Jennings to Pen?
by erikj07 on Mar 21, 2009 5:36 PM CDT
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On the team site there is an article saying the Rangers are considering a move to middle relief for Jennings. The pen seems to be set with CJ, Eddy, FX2, Mad dog, and Eyre manning 5 spots.
Lets say Nippert starts on the DL, and we go with an 8 man pen to start the season. I think that I would rather keep Turnbow, Donnely, and Rupe (who is out of options) around as opposed to experimenting with Jennings (who has only 1 career relief appearance). Once Nippert is back, get rid of whoever has been the least effective between Donnely and Turnbow. I'd rather Jennings and Benson play in AAA, and whoever performs best get the callup once the first injury goes down. What do yall think?
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Well, they might just be doing that to keep Jennings around
I think he can opt out right after spring training if he’s not added to the 40.
Who knows, he might make a good swingman…
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by lonestarJon on Mar 21, 2009 5:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
would you rather have Jennings
at the risk of losing Nippert or Rupe?
by erikj07 on Mar 21, 2009 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, definitely not
I’m just stating the possible logic behind the move. But I’d rather have Rupe and Nippert in the bullpen, myself.
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by lonestarJon on Mar 21, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would rather have Jennings
at the risk of losing Turnbow or Donnelly
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by Gdawg on Mar 21, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
I think that’s the thinking.
Maybe the club is taking a look at Jennings in middle relief, possibly as a long man/spot starter, at the expense of Turnbow or Donnelly. What’s their opt out status? I could see them maybe doing this to keep Jennings, and then keep one of Turnbow/Donnelly up and send the other to AAA if one of those hasn’t particularly impressed.
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by rangers85 on Mar 21, 2009 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's their opt out status?
Who cares. I wished Donnelly showed more this ST, but he doesn’t look like his old self yet and Turnbow just isn’t that good to worry about losing.
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by Gdawg on Mar 21, 2009 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kind of what I'm thinking...
of the trio I’d most like to keep Jennings. Turnbow and Donnelly I wouldn’t mind losing if we had to, or at least sending them down and giving them more time to try to refind themselves if they’d be willing to stick.
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by rangers85 on Mar 21, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
Jennings has certainly proved his value out of the bullpen, especially the last couple of years…
by Goyogringo on Mar 22, 2009 2:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the future of your bullpen
depends on Jennings effectively mopping-up ugly 7th innings then, well, do I really have to say it..?
by Goyogringo on Mar 22, 2009 2:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
deja vu???
i would rather have jennings at the risk of losing galarraga.
what’s the worst thing that could happen…
oh wait.
jennings is the biggest piece of shit ever and galarraga turned out to be good.
by sam in so cal on Mar 21, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Galarraga pitched in a pitchers park
And got extremely lucky. Jennings biggest pieceof shit ever really? I can think of several that are much worse. Not to mention if Jennings returns to what he was in Colorado in a hitters park before he got hurt will be an asset.
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by boomer1 on Mar 21, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My biggest pet peeve of the new year
crediting inanimate objects for a pitcher’s success…
by Goyogringo on Mar 22, 2009 4:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whatever but it does play apart in their success.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
by boomer1 on Mar 22, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A baseball player is the biggest piece of shit ever
for getting hurt.
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by Maximilian on Mar 22, 2009 1:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotcha,
by the way, does anyone think that Fukumori has a chance in hell to crack the pen this year?
by erikj07 on Mar 21, 2009 5:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think his name has even been mentioned this year.
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by lonestarJon on Mar 21, 2009 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ya i havent heard of anything either
What was the point of signing him again?
by erikj07 on Mar 21, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, we thought he was gonna be Aki-lite, as I recall.
Turns out he was more like Hideki Irabu-lite.
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by lonestarJon on Mar 21, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
he’s definitely lite on the weight front compared to Irabu.
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by rangers85 on Mar 21, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nippert
I think alot of this invloves how bad Nipperts injury actually is. The more I look at it the best scenarios are this.
If Nippert will be available to pitch on April 12th (the only time we’d need our #5 starter until April 25th) then I think he starts the season on the DL retroactive to whatever day needed and we start with an 8 man pen of FX2, CJ, Eddie, Madrigal, Eyre, Turnbow, Donnelly, Rupe. Then on the 12th Nippert is activated and Eyre is optioned to OKC alowing Nippert to start that game and then go into his bullpen role. Then on the 25th you make a decision on if one of Turnbow or Donnelly need to be released or if Madrigal needs to be optioned
The other scenario is if Nippert isn’t available on the 12th. You keep Jennings along with FX2, CJ, Eddy, Madrigal, Eyre, and two of Turnbow/Donnelly/Rupe. Jennings makes the start on the 12th and then goes into a relief role and on the 25th when Harrison would be needed as a starter you make a decision. If Jennings has had success as a reliever you option Eyre or Madrigal. If not you DFA him hoping he would accept an assignment to Frisco to continue working towards getting better. Then when Nippert is ready and healthy you either option a guy or release a guy.
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by bigsteve on Mar 21, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Also
Could someone put the link to where it states Rupe is out of options. By my count he used an option in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 he was on the 60 day DL all year and even though he got service time he didn’t use an option. Then last year he wasn’t optioned.
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by bigsteve on Mar 21, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I emailed Evan about that
and he said that it was true, Rupe has no options. He was right on Eyre so I assume his info is from the FO in some from.
by Goyogringo on Mar 21, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what I want to know
is if Turnbow has an opt-out date in his minor league contract or if it is just a split contract. I have seen nothing indicating he has an opt-out date…
by Goyogringo on Mar 21, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't there a time limit on options
or a service time limit on options? I think I remember reading something about that a while back. Anyone have any info on that?
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by Gdawg on Mar 21, 2009 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure...
…he used an option in 2007.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 21, 2009 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
Rupe wasn’t put on the 60 day d.l. until June.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 21, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lucas
says he has 1 option left.
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by RangerMad on Mar 22, 2009 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It also says/said
that Eyre had none…
by Goyogringo on Mar 22, 2009 2:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I looked at the display picture and thought I made this post for a minute. . .
by philkid3 on Mar 21, 2009 5:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No shit!
I thought it was Phil’s Kid the whole time…until I got down here. lol
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by Rodney on Mar 21, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you had to guess....
where do you think the rangers will rank as far as bullpen ERA is concerned?
by erikj07 on Mar 21, 2009 6:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bottom 5. In baseball.
That is without making any sort of fancy homework and just on pure pessimism.
by philkid3 on Mar 21, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
keep Turnbow, Jennings, and Rupe.
Donnelly, meh.
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by dstar442005 on Mar 21, 2009 8:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OT: Big XII
Bad day for the Big XII only 1 of 3 today. With Kansas, Mizzou and OSU up tomorrow.
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by boomer1 on Mar 21, 2009 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tough to call it a bad day
when you have to beat UConn and Duke (at Greensboro) to advance as 9 and 7 seeds. If they go 0-3 tomorrow, that will be a bad weekend, but given seeds, the Big XII has done pretty well so far.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 21, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh I agree
Just that Texas was right there. I didn’t really think A&M had a chance but I did think Texas had a chance.
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by boomer1 on Mar 21, 2009 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A&M will be back and better next year
only losing 1 player, and that freshman big man from Miami looks like a really good player.
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by tyd3311 on Mar 21, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And UT
Really, really could have won that game, or at least sent it to OT. Lazy rebounding and lack of quickness to the ball really hurt at the end.
by brettgardner on Mar 21, 2009 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Their PG is not very good.
backup pg only reason they were in the game.
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by tyd3311 on Mar 21, 2009 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Balbay needs a jumper in the worst way.
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by Chase Irwin on Mar 22, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems that
We now have Gobble. That group of “maybes” keeps getting bigger.
by brettgardner on Mar 21, 2009 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just got Jameys email about that.
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by boomer1 on Mar 21, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting
Maybe Achy Eddie isn’t the lock for the bullpen we all think he is.
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by lonestarJon on Mar 21, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think
it would hurt to try Jennings out as a reliever for a couple outings when the game isn’t close. I definitetly do not want him starting one game for us this year though.
by Stevoo on Mar 21, 2009 10:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jennings...
I don’t want to see him as a reliever. To me his only value is as a starter. If he wants to opt out and not go to OKC to start the year and be insurance for the rotation then I have no interest in him.
He can’t expect someone to put him on their opening day roster when he hasn’t pitched at the ML level for two years because of injuries can he? Starter or bust for me on Jennings.
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by slc ranger on Mar 22, 2009 10:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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