I don’t get to watch a whole lot since I work nights, but I was under the impression that CD was adjusting nicely to 3B…..

It’s not just max getting the shaft late in the season either. What happened to that platoon of laird and teagarden?

I guess laird bitched enough to get the majority of the playing time.

WIth the 40 man crunch the Rangers are going to have….how can we justify keeping Cat on the roster? He’s had 75 at bats since July 1st. Obviously, he is not in the long term plans of the team.

I have loved Daniels as GM, but his roster management has been something of question…if he’s still around, keeping a 40 man roster is going to be pivotal, especially when you have “the top farm team in baseball.” We can’t lose players in the Rule V because we keep a roster filler such as Cat on the team.

Teagarden, Max, and Boggs have shown enough… I think all three will be key parts of our team next year.

how much work Max was getting in before games. I think it is quite possible he was getting “coached up” by Walbeck, and the team saw that time as more productive than him playing at OKC.

Also, Laird is being showcased, especially after his injury. Don’t worry, he will soon be off to another destination.

In a way. Max is the star of the “Rangers are tough” promotional video on TV.

If Milton doesn’t come back, you probably are looking at a semi-platoon with Cat DHing against righties and Travis Metcalf playing third base against lefties, with Davis playing third base against righties and some 1B or DH against lefties.

There is no way we go into the season with that as our plan.

But it is my view that Ron Washington absolutely doesn’t play young players unless JD forces him too, or he doesn’t have any other options.

it has more to do with Milton’s chase for the Batting Title than a lack of trust in Mad Max.

Fast forward to this time next year and say that Kevin Millwood has a 5.25 ERA and 175 ip, and his turn in the rotation is up on the last day of the season.

Do you give him the ball and let him get his 180 ip, so that the option in his contract vests? Or do you pass him up and let him go?

I can’t see him coming back next year now. Given his recent rant I just can’t see JD offering him a long term deal given his injury history and the number of games he has missed this year.

I think that these last few weeks has convinced JD to pick up Hank’s option.

So my guess heading into next year is that Hank is the DH, CD moves back to first, MY moves to 3rd (ok that’s wishful thinking), and Cat is traded with the Rangers eating some of his salary. OMFT is also dealt, TT and Salty are the catchers and Max is catching everyday at OKC.

Washington was gracious enough to give Ramirez one at bat in a blowout in the last game of the year.