Rangers claim utilityman Joe Inglett from the Blue Jays
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 4, 2009 1:36 PM CST
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PrintPer T.R. Sullivan, the Rangers have claimed utilityman Joe Inglett from the Toronto Blue Jays.
You can see his B-R page here. This suggests the Rangers at least have enough money in the petty cash drawer to pay the waiver fee.
Inglett has played mostly second base and the outfield, and it may be that they think they can work out a cheap major league deal with him without having to go through arbitration. (UPDATE -- Scott Lucas points out that Inglett is not arb-eligible). Otherwise, I suspect he'll end up non-tendered.
The 40 man now stands at 38.
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so...
whats the point of claiming a guy just to non-tender him?
They won't
as Scott Lucas says below, He’s not arbitration-eligible which AJM had thought.
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so, if he was arb eligible
then we’d claim him and if we couldnt work out a deal pre-arb, then we’d non-tender him?
Someone made this image of him...
by ghostofErikThompson on Dec 4, 2009 1:41 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
That is pretty cool.
I failed my LSB ethics test.
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by LSJ on Dec 4, 2009 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
I like it
if anything, this means Arias can be DFA’d (although, I think he could easily be DFA’d without this move). Inglett has played every OF and IF position with the exception of 1B. That seems pretty valuable as a bench guy.
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heh
@MLBastian “Voodoo Joe” Inglett of the Jays has been claimed off waivers by the Rangers.
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Good one.
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by inactive lsb user on Dec 4, 2009 1:53 PM CST up reply actions
Inglett has been nicknamed “Voodoo Joe” by the former Blue Jays’ manager John Gibbons.1 He has also been nicknamed “Mighty Joe” by radio announcer Jerry Howarth. The “Voodoo Joe” nickname came from the fact that twice in the 2008 season, Inglett was sent down to Triple-A Syracuse to make room for returning regular players, only to be called back the same day because of new injuries. Both times, Inglett was able to return within a few hours of leaving.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
what's your twitter account?
need some names of some people to start following, I"ve done a few baseball writers and publications, so far it’s good….except when KLaw or someone puts one up and it takes me to his pay site..
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It's just @Kinslerhomer
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by WestTxAg06 on Dec 4, 2009 5:24 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
SO....
I sign up for twitter, start following a bunch of folks…
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"I spoke with a wife of a Ranger at LaGuardia Airport (just before the infamous siddown with Dom Chiti) and she told me everybody in the organization was pissed at Tom Hicks." - JDubs
uhhh...(continued)
now I have 130 emails in Japanese….
wtf?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"I spoke with a wife of a Ranger at LaGuardia Airport (just before the infamous siddown with Dom Chiti) and she told me everybody in the organization was pissed at Tom Hicks." - JDubs
hey, his numbers are pretty solid over the last couple years
if he can play 2B and LF, heck pretty solid Util guy.
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not much of a secondbaseman
with a -6.0 UZR/150. He is a much better LF at 17.9 UZR/150. Definitely an improvement over Craig Gentry.
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right
so I don’t really see how we can say he’s definitively better at a certain position going by just the stats.
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I see the confusion
I meant that overall Inglett is an upgrade from Gentry not defensively.
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Why on earth...
…does this team need a utility man whose primary positions are 2B and LF?
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 4, 2009 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
yeah that's sort of my concern
it sounds like his real value defensively is as a corner OF…if that’s the case, his offensive numbers are a little underwhelming.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
He's no Mike Cameron
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by Dirk Diggler on Dec 4, 2009 1:58 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
This gets me hard
I CAN’T BELIEVE WE STOLE JOE INGLETT OUT FROM EVERYONE’S NOSES!!!
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by Arlington Stadium Legend on Dec 4, 2009 2:04 PM CST reply actions
not a bad pickup
he’s not going to turn into something great but he looks like a guy you can plug in just about any position and hit for a good average with around a .350 obp. I’d rather have someone that can get on base and play multiple positions that some of the all glove backups that some have thrown around as possibilities.
"He do what he do" - Ron Washington
So THIS must've been what JD was alluding to during the chat.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"I spoke with a wife of a Ranger at LaGuardia Airport (just before the infamous siddown with Dom Chiti) and she told me everybody in the organization was pissed at Tom Hicks." - JDubs
If this gets us closer to the end of the Arias Era
then it’s a good move.
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by tricer on Dec 4, 2009 2:06 PM CST reply actions 5 recs
rec for you sir
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by dustinvandeman on Dec 4, 2009 2:07 PM CST up reply actions
This looks like it will be an unpopular comment, but
if Arias can make the throw from SS now, I have no problem with him as the utility guy in 2010. He didn’t look to hot at 2nd base in his brief call-up this year, but he’s been a decent stick in the past and has played good defense. Hard to tell where his career would be now if he hadn’t hurt his arm. I suspect the dislike for him here is due more to what he isn’t (ARod or Cano), rather than what he is.
by swampdonkey on Dec 4, 2009 6:48 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
WRECK
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by inactive lsb user on Dec 4, 2009 7:51 PM CST up reply actions
he hasn't been able to make the throws from short in almost 3 years now
and in my opinion he has never been a particularly good defender, even when he could make the throw.
He’s a utility infielder that can’t really field or hit, in other words he’s a waste of a roster spot.
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It's only a 140 PA's, but .295 .345 .403 is a helluva lot better than we got from Omar
and JD said that Arias is playing SS in winter ball and his arm looks strong.
He must be playing in the old ladies league if his arm looks "strong"
I failed my LSB ethics test.
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Just going by what JD said
I’m not sure why most folks here seem to want to defeat Arias. If he can play the position, that would be great. If not, it isn’t like he intentionally hurt himself. I just don’t understand the Arias hate here.
He's stinking terrible at baseball.
It’s like you idiots defending Tom Hicks: there’s just no reason to do so.
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by inactive lsb user on Dec 5, 2009 9:56 AM CST up reply actions
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Supp pick
So, is the Supplemental Round order based on the Alias ranking of the player, or the signing team’s W/L record?
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by hightowersmith on Dec 4, 2009 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
Elias ranking
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Take this for what it's worth
but the comments on mlbtr seem to indicate that this was a nifty little move and he would make a very nice reserve infielder. So, at least preliminarily, I give this a thumbs up.
Arias era
Don’t know if there ever was an Arias era. There was barely an Arias moment.
by Dalman on Dec 4, 2009 3:00 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
It's better known as the "Moustache era"
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by lost in space on Dec 4, 2009 3:07 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
The "Ron THOUGHT he was an old man" era.
I failed my LSB ethics test.
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by LSJ on Dec 4, 2009 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
I guess he can only play SS in an absolute emergency
Only 3 games there in his career. If he can’t be competent at SS, I seriously doubt he will make the opening day roster.
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yeah, he could cover a game or two
but don’t they have to at least have another true SS that could fill in somewhere in the organization? And if FFace is playing short, who is at third?
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No it's not
Where’s Wash going to put him? Take time away from MY, Ian or the Miracle from Maracay©? If Ramon Vazquez was the 3B on this current team, I’d say bring on Inglett but he’s not.
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Also
Inglett has about 60 points of OBP on Kata. Inglett’s not the nex t Kata, he’s the non-arb-eligible version of Esteban German.
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good comp
but I don’t see how this team can fill the utility spot with a guy that can’t play SS, either German or Inglett.
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Well
We could have 2 utility guys, plus a backup catcher, a backup corner IF, and a 4th outfielder, and go with 11 pitchers, because carrying 12 is just ridiculous.
But that’s just my .02.
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Whether we carry 11 or 12 pitchers depends on how many innings we get from our starters
but with the youth on the staff, me thinks the 12th pitcher will log more playing time than a 2nd utility guy.
I don't think they are filling a UT IF spot
I believe he will be the 5th OF with some time at 2B and maybe 3B.
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IMO no serious backup SS is a good thing
It’s basically a guarantee Elvis plays every day. We don’t need another guy playing 40 games to spell Elvis, we need Elvis shouldering the load like the guys he’s been comped with (all those HoFers and All Stars).
If a cog like Elvis goes down for a long period of time, even if you’ve got a topnotch backup MIF, you’re going to forced to swing a trade for a legit starter or just be screwed.
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by WestTxAg06 on Dec 4, 2009 5:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Elvis
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want him to get 15-20 starts off per year.
Ditto Kinsler, who appears to have a serious problem with wearing down.
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 4, 2009 5:57 PM CST up reply actions
I think this is a nice little pickup
He also plays 3B and RF, to go with 2B and LF, and he has played a bit of SS. He’s obviously way more useful if he can play a little (somewhat effective) SS, but I like bench players who get on base, and he does that a lot better than some we’ve had.
yep but now the petty cash drawer is emty sooooo.....
So that's how Michael Phelps can eat 10,000 calories a day!
Well one is named 'Hulett'. The other 'Inglett'
The answer to your question is: ……no
by oc on Dec 5, 2009 12:18 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
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