Monday morning Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 9:35 AM CST
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PrintAnthony Andro and Jeff Wilson have a plethora of injury updates this morning, including news on Willie Eyre and Brendon Donnelly, who are both on the shelf with unknown dates as to when they'll be ready to go in a game. That makes it more likely Donnelly would start the season in the minors and Eyre on the d.l., making it more likely Dustin Nippert (who is out of options) can stick on the Opening Day roster.
Thomas Diamond is trying to earn a roster spot this spring, although it seems more likely he'll start the season in AAA. He's apparently in the mix for a bullpen spot, though.
Randy Galloway has a column that...well, I'm not sure what it is about, other than he thinks the pitching isn't good, and that Ron Washington isn't likely to be here long-term.
Richard Durrett wants to know if Scott Feldman should be the fifth starter, or if there should be an open competition amongst Feldman, Jason Jennings, Kris Benson, and Nippert for the fifth starter job.
Personally, I think the Rangers should have a handle on what they can expect from Feldman this year, and it is extraordinarily counter-productive to go through all last season with Feldman in the rotation, and then dump him this year for a Benson or a Jennings.
And I'm also not all that keen on having competitions in spring training for jobs, because that's how you end up with Marlon Byrd being released so that Jerry Hairston Jr. can be a semi-regular centerfielder and Matt Kata can make the team.
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Anyone catch Rudy on the ticket this AM?
I only got to hear a small peice of it where he was singing the praises of Murph and Nellie.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
DMurph
Is gonna have such a huge breakout season.
Minimum 30 bombs. Breaks MLB record for doubles.
by SaltyGoesYard on Mar 2, 2009 9:41 AM CST up reply actions
Rich has it:
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
I wonder if that's because
they look a lot better in comparison to Andruw “K” Jones.
Get off my lawn.
Washington, Galloway
I do not understand this feeling that giving a manager a contract extension is some kind of “common courtesy”, as Galloway states. Especially during an offseason where they wouldn’t shell out any more than NRI’s, why the hell would they guarantee another year of pay to a manager before they have to? Why is it “common courtesy” to give a manager who hasn’t exactly blown away the league a contract extension?
Washington should be a lame duck. There are some signs the team has bought into his style, but it has yet to pay off on the field. And he doesn’t have any sort of organizational success to fall back on like Daniels.
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Absolutely.
I have never understood the contract extension to guys who haven’t done anything to deserve it. There is nothing to suggest that Washington is a good manager right now. He has a reputation as a good fielding coach, and there is nothing on this team that suggests he can do that.
The only thing that his history suggests is that he does a terrible job preparing the team in Spring Training to get out of the gate well.
Get off my lawn.
Option
I think picking up the option was more about consistency and having faith in your manager. I don’t think they have any plans on giving Washington a new contract until the offseason and only then, if he deserves it. Washington is cheap as hell, and I sincerely doubt anyone in the front office envisioned the Rangers being as bad as they were last April.
I think the 18-30
composite record for April under Washington is enough reason to fire him if he has another bad April. He buries the team pretty quickly in the season.
Get off my lawn.
I wonder why he doesn't just stop doing it.
"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 octoberty on Mar 2, 2009 10:36 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Maybe because its monday
and I’m easy. but thats funny and I am going to rec it
It is fairly obvious how the front office feels about Washington
which is why I don’t understand why they feel so compelled to give him another chance in 2009.
Say the team breaks the gate 25-24 but goes into a 5 game tail spin around Memorial Day. Pressure is really go to mount within the franchise to make some kind of change.
Bank on it, this team will go thru some kind of early tailspin and because of Washington’s status (lack of an extension) there are going to be buzzards circling TBiA the entire season.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Heh
It is fairly obvious how the front office feels about Washington
Josey’s number one favorite activity is telling us the thoughts of others when there is no possible way he can know what those people are thinking. See also: MY’s “opinion” of Andrus.
One of the reasons Washington "doesn't have any sort of organizational
success to fall back on" is because some dumb ass traded Alfonso Soriano, John Danks, AGonzales, Chris Young and Armando Gallaraga for the crap in somebody else’s front yard.
Not defending Washington in any way because he’s one of the dumbest managers I’ve ever listened to and watch manage a game that I can ever remember. This team is a reflection of their manager…sloppy, unfundamental and stupid.
My recollections from the past is that it was very rare in the past to do this to a manager (have him go into a season without an extension beyond the present year) but it seems like it has become much more common (I think there are 5 managers this year without extensions) since Torre managed the Yankees without an extension in 2007.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Is your complaint on Soriano...
…that he isn’t here any more, or that he should have returned more in trade than he did?
Also, you realize the internal inconsistency when you complain that both Soriano and Galarraga were traded for crap, right?
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
I love the Soriano/Galarraga complaints
People who are ranting about losing Galarraga as if he is a future Cy Young contender never paid him a lick of attention when he was included in the Soriano trade. Complain about one move or the other, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too, Josey.
FWIW, I think the jury is still WAY out on Galarraga. Let’s not award him a spot on the Former Ranger All-Stars just yet.
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
galarraga
will fall back down to earth this year, i bet harrison has a MUCH better year
equally, i bet hurley would have had as good or better of a year than galarraga.
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.
"i bet harrison has a MUCH better year"
I’ll take that bet. By MUCH better, I assume that you mean at least a difference of 15% in ERA+.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
I would have liked for Soriano to be here during 2006 and take the picks.
There’d be a sense of more internal inconisistency if JD would have known what he had in Galarraga.
You also realize Doug Melvin taking over a team that lost 106 games and getting them to .500 in three years is a far greater accomplishment than what JD has done in Texas, don’t you?
JD took over a young team 13 months removed from winning 89 games, received a 21% bump in payroll and still can’t get this thing over .500. The major credible baseball sources have this team projected to lose at least 90 games in 2009.
In a related note, Milwaukee Brewer attendance in 2002 was 24,311 per game (1.9 million). In 2007, Milwaukee Brewer attendance was at nearly 38,000 per game and one of the smallest markets in MLB eclipsed the 3 million mark.
Texas Ranger attendance since JD took over is down nearly 600,000 from 2005 despite residing in the number 5 media market.
That’s another reason why Doug Melvin gets as much love as he does from local media.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
So .500 is now the goal?
I thought making the playoffs was the goal, not reaching mediocrity.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
.500 would be a symbolic step in the right direction
and from what I’ve read about leading up to this season, a mammoth accomplishment for this Ranger team.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Melvin took that .500 team
and turned them into a 75 win team. Is that a symbolic step in the right direction?
And I love how 1 and 2 games make such a big difference to you. The Rangers were 80-82 in JD’s first season and 79-83 last season. But failing to reach that 81 win mark, uh-oh. Huge mistake by Boy Blunder.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
The 2005 Brewers team was probably over their skis
and it’s not surprising or unheard of for a team like that to take a slight step backward after such a quantum leap forward. See the ’89 Pittsburgh Pirates.
In 2007 the Brewers went above .500 and took another step forward in 2008 (90 games and making the playoffs).
Simply a masterful job by Doug Melvin since becoming the Milwaukee GM.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
The goal is still to make the playoffs, correct?
It took him 6 years to do that to go 3-1 in the playoffs. And what has he done since then? He let his 2 ace pitchers walk and has done nothing to improve the team. Some might say he is dismantling a playoff caliber team.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
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Simply a masterful job by Doug Melvin since becoming the Milwaukee GM.
Give me a freaking break.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
Do you think baseball fans in Milwaukee
regret the decision to hire Melvin when they could have had Jon Daniels instead?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
I think he's been a fine g.m. in Milwaukee
I don’t think Melvin has done a “masterful” job as g.m.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
If you think Melvin has been a "fine gm in Milwaukee"
how would you describe JD’s tenure as the gm in Texas?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Mixed bag
Some really good moves, some really bad moves.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
Does not compute.
Evaluations must be in binary.
by brettgardner on Mar 2, 2009 11:19 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
So has Doug Melvin done much better in
Milwaukee than JD has done in Texas?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
compare and contrast his moves
with daniels
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.
Did he get that line from Galloway?
Josey, I’m guessing you think that Melvin is the best GM in Rangers history, don’t you?
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
as a question
what “great moves” did melvin make?
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.
you know what
if it was melvin who made these moves, he would be praising him i am sure for his “amazing foresight” and would say about the sori trade that wilkerson would have been a “good fit for the rangers” had he not gotten hurt
also would have said that galarraga caught lightening in a bottle, that danks is only good because he learned a new pitch in chicago and that bmac was a fair return for danks at that point in time – we even would have won the trade
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.
The Rays decided to go from worst to first and just bypass .500 symbolism
I like that plan better than a “symbolic step in the right direction.”
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
Rangers 2008 record 79-83
Yeah, gee, that’s so much worse than .500.
How many teams had more injuries than the Rangers in 2008?
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The Ranger pythag record was below .500
when the injuries to Murphy & Kinsler happened.
In all likelihood, this team was still going to finish below .500 without the injuries to Murphy & Kinsler.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
How many teams
had more injuries than the Rangers in 2008? Kinsler and Murphy didn’t pitch last year.
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In all likelihood, this team was still going to finish below .500 without the injuries to Murphy & Kinsler.
So, losing Murphy and Kinsler and the rest of the guys who went down in the last two months, that didn’t impact the team’s record?
They were 60-54 on August 5. Having Kinsler, Murphy et al healthy the rest of the way, the Rangers still would have gone 19-29?
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
If you consider Arias to be Kinsler's primary replacement, Arias
had a .754 OPS (Kinsler had a .717 OPS after the AS Break) and he made only two errors.
Do we consider Boggs & Cruz to be Murphy’s replacement? Boggs did quite well in August and Cruz was a monster in late August / September. Combined, they were better than David Murphy.
When the Rangers were 60-54 their run differential was 648/673 which means their record should have been 56-58,
I’m a big fan of Kinsler but to say his injury (along with Murphy’s) is what made the Rangers go into their 19-29 death spiral is uh… not a well thought out opinion.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
How many teams
had more injuried than the Rangers in 2008?
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I’m a big fan of Kinsler but to say his injury (along with Murphy’s) is what made the Rangers go into their 19-29 death spiral is uh… not a well thought out opinion.
Well that is uh…not what I said.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
Of course,
56-58 is just about .500 (good enough for Melvin) and is much better than 19-29, so apparently Kinsler and Murphy may have had some effect.
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Or the Rangers win/loss record
finally began to resemble the way the team had been playing for most of the season.
It’s very rare to see a team lead the league in errors and finish above .500.
As far as I can recall, the Rangers led MLB in errors committed from tape to tape.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Okay
Or the Rangers win/loss record finally began to resemble the way the team had been playing for most of the season.
This is bullshit.
Their Pythag through early August was a lot closer to the a little over .500 winning percentage they had then than to the .395 winning percentage they had the rest of the way.
Saying that being on pace to lose 98 games was more indicative of their performance than being on pace to win 84-85 games is just stupid.
Quit being stupid.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 2, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
I loves me some baseballreference.com
at moments like these.
On May 1 the Rangers had scored 132 runs and given up 178 runs (record at the end of this day was 11-18).
On June 1, the Rangers were 29-29 and had scored 308 runs / given up 321 runs.
On July 1, the Rangers were 44-41 and had scored 461 runs / given up 470 runs.
On August 1, the Rangers were 57-53 and had scored 619 runs and had given up 652 runs.
On August 5, the Rangers were 60-54 and had scored 648 runs and given up 63 runs.
The beauty of a 162 game season is that with rare exceptions (5-10% of the time?), baseball teams cannot hide their true identities.
Up until early August, the 2008 Texas Rangers were a mediocre to bad team masquerading as some kind of fringe contender.
I’m not sure where you come up with this notion that they were ever on a pace to lose 98 games. That’s quite a reach at best and probably nothing more than you blatantly misrepresenting my thoughts.
The last 48 games the Rangers played were a market correction to their win/loss record and served as confirmation of their season long mediocrity.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
How many teams
had more injuries than the Rangers in 2008?
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Don't know but the injuries werent the reason the Rangers
finished below .500 or went 19-29 in their last 48 games.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
They didn't play a part?
Right, ok. The huge number of injuries to the starting rotation played no part in the bullpen being overused and exhausted, or the huge number of starts going to young pitchers rushed to fill spots. Kinsler goes out in the middle of an MVP-quality season and your response is that Arias represented no dropoff?
You are such a joke. And don’t quote Kinsler’s small-sample-size, reduced playing time because of injury post ASB OPS. Arias is not an adequate replacement for Kinsler. Boston or Tampa having as many pitchers injured as the Rangers had last year and they likely would not have made the playoffs. With health the Rangers still don’t win the west last year, but they certainly would have the magical .500 barrier that makes Melvin such a star in your eyes.
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Arias is not an adequate
replacement for Kinsler over 162 games but he wasn’t bad for 32 games.
Boggs & Cruz were a excellent improvement over David Murphy or did we forget to mention that?
The Rangers led the AL in errors all season long and teams that do that don’t finish over .500 the great majority of the time.
The first 114 games of last season were a facade and the last 48 games served us with the correction which is one of the best parts of having a 162 game season.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Murphy is easier to replace
than Kinsler, no? And I noticed you didn’t respond to any of my points about pitcher injuries. Even with the huge number of errors I think it’s just maybe sort of possible the team might have managed to win two more games and finish at or above .500 if they had better luck with injuries.
But you would never admit that, it doesn’t fit your agenda.
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Other than Padilla, our pitchers
sucked last year, injured or not.
Teams that lead the league in errors very rarely finish above .500 so it’s not “maybe sort of possible the team might have managed to win 2 more games to finish at or above .500 if they had better luck with injuries.”
If anything, their pythag (which said they should have been 10 games under .500) indicates they were lucky to win as many games as they did.
Claiming that injuries prevented the Rangers from finishing at .500 or above is just foolish.
That was a very mediocre team we were forced to watch last year and it was no accident they finished below .500.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Research playoff teams
And whether or not their starting pitchers were injured throughout the season. You’ll see an incredibly consistent trend. You don’t do well with pitchers being forced into the starting rotation from AA. I’m sad you don’t understand this.
Our bullpen was also miserably overworked last year.
I'm not arguing
the Rangers weren’t a mediocre team. Without injuries they would have won a couple more games perhaps, but would still have been mediocre. But there is no denying that a HUGE number of injuries will lead to a team underperforming.
But of course, you would only say that if it had happened to Milwaukee or Oakland. Since it happened to a team run by Daniels you won’t admit that.
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Arias and Kinsler
When Kinsler went out not only did we lose one of our best offensive players but we lost our leadoff hitter. As I posted below in this thread do you know what Arias’ numbers were as leadoff hitter? They were not anywhere near Kinsler no matter how small a sample size you have. Arias’ numbers were inflated by a few good at bats out of the #9 hole. he OPSed over 1.100 from that spot. Holy hell he should be a HOFer at that pace. To even insinuate Arias was adequate replacing Kinsler last year is laughable and makes you look like an even bigger jackass than before.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
How many times a night do you masterbate to Pythag?
And why do you continue to ignore factors such as, morale and teamwork?
How did Arias do in the leadoff spot compared to Kinsler?
He only OPSed .672 out of the leadoff spot with a .316 OBP there. So while his overall numbers may look similar or better we lost our leadoff man which killed us offensively
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
You use the law of averages
to show that the Rangers evened out according to their Pythag (not injuries, morale, etc.) but the law of averages doesn’t apply to Kinsler’s OPS after the all-star break, huh? You’re really going to sell him as a .717 OPS player and nothing more?
Yes, I believe so.
What specifically caused 19-29?
I think it was going to happen no matter what.
You can just as easily blame CJ’s ball flip to Washington (which happened in the same game as Murphy’s injury or the night before) as the moment this thing turned.
Yes, it was accidental and Wash correctly handled it on the spot. CJ apologized to everybody in sight but the moment was real and confirmed how Washington is regarded (as a joke) within the organization.
I’m not saying that’s THE reason why the team staggered to the finish line but I don’t dismiss it’s significance either.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Mar 2, 2009 11:37 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Does retrosheets or B-R have anything regarding ball flips?
I’d like to sit down and pinpoint the correlation of ball-flipping to win-loss record. I’m sure it’s very telling.
Philkid needs to put something together
Ball Flips Over Replacement Player or somesuch.
by LiamP on Mar 2, 2009 12:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
so...
The Rangers had a Pythagorean 2 games below .500, were playing a few games over .500, lost 2 key players in the offense with one having an MVP caliber season. And from all that, you get that the Rangers should have known that they were going to finish the season playing .400 ball regardless irregardless (to match Josey’s logic) of all the other things happening.
Oh wait, CJ flipping the ball to Washington, that was the reason they went 19-29. Never mind, it all makes sense now.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Don't you know?
Wash is 10 wins below replacement level – not taking positional adjustment into account
On a free agency market, each win is worth about $4.5 million, which means.
WASH COSTS THE RANGERS $45 MILLION A YEAR!!!!?!
A pitcher losing his temper after he had a horrible performance
indicates the team’s regard for the coach as a joke?? Are you serious, or just trying to get as many replies as you can. I need to know
OT: Crawfishboxes
gave LSB and the rangers some credit on some recent posts. Just throwing it out there…
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Back-to-back was like, 'Cool,’ " he said. "Then, everyone was like, 'Really?’ The fourth was like, 'Is this really happening?’ And the fifth one was like, 'Yeah, that really happened.’ "-Justin Smoak
huh?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 2, 2009 10:32 AM CST up reply actions
nothing big
they had a thread where the posts pretty much agreed that Texas would finish stronger. They were mostly pissed thogh because the CHONE had them dead last in the power rankings
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Back-to-back was like, 'Cool,’ " he said. "Then, everyone was like, 'Really?’ The fourth was like, 'Is this really happening?’ And the fifth one was like, 'Yeah, that really happened.’ "-Justin Smoak
http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2009/3/1/776746/kc-s-signing-of-juan-cruz#comments
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Back-to-back was like, 'Cool,’ " he said. "Then, everyone was like, 'Really?’ The fourth was like, 'Is this really happening?’ And the fifth one was like, 'Yeah, that really happened.’ "-Justin Smoak
http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2009/3/1/776746/kc-s-signing-of-juan-cruz#comments
sorry
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Back-to-back was like, 'Cool,’ " he said. "Then, everyone was like, 'Really?’ The fourth was like, 'Is this really happening?’ And the fifth one was like, 'Yeah, that really happened.’ "-Justin Smoak
oh I had no idea what Crawfish Boxes was
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 2, 2009 12:48 PM CST up reply actions
catchers
Anyone curious how Posada’s health goes? He had a setback everyone in Yankees camp is loudly blowing off.
Ah, catcher trade hypotheticals…
I can’t quit you!
Go Strangers.
The presence of Montero makes it unliikely that the Yanks give up a lot for a catcher
I know those guys are both still in Class A, and Montero might not even stick at catcher long term, but they’re not so far away as to make Cashman feel good about giving us what we want for Salty/Tea/MaxRam.
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
I really don't think
Montero will be a catcher, and I think they won’t hesitate to add a catcher like Salty if they feel it’s a good deal. It would take TX adding someone we would be hesitant to give up, though to get someone like Hughes.
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montero
great value if he is a catcher, btu i dont think anyone thinks he is going to be ther elong term
at least brett wallace has a HOPE to be a 3b, montero isnt going to be a C
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.
Galloway
This is a weird position to take for a journalist:
Two weeks ago, here in Surprise, Daniels was also asked by my man Jim Reeves about the John Danks trade that haunts him and this organization.
The Daniels answer:
“I don’t dwell on it much. I have to keep looking forward and thinking about the future, not the past.”
Good. That means I don’t have to get a Daniels comment on his steal of a David Murphy trade or his haul in the Mark Teixeira deal, which, while still being graded, will have two young starters (catcher and shortstop), and also a rotation guy, on Opening Day.
Why bring up the past to a general manager who doesn’t want to talk about it?
So Galloway’s miffed that JD isn’t dwelling on players that aren’t in the organization anymore? And because of that, Galloway won’t talk about the people that are in the organization? Oh. Kay.
He long ago stopped trying to even make sense
He just wants to rant like a bitter old man now, regardless of whether it even makes sense.
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
Galloway just talks
to hear those loose nuts and bolts rattle around in his skull. And I still think Grandpa Urine is the absolute best nickname I’ve ever heard. You can just see him sitting at his computer, typing a bunch of nonsensical jibberish while pissing himself and not even knowing it.
Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08
This wasn't one of Galloway's more cohesive
writing efforts but I appreciate the fact that he keeps turning up the heat on little JD.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
New York Mets ace Johan Santana said his left elbow feels OK, but he apparently has some hard feelings for Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen.
Santana blames Warthen’s aggressive throwing schedule for pitchers for the tendinitis in his left triceps, the New York Post reported Monday, while Warthen says Santana has been pushing himself to be ready for the World Baseball Classic.
"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
My world is better
The air is cleaner. the grass is greener, the birds singing is sweeter, my cholestrol is down, my bank account is up and I can eat anything I want and lose weight since I stopped reading Granpa Urine. Just a complete and total waste of time.
BEW
But when the Rangers fall on their ass again in 2009, you’re going to be shocked because all the Ranger online homers have told you how good the team is going to be this year.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Your shtick is stupid
Who here is saying the Rangers are going to be good this year? You’re railing against bogeymen that don’t exist.
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I don't know what the standards are for being considered "good"
but I believe Adam said he thinks the Rangers are going to win 83 games this year.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
holy shit!!!!
What a blind homer!!!! Thinking this team can be one game above .500 is absolute crazy talk. That record is reserved for only the best teams out there.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
83
i’d like to see the link to that
"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."
It doesn't even matter
Josey’s believes that all of us who think the team can win more than 75 games are blind homers who will be shitting ourselves if this team doesn’t reach that mark.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
one game over 500
wow how far out there is Ayjayem?
wowwwwwwwww
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.
Bullpen....
I know its early, but we need a few of these bullpen pitchers to stick for this team to have success…hearing Donnelly and Eyre being shelved is not encouraging.
Feldman should have a spot in this rotation regardless of his spring….Benson and Jennings should only be used during the season in case of injury. Let our pitchers like Harrison take their lumps this year.
by death of the cool on Mar 2, 2009 11:12 AM CST reply actions
I don't really mind it
Letting them start the season on the DL helps the Rangers keep some of these NRI type pitchers around for a bit longer while making sure to not lose pitchers like Nippert who can be good bullpen arms.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
I don't think he worded his characterization carefully enough
Donnelly has pitched this spring, just not in an A game, and both Eyre and Donnelly are way ahead of Jennings and gabbard eg so having them sit for 10 days likely won’t force them to Extended once the season begins. It is too early to say anything about their strains and soreness at this point. In fact, Bannister was “shelved” due to forearm soreness less than a week ago and he pitched yesterday.
In fact here's an update from TRS on Donnelly
more back than shoulder…
“Brendan Donnelly, who said he is dealing with back spasms more than any shoulder issue, is scheduled to pitch in a simulated game on Wednesday.”
That makes 3 in the over-30 set stricken with old-man issues: Guardado, Donnelly, Benson
Thank goodness everyone in the world knows that
Randy Galloway is a clown, there for dressing up in big red shoes and curly red hair, and nothing else. Otherwise his columns would be really, really annoying.
If I had more time, that could make for a good Photoshop project
Anyone else want to take care of it?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
So Tom Schieffer is running for governor as a Democrat
that’s kind of interesting and Rangers related
"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."
Anything
to get the current sorry excuse for a governor out of office. Perry absolutely blows.
by matteo25 on Mar 2, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Fair enough
I was just curious more than anything—I wasn’t looking to argue.
But yeah, LSB political arguments are too frequent and too boring. Better to just leave it alone.
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