Saturday night linkaliciousness
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 4, 2009 9:23 PM CDT
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Jeff Sullivan takes a look at the Rangers, and although I disagree with his critique of the defense -- he has Michael Young and Chris Davis in the negative column, which would be accurate if they were at SS and 3B, but is probably not true for their current positions -- I think he has a reasonable overall take. And you have to like this:
Status: Developing nuclear stockpile
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Anyway, here's what matters:
(A) Texas, right now, is likely the worst team in the division by a few games
(B) they're going to give up a lot of runs
(C) there's enough upside in the batting order to potentially keep the team afloat longer than you'd think
(D) the Rangers are about to get scaryTexas probably has the best farm system in baseball, and we're going to see those players start to arrive in 2009. So while the team is bad with a shot at mediocre right now, you should enjoy their struggles while you can, because they aren't going to last that much longer.
And don't use this as an excuse to go over there and be insulting and start a flame-war. Seriously. Making the LSB community look bad on other boards is a bad thing.
Evan Grant predicts the Rangers' performance on a month-by-month basis, ending up with an 84-78 record and a 2nd place finish in the West.
Grant also writes that, despite past policy being that contract negotiations end if they aren't done by Opening Day, that policy may not end up applying to Josh Hamilton. It sounds like there are things quietly going on behind the scenes on that front.
Dave Cameron talks about the service time manipulation that is going on with Matt Weiters and David Price, and that has been discussed here ad nauseum vis-a-vis Elvis Andrus.
RealGMBaseball looks at the A.L. West, and has the Rangers finishing 2nd. Ditto Bruce Jenkins.
Jason Hammel, the D-Rays out of options pitcher who has been discussed as a possible Ranger trade target, is apparently close to going to Colorado. Ringolsby says that a hold-up is that the Rockies don't want to add Hammel until after Wednesday's game, which Franklin Morales will start, and after which will be optioned to AAA, while the Rays have to do something with him before Opening Day. But the Rays can simply designate Hammel for assignment tomorrow, then trade him to the Rockies on Thursday, so I don't see that that should really be a problem.
Carlos Zambrano wins this week's tone-deafness award by saying that Chicago should get rid of Wrigley Field and build the Cubs a nice new stadium.
Jon Heyman has 30 breakout candidates for 2009. None of them are Rangers.
Peter Gammons has 15 players who talent evaluators think are on the verge of a breakout season, and Chris Davis makes the list. Derek Holland also places third on the list of the best young arms seen this spring.
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I suppose it's okay if the Seattle fans want to call us the worst team in the division, considering I just did the same thing to them.
She was a grand old lady...
I guess they don't remember last season.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
niiiiiiiice
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.
i wonder
what it would take to get hammel?
also, i hope texas puts in a claim on dan giese. released by yanks today. he had good numbers last year. not sure why he was cut exactly. gotta be better than what we have in the pen right now.
Given what the Rockies are apparently....
…willing to part with?
Probably Omar Poveda.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 4, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
who are they parting with?
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.
Some guy named Aneury Rodriguez.
"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.
Sickels on him:
8) Aneury Rodriguez, RHP, Grade C+: What am I missing here? Why don’t other people like him? He’s young, has a live arm, and has pitched well.
"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.
that name sounds super familiar
was he a hotshot LA signee a couple of yeras a go?
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 4, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Not a huge one
He’s been a relatively prominent lower level pitching spect in their system since 2005 (when he was only 17), so it seems like he’s been around forever even though he’s still just a kid.
And Poveda is a very apt comparison, imo.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 4, 2009 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions
And Giese
He turns 32 in May, and has unimpressive K rates. I don’t see the point.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 4, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Kennil Gomez
seems the most apt comparison to me.
Clark Murphy interview with Jason Cole (free):
"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.
What the hell?
I thought the Rangers were going to try him in the OF this season.
Man...
I’m ready for this season to start.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 4, 2009 10:05 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I loved Slurvey's reaction...
in the first comment in that thread at LOL:
Lord have mercy on our soul should the Rangers manage to build a good pitching staff.
Damn straight. Good news M’s fans, it won’t happen this year. Bad news, next year it’s on like Donkey Kong.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I wish there was a better crop of SP's available in FA next year, cause we're gonna be primed to add a stud to front the rotation.
Clearing Millwood and/or Padilla (and I have to think we won’t keep both), along with Blalock should give us some dollars to spend.
Harden, Lackey, Wife-Puncher Myers, and then some question guys like maybe Brad Penny and Duchschererrrersrer.
Not a real great group, especially if Lackey goes down longer than thought.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Between his elbow and his shoulder
we’ll see Peavy’s arm snap off at one of it’s two major joints this season.
That guy’s arm scares the urine right out of my man-penis.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I just hate his mechanics and everything I read says people around baseball don't think he'll last too long throwing like that.
But, who knows?
Plenty of guys get the “going to implode any moment” label and thrive for a long, long time.
He in particular just scares me.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I think
given that his usage hasn’t been awful, he’s a better bet to stay healthy. I think usage has a lot more to do with long term health than most mechanical oddities.
Well I disagree.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Doesn't Peavy have a full no-trade in '10?
Even if we do well this year, I can’t believe he’d waive it to come here.
He said he wouldn't during the offseason when the Padres where trying to trade him
She was a grand old lady...
by LSJ on Apr 5, 2009 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Were.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
And this is
why I wanted to sign Sabathia.
Sure we likely wouldn’t be able to compete in ‘09 (though the odds are looking better and better), but which other ace quality pitcher without almost zero question marks comes about in his year 28 season who’s just available for money and a second round pick?
The lack of good quality pitching is a strong reason why I was interested in Sabathia and Sheets.
After all, it’s hard to replace a complete starting pitching staff in one season….
R
Oh, and maybe Bedard, too.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh, forgot about him.
You know, maybe it won’t be so bad…
Harden/Lackey/Bedard
Sheets
Millwood or Padzilla
McCarthy
Der-Hol
with Feliz and Harrison as long men/5th starter candidates.
Okay, I’m excited.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I see it this way...
Sheets
Millwood or Padilla
McCarthy or Harrison or maybe even Hurley?
Holland
Feliz
I don’t think the Rangers will sign any of those big name FA pitchers next year. If Millwood hits his innings goal and is back next year it probably means he had a decent year. I don’t think Padilla’s option will be picked up if Millwood is here either, unless he pitches out of his mind this year. If Millwood isn’t back then I think there is a pretty good chance that Padilla is. Unless he’s horrible this year or gets hurt.
And I want BOTH Holland and Feliz in the rotation to start the year. Only exception would be an injury to either of them, and if that happens I will go play human Frogger on the freeway.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Likely several games worse the Mariners
Sure buddy. It could happen, but I’d love to see the in depth reasoning behind it.
With Morrow in the pen they are one predictable Bedard injury away from being pretty bad. Their OF defense is great and all but its not going to work miracles.
The rest of the article is pretty good.
I hate to say it on Hamilton, but I’d probably let him play this year out to confirm his health before throwing piles of money at him. There will still be incentive for him to sign a longer term deal in the offseason if all goes well. Granted it could up the price if he repeats.
the preceding post was a great success.
That's the thing. I just don't see how it's objectively likely.
Certainly reasonably possible, but that’s entirely separate.
Jeff offers great insight
but if there’s one thing he’s not, especially when it comes to the Mariners and the AL West, it’s objective.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 4, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you then crawl under the covers and whisper...
dirty projections talk in her ear?
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
by benmor78 on Apr 5, 2009 5:26 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
When you guys chat online do you ask her if she wants to saber?
by oc on Apr 5, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Niiiiice.
Rec!
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
Explain to what the upside is of throwing piles of money at Hamilton
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
and even if they do it
it has gotta to have a relapse clause…
Doesn't need to have one...
If he relapses, MLB takes care of that for you. IIRC, he’s on his last strike in the drug program already.
What?
Seattle are you kidding me? Last?
"A lot of guys can hit gnats in the butt in a bullpen." - Ron Washington
"Clearly, the season is over. Fire Daniels, fire Washington, fire Maddux, burn down TBIA." - AJM
by aggierangerfan00 on Apr 4, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions
Why would anyone flame what Sullivan wrote?
Seems reasonable to me.
That’s about as good of a team breakdown of us as I’ve seen by a non-Rangers contributor.
I mean, of course we view our team through rosier glasses, but, so what?
Most of what he said was spot on.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Heyman
In the Heyman article that Adam links he lists Chan Ho as a break-out candidate. I have a couple questions: (1) Is the Ho still a Boras client? (2) Should any of us ever read anything Heyman writes again after this?
"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round." - Tony Romo
Yes and no
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
Wow
Bradley and Vazquez leave this lineup and we go from scoring 900 runs to maybe scoring 800. I just don’t get all the negativity about this team’s lineup going into next season.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Well, if Cruz turns out just to have been a tease, that'll be what hurts us.
That siad, I’m pretty confident in Nellie Cruz: reloaded. I think he’s gonna be a beast SLG-wise this year.
She was a grand old lady...
Joe Siegler with lots of new scoreboard stuff
"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.
To slow
He’ll still be able to talk. We just need to have somebody stop by his house and break his jaw every couple months during baseball season.
She was a grand old lady...
He's in demand as a public speaker, you know.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 5, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't care
The Hudog sucks. I can’t stand to listen to him.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
Dick cancer, preferably
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
quote
And don’t use this as an excuse to go over there and be insulting and start a flame-war. Seriously. Making the LSB community look bad on other boards is a bad thing.
i hope this isn’t referring to the whole BTB preseason picks thing.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
well for the most part
That took place here. And if you come to a Rangers board and talk about how they are going to finish behind the Mariners and how the A’s are winning the division and maybe even going to the WS, well, you should expect people to disagree with you.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
We've behaved poorly
in that thread and several times over at minorleagueball.com this winter.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Wow
It’s an interesting lineup. At first glance, I liked it. At second glance, I was more bearish. Now I like it again, if only because Hamilton, Cruz, and Davis have the potential to form an absolutely lethal core. Last year, San Francisco hit 94 home runs as a team. These three have a pretty good shot of doing that on their own, with an outside chance at catching Minnesota’s 111.
I knew San Frans offense was bad, but I didn’t know it was that bad…
Is it April 6 Yet?
Its hilariously bad
and our offense can be ridiculously good.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
OT: Porcello!
is making the Tigers one year after HIGH SCHOOL?
Are the Tigers nuts? How can a player jump from A-ball at 19?
oh Bonderman
What a wonderful success story that has turned out for the Tigers
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Let's not forget our own success story...
…David Clyde. What a shame that was. He was brought up just to sell tickets.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
boomer
is the email in your profile the best one to get a hold of you? I have a non-realty question….
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 5, 2009 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Yep
Shoot me an email.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
sent
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 5, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
he has certainly held his own this spring.
so long as they are cautious with his arm and don’t let him exceed 180 innings on the year, I don’t see any harm in it.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Porcello
I think he’s great. But wow. This seems like a rush job.
2 things I see…
1. If Porcello is good enough for the MLB now, then why was he in A ball all of last year?
2. He’s about as old a Nolan Ryan when he started in the MLB, barely 20, so, if he’s the horse some say he is, we’ll see. Nolan pitched forever.
i agree with everything cameron says about weiters and price
I think the Rangers are smart not to be doing this with Andrus. blatnatnly taking advantage of the system isn’t a good thing.
Really? It would've been blatantly taking advantage of the system to not jump the kid from AA on opening day?
I mean, I agree it would look really bad if we went ahead and did it now after all that’s been said, but it’s not like he came up at the end of last year and dominated like Price and now we’re sending him back down. The kid was good in AA, but he didn’t set it on fire like Wieters did. And Andrus has never even seen AAA.
It would’ve been very, very easy to set this thing up so that he would start in AAA and come up “when ready” in a few months.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Did they screw up by handing the job to him early?
Maybe. But once that cat was out of the bag, sending him to AAA to simply put off his FA years is not right. Maybe Young forced their hand on this by not going to 3b quietly.
Ideally Andrus should be in AAA right now. I agree with that. But the argument for sending him there has to be something other than service time.
The public argument, you mean, right? That I agree with. You can't just come out and say it or your players will turn on you.
But in reality that’s a perfectly awesome reason to do it. Managing the service clocks of their best young players is a horribly important issue to a club’s long term outlook… and you and I are in this for thelong haul so those are things we should very much care about.
And they could’ve headed this all off with a little careful wording at the time of Facegate by simply hedging their words regarding Andrus a bit. They could’ve announced that they thought Andrus would be ready really, really soon… maybe as soon as opening day, but certainly by June or July and they wanted to facilitate that move by switching Face now so he wouldn’t have to move during the season.
Boom, problem solved.
I’m a big JD guy, but he screwed the pooch pretty hard (and sans condom) on this one.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Ethical? Maybe.
Smart? Not sure I see how it makes them smart. Nor do I see how it’s not a good thing.
Don't you think...
that their treatment of Andrus might affect how future draftees, and free agents probably, view negotiations with the team?
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
You really think if we'd started a kid who'd never played above AA (and wasn't perfect there, either) at AAA for the first month or two... that we would really get a wretched rep in baseball?
Bullshit.
This isn’t a Wieters or Price type situation.
No one in baseball would’ve batted an eyelash if we’d started Andrus in AAA.
We played this thing wrong from the get go.
And FA’s? That’s ridiculous. The Rays are the most notorious team in baseball for doing this. They baltantly did it with Longoria, now they’re doing it with Price, and they did it with Delmon Young and BJ Upton* and Delmon Young to the point where both came out and said there’s no way they’d ever sign with the club long term… So go ask Pat Burrell how much that factored into his decision to sign there. With FA’s money talks and the only thing that comes even a little bit close to money is the old “chance to win”. I imagine the fact that they Longoria their young players means absolutely zero to them.
* FWIW, BJ Upton came out and said this off season he’d definitely consider a long term deal with Tampa. Cause, you know, money and winning heals all wounds.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Agreed
Andrus should be in AAA, IMO.
There’s no reason to start his service time AND burn a space on the 40 which we could use for someone else.
Heck, we even have a good defensive replacement in Vizquel available.
But then, I’m not as hyped up about Andrus as some people are.
R
Here's the thing
it’s very, very, very easy to argue that he could use some more time in the minors. Yes, sending him down for 2-3 weeks would be a bit hard to explain. But if he goes down and hits .240 in AAA do you really want to pull him up right away? And if he hits .300 for 5-6 weeks, it’s very easy to say, ‘considering his development pattern, we expected him to need a month or two at each new level to acclimate, but he seems to have acclimated quickly this time’ and call him up.
This is not a guy who dominated AAA or even AA last year and has nothing left to learn in the minors. He absolutely was rushed. The hope is that he is the caliber of guy who can handle being rushed, but he was rushed.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 5, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
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Jake Peavy
Supposing the Rangers get off to a hot start and Peavy changes his mind and wants to come here, what would it take? Could we pull that deal off w/out moving Holland or Feliz?
Doctor please. Some more of these.
I think we should be able to pull that deal off
Based on what other teams were offering, Texas should be able to avoid giving up Holland and Feliz and still have the best package out there. I just have a feeling that the Padres will insist on one of them in a deal and won’t accept a deal that doesn’t include them in it.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Holland/Feliz/Smoak
Yeah, it’s hard to believe that we could get a real impact player without trading one of those, or including Davis. And if that is the cost, then I’d probably just pass.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
I'd pass
because we still have a shot at Sheets when he becomes healthy. He wouldn’t cost a draft pick anymore (feel bad for brewers), and he wouldn’t cost us any prospects. Affordable ace for 1 and 1/2 years with an option. That would be ideal.
Bring on April 6th!
I think the wild card...
…is Nelson Cruz…
If he is putting up a 900 OPS in July, then he could be a centerpiece of a deal for a frontline pitcher, particularly if the Rangers are ready to bring up Borbon.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 5, 2009 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions
True...
but if that is happening I don’t think I would want the Rangers to deal the only decent RH option for the middle of that lineup. If Cruz is hitting that well he should be hitting cleanup. The Rangers deal him and you will see Jones or Byrd hitting in the middle of the order the rest of the year and neither of those guys will be back next year. Which means the Rangers would be relying on Kinsler and Smoak as their RH hitters with some power in 2010.
I suppose if Borbon hits leadoff (which I doubt would happen, at least as a rookie) you could move Ian into the middle of the order, but I think he would be a perfect 2 hole guy between Borbon and Hamilton. That means the Rangers will have to convince MY of another move, or hit Ian 3rd and drop Hamilton to cleanup. I’m sure most people don’t put a whole lot of stock into the LH/RH hitting issue with the lineup. Perhaps it’s just me.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
If Cruz can net us
a frontline starter…you do it in a heartbeat, especially since we see Hamilton moving to RF and Borbon being called up. I think we have overreacted about a RH power hitter all offseason. We have plenty of pop in this lineup, and like you said Smoak could be that guy next year. I, also, think MaxRam is a great hitter with pop. We have alot of righties on this team. It isn’t as left heavy as people make it out to be.
Bring on April 6th!
Damn...
for some reason I forgot about MaxRam. Definitely another RH bat that should be in the middle of the lineup next year.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Yes, of course we could. Our system is ridiculous and as long as we were willing to take all his contract we could definitely get that done sans Der-Hol and Feliz.
We’d still have trade a buttload for him, though.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Along those lines
That’s the sort of thing that is so exciting about this tsunami of guys coming behind those two. For one, it’s very possible that within months we would have the ammo to obtain someone elite like Peavy or Halladay just by using those guys on the pitching side of the package. In a much less exciting but even more important regard, knowing in our heads that we will lose one of every three top guys to injury (and knowing Rangers history, more than that), it is absolutely vital to have high numbers of special arms to be able to build a rotation from within.
When people roll their eyes and wonder why such an obsession around here over guys like Main, Perez and Font, that’s why. (knock on wood) When we lose someone to injury who we can’t even fathom the thought of losing right now, if this team is going to be a winner, there needs to be another one to step in his place and proceed (knock on wood).
by Brett Perryman on Apr 5, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
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