Where we are
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 7:38 PM CDT
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So. as we sit here tonight, the Rangers are in second place, just a half-game out of first.
We know the offense can be potent. We know that there are issues with the bullpen. The defense has looked great at times, and has looked like 2008 at times. The starting pitching has been okay.
Realistically, looking at the pitching matchups for the Detroit series, the first two games looked favorable for Detroit, tomorrow's game favorable for the Rangers. If the Rangers win tomorrow, they come home 4-2, and with a stretch of 7 straight home games against teams that aren't expected to be playoff contenders.
Even with a loss tomorrow, the Rangers are sitting at 3-3, a result that I don't think is empirically too terrible after one week, but that would seem like a pretty big let-down after the season opening series sweep.
The main thing that worries me about this time right now is the bullpen, the same thing that has appeared to be the biggest question mark for the past 6 weeks or so. I'm hoping that Willie Eyre gets healthy soon and justifies the organization's high hopes for him, and that Thomas Diamond or Guillermo Moscoso or someone along those lines opens some eyes and blows some guys away and can come up in early May and help nail down the righty setup man role. Because the pen, as situated, looks problematic.
Nevertheless...things don't look too terrible. I feel good about my 83 win prediction before the season. And if the Rangers can find a live arm or two to solidify the bullpen, they could find themselves in a divisional race this year.
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Too much money for not enough performance.
by brettgardner on Apr 11, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I suspect...
…he’d cost more than that to come to Texas. And I’m not sure that he’s all that much better than the current options in the rotation.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
He's better than Benson.
BTW whenever someone mentions the genius of Billy Beane, let us not forget the awfulness of the Harden trade. Awful Awful deal. What a difference it would make if they had Harden.
Jeff Zimmerman for President.
Not really
Considering Harden’s injury history, impending FA.
Granted, the haul wasn’t terrific. But it wasn’t an awful deal.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
The Cubs cut Gaudin
and A’s also received Josh Donaldson who could be something.
"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 Apr 11, 2009 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Gallagher's in the BP.
They’re working on his mechanics.
I thought he had
a little something with the Cubs. Don’t know what happened there.
Jeff Zimmerman for President.
Dude was league average
when he wasn’t walking the world – he’s now walking the world and can’t seem to stop.
It was a pretty bad deal
for the simple reason that they could likely have gotten more. Trading him isn’t what he’s questioning. Right now, the deal looks far closer to a Tim Hudson type return than a Mark Mulder type.
if the Rangers can find a live arm or two to solidify the bullpen, they could find themselves in a divisional race this year.
I think most of us knew full well that our bullpen was going to suck. I just can’t understand why that wasn’t addressed in the offseason, especially when it became apparent that legit pen arms where available for bargain basement prices.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
Cruz in particular.
Confusing. It’s fine if you think the difference between Cruz (or others) and a guy like Eyre or Moscoso is negligible when taking into consideration the differences in salary (and draft picks), but does anyone really think that?
I don’t know. I suspect this is the hardest part of the rebuilding process—being on the cusp, and wondering why you’re not there yet.
by brettgardner on Apr 11, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Concur...
I don’t know. I suspect this is the hardest part of the rebuilding process—being on the cusp, and wondering why you’re not there yet.
Exactly. This is why they need to be patient and not rush guys which could sacrifice the future to try and get there sooner.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Not just Cruz
Who I think went for about 3 mil per year. Beimel, Reyes and Ohman all went at about 1.5 per, I think.
"Who died and made you King?"
All that can be said
is that once Benoit went down, they should’ve been going right after those relievers.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
Cruz
If you’re looking to cut down on walks, Cruz might not be your man.
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I'm looking to prevent as many runs as possible.
by brettgardner on Apr 11, 2009 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
bingo
"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
And walking a lot of guys
has proven to be ineffective for Rangers pitchers.
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My fear...
is that the Rangers ’pen continues to struggle and JD rushes guys like Holland and Feliz up and puts them in the bullpen.
Guys like Eyre, Nippert, Diamond, and even Moscoso are one thing, but please don’t rush Holland or Feliz up. I can’t see the logic in putting Madrigal in OKC and bringing up Moscoso since they really are in the same boat. Guys with talent that need more seasoning. Eyre does little to nothing for me. Nippert didn’t look great today, but could be a power RH arm at the end of the game for an inning or two. Diamond just needs to show that he can regain something after his injury.
I think the ’pen is going to be an issue all year. This team really needed Fx2, BGL, and Jack at the end of the ’pen. Losing Jack was a big blow. If they can find another RH setup guy it would certainly help define the roles for these guys much better.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Yep
That’s my concern too. Not so much with Holland, as he looks polished enough to replace Benson in the roto even if he’s called up by the ASB, but I could definitely see Feliz being put into a bullpen role if Nolan and Hicks decide we need to make a stretch run, and allowing him to go out there and blow people away without focusing on improving his secondary stuff would be a big mistake IMO.
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I know it's just two games, but I haven't liked the way the offense has been free-swinging the past couple days
That needs to stop, here and now, or we could wind up with some noticeable OBP problems in the middle/bottom half of the order.
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Rudy is spending too much time with Jones
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
This teams offense...
is and always will be the least of my concerns.
They have just run into a couple good pitchers that were on their game. Galarraga and Verlander have been spot on the last couple days. I think that is as much the problem as the Rangers offense.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
cue up the LSB consensus
“Galarraga isn’t any good, he’s just real lucky.”
Doctor please. Some more of these.
The numbers bore that out
pretty well last year. Maybe he’s made even more progress, maybe it’s just one start who knows, we’ll see the rest of the year
More progress, possibly
and it still would not change the fact that he was lucky last year.
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That's actually the general baseball stathead consensus
Not the LSB consensus.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions
At the very least
Yesterday wasn’t lucky.
I guess middling guys can have a gem here and there, but I was pretty impressed. If he pitches like that all season, I have to assume all doubt would be erased.
by brettgardner on Apr 11, 2009 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Were you expecting his extremely low BAA to "regress" quite a bit this year?
"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
or, Are you, I should say
"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
Yes
I expect his BABIP to be around league average this year.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe it wasn't luck...
"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
Well...
If he has an inherent ability to generate a significantly lower than league average BABIP, then he’s going to bust everything that the sabermetric community thinks it knows about pitching.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Wouldn't that be fun?
"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
heh
"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
So if Galarraga produces good results this year, and the sabermetric stats don’t deem him “lucky”, after he posted good results last year with sabermetric stats that indicated he was “lucky”, would that mean that the pitcher made a drastic improvement, or that the interpretation of last year’s performance was flawed?
Doctor please. Some more of these.
It most likely means he improved
I would be interested in seeing whether a player who has a “breakout” season that involves a particularly low BABIP and/or a particularly high LOB% tends to show improvement in his peripherals in subsequent seasons, thus sustaining the improved performance despite regressing on BABIP and LOB%.
However, to answer your question, I don’t think that if Galarraga’s peripherals improve this season, and he performs better, it means that we need to throw out the window everything that we think we know about BABIP.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Also
Was this intended as a serious question?
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, serious question intended to provoke a little bit of thought
I appreciate the newer pitching metrics and I have studied pitcher’s peripheral statistics quite a bit longer than FIP has been around. It just kinda gets under my skin how some of these stats are used to authoritatively state “what should have happened” while completely discounting what actually did happen.
Also, I hate that we gave Gallaraga away, hated it when it happened, and it irritates me that so many people here give JD a free pass on that and try to defend him by saying that AG isn’t really a good pitcher, when all you have to do is watch him and realize that he’s pretty good. Not a dominant ace, but probably better than anything we have in our rotation. That debacle was a horrible piece of work by our GM and I’m still kinda pissed about it, especially after watching Kris Benson win a rotation spot and get his ass handed to him while AG just mowed through our lineup.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
You used to be less bitter.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
rereading my post
it didn’t seem that bitter to me, but maybe you are talking about a larger body of work than just this post?
Doctor please. Some more of these.
Larger body of work.
But the above, too.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
2 words
Michael Main
"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
Here's the thing
I just can’t work up a big mad-on about Galarraga. I didn’t think he was the guy who should have been dropped after the 2007 season, but I can understand why the move was made. It hasn’t worked out. Galarraga ended up being better than anyone thought he’d likely be.
But that happens. I am reminded of the Rangers trading Chuck Smith, a generic journeyman arm, almost 10 years ago. He goes to Florida and tears it up the rest of the season, and people are in meltdown mode, what the hell is wrong with Doug Melvin, why is he just giving away arms for the hell of it.
But at the end of the day, Melvin took a AAA guy and moved him, and he ended up having some success with another team. If you get pissed off and bitter every time that happens, you aren’t going to be able to root for any team, because it ends up happening to everyone.
To pick another team at random, the Angels lost Bobby Jenks on waivers and Warner Madrigal because they didn’t add him to the 40 man roster on time. Their g.m.‘s reluctance to move young players he didn’t have a place for may have cost them a championship or two. It happens.
The Rangers have Marlon Byrd and Nelson Cruz on their team right now. Both guys are probably average to above-average starting outfielders. And anyone in baseball could have had them…the Rangers put Byrd on waivers at the start of the 2007 season, and he went unclaimed. Cruz went unclaimed at the start of the 2008 season. 29 g.m.s blew it by not putting in a claim on either player.
And for that matter, 29 g.m.s blew it on Galarraga. The Rangers basically gave him away…and the only real taker out there for him was Detroit. No one else was willing to give up a Mark Hamburger to get him.
So, was it a mistake? Yeah, sure. And it hindsight it looks particularly bad. But it is the type of mistake that every front office is going to make, because every once in a while a player you give up on is going to end up breaking out.
I get a lot more upset about a move like trading Duchscherer for Vizcaino, then giving Vizcaino away so you can keep Dan Miceli and Steve Woodard, or giving away Travis Hafner, or trading Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez for Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka, than by the Chuck Smith moves and the Armando Galarraga moves that don’t work out.
The reality is that there are lots of moves that in retrospect teams could have made that would have ended up making big differences. Front offices have to try to accurately measure probabilities, and every once in a while, a guy with a 5% chance of being a success is going to hit a 20 on his 20-sided die, and make a team that gave up on him look bad. And teams that are afraid of making a mistake on someone like that end up paralyzed and not doing anything, which isn’t a better situation to be in.
Maybe 5-10 years ago, I’d be more worked up about Galarraga. But at this point, all I can really ask for is for the team to make decisions that are rationally based and that make sense. If they do, and a move doesn’t work out, so be it. If it happens too often, you have to re-evaluate their judgment.
And I certainly think Jon Daniels has made his share of mistakes that aren’t excusable. I’m not proclaiming him to be a great g.m.
But Armando Galarraga isn’t the reason.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 12, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Yep
I get a lot more upset about a move like trading Duchscherer for Vizcaino, then giving Vizcaino away so you can keep Dan Miceli and Steve Woodard, or giving away Travis Hafner, or trading Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez for Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka, than by the Chuck Smith moves and the Armando Galarraga moves that don’t work out.
Galarraga was the 39th or 40th best player on the roster when the Rangers let go of him. He figured it out. It happens
Seems he may have figured it out before he was let go, though.
Not like Carlos Pena
"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
you have to let people go though
and you can’t always stick with people until they figure it out. Otherwise you get paralyzed and don’t move on from guys, hoping they fulfill what promise they have.
Maybe they didn’t have enough patience. But 95% of the time teams make the exact same decision and you never hear from that pitcher/player again. He’s just random noise.
What percentage of the time...
does a bad, average, and good talent evaluating team make the right decision?
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
The offense can always stand to be a concern.
Even if you score 1,000 runs, if someone observes an approach that would have scored 10 more runs, that can overcome 10 runs allowed by the defense.
It wasn't even a complete sentence.
The point was even if you have the best offense in the world, if there’s a problem holding it back it’s still a concern. A run earned is a run saved is a run earned.
bullpen and the 40
Listed below are some of the Rangers’ bullpen options that are on the 40. I didn’t list Eddie, CJ and Frankie because they won’t be going anywhere unless injured.
pitchers with no options
Rupe, Jennings, Nippert, Feldman
Jennings and Feldman will stick around as insurance for Benson. Rupe is definitely on the bubble and could be a roster casualty when Nippert and/or Eyre is healthy. How long would they stick with Nippert. I would like to see used in a short relief role.
pitchers w/options & ML eperience
Mendoza, Madrigal, Eyre
I actually think Mendoza would be better suited for the bullpen.
pitchers w/ no ML experience
Bannister, Diamond, Moscoso, Poveda
If Diamond gets hot he could force his way into the Rangers’ pen. The other 3 are still down in AA.
not on the 40
Srop, Mathis, Ramirez, Holland, Feliz, Ballard, Gabbard, Gordon, Turnbow, Vaughan
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Strop is the one I would bring up
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
We don't know yet
these guys need to be given time to not suck, Strop has as much control issues as anyone. Let’s not all jump over ourselves screaming for bringing up the next big thing until we know they’re ready.
At this point...
…I’ll be mildly surprised if Rupe is on the 25 man roster on June 1.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions
its unfortunate,
but i can’t say i would blame the rangers for DFAing him. His control is just too erratic, and has been for a long time now. I’d much rather have a reliever who pounds the strike zone and get knocked around a bit than one whose going to walk a batter every inning of work he’s in
I think at this point...
…there’s at least a 50/50 chance he clears waivers, if he is DFA’d.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I dunno
A team with an opening in the pen willing to take a flyer on a live arm, like the Royals did with Tejeda the second time he was put on waivers last year.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Pirates
"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
out of those options....
the only thing that makes sense is to option madrigal and/or DFA Rupe for Eyre and/or Nippert. The others are no better options right now than what we have. There is just no clear cut solution to this. Unfortunately, we could have addressed this in the off season, but sat complacently.
Too many walks
I have been working constantly this week and haven’t been able to watch much, but I’m pretty frustrated when I look at the boxscore and see that many walks.
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I may be asked to dust off my kneepads for this comment...
But I really think some of McCarthy’s walks were just bad umpiring.
by brettgardner on Apr 11, 2009 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
i forget when,
but there was one pitch that was clearly a strike and would’ve ended the inning, but ended up costing him another 8 pitches or so and maybe a run but i cant remember
I was only following that game on gameday, and that seemed to be the case
"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 believe through the first 4 days the Rangers were the best in baseball at BB/9.
So it’s even more disappointing in that context.
5'8" Castro?
Where’s that guy? He looked like a decent Bull Pen pitcher once. Before the Phillies grabbed him.
That’s my only idea anyway.
What are the chances we push Benson into a long reliever?
How long do we have to suffer through his starts?
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
If Benson isn't good enough to stick in the rotation...
I don’t see what the point of putting him in the bullpen would be.
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Didn't he start off all right
until he faded off after inning three?
I don’t see him getting moved to the bullpen over getting cut if he sucks but he may be fine to provide a handful of innings in a long-relief role.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
With my expectations for the season. . .
Anytime we win 2/3 at home or 1/3 on the road, it’s fine. Never fun to watch the team lose, but in the big picture it’s nothing too upsetting. Especially when it’s teams I think are about as good or better than the Rangers.
After that start, though, yeah, the last two games are downers.
83 Wins
I still see that as a tall order for this outfit. They don’t just have bullpen problems. If you look at the guys in the rotation you see instability all over the place. I don’t think you can really count on a single one of them, including Padilla although I say that and am a fan of his. While they may have improved the infield defense and have a good OF defense, that’s not the cure all. Pitchers have to induce outs in the first place.
I trust millwood and padilla going out there.
And maybe after B mac gets a few more starts i might trust him. I kind of like 1 through 3. I just don’t know about the last two guys.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I've trusted him for awhile.
I don’t remember ever saying I didn’t. Usually Millwood keeps us in the ballgame even when he has an off day he usually stays away from the huge innings we’re so used to.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Millwood
Two bad seasons in a row. I’d have to look it up but I’m pretty sure they’ve lost most of the games he started during that time. He’s on the wrong side of 30 to be turning that around.
by Black Francis on Apr 11, 2009 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll never trust Padilla.
"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
Get a few more starts out of Benson, and I think I may like him.
Since Millwood is in his contract year, you know he’s gonna give his all. B-Mac has a lot to prove. Harrison wants to keep his job, of course, with young arms on the rise. And, Padilla was pretty solid last year, with 14 wins.
In memory of Nick Adenhart.
Guuuh.
Not to bust your balls… but you’re going to get ridiculed if you use wins to evaluate pitchers around here. So a quick tip from a guy who understands just enough sabermetrics to get by:
ERA+ (which you can find at baseball reference) and FIP (found at fangraphs) are easy to understand and much better indicators of how a pitcher performed than wins or simple ERA.
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Damnit.
Can I not say ANYTHING here without someone busting my ass about it?
My hatred for Mad Dog…
and now THIS?!
I give up.
In memory of Nick Adenhart.
Just trying to help you out dude.
The more you learn, the less stupid stuff you’ll say. I had to learn a lot of stuff before I stopped sounding stupid all the time myself when I first joined LSB.
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Least you have me! I will always be here to say something more stupid than you.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
And I should make an addendum to the original statement
Simple ERA can still be useful too when it’s compared with the FIP.
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tra guy?
"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
You suck.
"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 Apr 11, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
If you prefer tRA+...
…Galarraga wasn’t anything special in that last season, either.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 11, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
my feelings about FIP don't really have anything to do with Galarraga
And truly, I don’t have anything against the stat, I just feel that it is often used inappropriately by people that don’t really know what they are talking about.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
after reading my comment
I should say that I’m not implying that you are one of those people.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
if FIP is the one that says millwood was good last year
i agree
the preceding post was a great success.
case closed!
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.
Really?
Why does this make it “case closed”?
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 12, 2009 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Are you denying my rock solid argument?
I think its pretty obvious hes kidding, but perhaps you should just delete his post to remove any confusion.
the preceding post was a great success.
yes I was kidding..
I’m sure FIP must have some merit in most cases but in this particular case with Milly not so much. Milly was NOT good last year. Now this last outing, that was good Milly.
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.
I wouldn't trust him in a dark alley.
Dude is scary! I like him on the mound though.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Padilla's gotten rather predictable
His MO seems to be to give us 3-4 good innings and then stage a mid-start meltdown in which he either minimizes the damage or totally implodes. If you can get him over the mid-start hump he seems to have he’s usually okay.
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I will say one thing
I think he feels more accountable to this team this year than he ever has in his career, and that could be the biggest thing with him.
"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
He's not a #2 starter
But I love having him in the rotation. Ideally there’d be two better pitchers in front of him.
by Black Francis on Apr 11, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Meltdowns
seem to happen about once every 7.5 innings. So usually there is one per game. But every now and then it works out that he gets in 7 innings without the meltdown inning and throws a gem. Too bad that game is surrounded by 7 games with meltdowns.
by NorCalRangersFan on Apr 11, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Adam...
I know you’re having fun with the photos. But please for us loyal folllowers damn sake… calm down bitch. I’m really getting tired on this every day wear us out rape us on the photo’s. Calm down on the photo’s please.
by cowpoke on Apr 11, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hickory just threw a 7 inning no-hitter tonight
That rotation is special.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
And shut them out in the second game
of the DH. WOW
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
Yep I just saw that.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
Martin Perez in game 1, eh?
Suh-weet
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Who's he with these days?
Padres?
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Apparently so
Also, according to BR, that’s only the second time in his entire career Henry Blanco has homered twice in one game. Don’t know why I felt compelled to look that up, but I did.
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He is very
balanced.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
Jake Peavy
just saw Brian Giles popup a 2-1 fastball with the bases loaded. He had the perfect WTF face in that shot.
wife beater
"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
Ah, that jogged my memory.
Miscarriage and all that. Well, that definitely trumps people with questionable facial hair.
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