so even he could lay claim to “staff ace” if he were still a Ranger…....

instead of building our team up even more, we don’t because we have too many players that are just too good on the 40.

I just saw a bunch of guys on the field that want to talk about the playoffs but i guess thats all, they certainly aren’t playing for the playoffs.

and to do that we should play someone else at third. i dont care who it is just as long as it is not ramon. 2 unearend runs because ramon/ murphy bobbling it and if young took at the out at 1st then the 2nd run wouldn’t have scored. so without pthetic defense the score is 5-5.

harrison obviously shouldn’t be up here and tommorow we have another non-ready mlb pitcher coming to pitch.

CD beasted, we need bradley, too many lineouts, too many walks by harrison, and losing to the mariners is pretty bad by itself

on a positive note we are only 5 out of the wild card and right now holland is shutting out through 3 innings with 1 infield hit, and main allowed 1 run through 6 innings

he has the stuff to succeed with decent command, and scouting reports and minor league stats say he usually has decent command.

i really hope he does well next time out to make sure he doesnt get the boot when (if) BMac returns.

and the offense cant score 9 runs a game… but those same players dont have to give 3 free runs to the other team with errors every night..

The defense is just driving me crazy. With a pitching staff that doesn’t strikeout batters, the Rangers defense makes a bad situation even worse. By my count, the Rangers gave the M’s 4 extra outs – 1) Harrison’s failure to cover 1st, 2) Vazquez’s error, 3) Young’s FC, 4) Cat didn’t make a catch that would have been fairly routine for Murphy or Boggs. Even if plays like these don’t lead to runs scored, they’re causing more pitches to be thrown.

I’m a big supporter of Adam’s plan to move MY to 3rd next year with some sort of stopgap, very good defensive SS. The Rangers have to give the pitchers all the help they can.

Note to Vazquez: Harrison was booed and heckled by some fans for his inability to throw strikes and due to a generally mediocre performance. It happens, this is professional baseball. Also, if you don’t like to be booed, I suggest you not sign with either NY team this offseason.

Cat is still playing. It’s not like they need to showcase him. I’d much rather see Boggs or Cruz in the outfield.
I’m sure Cat’s a nice guy and he’s got a good face or something, but he just can’t play anymore.

I agree with Shep, this guy has the stuff to be a really good pitcher, he might not ever be a #1 but he has the ability to be a lot more effective #2 than Millwood is being this year! We have to remember this KID is only 22 and should probably be dominating at AA this year in a system that had good talent from top to bottom. Injuries and a lack of GOOD pitchers higher up in the system has made it necesarry for him to be here right now. I would probably put him in the dugout for now and let Rupe of Nippert start that way he could learn the ropes in a lower risk capacity! Just my opinion