All the (Pitching) Moves Thats Fit to Print
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 22, 2009 3:33 PM CDT
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PrintThe S-T has a rundown of today's flurry of pitching moves. To summarize:
Benson to the 15 day d.l.
Feldman to the rotation
Nippert to the 60 day d.l.
O'Day to the 25 and 40 man roster and to the bullpen
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That was the schedule before
Sounds to me like Feldman’s going on Saturday, which Benson had been pushed back to.
I think Hamilton can use the day off
Andrus… not sure why he would be out. Maybe it’s so Vizquel doesn’t rust on the bench.
Well right now
Better Vizquel on the bench and stay on the bench
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
He had a 0.0 ERa but let a few inherited runners score so far this year.
Small sample size, though… it was either last year or for his career that he gave up a run (inherited or his own) in 37 percent of appearances.
Yep: according to Newsday
The Rangers have been awarded the waiver claim on O’Day, 26, whom the Mets claimed from the Angels in last December’s Rule 5 draft. A right-handed side-armer, O’Day posted a 0.00 ERA in four games for the Mets, allowing five hits and a walk and striking out two over three innings.
Where O’Day frustrated Mets officials, however — albeit in a tiny sample size — was dealing with inherited runners. He inherited three runners, and they all scored, according the Elias Sports Bureau.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
so basically if he is going to pitch
let him start the inning, or come on with nobody on base
The "Fire Wash Watch" is on. I say he's gone by April 26th.
I'm gonna go with 'small sample size'.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
weak
holland should have went into the rotation.
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
Yep
soon enough he’ll be there, I’d rather see him get acclimated in middle/long relief for a while, keep his innings under control, watch and learn.
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he sure has been acclimated
since joining the team.
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
They're waiting...
for a high pressure situation at Yankee Stadium, I’m sure.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
The crowds have been pretty pathetic there so far, fwiw.
Today’s game had shitty weather and the A’s are boring, but there couldn’t have been 20,000 people there.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Ditto
It’s like your #1 pick in basketball only getting mop-up duty. You’re anxious to see how he stacks up in big situations. First year watching Dirk was like that, but Nellie played it right.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Like...
"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley
Let's just hope Dutch is closer to Dirk
than Darko.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
how long has it been since he's pitched?
almost 10 days now?
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
True. But we don't know what he's been in terms of bullpens and other throwing.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, he went 11 days before his AAA start
Apparently he had a lot of PTO accrued.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Damn holiday shifts...
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
I just want to see him pitch.
period. Hope we blow’em out tonight and get to see an inning or two from him
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Apr 22, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Agree whole-heartedly.
I’m tired of the kid being on the club and not pitching. I mean three games plus the 5 he waited for his turn in the rotation at OKC… that’s a LOT of rest. He needs some work.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Apr 22, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
To quote Joe Schultz...
if the kid needs work, he can go to a whorehouse.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
I think all your posts..
….are either Ball Four references, Simpson’s references, or Josey comments.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 22, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm going to make a cartoon...
about you.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
Please do.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I second this idea
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
2 questions
Does Willie Eyre have options remaining?
What’re the odds Benson starts another game for the Rangers this year? (I say no.)
"[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
Yes and I don't know.
"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 22, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's just say
I hope Anna got the BPiA off her special list early.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
heh, yep
Wrote that while I was listening to Bakersfield, yep.
Then I had to turn off Bakersfield, but that’s a different story.
"[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
by hightowersmith on Apr 22, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions
O'Day
I’m calling it now- his entrance music from the pen better be Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song.”
If it’s not, I will be highly disappointed.
"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky
good call
even if it didn’t make sense…I freakin’ LOVE that song
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Apr 22, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Welcome Darren
"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.
Oh, Chaa-aase.
Your new avatar is calling…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Benson getting hurt two starts in
is just shocking I say and I don’t know how anybody could have predicted it would happen.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
It's amazing.
I’m starting to think Josey is actually a Turing machine.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
ive been wondering
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 Apr 22, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I can tell you this...
Josey Wales does not share an IP with anyone else.
But that can be worked around if someone were so inclined.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 22, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh
Henceforth I will read all Josey posts in that voice, I say, I say.
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Now, my only reply to Josey will be
“Get away, boy, you bother me!”
by NorCalRangersFan on Apr 22, 2009 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
A lot of Baseball-IQ-Envy.
Josey’s percentage of correctness far exceeds that of his critics.
I'm just killing time until I'm reincarnated.
G/F pointed this out to be about O'Day just now: 127
tRA+ in 2008. He also had a 119 last year in really limited time.
If he can do anything close to that, woo hoo.
Yeah
I’m struggling to figure out why he was so available. He’s probably not going to be great over any long period of time, but there are much worse pitchers all over the big leagues.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
limited sample size and all that
but his velo was down about 3mph in his 4 outings, 83.8 vs 86.6 (and mph less on his slider)
SSS
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 Apr 22, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
He had a labrum
injury or at least soreness in the offseason didn’t he?
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
Today is full of win.
Feldman’s Cy Young march begins today.
Rock Flag & Eagle Radio: Thursdays 10 PM - 1 AM on FM 88.7 The Choice
"Computers can’t measure the size of a man’s heart."
- Hawk Harrelson, MLB Guru/Analyst
Fair enough
but his move to the rotation was today.
So that’s good enough for me.
Rock Flag & Eagle Radio: Thursdays 10 PM - 1 AM on FM 88.7 The Choice
"Computers can’t measure the size of a man’s heart."
- Hawk Harrelson, MLB Guru/Analyst
Yep,
against Sabbathia no less. Will free agent pitchers still want to sign with the Yanks considering their stadium may be more of a homer palace than Rangers’ Ballpark?
When they pay the pitchers the equivalent
to a small country’s GDP, yes, I think they will get any FA they want regardless of the par
I think it's way, way too early t make any determinations about the way that park is gonna play.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
okay
why didn’t we claim Geise?
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
good point
i keep thinking we were worse than them last year…
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
he was pretty good last year
he’s one of those AAA pitchers that finally gets it and has a few good relief years…
Beane was smart to claim him.
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
+1
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 Apr 22, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
he wasn't good last year?
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
okay
what would we think if wash just did what Gerin did in IBB’n Posada to get to Cano?
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
the best part of this game
is that on mlb gameday, on the video tab, they have a video for “Jeter’s clutch RBI double”. I have not noticed many adjectives used on those usually terse descriptions, but obviously Captain Clutch needed one.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Huh?
Feldman has an option remaining.
"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.
These are all good moves that needed to be made
Get Benson out of the rotation, put Feldman in there, and fill the new hole in the bullpen with O’Day.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
i agree
i am very pleased with the net result of today’s moves.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
i noticed that
the day is not yet over.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Nippert not being close to joining this staff is a good.
There is no bigger waste on earth than pitchers with big arms who cannot throw strikes.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
See, this is the problem with your posts.
Constant hyperbole. What about a government program subsidizing helium production? Isn’t that more of a waste?
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
The government program subsidizing helium production is money and time well spent
in comparison to seeing Dustin Nippert pitch for my favorite baseball team.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Or the government spending millions and millions of dollars to melt a bunch of FEMA ice
Instead of, you know, just dragging it outside and letting the sun do it for free.
WE WANT HOLLAND!!!
Put the kid in the rotation give him a shot! It wouldn’t hurt anything.
Everyone wants the future so lets kick it off with Holland getting in the rotation.
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