Wednesday a.m. stuff

Looks like we will have to make a decision between Cruz and JMJ as to who to callup in September.

Until they deal someone, I wouldn’t mind seeing Teagarden stay down. I’m not sure he can raise his value by playing in the majors, but he can probably drop it.

had better stats and stuff than the pitchers that were kept when he was given away. Giving Jason Jennings a ML deal and cutting AG is an unmitigated failure of the organization.

And his peripherals seem to indicate that he will at least be a serviceable ML starter. His slider is a plus pitch, very good. It’s maddening that we can’t get a young pitcher that can take the ball every fifth day, yet we gave one away that has nearly 140 ip under his belt with a 137 ERA+ and a 1.163 whip. I don’t understand how any Ranger fan would not be upset about this. JD admitted that he and his staff were upset about the poor evaluation of this pitcher.

at average major league starters. You used to do that with Doug Davis.

This team could go places if it had a rotation where no one was worse than an average major league starter. When you discard cheap, average major league starters for trash like Jennings, you become the Rangers.

but we sure as hell could’ve used his “abberation year” if that is what this is. I don’t think it is, and I don’t think he would’ve posted any better than a 4.00 ERA here, but I think we would all be pretty happy with 12 wins and a 4.25 ERA out of him right now. compared to what, 3 wins, and double the ERA at 8.13? simply disgusting.

I just think the youth movement will be the foundation for long term success.

maybe a team is dumb enough to claim him

I’d probably place even money on it at best.

I enjoyed Mike’s post and agree with all of it, but I’m saying the organization can’t just throw up its hands at the free agent and trade markets.

The contracts Sheets and Sabathia sign will have years of dead weight, and everyone knows this. Mike’s also writing about the Carlos Silvas who become dead weight in the first year. Free agency sucks.

But yes, JD needs to acquire a veteran presence via trade, and should use Danny Haren as a model. There was risk there, and his name is Brett Anderson. All for it, and the time is right.

If Sheets comes for something like a 4-year deal, I mean, maybe it would synergize. I’m skeptical, and even if a FA signs, I hope a trade acquisition happens too. Who knows what exactly the difference is? Probably you just get less miles on the arm in pre-FA pitching.

main point?

He won’t be nearly as part-time next year when his knee is better. I’d do the 2 year, it would be awesome to have Milty in there for the next couple years at least.

Assuming that Hamilton and Bradley are in the starting OF for 2009, they are going to need some occasional time away from the OF. Slotting them as DH would mean that MaxRam loses some playing time. Would you be interested in him learning an OF position so that you can keep his bat in the lineup? Or, would you have him catch on those night so that the starting catcher can also get a rest?

If you look at the other big name FA bats – Teixeira, Dunn, Manny – all will aim to make nearly twice that, and Bradley is as good or better than any of them if healthy.

No he isn’t. I think Bradley has always been a good player and has certainly been outstanding this season. However, this season is a career year for him and I doubt he can keep it up. To say he’s as good as Manny or Dunn is not accurate.

One last thing….

I wish people would stop posting “if healthy” when referring to Bradley. He’s not healthy. He’s never been healthy. And now that he’s on the back side of 30 the chances of him ever being healthy are negligible at best.

Borbon and Vallejo both have serious value as the second and third chips.

But it’d be all about how they view Salty. If they view him as a slugging star catcher of the future then they do that deal pretty quick. If they look at his struggles this season and think that this is the real Salty, they don’t.

Me I’d be very hesitant to give up Borbon. We’re gonna need a CF here pretty soon and those are just ridiculously expensive on the open market.

Simply releasing him doesn’t free up anything. If we find a team to take his contract that means we probably don’t get anything back in return. Id rather keep Padilla than just give him away no matter who the other people in the rotation are. The guy isn’t fazed by TBiA. He has good stuff and has been about the most reliable guy in the rotation this year.

Man I’d love it.

i think we’ve all attacked a cameraman for no reason at some point.

When putting a team together, this team needs to think in terms of a 7 or 8 man rotation. It would be nice if going into next year, they are looking at 2 of Hurley/Harrison/Feldman as their 6th and 7th starters. And don’t have them waiting in the wings as the longma(e)n either. Those guys tend to get jerked around a lot and overused.

Don’t overreact and one more piece that makes sense and definately makes you better. I think that will be available and doable. McCarthy could make everyone feel a lot better with 5 or so decent starts down the stretch.

and before that, a full dome. The dome is invariably closed.

 I think in terms of heat index, I’ve heard that Arlington is the worst.without a dome.

Galloway can talk about the rangers when he decides to come out and actually watch a game. That old grumpy man is just miserable. He doesnt know anything about baseball and is about as overly opionated as they get!

but yes they’ll be good

you may have been right the first time.

and besides, who do we improve our shitty bullpen????

never overspend on relief pitchers.

NEVER.