Sunday night linkaliciousness

fired any time soon. The bullpen is the excuse this year. They have only made 6 errors with 3 coming in one game. They do appear to be playing better but this 7 game road trip could change things. I also think JD is to close to the situation. If Wash gets fired I think it will come from Nolan.

I read the post and all the comments against Holland coming up now, but I don’t really understand the huge concern. Yes, it probably shouldn’t be this quick but what real harm can it do to have him in the bullpen for a while? I can’t imagine he’s going to get his confidence crushed if he doesn’t perform well out of the bullpen. I just don’t get all of the concern. If it’s a service time issue, he can always be sent down for a bit after Nippert or Diamond or someone else is ready to go to the bullpen.

my startup makes it where I don’t have time to do anything more than lurk for the most part.

A little bizarre to see my screenname show up under the picture that I just added as my new phone desktop about 20 minutes ago. Maybe it’s the heat making me hallucinate?

who the heck is even the least bit worried about walks and still makes Daniel Cabrera their number three starter?

Then they wouldn’t have to fire him.

Shell…I hadn’t thought about that. Seems homer prone, but he has a history of throw strikes, and seems like he’d be of use in our pen.

If we hadn’t called Holland up, he’d seem an obvious option. Even still, I wouldn’t mind claiming him, although it would mean sending Eyre down. Or claiming him, putting Feldman in the rotation, and cutting loose Benson.

he gave up one walk. How is that an issue of throwing strikes?

seems like an unfortunate name for a pitcher.
“he got shelled”

of making room for a guy like Steve Shell. But it almost seems too good to be true. The guy is sporting a crazy ERA with a crazy WHIP and he is even from Longview, TX.

Now that we have our second lefty in the pen, perhaps we can justify letting Guardardo segue into his coaching career and giving someone like Shell a chance. My only concern with Shell is the crazy drop in H/IP that he has seen as a pro. Minors: 9.4/IP, Majors 6.3/IP. That hardly seems sustainable because his K rate stayed the same, but I don’t know if he added or changed something in the past couple of seasons to help explain it.

we don’t call them castballs or futters

I made a mental note to mention that in the post, when I first saw the article, and then I forgot about it.

They’re great slumpbusters.

you will know when the cutoff date is when you hear that wieters and price have been called up

Q: What does this do to Holland’s free agency clock? A:I t starts it, obviously. But the most important issue is that Holland can’t be a free agent before the end of the 2015 season. Had the Rangers started the season with him on the staff or called him up in the first week, he’d have qualified for a full year of major league service and, if his callup became permanent, he’d qualify at the end of 2014. The cutoff date for qualifying for a full year of service was Thursday. Once the Rangers realized they had crossed that threshold, moving Holland up really started to get momentum

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to push his FA back a year, but most likely did not miss enough to avoid arbitration after 2011.

it’s just weird not having the stars in the playoffs.

was put together by an 8 year old Mets fan.

Apparently we’re trending upward just because Ian Kinsler hit for the cycle? Aside from Kinz, Cruz, MY and Elvis (and Millwood on Sunday) this team has pretty much played like shit all week.

you just can’t help but be very happy about what Andrus has done so far. He’ll struggle some but he is obviously not overwhelmed.

he was a rule 5 draftee I’m pretty certain. I know he was eligible in any event.