Texas Minor League Free Agents

by RangerMad on Nov 17, 2009 6:41 PM CST Comment 31 comments

Didn't know AJ Murray was a FA. I expect the Rangers to resign Benjamin or a sign a FA SS to stash at OKC next year.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=6994

Texas Rangers (19)
RHP: Bryan Corey (AAA), Brian Gordon (AAA), Jailen Peguero (AAA), Corey Ragsdale (Lo A), Elizardo Ramirez (AAA), Josh Rupe (AAA), Mike Wood (AAA)
LHP: Mike Hinckley (AAA), A.J. Murray (AAA)
1B: Ian Gac (Hi A), Mauro Gomez (Hi A), Royce Huffman (AAA)
3B: Adam Fox (AAA), Justin Leone (AAA)
3B: Travis Metcalf (AAA)
SS: Casey Benjamin (AAA)
OF: Ryan Freel (AAA), Dustin Majewski (AA), Kevin Thompson (AAA)

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Is Freel still in our system?

WTF! I had no idea!

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by NYTXFAN on Nov 17, 2009 7:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

thought he was cut after like 6 abs

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by Ryin A on Nov 17, 2009 7:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Freel

Pretty sure he asked for his release when rosters expanded and he didnt get a call up.

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by rentz on Nov 18, 2009 5:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Did Farney do the talking for him?

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by Chase Irwin on Nov 18, 2009 9:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Meh...

not really anyone on that list that I think the Rangers should bring back. Although I’m sure they will bring back a few of them.

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by slc ranger on Nov 17, 2009 9:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

not even AJ?

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 19, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hes nothing special

Last time I looked at his splits he was similar to Eddie Guardado last year. Not good against lefties and decent against righties. if he can’t be a LOOGY he really has no use for our pen

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by bigsteve on Nov 19, 2009 12:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

They brought back Metcalf?

I thought he was in KC on his way to unseat Alex Gordon. heh heh

I do hope they bring back the Pirate.
Josh Rupe? Meh. He can go and rot on another team’s AAA DL.

by chrisR on Nov 17, 2009 9:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yawn

I’d offer minor deals to some of those guys, but the system will survive their loss.

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by t ball on Nov 17, 2009 11:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Unless they've re-signed...

…you can add Beau Vaughan, Emerson Frostad, Jumbo Diaz and Adalberto Flores to that list.

Re Murray, he was outrighted and briefly became a free agent last fall and was signed back to a minor league deal. Might happen again.

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by Lucas on Nov 18, 2009 8:20 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Vaughan must be resigned

we cannot let such a talented interviewer get away.

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by t ball on Nov 18, 2009 8:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought I heard Jumbo Diaz had been signed again

Maybe in one of Jamey’s emails? I may be crazy

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by Dirk Diggler on Nov 18, 2009 8:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Goyo has it on his site

http://minormoosings.blogspot.com/2009/11/minor-league-fa.html

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by Dirk Diggler on Nov 18, 2009 8:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah. Diaz and Flores and Guilder Rodriguez all re-signed.

by Jamey Newberg on Nov 18, 2009 9:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Vaughan

For some reason I havent really seen him mentioned anywhere else as a FA, even though he is.

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by rentz on Nov 18, 2009 10:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't the the org has much confidence in Murray.

If he couldn’t get a call up last September when the only situational lefty in the pen was Eddie, I don’t think there is a situation where he would end up with the big league club.

by MikeEl on Nov 18, 2009 10:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fernando Cabrera

was the Pawtucket closer last year and put up stellar numbers. Eventually it is going to click for him at the major league level, so I’d like to bring him in and see what he can do.

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by clark on Nov 18, 2009 11:35 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Why is it going to " eventually it is going to click for him at the major league level" ??

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by Kinslerhomer on Nov 18, 2009 11:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I just think he fits that profile

he’s got well over a K/IP at the ML level, so we know he can miss bats. He has utterly dominated the upper levels of the minors. There’s no science to it, but guys like that seem likely to eventually put it together for at least a short span at the major league level. From what I remember about the guy, he has a history of looking filty for a couple of outings and then being done in by walks or an untimely HR. He just seems like a decent guy to bring in on an NRI…

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by clark on Nov 18, 2009 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs