He’s why Mariano Rivera exists. God I hate the Yankees so. Rangers sign Wetteland away after he kicks the crap out of the Rangers in the playoff and the next year they just plug Rivera in there.

Please don’t sign pitchers whose arms will fall off soon. And don’t give our first round picks to Anaheim.

LAA did us a favor by overspending for GMJ. Obviously KRod is better than him, but I don’t see him as a long term piece to build around. That and the closer is the last piece you add to a contending team. We need starters more.

If we just can’t get any FA starters to sign here.

That’s too much money for the entire bullpen, let alone just the closer.

But mostly because I’m not a big believer in pitchers trying to come back from labrum surgery.

before…I thought that was what you wanted???

At this point in Eddie’s career, I just dont think its viable to assume that he can handle being a closer for the entire year. He doesnt have dominating stuff, so he has to rely much more on finesse. If you begin to put too much of a workload on him, you risk injuring him or wearing him out. Eddie can probably continue at his current level as a lefty set-up man for the next year, maybe two. But I think its unreasonable to expect anything above that.

Im not completely sold on the idea of FX2 as a closer, but I like him as an option better than Guardado if we’re looking internally. He throws strikes and he’s a lot more polished this year (something i was unsure we would ever see out of him) than he has been in the past. Theres something nice about being able to turn to a guy out of the bullpen that can come in late in the game and bring 95mph heat.

I think the biggest mistake that the Rangers made last season was to expect the group of relievers to perform at the same level as last season. Except for very talented bullpen arms, this does not happen with great frequency. Case in point, Wright. There is nothing wrong with trying internal options, but I hope Daniels adds a few more pieces to the mix.

i am in agreeance that the Rangers should look internally first. Paying KRod 12 million a year just doesnt make good business sense. Paying Ben Sheets/Sabathia does. And trading prospects for a top bullpen arm probably makes even less sense. I think there are a lot of young arms in our system now that may be ready to step onto the Major League club and begin breaking in out of the bullpen. Id say that our internal options over the next 1/2 years will be pretty good.

had this conversation about Padilla and “IF” we take out his worst three starts?

Yeah, I don’ tthink anything is wrong with Joba. I think Gardenhire did the same thing warlier this year with the Twins. I am surprised it doesn’t happen mor eoften. We need to thank Girardi for the win last night. He kept Marte in too long. No way he should have faced Byrd.

youre referring to the Brewers fight? kind of out of left field….

15 days is the minimum he has to spend. For example Jennings and Gabbard were on the 15 day DL for a long long time.

Now if Benoit is healthy and they are keeping him on there he can file a greivance with the players association. Also the team has a 30 day rehab stint available which I believe is what Benoit is on right now.

only requires a minimum of 15 days. He can stay on there until he’s healthy without meaningful ramifications. However, he is currently on a rehab assignment, now in AA, and those can only last 30 days max, unless the players has an option remaining and is optioned (and Benoit does not).

Beniot is really close to coming back, he’s got three straight scoreless innings under his belt in OKC. If we can get Beniot back in somewhat close to last year’s form, thats just another huge boost to our chances come September. Plus, his arm might be a bit fresher than Jamey’s