hates hitters. He has the juice for pressure situations."
-Jason Parks on Jul 22, 2008 10:08 PM

by Jayslick on Jul 22, 2008 11:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

good God, Green...

by oc on Jul 22, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

heh

You have died of dysentery.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 22, 2008 7:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

Damn Oregon Trail

got me every time.

Revenge of the Birds

by cgolden on Jul 23, 2008 8:33 AM CDT up 0 recs

Frisco

is off to a decent start against Trevor Cahill, with 5 hits and 2 runs in the first two innings. Andrus, Borbon and Vallejo might want to get acquainted with him now. They may be dealing with him for a while.

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 7:43 PM CDT 0 recs

they might have a chance if

schlact wasnt pitching- oh look, another blowup inning, gives up 6 in the second and 8 by the third….

by Goyogringo on Jul 22, 2008 8:21 PM CDT up 0 recs

way past time for the shift to long reliever

by Goyogringo on Jul 22, 2008 8:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

starter

Who else does Frisco have to start? They had to go to the Mexican league to get Lee.

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

by RangerMad on Jul 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

Couldn't Kiker

move up when he’s off the dl next week?

by Hull Fan on Jul 22, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yeah

Next year will be different, with Kiker, Holland, Poveda, Reed, etc challenging for spots and those Low A guys on the radar, but for now it’s pretty much Feliz and Diamond.

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

The upper-level pitching talent in our system is atrocious.

Hope we can trade for a few upper level starters in the next 10 days!

by Goyogringo on Jul 22, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

Sopcast? Tvants?

on the OKC game…anyone?

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 22, 2008 7:51 PM CDT 0 recs

So I saw Nick Adenhart is starting against OKC

and hadn’t seen his numbers this year. Does he suck as bad as his numbers say he does b.c. I remember last year he was a big time prospect.

"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos

by SaltyDawg on Jul 22, 2008 8:00 PM CDT 0 recs

I just

clicked on the box score and his ERA is 5.89 in 17 starts. That is really bad.

by coolaid on Jul 22, 2008 8:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

I saw that and thought maybe he had some other positives statistically

So I checked all his numbers and I got a resounding NO for an answer

"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos

by SaltyDawg on Jul 22, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

He was doing okay

then they called him up. He got rocked and for whatever reason hasn’t been the same since.

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

they called him up on three days rest for an emergency start

one of the strangest moves I have ever seen, especially with a top prospect. Not only did they rush him to the bigs, but they did it on short rest. For his sake I hope they didnt ruin him, just enough to where they have to trade him for something of little consequence and he plays up to his potential elsewhere.

I'm sorry my parents never had me sarcamsized.

by rchawk12 on Jul 22, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

yes

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 22, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

sweet...he sucks this year

but he just struck out the side in the 1st

"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos

by SaltyDawg on Jul 22, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up 0 recs

50 pitch limit on Bmac.

Struck out a dude on a 90 mph FB.

by coolaid on Jul 22, 2008 8:18 PM CDT 0 recs

double

single

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 22, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

Laird's his catcher tonight.

huh, didn’t even realize he was on a rehab assignment

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Jul 22, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

Well

that might explain “just missing the corner” thing.

by coolaid on Jul 22, 2008 8:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

Not going so well for BMac.

by coolaid on Jul 22, 2008 8:23 PM CDT 0 recs

basesloaded 1 out

nevermind on the sopcast.

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 22, 2008 8:24 PM CDT 0 recs

Missing the inside corner with the FB's.

by coolaid on Jul 22, 2008 8:26 PM CDT 0 recs

Ouch

BMAc, 4 R, 4H, 1BB, 1K in the 1st inning

by FirebatM3 on Jul 22, 2008 8:29 PM CDT 0 recs

Cruz is such a beast

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 22, 2008 9:26 PM CDT 0 recs

I wonder

why the Bakersfied manager keep calling for hit and runs, this must be the 5th time that I’ve heard it busted just listening to Baze games.

by FirebatM3 on Jul 22, 2008 9:46 PM CDT 0 recs

Ugh

I hate it when managersdo things just to feel like they’re impacting the game.

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

Has anyone noticed/mentioned

the odd trend with Lemon lately? In his last ten games he’s hitting .392 (and 40% XBH) but with a 0/13 BB/SO ratio. I guess he’s experiencing what super easy contact can do to your strikezone management.

Offense doesn't doubt me, but my first and primemost thing is defense and punt return and kickoff return

by zywica on Jul 22, 2008 10:59 PM CDT 0 recs

I think

Scott Lucas had a note about that in his wrap up today…yep, here’s the quote:

Marcus Lemon’s double and two singles give him 11 hits in his last 20 at-bats. Fantastic. But here’s an odd statistic:

Lemon had 39 walks in his first 232 plate appearances (14.4%).
Lemon has no walks in his last 64 appearances.

Assuming his approach hasn’t changed and he’s receiving a similar mix of pitches, the odds of this walkless streak are about 1 in 21,000. (I seriously doubt either assumption is true, but I need them for the math to work.) He’s batting .397/.406/.571 since his last walk.

Odd, indeed.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 22, 2008 11:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

Oops

that quote should last until “He’s batting .397/.406/.571 since his last walk.”

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 22, 2008 11:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

He's toying with the league at this point

Frisco, ho!

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 23, 2008 12:57 AM CDT up 0 recs

Nice to see.

I know he’s been having a rough year but the great Zach Phillips pitched a gem tonight….
6ip 2h 1er 8ks.
I still have faith in him.

"Mr. Hicks, you watch, I'm going to be a leader on this team." Kinsler

by sprite on Jul 22, 2008 11:17 PM CDT 0 recs

that brought his era down to a sparkling

6.06

by Goyogringo on Jul 22, 2008 11:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

poor lil fella...

by Jayslick on Jul 22, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

I was certainly impressed w/ him last year

Hope Holland doesn’t experience the same pains in the Cal League next year.

I still think that Phillips’ FB-curve repertoire assuming that he still has the stuff that he had last year, will get him to the bigs, being that he is a southpaw.

Warner Madrigal makes Ezequiel Astacio look downright handsome.

by tricer on Jul 23, 2008 8:52 AM CDT up 0 recs

Final Line From OKC-SLC Game

OKC 7, SLC 4. 9 hits by each team. No errors on either team.

All 4 SLC runs came off McCarthy in the 1st.

McCarthy’s final line: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1SO, 0 HR. 63 pitches, 36 strikes.

Arias, Laird, Cruz, Gold, Metcalf and Duran all drove in runs for the Redhawks. Cruz (32) and Gold (15) homered; both were 2 out jacks.

As far as McCarthy’s outing, I’m happy that he made it through an outing without getting injured or experiencing shoulder or elbow tightness. Not a great start back, but it’s a start back nonetheless. That’s what is important right now for him.

Keep on mashing, Nellie!

by Mister Naxal on Jul 22, 2008 11:20 PM CDT 0 recs

Edit on the Ks

That ought to be 4 SOs for McCarthy, not 1 SO.

by Mister Naxal on Jul 22, 2008 11:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

OT: Mendoza

We need to send him down to AAA and bring up Hunter

Mendoza had his “best stuff” and he still pitched like shit.

If not Hunter then bring up Feliz after his next start, nothing to lose with the way Mendoza pitches

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Jul 23, 2008 1:13 AM CDT 0 recs

Whoa there

tap the brakes on hunter and especially feliz. These guys should not be realistic options, if anything run the mendoza experiment until they are satisfied that he cant do it long term and move him back to the pen where he was very good and switch roles with nippert.

I mean I know they were a fan of tandem starting back in the day, but this is getting ridiculous, move nippert to starter and mendoza back to the pen and be rid of this coincidental tandem thing we got going on.

I'm sorry my parents never had me sarcamsized.

by rchawk12 on Jul 23, 2008 1:43 AM CDT up 0 recs

nippert has sucked too, bring up hunter

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Jul 23, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

How bout we

don’t scream for the flavor of the week and then bitch when it’s obvious they’re not ready.

That seems like a better plan

by FirebatM3 on Jul 23, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up 1 recs

Amen

The lack of patience around here is a constant thorn in my side.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 23, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

what is there to lose

if the guy we bring up sucks then oh well, we are 30th in era by a mile

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Jul 23, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

What is there to lose?

How about screwing up a guy’s development by rushing him? How about screwing up his service time by starting the clock? How about screwing up the 40 man roster because you call up yet another guy not on there yet? How about throwing a guy who isn’t ready to the wolves and watching your team get buried again, simply because you’re bored watching a different guy lose?

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 23, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

blah blah blah

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Jul 23, 2008 8:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hunter

It’s about time to shut him down or throw him in the pen for the rest of the season. I know the consensus is he’s an innings eater due to his frame. But hes a 21/22 year old pitcher who threw 117 innings last year for Arkansas and is already at 138 innings for the year.

Not to mention the 40 man implications.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 23, 2008 2:39 AM CDT up 0 recs