Keith Law on the rumored Ranger offer for Josh Johnson
Law thinks Justin Smoak and Neftali Feliz is too much to give up for Josh Johnson.
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We’ll look back on this one and be thankful we dodged this bullet
"Congrats Rangers fans, you just found your replacement for Mark Teixeira. Just a crazy, crazy steal." -Goldstein
I think if you dodge a bullet then you'll always be thankful for it.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Apparently I need to be a subscriber to find out exactly what the offer was
But if it involved Feliz and Smoak both, then yeah. Thank God the Marlins are dumb.
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
Yeah, that's too much for me
given Johnson’s history. I’d give up one of those guys with a lesser prospect or two, but not two of our top few guys.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Shit.
If we were willing to give up our top 2 prospects for the dude, that guy must be tits.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
He is. He's a fucking monster on the mound.
He has one of the hardest fastballs I’ve seen.
by TooLegitToQuit on Dec 8, 2009 9:01 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah he's pretty badass.
I would still cry if we gave up Smoak and Feliz to get him though, even if we extended him.
Jimmy Johnson for GM.
Law is correct
This would have been awful. I’m still not convinced the trade was actually offered… why would JD offer Smoak to the Marlins when their second-best prospect (Morrison) is also a first baseman? Maybe if he was included in the swap, I might understand it…
um, per the Rangers FB page...
The Rangers made a run at Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson. At one point they were willing to trade Justin Smoak and Neftali Feliz. The Marlins weren’t interested in that one.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
Holland and Davis
I could live with. I’d slit my wrist at Smoak and Feliz.
That might be going a little too far
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
Yippie kay ay?
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
by LSJ on Dec 8, 2009 8:21 PM CST up reply actions
mother fucker?
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
i think it had to be that the rangers were asking for something significant in return
but really, why would you do a trade like this?
this has bmac/danks written all over it. And it has nothing to do with how good you think these pitchers are, it’s that you are making a prospect for barely proven starter trade in order to get maybe a year jump start. there’s just no point
that's just an rss feed of TR's blog posts
doesn’t mean anything
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
That can be read that the two were both in the deal or that each one were available in separate offers (as in, but not both). I tend to think the latter.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Dec 8, 2009 11:06 PM CST up reply actions
Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com reports that the Tigers are willing to move left-handed reliever Bobby Seay.
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It won’t be a surprise if Detroit calls the Rangers given the latter’s left-handed relief need. The club is also willing to move catcher Dusty Ryan and first baseman Jeff Larish, Morosi’s source said.
I just hope this trade doesn't resurface itself
what a mistake that would have been
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
BIG TIME MISTAKE...
and Josey Wales fodder for years to come.
So who's todays mistress? They're coming out of the Woodswork!
I hope JD denies this every happened
even if it did. I was finally coming around to giving him some credit for having something larger than a cat brain in his head, and I prefer to keep that mentality. If this had gone through I may have descended into something closely resembling how the Simpsons depicted Matt Groening in the 138th Episode Spectacular, wearing an eye patch and bolo tie and drunkenly wielding a handgun at anyone who comes close to me.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
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FrankiePiliere Looked into the rumor that Tex offered Feliz/Smoak
for Josh Johnson. I’m told there’s “zero” truth to it. No such offer was made
Well there you have it...
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Lets hope so.
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
by LSJ on Dec 8, 2009 8:25 PM CST up reply actions
That's good to hear...
this could have been a disaster.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Dec 8, 2009 8:26 PM CST up reply actions
FrankiePiliere Just to follow up, also told that the rumor about
Johnson/Texas’ offer is “ridiculous”. So not sure where that one came from but looks bogus
pop, pop, fizz, fizz
oh, what a relief it is!!!!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
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Sooner or later prospects kill ya
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
i would counter with Ruben Mateo and Colby Lewis
surely that will get the Marlins’ juices going!
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
Morosi says that Texas is interested in Cantu
The Rangers have strong interest in Marlins infielder Jorge Cantu, one major league source said Tuesday night.
So before you get too concerned over a Johnson for Smoak and Feliz deal… just think… Florida might let us overpay for Cantu, too! His career .780 OPS from DH/1B really get me excited. And we can have all that production for only $5 million dollars a year.
What a deal!
please tell me
there’s no way JD would do this trade. If this trade went through, I might jump off a cliff.
We are everyones stalking horse in prospect trades
considering we can trump any trade that we really feel like right now as long as its not for MLB proven talent. A pick two of Feliz, Smoak and Perez is something that most teams just can’t get near prospect wise.
What do voluntary mean?
here we go with the stupid rumors
these guys need to quit making shit up.
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