Nelson Cruz?

by ACtheStud1980 on Aug 2, 2008 6:49 PM CDT Comment 34 comments

Does anybody know why Nelson Cruz is not in the lineup tonight for Oklahoma? Hopefully he's headed toward Arlington tonight....or is he injuried? Maybe somebody knows something or has link?

What a game last night. The Rangers pitching still stinks but maybe firing the pitching coaches with that but with an Offense that is ranked in the top 2-3 in the league for most categories they were able to pull another one out...it's fun to watch them do that night after night even if they don't win them all.

Anyway links....

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Who knows...

Traded, called up, day off, minor injury. All are possible I guess.

I would really like to see him on his way to Arlington though.

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

by slc ranger on Aug 2, 2008 6:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"I would really like to see him on his way to Arlington though."

+1!

Nellie deserves another shot, but if he can be traded for something useful then you do it.

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Aug 2, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Define "something useful"

a low A ball pitcher, “cash considerations”, PTBNL, a can opener?

by chrisR on Aug 2, 2008 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

cruz

i just don’t see where he fits in though unless they waive byrd (which i dont see happening) or Cat.

murph and boggs are playing well enough to stay, and hambone ain’t going anywhere.

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

by rentz on Aug 2, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cruz

The Farm Report—8/2/2008
By Scott Lucas August 2, 2008

AAA: at Oklahoma 4, Las Vegas 5
Loss: McCarthy (0-1, 6.59)

Joaquin Arias went 3-5 with his 4th homer. John Mayberry walked and hit a solo homer, his 13th in AAA, in the 4th. Nelson Cruz (.344/.434/.710) singled and doubled. He strained a quad sliding into second in the 5th and had to depart, leading to several defensive switches including 27-year-old Nick Trzesniak’s first professional appearance at third base.

Brandon McCarthy surrendered five runs in 5.1 innings.

by ACtheStud1980 on Aug 2, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

by ACtheStud1980 on Aug 2, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sounds like bmac

is ready to join the big club!

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Aug 2, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

FWIW

OKC is already listing him as the probable for next Wednesday.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Aug 2, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you know....

what his velocity was like last night shroom?

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

by slc ranger on Aug 2, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have velocity erection

for any ladies interested

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 2, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

or should that be

erection velocity

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 2, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One more for McCarthy

I would rather he pitch one more time in Oklahoma before coming back up here. Just don’t believe he has proven anything yet.

Go Cubbies and Go Rangers!

by pbpsean on Aug 2, 2008 10:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

JD should be held

responsible and accountable for trading away Johnny Danks for brittle ass injury prone Brandon McCarthy. Don’t get me wrong here, I’ve been as supporitive of Brandon as most people have benn. But it’s becoming very obious that JD FUCKED UP YET AGAIN. Jon Daniels better get his shit togather or he’s liable to be gone come 2009

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 2, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dont believe he was injury prone before joining the rangers,

He became injury prone by joining the Rangers rotation.

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Aug 2, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hurler...

what happened to you being off the boos? And don’t give me that half-ass “I’m not doing it as much shit” either.

Posts like this should be for the Hurler of old.

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

by slc ranger on Aug 2, 2008 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well.. it's a long story

But, I’m going to tell you the story.

This is what happen. I got a DUI last year. Been married for a long time, Kids are grown. So I get the DUI and get into a argument with a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy. Guy was a jerk btw. One of those gung ho 20 year olds freash out of the police academy. Anyway, I go to jail., go to court, etc. Wife says I have a drinking problem and need help. So I go away to a California alcohol drug program for nearly two months. Then I come back and my wife of over 20 years wants me back and says shes so sorry that I never should have gone away that one DUI was just a mistake. So we talk about divorce because I’m so tired of all the preasure of the house payments, her bills, etc. So she said she still loves me and she does not want a divorce and says for me to take some time to my self. She’s gone to Fort Worth to stay with her sister and is waiting for me to what she said, get my shit togather

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 2, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations

on getting off the sauce that stuff can really tear family’s apart good luck with sobriety!

by blueballlefty on Aug 2, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

im pretty sure I saw him say he was drinking again.

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Aug 3, 2008 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

(not that I care, just sayin)

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Aug 3, 2008 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It sounds like...

you have been through a lot, sorry to hear that. It may sound corny, but you damn sure aren’t going to find the answer to your problems at the bottom of a bottle. If you put forth the effort to go get help in Cali don’t just throw that away. If you go back to just drinking “a little” you will slip back into old habits. Good luck to ya Hurler.

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

by slc ranger on Aug 2, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

but i don’t have a problem. That’s what is really making me mad. I’ve had one problem and that was the DUI i had last year. Damn, I went to UT..yes Texas and graduated. I served 7 years in the Army and have held down a pharmaceutical sales job for a long time.

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 2, 2008 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

all it takes is one time.

I had the DUI, and I’ve had quite a lot of problems. I quit drinking after St. Patty’s day this year, when I lost my shit pretty badly. I went out last night and got pretty drunk (no whiskey, as that’s always my downfall) and I lost my shit BIG time. All it takes is one time. Not a repetitive situation, not a drinking problem where you keep going at it every night or both nights of every weekend. If your family and friends and job and past and future mean enough to you, you’ll figure it out and make it all work out in the end.

Best of luck.

"So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know... "

by Walter Sobchak on Aug 3, 2008 2:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Admitting the problem is the first step

Getting blasted multiple times a week (like you have claimed here) is a problem whether you believe it is or not.

Let me have a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast I'm in a God damned hurry!

by DaheelzCM on Aug 3, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He has to held accountable for Danks

Agreed there.

As far as getting his act together, would getting one of the top five pitching prospects in the minors thrown into a deadline deal that doesn’t look to bad iwth just the other players involved, or getting an extremely valuable major league ready prospect, a potential star CF and his current LF for two rent-a-players qualify? How about drafting a guy in the supplemental round one year ago who is already in his rotation? He’s done all of that since the ill-fated Danks move.

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

by Brett Perryman on Aug 3, 2008 1:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't want to harp...

but a rotation of Chris Young, John Danks, Armando Galarraga and any other two of Padilla, Millwood, Hurley would probably have this team leading the Wild Card right now. Maybe by a few games, too. Sorry, I know we’ve bitched a lot about this, and Daniels has pulled off some promising moves for the future, but wow.

"So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know... "

by Walter Sobchak on Aug 3, 2008 2:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hang in there buddy

Warner Madrigal makes Ezequiel Astacio look downright handsome.

by tricer on Aug 3, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

JD should be held responsible?

Who doesn’t hold him responsible? WTF are you talking about?

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

by Agreen07 on Aug 3, 2008 2:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cruz to DL

Minor-league outfielder Nelson Cruz is headed to the disabled list after suffering a strained quadriceps muscle Friday in a game for Triple-A Oklahoma, general manager Jon Daniels said.

The injury will be examined Monday by Dr. Keith Meister, said Daniels, and Cruz will head to the Rangers’ spring-training home in Surprise, Ariz., to rehab an injury that will likely keep him out of action for longer than a week.

Cruz is destroying the Pacific Coast League with 37 homers, 98 RBI and a .344 average.

—Jeff Wilson

http://startelegramsports.typepad.com/foul_territory/2008/08/cruz-to-dl.html

by RangersOCD on Aug 3, 2008 12:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

sucks.

oh well. probably wasnt going to get up here before then anyway.

i wouldnt have minded im being able to total up some league record if he was going to stay in AAA all year though. not that i have any idea what those records may be.

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Aug 3, 2008 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs