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Smoak signs

Per Mayo, Smoak has signed.  Details as they come available.

Per Sullivan, it is NOT a major league deal.

UPDATE -- BA says $3.5 million for Smoak.

UPDATE 2 -- Keith Law provides a round-up. Gerrit Cole and Aaron Crow both go unsigned.

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You lose the 4th option if you do that.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 15, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

He gets 3 option years starting next year right?

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 Aug 15, 2008 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

well

didn’t know an option was used him when u add a player when the rosters expand.

k, nevermind.

Tony Romo's #1 fan!

by Longhorn on Aug 15, 2008 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

Actually....

…we wouldn’t lose the fourth option by bringing him up in September.

But bringing him up in September would still be a bad idea.

by Jamey Newberg on Aug 15, 2008 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Don't have to worry about that now

minor league deal

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm going.....

$4MM and NO ML deal…..wishful thinking

by bdavison94 on Aug 15, 2008 10:58 PM CDT reply actions  

keep on wishin.

definitly a ML deal

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

colored me wrong...

…happily.

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

me too....

I really thought you’d be right.

Good job by JD to hold the line.

by bdavison94 on Aug 15, 2008 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

hey

"You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns." - from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain

by dstar442005 on Aug 15, 2008 10:58 PM CDT reply actions  

nope

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Minor League Deal?

TR is reporting. Thats unbelievable

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:00 PM CDT reply actions  

umm, JD beast

he needs a charlie weis contract here.

Tony Romo's #1 fan!

by Longhorn on Aug 15, 2008 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not a major league deal?

Terrific, nice job Daniels and co.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:02 PM CDT reply actions  

minor league deal?

Cool! Now we get to keep Renny Osuna (?)

by chrisR on Aug 15, 2008 11:03 PM CDT reply actions  

i always thought stimpy was funnier.

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

THIS is exactly why I can't hate on Jon Daniels

He has orchestrated two great drafts and inked some great signings.

Sooner or later, I believe we’ll see all of this materialize at the big league level as well. I don’t think i have to say it, but I’m hoping it’s sooner rather than later.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:04 PM CDT reply actions  

+1

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by LSJ on Aug 15, 2008 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

ahem

3

Tony Romo's #1 fan!

by Longhorn on Aug 15, 2008 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sorry

I forgot when he came on board. I think I’ve blocked out that 2006 season.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

u shouldn't

that draft was beastly.

Tony Romo's #1 fan!

by Longhorn on Aug 15, 2008 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

I know

One of the beasts is in my sig. I’m not sure how I forgot it.

shakes head

I’m ashamed of myself.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

When I see JD

I first kick him in the shins for the first 2 years, then when he is wincing in pain on the ground, I’ll bearhug him and tell him what heck a job he is doing now

by Telegraph on Aug 15, 2008 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Heh

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

he didnt sign

4 draft picks that were in the top 13rds or so…he took a flyer and missed.

by Goyogringo on Aug 15, 2008 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Exellent

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by LSJ on Aug 15, 2008 11:05 PM CDT reply actions  

+1

Here’s a better one though:

by JimBonnick84 on Aug 15, 2008 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

if he...

got smoak with a MiL contract i’m gonna call this draft a solid, standup double… there were definitly a couple of picks more he could of signed to make it a HR, but this is more than acceptable and i’ll take it every year…

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:07 PM CDT reply actions  

4.25M

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Happy to be wrong.

I was going from the thought that it would be around the same level of Alonso’s ML deal, only with a couple of million because it’s a minor league – I seem to recall in the first thread people thinking that’s how much over we’d have to go to get him to waive that right.

I’ve been hard on JD at times, most of the time deservedly, but this buys a lot of goodwill. Excellent deal.

by vfn on Aug 15, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

My Vanilla Coke Zero

consoled me. This helps too.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Mmmn

Vanilla coke. So smooth…

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by LSJ on Aug 15, 2008 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

same here.

I’m hoping you weren’t one of the idiots sitting next to us. We were in 325.

"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08

by Lisa W on Aug 15, 2008 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

Rachel could never be an idiot

:)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh, no

We were in 7.

Made the Jumbotron during “Deep in the Heart of Texas”

by RachelB on Aug 15, 2008 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

I call it the jumbotron too

I was on it on my 25th birthday. Greatest. Birthday. Ever.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

I want to be on it on my birthday so bad.

My birthday is the first week of October though :(

"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08

by Lisa W on Aug 15, 2008 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Someday, Lisa. Someday.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Did you have any warning?

They showed my two friends first, who were being surprised and pointing, “Hey, that’s us!” and by the time it panned to me I was just looking up and laughing.

by RachelB on Aug 15, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

I was in the birthday parade, so yeah :)

My co-workers got together the cash for it.

But Amy and I were on it a few other times during games. No warning.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

I so miss that tradition

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Only 1.5M over slot.

Not bad at all. I wonder if the Smoak negotiations hamstrung some of the later picks coming to deals.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow

Daniels rocks at negotiating.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Alonso

Especially since Alonso got a ML deal and $4.55 mil according to the BA blog.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

That is unprecedentedly cheap

Considering they got him to agree to a minor league contract. Take that JD hatahz!

by JimBonnick84 on Aug 15, 2008 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

3.5 million and NO major league deal

JD musta pulled out his hypnotizer and made him sign

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Well...

Steal Home will tell us this deal sucks because Smoak doesn’t pitch.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 15, 2008 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Then that means

He sucks too. He can’t pitch either

by chrisR on Aug 15, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

He says

He can.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

who values his opinion?

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Steal Home

How long before you pull out the ban on him AJM? I don’t suggest that lightly, but I think it’s safe to say he constitutes a troll.

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by LSJ on Aug 15, 2008 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

+1

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

...<><>

…i can’t plus that enough.

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Amen

He’s making me skip a lot of threads these days.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

well, David Price for Smoak

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions  

i'm guessing it went something like this:

11:51 EST
jd: Alright, tell him he can either take a 3.5mil minor league deal, or he can head back to the gamecocks… but I’m done with the negotiating…
hendx bros: …ok… he’ll sign.

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:17 PM CDT reply actions  

ugh.. typing and no thinking...

i blame beer.

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

More like

JD: 3.5 mil
Agent: 4.25 and a major league deal
JD: 3.5
Agent: OK 4 and a ML deal
JD: 3.5
Agent: OK fine we’ll take 3.75 and a ML deal
JD: [signs contract for 3.5 and a minor league deal and slides it over to agent] Sign this now please

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Haha...yep.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

yanks

not a good last couple of weeks at all…

Tony Romo's #1 fan!

by Longhorn on Aug 15, 2008 11:19 PM CDT reply actions  

F#$k 'em

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow...

What a deal for the Rangers. Great job by JD, 3.5 mil and no ML deal.

Played chicken with the kid and won. Smoak just had nowhere else to go. Just would have been stupid for him to turn down that kind of $.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:20 PM CDT reply actions  

I think the only thing left to say is...

…can we trade Smoak for Bucholz?

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:20 PM CDT reply actions  

ptbnl...

gotta wait since he just signed.

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 15, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

totally

Red Sox have their Smoak already

by naropean on Aug 15, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lars Anderson

worst baseball name ever. Sounds like he should be playing Cricket for the British Junior Team.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

His parents must be good Norweigans

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sounds like an American Gladiator name

In the final, the contestant has to battle Ice, then Lars…..

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Aug 15, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

see

that’s much more manly and much more cool then Crickett

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Amen

We gotta do it tonight though while he’s hot. They can have him August 16th 2009.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Great news on Smoak

Been out all day so this may have posted somewhere else already, any news on Martinez and Armstrong?

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

by sprite on Aug 15, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm amazed

What a fantastic deal. Very ballsy move by Daniels by holding his ground.

Sure we all know the kid didn’t have any leverage since he’s a junior and senior’s REALLY have no leverage so never get a good offer, but I’m really surprised that JD was able to convince Smoak that same thing.

Thank goodness it worked!

by TRanger on Aug 15, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Not to geek out on JD too much.

But this was pretty impressive. Especially considering how just about everyone had Smoak over Alonso. The fact that we got him for 1 mil less and a minor league deal either means JD just destroyed Bledsoe or Jocketty got killed. I’d say a little of column A, a little of column B.

Terminator glasses time.

by LiamP on Aug 15, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

I looked out my

window and what did i see…..
it was all of JD’s fanboys running with glee.

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Yes, yes...

How dare anyone be happy that Smoak signed…

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 15, 2008 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Im

happy he signed…..

Its the fact that everyone is happy that Hicks may have saved a million or so thats got me smiling.

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

A million or so

could be the difference we need to get an arm in the off-season

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

wow

thats pathetic if giving Smoak an extra million limits you in free agency. But alas, LSB is the treasurer for Hicks Inc.

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

How many millions do you have?

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

zer0

Yes,yes…..I know. Hicks is a brilliant business man….

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

He is a brilliant business man.

Just not much of a baseball man.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

at least

he’s handed the keys over to someone competent…….NOLAN :-)

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think if Daniels

rushed into a burning house and saved quintuplet infants you’d accuse him of setting the fire.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

I actually

like JD….

except for the fact he hired Wash…..but that was just Hicks going cheap again….of course thats why he hired Daniels as well.

speaking of Wash, 40 games left. He will be missed.

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

not really

steve phillips is a sucky comentator who was once hired to gm and sucked horribly

by bushe on Aug 16, 2008 8:09 AM CDT up reply actions  

hes an "analyst"

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

I hope

your house burns down while you sleep.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

what is it with

you and this line of retort?

I recall a similar wish on your part yesterday to some other poster. It seemed you eventually wished for the death of him and his family or somesuch

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's not a retort

so much as a statement of my current feelings towards you. It retorts nothing, just shows how much I wish you would go away.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

no

it seems what makes you happy is being a douche

"For those booing me. Take that, beeep." - Ramon Vazquez

by 8legs2fangs on Aug 16, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions  

x

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by LSJ on Aug 15, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

the resemblance is uncanny!

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 16, 2008 6:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

Seriously

It’s like looking into a mirror.

A mirror that makes you look older and fatter and dumber and more beardier.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 16, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Smoak to Clinton or Spokane next week

according to Durret at the DMN blog.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions  

that is orgasmic

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

If he's with Clinton

I’m making a roadtrip.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'd bet Clinton.

They could use that beast for the playoffs.

by LiamP on Aug 15, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Crow goes unsigned

And Posey gets largest up front bonus in draft history of 6.2M.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions  

What about Alvarez

it was reported he got like 8 or something. Was that not all up front?

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Posey

gets a 6.2 BONUS

Alvarez’s entire contract was 8.5.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ahh ok

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Posey

the deal was rumored for awhile. We should go to a Cats game and watch Crow pitch. I’ll be LSB’s answer to newberg night

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm in.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Cats

only have 6 or 7 regular season games left, plus the playoffs. I bet he hasn’t pitched much since June so I doubt he will be in game shape any time soon.

by uthornfan on Aug 15, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Posey

that bonus is insane. It’s like a football player signing bonus

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yea

Except the 5th pick in the NFL draft got $30M.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Allow me to rephrase

“That’s like a non-crazy structured football player’s signing bonus”

Seriously, that’s actually how much Marques Colston got for his extension

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Scheppers

Also went unsigned. That’s two big arms for 09.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

so let's tank

and get the first pick…. nba-style

by jcAustin on Aug 15, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Scheppers and Crow

they’ll be there when we pick (16-18ish)

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

IF we pick 16-18ish...

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yup.

I would totally tank to get Strasburg though :)

by LiamP on Aug 15, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

We need to tank a little bit so we can drop down to pick 15.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

That would be nice.

That’s the cutoff for losing the pick for signing a Type A right?

by LiamP on Aug 15, 2008 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yep

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

we're kinda losing

without tanking. It won’t matter much either way

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

look at the rays

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions  

Crow

got where he is because of a dominant cape season and a great start last year. This plus his unwillingness to sign probably puts him 10ish.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

crow

would be funny if the nats get him again next year but at 11 not 10

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 16, 2008 6:57 AM CDT up reply actions  

having a few top 12 players

go unsigned this year and in next year’s reportedly deeper draft can only bode well for our middling draft position.

by Goyogringo on Aug 16, 2008 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions  

Next years draft

Everything I’ve read has stated that next years draft is weaker than this class.

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

by nikpin on Aug 16, 2008 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yep

not a lot of college talents, pretty much Strasburg, Ackley, Grant Green and a bunch of high schoolers.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 16, 2008 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions  

Really

I could’ve sworn that i read it would be better. Well if thats true that sucks for us…another HS pitcher…

by Goyogringo on Aug 16, 2008 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions  

Uh

I think we are on day 4 of tank mode.

"So you think the Celtics will beat Detroit? Hell will freeze over before that happens, mark my words." miles 5/20/08

by badradiorules on Aug 16, 2008 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions  

we're on our way

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 12:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

This is terrible for the National's franchise

I don’t understand how MLB would let something like this happen…

How long before the Nationals relocate once again?

by octoberty on Aug 15, 2008 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

I fear

they are in for a Tampa-style exile in the wilderness for a few years before they get smart again.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Smoak and Ross are Rangers

and Phelps wins another gold…. it’s the greatest 7 – 0 loss night ever!

by jcAustin on Aug 15, 2008 11:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Phelps

I saw the replay earlier, and I’m not totally convinced he won that race. I’ll still take another gold for the USA, though!

Softball is on CNBC- Jennie Finch pitching against Taiwan. I’m not normally a big softball fan, but I could watch Finch and Cat Osterman all day long…

"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky

by RCCook on Aug 15, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm with ya

The Rangers should draft Finch

by jcAustin on Aug 15, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Link?

I haven’t seen anywhere that they didn’t sign.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well they will be there again next year

And those teams will get comp picks so they could pick them again, not Hosmer but Alvarez.

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah

thats why I said not Hosmer

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 Aug 15, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Who?

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

I thought

he meant that they hadn’t signed as of the time he wrote the article (9 ET).

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

except for JD

cus’ he’s the best

give me a J……
give me a D…..

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Brett hunter signed with Oakland as a 7th 1.1mill

who do you think ends up the better pitcher/player:
Ross (2)
murphy(3)
weiland (4)
murphy (5)
Bleier (6)
Thompson (7)

Not sure why the rangers didnt snap up hunter if he was healthy and he did pitch before the season ended…my money is on hunter.

by Goyogringo on Aug 15, 2008 11:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Hunter

was coming off of major surgery. Like major shoulder stuff.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

I thought it was elbow shenanigans.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

no he wasn't

he got shut down for most of the season, then pitched like 1 game, and was dominating during the summer

by Goyogringo on Aug 15, 2008 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hunter

forearm stiffness, creaky elbow. My bad, no surgery.

Hunter has bounced between the starting rotation and the closer’s role during his college career, with many scouts feeling that his somewhat max-effort, herky-jerky delivery will make him a more natural fit in the bullpen. He has a very good athletic frame with perfect proportions and a high, angular leg-kick similar to Trevor Hoffman’s. His best pitch is his fastball, which sits in the 92-96 range coming out of the bullpen. In a starting role he takes a little bit off of his fastball and adds more natural sinking and cutting movement when he does so. He has a very sharp curveball that makes his fastball that much more difficult to hit to keep hitters guessing, and he also throws a changeup when starting. He works quickly and he does tend to tip his delivery a little when throwing his breaking ball. Pepperdine used Hunter more as a starter a year ago, and may decide to keep him in that role this spring. His success as a starter will dictate how high he goes, but his arm is first-round quality regardless of the role he’s used in.

I’d bet on Ross.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Scheppers' story is still a mystery

His Agency stated that he had a fractured shoulder or something weird, then they retracted it but said they didnt think is was a labrum, scouts whispered it was a labrum, he went to see Jobe or Andrews or something with his MRI a week before the draft then I heard nothing else afterwards. Weird.

by Goyogringo on Aug 15, 2008 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

The fact that he didn't sign

probably means he’s pretty confident his arm is fine though.

I doubt it’s arm problems since he started pitching his freshman year of college.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 16, 2008 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'll be interested

to see what the full story is on him next year

by Goyogringo on Aug 16, 2008 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions  

That is unfortunate

I was hpoing the A’s wouldn’t manage to sign him. Still a risky pick, even though we did come back at the end of the season. He may never amount to more than a power arm in the bullpen after the injury problems

by JBImaknee on Aug 16, 2008 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions  

yah

sucks for us- I think he is healthy now:

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s today announced that they have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Brett Hunter, their seventh round selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

Hunter was 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in five games, four starts, with Pepperdine this year and missed most of the season with forearm and elbow soreness. He pitched for Team USA (Collegiate) following the season and was 2-0 with a 1.47 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 18.1 innings. Hunter was a preseason first-team All-American in 2008 and compiled a 12-8 record and a 3.46 ERA in three seasons with the Waves.

by Goyogringo on Aug 16, 2008 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

A's

The A’s took a hitter (Jemile Weeks) in the first round, who by most accounts, was a slight overdraft. Smoak was the guy they wanted.

Texas used its second and third picks on pitchers, both of whom they signed.

Not sure what your point is here.

"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky

by RCCook on Aug 16, 2008 1:06 AM CDT up reply actions  

nvm, i read it wrong.

i read it as The A’s “The Oakland A’s today announced that they have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Brett Hunter, their seventh OVERALL selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft”

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

So what is going to be our nickname for smoak?

Nobody here understands my passion for the Rangers....not even my wife.

by COLOMBIANRANGER on Aug 15, 2008 11:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Is it too early to give him a nickname?

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

no

and you better start working on him. He’s still single.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

she's firmly claimed CD

I’ll take a shot at this one – not THAT much younger than me.

by RachelB on Aug 16, 2008 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions  

Ha ha

Thanks Rachel :)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 16, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions  

Smoaker of Pitches

Smoaker of Bitches.

Doesn’t matter, either one works

by FirebatM3 on Aug 15, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Skoal

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Why do you people think

everyone needs a nickname. Just call everyone by their proper name like me. Makes you look less foolish IMO

by Mike E on Aug 15, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just for that

I’m calling you Mikey

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 15, 2008 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

lol

=P

I love the Crush Davis nickname though. heh.

by Mike E on Aug 15, 2008 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

He doesn't

He wants to be called Laser. Ha ha.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

laser?

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 16, 2008 7:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

or austin powers style “Laser”

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 16, 2008 7:02 AM CDT up reply actions  

Smoak doesn't need a nickname

Every time he hits a dinger, we’ll just say “that was Smoaked”. But when your name is Justin Smoak, you don’t need a nickname.

Damn, I kinda wish my name was Justin Smoak now.

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by LSJ on Aug 15, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

if you were Smoak

you would have just experienced JD’s rather large smoaker in your rear….ouch

It's easy to lie with stats, it's even easier to lie without them......

by red shoe ranger on Aug 15, 2008 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think you can legally change it at the courthouse

Like Phoebe and Mike did on “Friends.”

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

And just to indulge myself

On the show, this is what they changed their names to…
Phoebe – Princess Consuela Banana Hammock
Mike – Crap Bag

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by The Best Micah on Aug 15, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

It does totally sound like a badass action movie name, doesn't it?

Max Power, Trent Steele, and Justin Smoak.

Fits in nicely.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 15, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

We should

draft blake dean just so Justin will have someone to hang out with next year.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 16, 2008 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions  

The Smoak Monster

Yah, it’s a Lost reference. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 15, 2008 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

"Wanna fight about it?"

Come on MIles, I’ll take you on.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Aug 16, 2008 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions  

JD Smoker

Nobody here understands my passion for the Rangers....not even my wife.

by COLOMBIANRANGER on Aug 15, 2008 11:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Is there anywhere

where their is a list of who we did or did not sign this year.

by psmitty on Aug 15, 2008 11:48 PM CDT reply actions  

http://www.dickiethon.com/eczajka/draft_2008.htm

Not updated recently though.

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

by nikpin on Aug 15, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think

Castner and Martinez are definite Nos…

by Goyogringo on Aug 16, 2008 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah I liked the 1/2 half of him, his velocity,

but BA said he didnt have a feel for ptiching and had shitty mechanics so who was risky, but at 10, I’m glad we gave it a shot (if he doesnt sign). Also, I think he got injured in the Cape, appearing only in 1 game, so he was probably destined to return to school.

by Goyogringo on Aug 16, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

Castner for sure

I’ve always thought Martinez could be bought though.

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

by nikpin on Aug 16, 2008 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions  

Excellent

Even though this is exactly what I expected, it’s still nice news to come home to. Smoak’s a beast. Our minor league system is just beyond stacked.

It’s making me think a big 4 or 5-for-1 deal is coming this Winter.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 15, 2008 11:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Yeah

I just hope we choose the right “1”.

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by LSJ on Aug 15, 2008 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

I mean in prospects.

excluding Davis, Feliz, and Holland…

by octoberty on Aug 16, 2008 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions  

Halladay

I don’t think they have any interest in trading him. At least not while J.P. is there, they seem to have no desire to go into full fledged re-build mode.

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

by nikpin on Aug 16, 2008 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions  

thank you

no trading any pitching prospects except for Mendoza

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

there's baseball in the olympics?

according to NBC, there’s nothing but Gymnastics, track, softball and Michael Phelps.

Seriously, worst coverage of an Olympics ever.

by FirebatM3 on Aug 16, 2008 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions  

Ben Petralli...

According to Anthony Andro of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Rangers signed 33rd round pick catcher Ben Petralli. He’s the son of former Ranger Geno Petralli. He was a guy I was interested in seeing if the Rangers would sign. I’ve heard that he had talent that warranted being picked in the first ten rounds.

Also, if memory serves me, this is the fifth time he’s been drafted. That alone is somewhat intriguing.

Link:
http://www.star-telegram.com/284/story/837856.html

Watching a player hit into a double play. A fan's delight. It's the only time in professional sports where you can sit on your couch, out of shape and drinking, and say, "Yes, I could have done better."

by YourNameHere on Aug 16, 2008 12:24 AM CDT reply actions  

Yep...

That’s right, it is the second time the Rangers have selected Ben Petralli. And more importantly, my memory is still… ummm… what’s that word?

2008 – 33rd round – Texas
2007 – 47th round – Texas
2006 – 17th round – Detroit
2005 — 15th round – Detroit
2004 – 26th round – Los Angeles Dodgers

Watching a player hit into a double play. A fan's delight. It's the only time in professional sports where you can sit on your couch, out of shape and drinking, and say, "Yes, I could have done better."

by YourNameHere on Aug 16, 2008 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions  

Good lord

How old is he?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 16, 2008 12:56 AM CDT up reply actions  

and what on earth

made him turn down that many offers?

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 16, 2008 1:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

Well...

Ben Petralli is 22, born October 10th, 1985. That makes him younger than fellow 2008 Rangers’ Draft Picks who signed:

Dennis Guinn (b. 8/2/85) – 17th round
Doug Hogan (b. 9/29/84) – 18th round
Adam Cobb (b. 9/5/85) – 24th round
Ryan Schlecht (b. 7/30/85) – 34th round
James McGraw (b. 2/15/85) – 40th round
Lejuan Rafael Hill (b. 11/18/83) – 47th round

Watching a player hit into a double play. A fan's delight. It's the only time in professional sports where you can sit on your couch, out of shape and drinking, and say, "Yes, I could have done better."

by YourNameHere on Aug 16, 2008 1:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

for what it's worth

John Sickels thought highly enough of Gino The Younger to take him in the 5th round for this year’s Twins Shadow Draft. All he said about him in commentary, though, was that he thought his name would be called early in day 1.

Here’s the link, if anyone cares: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2008/6/5/546576/real-time-twins-shadow-dra

by naropean on Aug 16, 2008 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions  

If 35 players is the stated figure to have signed

that means that no additional picks signed outside of these three…

by Goyogringo on Aug 16, 2008 12:33 AM CDT reply actions  

No on Harold Martinez...

Link: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/644453.html

• (Agent Mike) Maulini, also an advisor to UM signee Harold Martinez, said the former Miami Braddock shortstop will report to school this fall after breaking contract negotiations off with the Texas Rangers.

Watching a player hit into a double play. A fan's delight. It's the only time in professional sports where you can sit on your couch, out of shape and drinking, and say, "Yes, I could have done better."

by YourNameHere on Aug 16, 2008 1:45 AM CDT up reply actions  

now, Price for Smoak?

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:02 AM CDT reply actions  

The worst part is...

I don’t think it’s a bit with this guy.

by LiamP on Aug 16, 2008 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions  

Nope

He reminds me of some of the people a few years back on the Newberg board, who one year wanted the Rangers to use every one of their draft picks on pitchers. Never mind that you have to take a few hitters, if for no other reason than to have some warm bodies for your rookie team…

"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky

by RCCook on Aug 16, 2008 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions  

you wouldnt do Price for Smoak???

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:11 AM CDT up reply actions  

i hear...

Joba is on the DL w/ a messed up shoulder. We should trade Cat and Byrd for him since he’s on the shelf w/ low value

by erikj07 on Aug 16, 2008 1:28 AM CDT up reply actions  

im typing

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 2:34 AM CDT up reply actions  

Stop that too...

“you’re fucking up the rotation.”

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Aug 16, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

fuck you

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good freaking lord, dude

Are you a real person?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 16, 2008 1:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

im the hatred for the Angels that lives every single person’s heart

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:37 AM CDT up reply actions  

Per Reeves

Rangers weren’t going to go any higher than $3.5MM.

by jamcadbury on Aug 16, 2008 1:04 AM CDT reply actions  

Ross

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w_id=702509&w=/2008/open/draft/broll/br_ross_robert_400.wmv&mid=200805302799944&pid=gen_video&vid=11071&cid=mlb&v=2&bypass=true

its very important that you look cool out of the stretch

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:19 AM CDT reply actions  

redo:

link

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

by Steal Home on Aug 16, 2008 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions  

when can we expect him up here?

Tommy Hunter will be the best pitcher on the Rangers for the next two years

by Seth. on Aug 16, 2008 1:32 AM CDT reply actions  

Steinbrenner...what a tight wad

To paraphrase a mid-day radio host from Cleveland who oversimplifies everything…

“You’re in a big market. You have to sign your first round pick no matter what. Its just money. This is why you don’t win world series’.”

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:) - Obligatory smiley showing I don't mean whatever mean
spiritedness is likely contained in the preceding post

by jtts on Aug 16, 2008 1:51 PM CDT reply actions  

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