Tuesday morning stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 27, 2009 9:38 AM CST
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PrintQuiet day today.
Jim Reeves says the Rangers could end up with both Clay Buchholz and Ben Sheets in their rotation to start the season. I still think that's highly unlikely.
That's about it this morning.
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Isn't it practically guaranteed varitek will take the sox offer?
the preceding post was a great success.
But that wouldn't necessarily preclude
a trade for a young catcher for him to mentor. I think at this point, though, both TX and Boston are content to wait until mid-season before assessing the catcher market again. They’ll stick with Varitek for now and only trade if he somehow refuses to take their offer.
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I know, but the article treats it as if the deadline really means he may not take it.
At the very least if they wouldn’t cave on buchholz through january i can’t see them doing so with varitek. The (well.. rumored) bowden/bard type offer probably stays on the table.
But yeah, probably midseason again.
the preceding post was a great success.
Agreed
I can’t imagine Varitek not taking that offer. Chad Finn has a good point about Zaun. Boras is greedy, but not (usually) stupid.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
The latest I saw is that Tek may actually prefer just a one year deal without the options, as he might think he can rebound to increase his value for 2010 beyond $5M.
I’m surprised Reeves doesn’t also think that because time travel might be theoretically possible there could also be the chance that they could go back in time and get Nolan Ryan to be both President of the team and front of the rotation starter. That would be a mind boggling rotation…
"I'd like to f*ck Sandra Bullock." - Pedro Martinez, explaining his secret ambition to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Varitek
To read SOSH you’d think Boston’s erring in re-signing Tek at any price, and that’s leaving aside the fact he’ll probably bitch about a bench role.
Those guys watch a lot of games and they are not looking forward to his ABs.
Somebody here posted about Posada’s ambiguous health – that’s something you know JD and Theo are aware of, far as possible market developments as soon as Spring Training.
JD has no incentive to back off his demands, kudos to him.
Go Strangers.
Good job by Reeves
Think about it for a minute: If things fall right, the Rangers could still add Sheets and Bucholtz to their rotation before spring training
That’s just fantastic journalism to make it seem like such an option is somewhat realistic. It’s a longshot.
FOR MANLY LOVE BE HERE MARCH 25TH AT 2:15 AM SHARP
Longshot indeed
But man, dreaming about the possibility, no matter how remote, gets me excited.
Sheets-Millwood-Padilla-Buchholz-Harrison. I think that could qualify as a quality rotation.
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
Longshot, at best.
I’d put that possibility somewhere in the 1-2% range.
My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.
Yeah, then we can sign Bedard from FA next year, and the 2010 rotation will be
Sheets
Bedard
Buchholz
Feliz
Holland
Oliver Perez
Heyman says the Rangers are making “rumblings.”
Hilarious stuff. An mlbtr commenter put it best:
More hype from www.ScottBoras.com….aka John Heyman.
It must be getting slow in the METS negotiations.
Go Strangers.
why?
he’s a better pitcher than anybody on our staff now…even with his inconsistency.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 27, 2009 7:19 PM CST up reply actions
Catcher thoughts
Varitek will sign, and Boston will look very smart as he bounces back (slightly) from a terrible 2008. They will wait to acquire the mentoree.
The Yankees may decide in ST that Posada really can’t stay at catcher and their internal options suck, so they may and up being a better partner in the short term.
The Rangers are content to let the Teagarden-Salty duo play and see who looks good long term as a keeper. Right now I think you could flip a coin as to which of those two looks better down the road since each has different concerns.
The catcher market looks static until and unless an injury occurs.
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I don't think Tek will bounce back.
I think he got his “dead cat bounce” in ’07. 2 points about his offense:
1. his splits vs RHP form a nice bell curve, with the peak at ‘05. This has been the core of his offensive problems (as he still hits LHP as a RH batter quite well) and I just don’t see it improving.
2. Bill James noticed a common occurrence in the careers of older players where the hitting shows a small spike (or rebound) as their BA dips, but they more than make up for it with walks (their OBP stays the same or goes up a little bit). When the league figures out that they’re working a walk it will challenge them more. The hitter winds up being exposed and is effectively finished.
Tek’s offensive numbers in 2007 were bouyed by a career year in taking free passes, despite the fact that his BA has fallen (if you combine his 2008 with the second half of ’07 he only hit ~.220). These facts make Tek look like the poster child fpr James theory.
"I'd like to f*ck Sandra Bullock." - Pedro Martinez, explaining his secret ambition to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Yeah
That seems very valid, at least generally speaking.
by Brett Perryman on Jan 27, 2009 2:07 PM CST up reply actions
So Kotteras takes over more ABs as 2009 goes on?
Or Theo caves to the less painful gouging, whichever between Arizona and Texas (and hopefully before New York enters the fray)?
If it’s about relative value, apparently Montero costs a lot less.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 27, 2009 12:37 PM CST up reply actions
Bard duplicates Tek’s skill at hitting LHP. Bard is a LHH, with the regular platoon splits that implies… that looks like a decent platoon to me if the FO can get past the whole “Must have veteran leadership behind the dish!” fetish…
The other thing I wouldn’t be surprised about is if some of the reports about who’s being offered for what aren’t that accurate. The Boston media gets very little from the FO (which I think leads to the same story being written an awful lot). I don’t know if JD has similar information controls, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find that a deal got done quickly and looked quite different than what we’d expect…
"I'd like to f*ck Sandra Bullock." - Pedro Martinez, explaining his secret ambition to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find that a deal got done quickly and looked quite different than what we’d expect…
I can see that, either from adding onto the catcher going to Boston and getting Buchholz, or by culling a larger quantity of personnel from Boston’s lower levels and sparing Buchholz.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 27, 2009 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
or the "the Rangers won't give Teagarden up for Buchholz"
nonsense being…pure nonsense?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 27, 2009 7:22 PM CST up reply actions
Whoops
The above should read"Bard duplicates Tek’s skill at hitting LHP. Kottaras is a LHH, with the regular platoon splits that implies… "
"I'd like to f*ck Sandra Bullock." - Pedro Martinez, explaining his secret ambition to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
And James works for Boston
so I think they know exactly what they are getting with Varitek.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Reeves is freaking me out.
Not only am I not used to seeing mindless optimism about the Rangers from him, but he forgot to take the Galloway-mandated shot at JD.
I confused.
Maybe he doesn't realize that a positive reference to the stable of young arms
is a tacit compliment of JD.
JD: Adamant about 78 wins in 2009. Go Rangers!
He's trying to be nicer to JD now
so that he can start getting the big scoops
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Whereas Galloway apparently thinks
That ripping JD in every single article is the path to getting more scoops.
At least Revo has more sense.
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
Galloway never struck me as somebody
who is worried about getting a scoop.
He seems to be more of an observational columnist who reflects on the things he sees after it unfolds.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Really?
I recall distinctly him saying, on the radio, in the early 90s, that he would pull punches vis-a-vis Bobby V. for a long time because Bobby V. was one of the biggest gossips in the game, and he’d share good stuff with writers he felt treated him right.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 27, 2009 5:01 PM CST up reply actions
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"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
He forgot to add Jennings to the list of potential fallbacks!
Jennings is far more likely to be in the Rangers rotation than Buchholz.
JD: Adamant about 78 wins in 2009. Go Rangers!
I forwarded this post to PETA. And Homeland Security. And the Robert Maplethorpe Foundation.
The moves being made are too extra for my taste.
That Jim Reeves
really has his finger on the pulse alright.
by Brett Perryman on Jan 27, 2009 10:26 AM CST reply actions
fanfests
i was reading an article that mentioned the twins fanfest had 31,000 fans.. down from 35,000 the year before.
where as the rangers article said they had 5,100 this year up from 500 (can that be right?) last year.
yikes.
the preceding post was a great success.
Have you ever been to the twin cities area?
I’d go to every marginal sports function too if I had to stay there more than a week.
But those numbers are striking.
by brettgardner on Jan 27, 2009 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
It it not that huge of a pipe dream
It is almost a given Sheets will sign here. The only question is will Boston trade Buckholz for Salty. I think a deal gets done in ST.
"That one is headed for the moon!" - All Star Derby
Oh Broadway Joe
is there anything you won’t do?
-Feldman '12
by Martijn1309 on Jan 27, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
I donno...
Suzie’s hot in a weird way…like, your best friend’s mother that you know isn’t really hot, but she’s hot because she’s your best friend’s mother and…I mean…that’s taboo
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 27, 2009 7:25 PM CST up reply actions
I caught a random SportsCenter the other day and... Is it just me or is Hannah Storm getting hotter?
Seems like she’s been around forever but she’s got a serious MILFITAWCHALTMME thing going on.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"There are no weak opinions with the dirkatron, it’s all scream-across-the-parking-lot echelon." -hightowersmith
by thedirkatron on Jan 27, 2009 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
I've noticed that too
I’ve internally questioned whether my opinion of her hotness would change if I found out I was related to her (or whether I even wanted to know the answer to that question)…
from wikipedia
Storm is the daughter of sports executive Mike Storen
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 27, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
Storm was her mother's maiden name.
So, stop coveting your maybe relative.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"There are no weak opinions with the dirkatron, it’s all scream-across-the-parking-lot echelon." -hightowersmith
by thedirkatron on Jan 27, 2009 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
Thumbs waaaaaaay up
on the milfy-ness of Hannah Storm.
Never knew she had THAT body before she went to ESPN.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Do you have any photo evidence, say from the internet?
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 27, 2009 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
I actually think she has gotten
much better than she was.
Previously she was a couple of steps beyond a tomboy and 10-15 years later she’s a hot.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
I'm still trying to figure out
if I think Rachel Nichols is hot. Or very unattractive. I can’t tell.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 27, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
All I know is that I hate her.
I’d rage %% her for sure though.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"There are no weak opinions with the dirkatron, it’s all scream-across-the-parking-lot echelon." -hightowersmith
by thedirkatron on Jan 27, 2009 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
Go with the latter.
And she’s always trying to end every story with a cute little anecdote that some player/coach told her. They’re never funny. If they were told in front of a group everyone would fake smile. Then try to get her drunk and do what thedirkatron said.
Rachel Nichols = not bad.
I really like Cindy Brunson.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Brunson is one of the chicks
that looks better with glasses on.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
I still maintain he only acted the way he did toward her that night because he thought she had vapor lock.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"There are no weak opinions with the dirkatron, it’s all scream-across-the-parking-lot echelon." -hightowersmith
by thedirkatron on Jan 27, 2009 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
Tracy Ringolsby, aka Mr Rockies:
Q: Tom from Dallas asks:
What happened with Pedro Strop? How’d he wind up out of the organization?
A: Moderator: Strop suffered a stress fracture in his elbow, and there are concerns whether he will pitch again. For some reason Texas made an investment in him that will cost the Rangers at least $300,000.
I’m not exactly deterred by Ringolsby’s typically off-base/Rockies slanted opinion, but I hadn’t seen the investment involved before.
by Brett Perryman on Jan 27, 2009 11:44 AM CST reply actions
Isn't 300,000 major league deal money?
So we gave him a minor league deal with major league money.
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.
Might explain why he was OK with a non-roster deal.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 27, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
The original story said $90,000
"No... JD has been exposed as a kid who trades his remote-controlled helicopters for paper airplanes, then fails to consider the feelings of the paper airplane when he refolded it into a hat." -Telegraph.
by Kinslerhomer on Jan 27, 2009 11:50 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah
I think he’s off in his numbers — unless he’s counting multiple years before he does anything.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 27, 2009 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
I'm sure that
someone with the Rockies just threw that number out to him and he ran with it.
by Brett Perryman on Jan 27, 2009 2:11 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever the amount of money
it’s not nearly enough to say he’s not worth the risk. That’s an incredibly stupid stance on his part.
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+1
"No... JD has been exposed as a kid who trades his remote-controlled helicopters for paper airplanes, then fails to consider the feelings of the paper airplane when he refolded it into a hat." -Telegraph.
by Kinslerhomer on Jan 27, 2009 12:41 PM CST up reply actions
def. OT....
but what happened with now former frisco manager scott little…what org is he in now?, and why did we let him go?
Aliens
That question was asked a few months ago. I think he was abducted by aliens.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
If we somehow got Sheets and Bucholz
i think you almost have to say that we could be playing meaningful games into September
In reference to how good the Steelers have been in their history: "No one is even close to them."- Steal Home
Except who knows if they'll even be a September in the crazy mixed up alternate reality you're describing there.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"There are no weak opinions with the dirkatron, it’s all scream-across-the-parking-lot echelon." -hightowersmith
by thedirkatron on Jan 27, 2009 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
My theory
is that global warming will swallow NY and several other cities. The Rangers will play in the desert, but will make the playoffs by default because park effects will have to include high and low tides in some cities.
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So if the Eastern seaboard gets swallowed by the Atlantic, what happens to the surviving players? How would they be divvied up?
It’d be like a cataclysm draft type deal, right?
That’d be pretty awesome if we got a high C-Draft pick and snagged A-Rod and then made Face move again.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"There are no weak opinions with the dirkatron, it’s all scream-across-the-parking-lot echelon." -hightowersmith
by thedirkatron on Jan 27, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions
I'm imagining
40-man active rosters, but at least two of those guys would be meteorologists/climatologists. The weather channel will buy out mlb.
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where would Face move?
LF? that would be pretty sweet.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 27, 2009 7:32 PM CST up reply actions
Hicks Is Cheap
Sheets is probably not going to be a Ranger. Buchholz is absolutely not going to be a Ranger.
Hicks won’t allow it.
So instead welcome back Jason Jennings.
Maybe the Benson’s. Anna included.
I’m on board with JD’s stockpiling of young players. I’m on board with building for the future. Punting season after season, pun intended, because as an owner you are too cheap to put a competitive team is sports malpractice.
Hicks sucks it. He is the baseball equivalent to Donald Sterling.
x
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
Hicks sucks it.
Saigon Hooker everyone.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 27, 2009 1:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
...Snoop Doggy-Dogg... Ya need to get yourself a jobby-job.
by oc on Jan 27, 2009 1:41 PM CST up reply actions
The source said the Mets are “having dialogue” with the agents for pitchers Ben Sheets, Randy Wolf and Jon Garland. The Mets have a hole with the fourth spot in their rotation and expect to have it filled before the official opening of spring training on Valentine’s Day.
Sheets, the oft-injured righthander, is an intriguing option, but the Texas Rangers are considered the front-runner. Sheets has a home in Dallas and met with club officials last week.
“He’s looking for a multiyear deal,” Rangers president Nolan Ryan told MLB.com. “That probably comes down to the medical review and what [owner Tom Hicks’] position will be.”
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spperez0128,0,4364678.story
Go Strangers.
I hate how they have a hole in the "4th spot"
I mean, we have holes in every spot. I’m so jealous…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 27, 2009 7:35 PM CST up reply actions
Heh
Somebody’s bored at work today!
http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2009/01/sidney-ponson-lists-fort-lauderdale.html
Go Strangers.
...Snoop Doggy-Dogg... Ya need to get yourself a jobby-job.
by oc on Jan 27, 2009 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
The effect is better when you put images in the same reply, that’s what I learned.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 27, 2009 4:54 PM CST up reply actions
Tek
5:13pm: CBSSports.com is reporting that Varitek has only until Friday to accept or decline the offer.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11307120/rss
Go Strangers.
Lucas
Scott Lucas is in the process of revealing his top 72 list at a glacial speed. He has also updated his 40 man roster page and prospect compliation page. His iste is worth a bookmark.
http://rangers.scottlucas.com/
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
trading and 2009
The Padres are looking for a LHB. The Rangers have a lefty that they would love to get ship off. Maybe two of them. But… this is 2009 and the economy sucks. What was once thought of as cheap to reasonable contracts for Padilla, Millwood and Blalock now look to be a little expensive. The their is Catalanotto’s contract. What type of wine goes with a bad contract?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
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