Friday a.m. stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 27, 2009 8:14 AM CDT
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But ....but....but...but
I am too lazy to do my own linking
Lots of notes by Andro:
"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.
Tragic quote by Tom Hicks
We’re three years into the (Jon Daniels) plan. It’s taken me six years to learn there are no shortcuts in baseball. I know that now. We have a great nucleus of position players so we don’t have to spend money there on free agents. We can put all our resources into pitching. We’re just not going to give any seven or eight-year deals to pitchers. It just doesn’t make sense. I don’t know of an example of where that has ever worked out.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
He may need to give a 7 or 8 year deal to Feliz if he develops into the next Pedro.
I tend to agree, though, that I can’t see a pitcher coming on the FA market in the next couple of years that is at an age for which a 7 or 8 year contract puts the bulk of the contract prior to the typical decline phase.
JD: Adamant about 78 wins in 2009. Go Rangers!
Agree on both counts
If Feliz somehow does become the next Pedro, I’d go ahead and sign him to a lifetime deal. Buy out the arbitration years and all the possible free agency years until age 50.
Keith Law: (1:45 PM ET ) I think Michael Young should shut his mouth and move to third base.
at what point? after his rookie season (full year)?
after 3 years in the league? after he wins his first Cy Young? Where is it beneficial for the team to buy him out? If we wait 3 years, he’s likely to want a ton more than originally…but at the same time, if we don’t wait, he could flame out.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 27, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Rangers spring ERA 5.62...
and that’s only the ninth highest? Spring training numbers are goofy.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I'm too lazy to calculate it but
I wonder what the ERA is for the pitchers projected to make the 25 man roster. It has got to be better than 5.62.
by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 27, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
gross.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 27, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Cactus League is
normally kind of a hitters heaven. Hitters numbers normally look real good, and pitchers, not so much.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
bullpen
Frankie, Eddie. CJ = 4.48
Madrigal, Turnbow, Rupe, Nippert, Eyre = 4.60
Guardado and Madrigal are killing the bullpens era.
Also, I don’t know if yesterday’s game is included in the stats.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
thats pretty much all Frankie and Eddie.
Frankie had the one terrible outing where he gave up like 4 and Eddie had a few multiple run innings. Dont think CJ has given up a run yet. Not sure id group him there.
I think those groups are the locks and the ones competing for the open spots
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.
Rick Bauer has just been released by the Blue Jays
He’s been bad since he left Texas, but was very serviceable here.
Anyone? Anyone?
(Wife) "So what do you want to watch on the T.V.? UFC or porn?"
(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."
TR has a story "Rangers building Andrus' confidence":
"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.
Wilson on the bullpen battle:
"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.
Boo
We get to see
Kevin Millwood, Josh Rupe, Derrick Turnbow, C.J. Wilson
in tonights televised game. Not my preference but I’ll watch anyway
what channel is it on?
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.
by knockoutking on Mar 27, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions
FSSW
"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.
by Kinslerhomer on Mar 27, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions
MLBTV as well
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
This is...
The main reason I’m going to bear the cold and go see Strasburg, I’ve got the Rangers game on TiVO so I can fast forward through the Rupe meltdown…
"They say brevity is the key to wit, so shut the f*ck up." Dad
by RangerFloppy on Mar 27, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Durrett asks: How will Frank Francisco do as the closer?
"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.
this is like heaven for you huh?
Links for everyone!
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 27, 2009 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, lol.
"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.
by Kinslerhomer on Mar 27, 2009 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Kinslerhomer - he doesn't have DNA.
He has RSS instead.
by shroomer on Mar 27, 2009 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I'm guessing it's not peter gammons?
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
I may be
12 and special but even I am not clicking on that link.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
lololol
I had completely forgotten about that. HAHAHAHAHA….funniest SHIT ever.
by JimCrankshaft on Mar 27, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions
saw that yesterday (was on digg)
uhhh whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
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.
by knockoutking on Mar 27, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions
and 800 years old
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
so
this has to be a visa marriage right? I mean she’s got 20 years on him and is insane, but it’s love
It has to be
Then again, I never understand why young, pro athletes ever get married.
Free Frank Catalanotto
Chan Ho' Park interview/update
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jiWd1zVRZ8
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
me too...
After the my first attempt at .4 seconds.
by death of the cool on Mar 27, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
24 seconds...
last night.
Boom Shakalaka.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
She must have been VERY disappointed....
sorry, it was too easy a straight line…
That's what it was meant to be...
As far as that damn addictive link shroom gave this morning, I’ve got somewhat of a pattern down now, but keep getting hit between 21.5 and 23 seconds.
Damn you shroom. That was a wast of 40 minutes!
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
ha
Yeah, I made it to 21.5 secs a coupla times. Up to 12 is a simple deliberate pattern. 12-18 secs things get tougher, but it’s quite doable. After 18 secs it’s just running to daylight until you get tagged.
I keep getting stuck right around there
My highest is 28.3 and I’ve gotten near that a few times. These things are addicting as hell.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Jennings to throw 2 innings of relief following Feldman Saturday,
Instead of originally scheduled 5 innings in minor league game.
"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
Setting him up for a bullpen role?
Wash says it because he wants him to get his adrenaline going which doesn’t happen in minor league games. Sound like a weak explanation. If they expect him to be a starter, even if he starts for OKC then you would think its more important to get innings in than to pitch in higher pressure situation. And how much higher pressure can it be? Its spring training after all. Any pressure he feels, he’s putting on himself because he knows his job is on the line.
by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 27, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Ugh...
I don’t want to see Jennings in the ’pen.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
our bullpen is so terrible right now
I will take anything that will allow me to fake myself into optimism
Game tonight on FSSW....
I scrolled over to it last night to auto-tune to it when it comes on and it says that its being BLACKED OUT anyone know if this is true?
bite me
It will be on MLB Network.
"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
I LOVE the Bud Selig Business Model
Take a product that is dwindling in mass popularity, and make it harder for both the casual fan and the semi-diehard to tune in. Briliiant!!
Have a coronary just by reading
this: Minor League Concession Item Of The Year
"...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
OMG
that’s like a weeks worth of dietary fat allotment in one meal.
Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.
My left arm is tingling already
…must stay far…far away
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
by Martijn1309 on Mar 27, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
That just won...
This is why you’re fat on my site for the week. Thank you for the heads up Rod…I’ll buy you a dollar dog at the kid zone for that one
"They say brevity is the key to wit, so shut the f*ck up." Dad
by RangerFloppy on Mar 27, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Chimpanzee riding on a Segway,
Chimpanzee riding on a Segway,
Chimpanzee riding on a Segway,
Bam BaBaBam Bam!
"...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
Thanks for that
Now I’ve got that song stuck in my head.
by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 27, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Hey, let's play "I Win"!
Oops, I already played without you…I Win!
;-)
"...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
Are you a Cock, or a Ball...or Smellie?
And a really cool name distribution tool…where are you concentrated?
"...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
slow day
Interesting site
http://www.insidethemajors.com
A glimpse into a MLB Front Office provided by former AGM Bart Given
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Jay Cutler
per rotoworld:
A source tells FOX 31 in Denver that the Broncos were “definitely trying to get a trade in place and there is no doubt about that” during talks involving Matt Cassel and Jay Cutler last month.
Coach Josh McDaniels was allegedly willing to deal Cutler due to “concerns about Cutler’s alcohol consumption (given his diabetes) and because he’s "not that (football) sharp.” The Vanderbilt graduate scored a 26 on the Wonderlic, but there are concerns that Cutler doesn’t “manage games” well.
This has been pretty awesome to watch unfold, but this latest bit kicks it up a notch. I would love to be a fly on the wall the next time Josh talks to Jay.
“No, it’s not that we think you’re an alcoholic, per se, just that you drink far too much alcohol for a diabetic. And it’s not that we think you’re stupid, per se, you’re just not "football smart”. Understand, buddy? Are we good now? Oh, and yes, we did try to trade your retarded, drunk ass for a one year wonder who hadn’t started at QB since high school. Glad that’s out in the open now."
I think my 9 year old...
is more mature than Jay Cutler.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
in this case
it is hard to pinpoint who to blame. Josh and Jay have both come off as petulant children throughout this process. And if 30 is the new 20, then yeah, they both are still kids.
This story just gets better and better...
BTW, does anyone besidesme think that Matt Cassell will be the next Scott Mitchell?
If he starts throwing left-handed maybe...
…seriously though, I am a little skeptical of this guy. Scott Mitchell is a good example of the guy who shines as an injury replacement, is coveted by quarterback-starved franchises, and then proves to be something less than Joe Montana.
We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.
That's my take...
Scouts and coaches DO get it wrong on occasion, but when I see a guy who could never be a starter (Cassell) or who don’t get drafted (Romo), I’m always a bit skeptical of any initial success.
Go answer Evan's questions:
"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.
Wow...this is a reach I think:
BEST LINEUP
As usual, the Rangers will score their fair share of runs, and the Angels will have the most versatile attack. The A’s, however, can feature a lineup that includes Garciaparra, Cabrera, Holliday, Giambi, Jack Cust, Eric Chavez and emerging star Ryan Sweeney. Oakland’s O is anemic no more.
Our selection: A’s
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
Here's the link to the article from MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090325&content_id=4063648&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 27, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
ha, i'm sorry
that is a joke
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 27, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I just wrote the guy
telling how disappointed I am in him…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 27, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah really,
1B Davis – Giambi. Push.
2B Kinsler – Ellis. Rangers.
SS. Andrus – Cabrera. A’s.
3B. Young – Chavez, Garciaparra. Rangers.
LF. Murphy, Byrd – Holliday. A’s
CF. Hamilton – Davis? Rangers.
RF. Cruz – Sweeney. Rangers.
DH. Cust – Blalock, Jones. Rangers.
LOL at “emerging star Ryan Sweeney”
"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.
by Kinslerhomer on Mar 27, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
you forget C
I think we’ve got the advantage there, too
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 27, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
oops
yeah, Suzuki is pretty good but a Salty/Teagarden combo is even better.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Mar 27, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Cust > Blalock + Jones
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on Mar 27, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
If so, not by much.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Mar 27, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Cust hits the long ball and gets on base
beyond that, he’s the league strikeout leader and has a dreadful average…
I don’t think you can say that Hank’s not as good as Cust if not better when he’s healthy, so let’s just count that as your discount on his health.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 27, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Jack Cust: OPS+ of 147 and 132 the last two seasons
Hank Blalock: career high OPS+ is 134 in a 58-game sample size. Highest OPS+ for a full season was 117 all the way back in 2003.
Jack Cust whoops Hank Blalock’s ass. Hate to admit it, but it’s true.
She was a grand old lady...
Or to put it another way
Hitting the longball and getting on base = pretty damn good. Strikeouts and low average = meaningless if you can do the other two things well.
She was a grand old lady...
using those metrics
you would take Cust over anybody on the current Rangers’ roster (as far as offense is concerned). Over Young’s best year, Hamilton and Kinsler’s last year…
And with Giambi, Cust and Holliday in that lineup, I guess there’s no reason to even THINK that our offense could come close to that production?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 27, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
As a left-handed power hitter
Cust would be absolute murder playing half his home games in the RBiA. Adam Dunn would probably sue him for identity theft. I’d love to have him as our DH.
But as far as the rest of Oakland’s lineup goes (Holliday aside, and he’s hitting free agency in the winter) they’re pretty meh. They also play in the Oakland coliseum, which doesn’t exactly do anything for their aging, injury prone offense.
She was a grand old lady...
with Giambi Cust Ellis and Chavez, expect low batting averages
PECOTA:
Giambi .232/.346/.450
Cust .234/.375/.455
Ellis .248/.322/.394
Chavez .238/.319/.407
In fact, only one A projects to hit over .275, and that’s Holliday.
The Rangers project 4 hitters over .275, but that includes Frank Catalanotto, who might not even make the team.
The problem with the A’s lineup will be power. Only 3 project a slugging average over .410 Only 3 Rangers project a slugging average under .410
Cust v Blalock
Blalock’s best year was 2004, where he hit .276/.355/.500 while playing 159 games, all of them at third base, and was 7% better than average fielder there, for a total of a 5.8 WARP.
Cust’s best year was 2007, where he hit .256/.408/.504 while playing 124 games, 14 of them in left field, 48 in right field, and 62 games at DH. He was far below average in both left field and right. But his bat managed to produce 4.9 WARP.
Overall, Blalock’s managed 14.3 WARP in 7 years, only 4 of them as a regular. (one partial year to start, and injury shortened years the last two) but is still only 28. Cust has only managed 9.7 WARP in 7 years, but only the last 2 of them as any kind of regular. He’ll be 30 next year.
PECOTA expects more out of Cust than Blalock next year, with lines of .234/.375/.455 vs .264/.326/.438 in pretty close to full seasons for both of them.
Ira
And not even a funny one
I won’t repeat whats below, but Giambi Cabrera Chavez Garciaparra Holliday Sweeney is like an All Start team from 3 or 4 years ago. My guess is that the A’s brought in a bunch of veterans on one year deals to tide them over till their kids arrive. Their lineup has more holes than swiss cheese and so many possible injury worries that “scary” doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Kinsler has to be the best leadoff man in the game currently and Hamilton is one of the top 3 number 3 hitters. The insanity of hitting Davis 7-8 in the order won’t matter that much to a club that stands to hold only one weakness this year, and that’s Andrus at number 9.
We could easily see 3 40 home run hitters (Davis, Cruz, and Hamilton) and 2 more 30 home run hitters (Kinsler and Blalock)
If Cruz hits 40 HRs, I'll eat my hat
In fact, every thing you say we could “easily see” are in fact, improbable, if not longshots, depending on the player.
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Mar 27, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Coincendentally, I too am pro-bacon-hat-habadashery
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Mar 28, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Holy Hell!!!!
A lineup that includes Nomar and Eric Chavez?!?! I crapped my pants just thinking about that crazy offense.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
From what I can tell
Urban is basically a beat guy. It’s just a homer call.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam
by Brett Perryman on Mar 27, 2009 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions
$5 million for Pedro
With the possibility that Scott Feldman could be heading to the pen, what’s not to like about a 1 year deal with a club option for a second year for $5 million for Pedro Martinez. Why not?
Cause it would probably cost 8 or 9 million to get him to pitch here
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.
Cuz that could likely be 200,000 an inning?
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Mar 27, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
apology
Adam, I think this is as close as you are going to get for an apology.
* Rangers owner Tom Hicks: "We’re three years into the (Jon Daniels) plan. It’s taken me six years to learn there are no shortcuts in baseball.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
If only he HAD learned that just six years into his ownership
If it finally dawned on him it was more like a decade into his time as owner.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam
by Brett Perryman on Mar 27, 2009 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions
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