Blue Jays sign John Buck

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That sucks

I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar

by sprite on Dec 13, 2009 12:56 PM CST reply actions

smart move by Blue Jays

they jumped on him fast. I would have liked to have him

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Dec 13, 2009 12:58 PM CST reply actions

Damn

Buck is a solid backstop. I heard we were kicking the tires on Ryan Doumit. Now that guy, if and when he is healthy, is a beast. I would throw the Pirates a deal.

Rusty, the bed was very soft- Clark W. Griswold

by AndrusImpersonator on Dec 13, 2009 1:00 PM CST reply actions

Excellent handle

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 13, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions

Thank you

I’m kinda proud of it

Rusty, the bed was very soft- Clark W. Griswold

by AndrusImpersonator on Dec 13, 2009 1:27 PM CST reply actions

Uh oh.

by brettgardner on Dec 13, 2009 1:39 PM CST up reply actions

heh

by octoberty on Dec 13, 2009 1:42 PM CST up reply actions

Jose Molina anyone?

I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.

by DerekSTheRed on Dec 13, 2009 1:27 PM CST reply actions

Just use Richardson if that's the best they can do

"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.

by Kinslerhomer on Dec 13, 2009 1:30 PM CST up reply actions

I’m not convinced anyone out there is significantly better than Richardson at this point. I’d go ahead and use him as a backup. And if he or Teagarden gets hurt, then you go pull some veteran off the bargain bin (see Rodriguez, Ivan circa 2009).

"we’re a bunch of knee-jerking yahoos who like new and shiny things." -- FirebatM3 July 10, 2009

by Oddibee on Dec 13, 2009 1:50 PM CST up reply actions

I don't know if you can get another Pudge

Pudge had some influence on the owner and pushed the trade from his end. I’m sure the Astros could have gotten a better return for him. It also worked for the Rangers since Pudge was in the last year of his contract. Are the Rangers going to be able to make a trade to add payroll mid season? I’m thinking not.

I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.

by DerekSTheRed on Dec 13, 2009 1:54 PM CST up reply actions

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I’m sure the Astros could have gotten a better return for him.

I disagree. McLane didn’t want to send him to Texas, and only did because Pudge wanted to come back, but he didn’t do any intra-state discount…if anything, the cost of the Rangers getting a name player from Houston is going to be higher than for any other team.

And from the Rangers’ perspective, there was p.r. value to be gained from bringing Pudge back that another team wouldn’t have had.

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 13, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions

I tend to agree

The only benefit you gain from a veteran is I’m the grit/veteran presence factor. You’re not going to get an offensive upgrade (and in fact, the offensive ceiling is highest with Salty) and two of Salt/Tea/Rich should be fine defensively.

The only thing you add with a veteran pickup is the risk of Warsh playing him too much.

Now if we’re talking about a trade for someone like Doumit, well, sign me up.

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by WestTxAg06 on Dec 13, 2009 2:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Here's a thought: how about Salty and Teagarden wiping the suck out of their vaggies?

by oc on Dec 13, 2009 2:00 PM CST up reply actions

That would certainly be helpful

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by WestTxAg06 on Dec 13, 2009 2:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

* Puke *

I failed my LSB ethics test.

"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle

by LSJ on Dec 13, 2009 11:01 PM CST up reply actions

Rosenthal said 3 AL teams are in on wang

could we be one of them?

by ab03 on Dec 13, 2009 2:33 PM CST reply actions

"Wang in high demand during the winter months"

"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217

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by WestTxAg06 on Dec 13, 2009 2:38 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Theres a 75% chance

So I’ll lean towards yes

by Josh Lile on Dec 13, 2009 3:45 PM CST up reply actions

how'd you get 75%?

by ab03 on Dec 13, 2009 4:01 PM CST up reply actions

I read AL West

by Josh Lile on Dec 13, 2009 4:03 PM CST up reply actions

Bummer

We still only have two terrible catchers instead of three.

I failed my LSB ethics test.

"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle

by LSJ on Dec 13, 2009 11:00 PM CST reply actions

Your hating catchers schtick is getting stale.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Dec 14, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

It's not schtick, our catchers are horrible

But so is John Buck. And unlike our catchers, John Buck is also old.

So I wasn’t really excited about potentially adding him to the mix.

I failed my LSB ethics test.

"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle

by LSJ on Dec 14, 2009 6:53 PM CST up reply actions

We know what you think about our catchers...

last year they were fantastic. This year they’re horrible.

Or perhaps there were injuries and growing pains for young players (especially Salty and MaxRam) last year. Not every guy is going to hit his ceiling. I don’t think you can throw in the towel on Salty or MaxRam yet. Max may not be a catcher in the bigs, but I think he could still hit. Salty could come back from his injury and still be a productive everyday catcher. He’s still very young.

You need to stop it with going from one extreme all the way to the other.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Dec 14, 2009 6:59 PM CST up reply actions

I'm not going from one extreme to the other

I just stopped pretending our catchers didn’t suck.

And I certainly haven’t thrown in the towel on Max yet, if you’ve been paying any attention. I am extremely apprehensive about Salty’s arm, which has turned into a recurring problem, however.

I failed my LSB ethics test.

"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle

by LSJ on Dec 14, 2009 8:10 PM CST up reply actions