AFL Roster announced

by hightowersmith on Aug 27, 2008 11:53 AM CDT

Per Lucas:

RHP John Bannister
RHP Willie Eyre
LHP Beau Jones
RHP Andrew Laughter
1B Chad Tracy
3B John Whittleman
OF Julio Borbon

And once more,

RHP John Bannister
RHP Willie Eyre
LHP Beau Jones
RHP Andrew Laughter
1B Chad Tracy
3B John Whittleman
OF Julio Borbon

You can't hear me?

RHP John Bannister
RHP Willie Eyre
LHP Beau Jones
RHP Andrew Laughter
1B Chad Tracy
3B John Whittleman
OF Julio Borbon

I guess they're resting Dutch and Feliz.

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are you effing kidding me?

Willie Eyre?

wonder why not smoak?

willie. effing. eyre.

maybe the release him and can replace him with someone else? IIRC he has to be on the 40 man this offseason

Every pitch thrown to Josh Hamilton is recorded as an E1. -- clark

by knockoutking on Aug 27, 2008 11:58 AM CDT 0 recs

Eyre

He hasn’t pitched all year, recovering from T-J surgery. They want him to get some innings and see if he can contribute to the pen next year.

AFL pitchers are almost always either relievers or guys who were hurt and didn’t log many innings.

Smoak is going to instructionals. I guess you could have had him replace Tracy, but I imagine they’d as soon see him in Surprise.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 27, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

AFL rules

Do instructs coincide with the AFL? Are teams allowed to add in a non-roster player once per week in the AFL games?

Nolan Ryan should be the Rangers president, GM, manager and pitching coach.

by RangerMad on Aug 27, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up 0 recs

I believe there is overlap

I think there is generally a provision for a “taxi-squad” player to be added, or for someone to replace someone else on the roster if there’s an injury.

However, there’s also generally more guys out there than there is regular playing time, particularly among the positional players.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 27, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

thanks

was andrus a taxi squad guy last yr (for some reason his name rings a bell as that)

not sure? lol

thanks for the response

Every pitch thrown to Josh Hamilton is recorded as an E1. -- clark

by knockoutking on Aug 27, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

AFL is meant for AA players and up

Teams can only send one player who was below AA as of August 6th. In Texas’s case, that’s Whittleman. Smoak’s Hawaii-bound, if anywhere.

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by Lucas on Aug 27, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

thanks for the quick response

was hoping smoak would get laporta’ed

Every pitch thrown to Josh Hamilton is recorded as an E1. -- clark

by knockoutking on Aug 27, 2008 12:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

If he starts next year in AA

won’t it be the same?

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 27, 2008 12:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

laporta games played

07: (22) – games played
florida (NCAA) – 52
helena (rookie) – 7
west virginia (A) – 23
AFL – 30

08: (23)
huntsville (AA) – 84
akron (aa) – 14

—-

really just meant the progression – A —> AFL —> AA but yea skipping AFL would essentialy be the same thing

Every pitch thrown to Josh Hamilton is recorded as an E1. -- clark

by knockoutking on Aug 27, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think he starts...

next year in Bakersfield. Wouldn’t have a problem with him going right to Frisco though.

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by slc ranger on Aug 27, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

pitching is underwhelming

with the inclusion of Bannister and Eyre, but i like the hitters. I am hoping to see smoak in Hawaii.

by clark on Aug 27, 2008 11:59 AM CDT 0 recs

most of our young awesome pitchers are at their limit on IP

no sense in pushing them to the breaking point, or risking it.

"I’m sure you’ve seen Kiker before but I’ll just reiterate that the kid is mean on the mound. He is only 5’10’’ but he is an intimidator. He looks like he hates hitters. He has the juice for pressure situations."
-Jason Parks on Jul 22, 2008 10:08 PM

by Jayslick on Aug 27, 2008 12:06 PM CDT 0 recs

Font (shouldnt be near a IP limit for the season) and smoak

to hawaii, maybe ross maybe main?

by Jayslick on Aug 27, 2008 12:06 PM CDT 0 recs

What about Diamond...

Diamond has not had very many innings and I would love to get him a few more this fall.

by DirtyDawg on Aug 27, 2008 12:40 PM CDT 0 recs

That's the guy

I was surprised wasn’t included, though the AFL isn’t the only option for him to get some innings this winter.

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Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen,
und freudenvollere.

by t ball on Aug 27, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

Diamond

His omission makes me think he still needs rest, in spite of the low-inning 2009 workload. But yeah, you have to think he’s expected to be 100% by ST.

Maybe just Surprise for him.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Aug 27, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up 0 recs

Didn't he just have surgery?

He was probably left off because of that

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 27, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

They don't start playing

until October, I thought Diamond might be back in shape sometime that month. Then again, since they waited a bit to do the surgery maybe he won’t be ready yet.

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen,
und freudenvollere.

by t ball on Aug 27, 2008 2:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

here's a

link to the AFL website in case you’re like me and don’t know much about the AFL.

Can anyone explain the drafting process?

by jcAustin on Aug 27, 2008 1:09 PM CDT 0 recs

Click on the 'rosters' link (PDF)

First page explains eligibility, scheduling

by Lucas on Aug 27, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

thanks

That shows who is eligible but i’m not seeing anything about how the draft works, maybe i’m missing it.

by jcAustin on Aug 27, 2008 1:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

Draft?

by Lucas on Aug 27, 2008 2:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

from the Arizona Fall League

wikipedia entry:

“Each August, Major League Baseball clubs hold a position draft to determine the players who will go to Arizona.” I’m guessing that it’s a way to decide which positions each club gets to send but don’t know how it works.

by jcAustin on Aug 27, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

Does anyone have any info on the projection of Beau Jones, He has been very successful this season in the bullpen.

by CRUSHDAVIS on Aug 27, 2008 1:52 PM CDT 0 recs

I know he is a former first round pick

who has a very live left arm. and i know his results since being moved to the bullpen have been very encouraging. Control has been a problem in the past, but both lefties and righties have struggled to hit him. I would be curious to know more about his arsenal of pitches, though.

by clark on Aug 27, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Link

http://rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080626&content_id=3007591&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex

by Jamey Newberg on Aug 27, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

From Before the Season...

I saw this piece that was written during the final days of 2007, but it interested me. Beau Jones is ranked at number 18:

http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/Morisato/2007/12/28/Texas_Rangers_Top_20_Prospects_By_Morisato

It's not my website, but you should visit Andy Seiler's First-Rate http://texasrangersanalyst.blogspot.com/

by YourNameHere on Aug 27, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

Why isnt Main going to be in it?

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by hinduplaya on Aug 27, 2008 4:22 PM CDT 0 recs

See Lucas' post above

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by DaheelzCM on Aug 27, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up 0 recs

i see

"Well, the Dallas Mavericks got beat by the New Orleans Hornets last night ending their season. Word is that someone on the team is dating Jessica Simpson." - Jay Leno

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by hinduplaya on Aug 27, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

laughter and jones.

both gonna really help out the bullpen in the future

I give up

by Steal Home on Aug 27, 2008 4:36 PM CDT 0 recs

great call

relievers at AA are typically locks to be solid at the major league level…right? right? right?

Every pitch thrown to Josh Hamilton is recorded as an E1. -- clark

by knockoutking on Aug 27, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

John Bannister???

Per Scott Lucas’s website, John Bannister is Rule 5 eligible this off-season and can elect to take free agency if he’s not added to the 40-Man Roster (assuming I’m reading it right. The list is at http://www.rangers.scottlucas.com/archives/2008/08/texas_rangers_e.html )

It's not my website, but you should visit Andy Seiler's First-Rate http://texasrangersanalyst.blogspot.com/

by YourNameHere on Aug 27, 2008 5:16 PM CDT 0 recs

eyre too IIRC

Every pitch thrown to Josh Hamilton is recorded as an E1. -- clark

by knockoutking on Aug 27, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

Then let him walk

He is not very good now and doesn’t project to be very good in the future. His story of being undrafted out of HS and signing a FA deal is nice, but I can’t see him being a good enough MLB pitcher to protect him at the expense of someone else.

by uthornfan on Aug 27, 2008 7:16 PM CDT up 0 recs