Andruw Jones close to signing with Rangers
by coolaid on Feb 7, 2009 2:01 PM CST
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Released last month by the Los Angeles Dodgers, outfielder Andruw Jones appears headed for a minor-league contract with the Texas Rangers, according to baseball sources.
Jones, who will be 32 in April, is attempting to revive his career after a disastrous season in Los Angeles. He reportedly turned down an invitation from the Yankees to attend spring training as a non-roster player, but sees opportunity in Texas.
This article is not written by Heyman. This is written by Tim Brown who had more creditability than Jon "Boras puppet" Heyman.
I am skeptical of what Jones can do but if he can return to his old form, he could replace that production we got from Milton Bradley last year.
Good low risk move by JD.
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Can't get
too upset about this. Just a minor league deal. If it works awesome, if not whatever.
"Come on man you have to admit the average guy in a baseball clubhouse...... is relatively a douchebag." BGL.
by sprite on Feb 7, 2009 2:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
WTF?
Insurance maybe?
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Feb 7, 2009 2:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Meh
I can’t Jones getting a crack in the Rangers lineup unless a lot of things go wrong.
by Excel Hearts Choi on Feb 7, 2009 2:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
How can you not see him
he weighs a metric ton
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Feb 7, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This article is not written by Heyman.
LOL
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 2:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
heyman
did end up being right about things people made fun of him about, about the rangers feeling out offers for MY during the winter meetings to now Andruw Jones….
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 2:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
oh, and Heyman seemed to be on point
when suggesting the Rangers were interested in Manny as well…
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels told ESPN.com the team has discussed the feasibility of adding Ramirez, but they’ve now dismissed the idea.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect the Rangers have discussed the feasability...
…of adding about every free agent on the market.
Don’t think he was really on point there.
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 7, 2009 2:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what did he say that was wrong then?
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You know...
Heyman has been catching so much flak, I knew it was just a matter of time before one of the board contrarians started supporting him…
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 7, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Heyman has been catching so much flak
from who?
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 3:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
anyways
not sure why you are getting so upset, it was just an observation that seemed to be true. what’s your issue, that you don’t want heyman to be right?
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Feb 7, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
lol
good answer.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 6:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what in the world?
I just don’t see the point here, and am worried about the club being pressured to play Jones at a time when they already have several young players that they need to evaluate at OF and DH.
by alon91 on Feb 7, 2009 2:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Young players
like 28 year old Cruz and 27 year old Murphy?
Get off my lawn.
by DJCahill on Feb 8, 2009 8:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Both are not that young
but are under team control for a while.
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by t ball on Feb 8, 2009 1:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
FWST
I think I read a note in the FWST yesterday that the Rangers had worked him out, but didn’t see a fit. But a NRI, no risk potentially pretty decent reward if he rebounds.
by Topgun22 on Feb 7, 2009 2:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Interesting.
If he sucks, no biggie. If he is productive, play him, perhaps trade him at the deadline. Also, this makes a few other OFers tradable, no? Byrd or Murphy could be traded at some point in the season, especially if Borbon tears it up in AAA.
"...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
by Rodney on Feb 7, 2009 2:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about Murphy
Nolan was talking about Murph like he was Jesus on the Ticket a couple days ago
"Come on man you have to admit the average guy in a baseball clubhouse...... is relatively a douchebag." BGL.
by sprite on Feb 7, 2009 2:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To JD
OFs are the new Cs
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Feb 7, 2009 2:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
if he can still play CF
then having Jones, Byrd, Borbon and Golson in the upper levels going into the is a plus.
I am very on board with this idea.
by clark on Feb 7, 2009 2:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He cannot.
He has no bearing on CF depth.
"...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
by Rodney on Feb 7, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
UZR shows him to still be good defensively in CF
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Feb 7, 2009 3:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Did not know that.
I was just going off the skewering he has received the last few years.
"...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
by Rodney on Feb 7, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
From what I hear, all the scouts say he's too fat to play CF anymore.
Yeah. Spies. They're little guys with beady eyes and long fingernails. They plant bugs that can pick up the hush of a man's heartbeat - or the whisper of a falling hair.
by lonestarJon on Feb 7, 2009 3:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As if Marlon Byrd is a fucking stick.
You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?
by oc on Feb 7, 2009 7:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hopeful
I’m hoping that he will rebound this year and could get something for him at the deadline.
by Monkey Brain on Feb 7, 2009 2:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
hmm
the more i think about this, more i like it…a reclamation project, get him with Rudy, could be a positive. Of course, this is very little risk…and, if it leads to a murph or byrd trade, could get something of value (pitching/sp/rp wise) there…
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 7, 2009 2:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Pass?
I see the logic in your assessment. We have young guys who could use the playing time/it’s not our year to compete/he’s pld and washed up, etc.
But, this is a no risk NRI.
I saw part of a feature on Jones the other day on MLB network, and IIC their assessment was that in addition to being out of shape, he was overcompensating in his swing for an injured knee. If he’s in shape, the knee’s healthy and he can return to about .265/.340/.515, why wouldn’t you want a 32 year old Andruw Jones?
by Topgun22 on Feb 7, 2009 3:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Figured you'd be as excited
about him as JJennings.
Get off my lawn.
by DJCahill on Feb 8, 2009 8:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose Rudy might be the key here
Jones may be looking for someone to help him learn how to hit again. Depending on contract language this does not seem like a big deal.
I have nothing to say
by rldwb on Feb 7, 2009 2:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think Jones has gone the way of Dale Murphy
I’m a closet Dogers fan, and watched a few of their games last year. He just looked like a guy frustrated with his own fading skills. Of course, I don’t know how hurt he was at start of the year; but the Dodger’s talking heads threw a lot of “this his redemption year” rhetoric out there. I don’t like this move.
Free Frank Catalanotto
by egriffey on Feb 7, 2009 3:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ehh
just glad its only a minor league deal
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by hinduplaya on Feb 7, 2009 3:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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by rldwb on Feb 7, 2009 3:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I just don't see the point
even on a minor league contract. If Jaramillo and the other coaches can make him play well again they all deserve Nobel prizes or something.
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by t ball on Feb 7, 2009 3:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
i find it a bit strange that this isn't getting bumped to the FP
is that just because adam doesn’t believes it will happen? seems like a big deal. even if it is on a minor league contract, i could see some people wanting to get him onto the field after a good ST (and he is the type of player that could have a big ST).
"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."
by ab03 on Feb 7, 2009 3:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Fine by me as long as he has to legtimately win any playing time.
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by DSheppard on Feb 7, 2009 3:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Eh, whatever
Low risk/high reward I suppose. Don’t know when we’re gonna have time to play him though…
Yeah. Spies. They're little guys with beady eyes and long fingernails. They plant bugs that can pick up the hush of a man's heartbeat - or the whisper of a falling hair.
by lonestarJon on Feb 7, 2009 3:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
update from mlbtr per Sullivan
3:32pm: T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com chimes in on the Andruw Jones rumor.
The article suggests we downgrade from “close to agreement” status, as we reported earlier, to “strongly considering,” to quote Sullivan.
"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
by tyd3311 on Feb 7, 2009 3:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I vote for a further downgrade
from “strongly considering” to “not even a remote consideration.”
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by t ball on Feb 7, 2009 7:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This smells like a precursor to a bigger scheme. A trade involving the Byrdman perhaps?
You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?
by oc on Feb 7, 2009 7:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure Josey
will clear it all up for us soon.
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by t ball on Feb 7, 2009 9:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's not funny.
You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?
by oc on Feb 8, 2009 1:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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