Monday a.m. things
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 29, 2008 11:18 AM CDT
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PrintFirst day of the Rangers' offseason. Exhale.
Evan Grant's game story is all about Michael Young being the shortstop next year and for however long going forward. Ron Washington is adamant that Young isn't moving, as is Young.
Jeff Wilson has his season in review and awards up today at the S-T website. And Evan handing out his end of season awards wassomething I missed yesterday.
Wilson also grades the individual players today
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He missed
…posting a link to the Evys or however Grant spells his awards.
by FuturePants on Sep 29, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Rockin good
MJH Armchair Top 20s…
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/09/armchair-farm-director-roundtable-top20.html
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Sep 29, 2008 11:53 AM CDT reply actions
The pic of Feliz/Holland there
Human beans are built different. Both F and H are relaxed, their arms drooping at their sides in their natural default positions. Notice you can see the back of F’s hand while the back of H’s hand faces directly to the side. Built different. I wonder if a pitching study has ever been done on the effect these different resting arm positions has on the success/failure of a prospect, or the success/failure of his pitching style or specific pitch mastery.
Interesting
Moreland making the top 20 for both Cole and Lucas. Cole puts Borbon ahead of Max. Hurley all the way down to #16 for MJH.
MJH puts the intriguing Juan Polanco at 17 with this blurb:
Juan Polanco, a right fielder in the Dominican, is another guy like Beltre in terms of athletic ability. He also proved to be a very fast learner in his first pro season while putting together a tremendous statistical season.
Polanco’s stats were .277/.395/.455. He turned 18 in July. That’s a very nice OBP. Hindman also considers Vallejo as being close to Andrus in talent.
In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
Stark on Luis Mendoza
AL Cy Yuk: Luis Mendoza, Rangers
It’s hard to believe I’m not presenting this award to Seattle’s Carlos Silva, a guy who went 3-0 in April and somehow still finished 4-15, never beating another AL team in any of his final 22 intraleague starts.
But here’s why I’m not: Take a look at Luis Mendoza’s stats and then try to convince me that anybody else should possibly collect this Cy Yuk. His 8.66 ERA would only be the ninth-highest since 1900 among pitchers who worked as many innings as he did (62 1/3). But now add in his 125 baserunners in those 62 1/3 innings (more than two per inning). Then factor in the 13 unearned runs he gave up (which do count on the old scoreboard, you know). And what you have is a fellow who racked up nearly 11 more runs (73) than innings. I only found two other pitchers in modern history who could match that crazy feat: Andy Larkin (87 runs in 74 2/3 IP for the 1998 Marlins) and Roy Halladay (87 in 67 2/3 IP in his back-to-the-drawing-board 2000 season).
I sure hope the rest of Mendoza’s career resembles Halladay’s career more than Larkin’s. But in the meantime, at least there’s a Cy Yuk to inspire him.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Sep 29, 2008 12:38 PM CDT reply actions
its hard not to agree with him
In reference to how good the Steelers have been in their history: "No one is even close to them."- Steal Home
It is
I don’t see how a guy with that kind of sinker could be that bad. But maybe if they can improve the infield defense (and the infield itself) for next year, he’ll grow into a productive starter. Needs to start next season in AAA unless he’s just lights out in ST.
by Black Francis on Sep 29, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions
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