I have nothing against Ellison, but if we’re gonna start throwing minor leaguers up there, it may as well be those who are on their “last leg” so to speak.

this season has become so boring.. watching if bmac and cruz can get something going is at least a little bit interesting.

Boggs will become Bradley’s personal pinch runner.

for 2 months now. I don’t now if Nellie will ever be anything more than the “AAAA” player some say he is, but his performance this year has earned him another shot at the bigs. You’ve got a month to show you can hit in the bigs Nellie. Do or die time.

I have yet to understand the reasoning as to why we wouldn’t bring Cruz up one last time. Ive read the whole “what if he puts up a .260/.315/.430 line, then what do you do with him” question and the answer is simple. Make a decision on him just like we will have to do whether he gets playing time or not. Might as well see if he can put it together up here one last time. I don’t like the fact that Boggs playing time will be reduced significantly, but it will be worth it to see if Cruz can play up here

if Cruz hits well in September? Expanded rosters, rookie pitchers, diluted talent, no pressure, etc. Not exactly an adequate litmus test.

Robinson Tejeda pitched well in September of ’06, everyone got excited, then he ended up tanking the next year.

because I don’t see it. Your opinion is that Cruz is a AAAA player I’m assuming. Regardless of what you think, we had might as well see what he can do while we have a month left and that way we don’t regret letting him go. What’s wrong with giving him some at bats in the month of September? And by the way Botts was way less valuable at the MLB level due to the fact that he could not play defense. At least Cruz has plus defense which means if he could hit adequately for his position then he would have value. Its unfair to compare Botts to Cruz

My guess is that he’s doing super beastly, but if Mr. Baseball taught me anything, it’s that the shuto is a mighty tough pitch to handle.

its not like him failing yet again is gonna hurt anything.

and probably Bradley, too, for that matter.

I’d like to see Boggs and Cruz play everyday and let Hamilton, Bradley and Byrd split time at DH and CF. But I doubt that we see that.

Feared offense to one that no one fears, in fact most teams can’t wait to face the current toothless rangers, Cruz and his right handed bat may help spark things IF he can be a ML player and not just a AAA superstar.

Is there ANY way Cruz is a Ranger next year? Any chance at all? he’s got a rocket arm and that potential for light tower power, but even if he does come up and mash the last part of the season, Byrd, Boggs and Murphy have to have him beat. They’ve all done well this year and the fact that they are better fieldershas to put them over Cruz and his potential, right?

It will be very interesting to see what JD does with him if he comes up and shows great improvement. One thing that Cruz will allow if he shows JD something this September is that if someone calls for Murphy, or Byrd or even Boggs, JD can pull the trigger a bit faster knowing Cruz is available.

All this is allowing that Cruz does actually do something with his last opportunity as a Ranger which I still have my doubts. He’s already disappointed me too many times thus far…

Ryan Ludwick had injury problems, started hitting at 28.

Nelson Cruz, now 29, hasn’t had those injury problems.

Who has the better age-28 prognosis?

People can talk about breaking pitches all they want. He urinated on Pacific Coast League pitching. The issue with Cruz is age.

off to great places?

is he off and away?

how about an offseason swap of AAAA super heroes w/ TB? Cruz for McPherson straight up. We get a place holder at 3B, they get the RH power OF that they have reportedly been looking for.