Travis Metcalf designated for assignment
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 5, 2009 3:17 PM CDT
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To make room for the 6th non-roster player on the 40 man roster, Travis Metcalf has been designated for assignment, along with Eric Hurley and Joaquin Benoit going to the 60 day d.l. (as expected).
Not surprising news vis-a-vis Metcalf, who seemed the obvious choice to drop, given the plethora of utility infielders and the fact that Michael Young is going to be at third base for quite a while going forward.
Metcalf getting DFA'd, rather than simply put on waivers (as Kason Gabbard and Joe Koshansky were), suggests that the Rangers think Metcalf may get claimed, and are possibly trying to work out a trade.
Or maybe not.
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The 40 man is set. Less than 24 hours till first pitch. It's almost here.
Wes Littleton cleared waivers and is with the Brewers AAA affiliate. With the uncertainty of the bullpen, I would’ve liked to have him back.
"Come on man you have to admit the average guy in a baseball clubhouse...... is relatively a douchebag." BGL.
The 2008-2009 Dallas Mavericks are the biggest teases in the world.
by sprite on Apr 5, 2009 3:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
3B
If Metcalf’s out of the system, Young’s backup becomes Blalock (if he’s healthy enough) and Duran?
I can’t imagine Metcalf getting claimed, but yeah.
"[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 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd imagine they'd start Davis at third before they do Blalock.
by oc on Apr 5, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which brings up...Blalock at 1B.
"[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 5, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's where you'd rather have him play, right?
by oc on Apr 5, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
If Blalock can’t play 3B they’re not trusting him to field the ball at all. So I think it’s probably Duran at 3B in that case.
Or maybe they do slide Davis over and Smoak comes faster than anyone predicted. I imagine he’s up to the task, actually.
I’m not sure Blalock’s played his last game of D, unless his bat proves out in a consistently healthy 2009 and he signs with an NL team for next year.
"[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 5, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to imagine it's easier on Blalock's arm to play first. I seriously doubt Blalock won't put on a glove this year.
by oc on Apr 5, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
Blalock is sliding away from 3B mainly due to the shoulder problems from all reports. Hence why he’s at 1B where he doesn’t have to make that cross diamond throw.
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by rangers85 on Apr 5, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
as a question
have there been any studies on the effects of TOS long term?
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 5, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea i would hope davis
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 5, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully Whitt
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Apr 5, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And somewhere in the tangled outerwebs, Mr. Flowerpothead
"...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
by Rodney on Apr 5, 2009 3:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
More greatness - worthy of repeating
Mr. Flowerpothead also sponsors this page. Money well spent, GOET.
Travis A. Metcalf baseball-reference page link
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Apr 5, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am making a tribute video...
to Mr. Metcalf as I type this.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 5, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Is it X rated?
"...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
by Rodney on Apr 5, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only if Travis Metcalf...
gets you excited. So, in my case, yes. Yes it is.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 5, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand. We all have our dark corners...
Bless you for having the courage to come into the light.
"...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
by Rodney on Apr 5, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt anyone would have claimed here before ST
And I dont think a .500 something ops in ST is going to change that.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 5, 2009 3:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
at the same time
whose your 3b for other ST games? duran? whittleman? who else?
dont want to get stuck w/ too many at 1 position imho
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 5, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He might have been DFAd
to let the rest of the teams fill up there rosters before putting him through waivers.
by laxtonto on Apr 5, 2009 3:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
my thoughts also
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
by RangerMad on Apr 5, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT
81 points at the half, nice.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 5, 2009 3:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And 16/16 for Kidd.
"...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
by Rodney on Apr 5, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
stop. saying. twitter.
nooooooooooow.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 5, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is almost as annoying...
…as the ranting early in the game about how coaches shouldn’t listen to the team doctors, and shouldn’t limit players minutes, and should just ask the player if he can go or not, and if the player says yes, play him.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 5, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 5, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
um
went really really far back for that one. You realize that was from last year – and comments about making the playoffs in 2008 (as well as 2009), right?
I bet there were multiple times Adam said the mavs weren’t making the playoffs this year
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
by ab03 on Apr 5, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I looked
that was the earliest time I could find him saying that about the 2009 season — but I didn’t read every post…..
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 5, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow i turn the tv back on
its still on ABC from the game.
first thing I here: Demi Moore gets suicide threat through twitter.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 5, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hear
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 5, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that happened a few days ago
and is barely news. some girl told demi moore she’s going to kill herself. meh
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
by ab03 on Apr 5, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball season is 1 hour away woooooo
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 5, 2009 6:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OH EM GEE!
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Apr 5, 2009 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
dear iorange555
i hate you
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 5, 2009 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Sunday must be bring out the dicks day on LSB.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Apr 5, 2009 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
notice
there is a common denominator
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 5, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
been looking on the ol' Verizon tv guide
can’t find this game????
Any help out there?
Arguing with Josey is like pissing in the wind.
by Ryin A on Apr 5, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks
said “Spring Training” at the beginning so I blew past it.
T-minus 30…..
Arguing with Josey is like pissing in the wind.
by Ryin A on Apr 5, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah i did the same
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Apr 5, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good hell...
I don’t think I can watch the game tonight. Steve Phillips AND Joe Morgan are calling the game.
At least before they had John Miller to make up for Morgan. Those two guys together are bound to reach a new realm of sucktitude. I’m sure I’ll watch the first 30 min before either muting it or watching something else.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Apr 5, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I guess it's on ESPN....
which one? 3, 4, 5, Deportes?
Arguing with Josey is like pissing in the wind.
by Ryin A on Apr 5, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think someone said espn2
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Apr 5, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
its on this one:
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 5, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh fuck I forgot Morgan and Miller had divorced
by oc on Apr 5, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And we got custody of Morgan?!
What unpardonable sin are we being punished for (this time)?
by mgb5 on Apr 5, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
now I see Phillips, Morgan and Miller. I’m confused.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Apr 5, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So
Guess that puts Luis Mendoza’s head under the guillotine now?
She was a grand old lady...
by lonestarJon on Apr 5, 2009 7:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I see a handful of pitchers
…when you look at it as, say, a 2-3 month proposition. If a guy like Arias or Golson has a horrible season he could be in there, but I wouldn’t bet on it. The most expendable now (again, over the course of the first few months, not this very moment) seems like one of Eyre, Mendoza, Bannister, Jennings, Guardado and Nippert. And it will just depend on how the season goes as far as how that line forms.
There are still some expendable spots, but there are also guys on the horizon who will need them.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 5, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Arias
He’s out of options after the season, as well, which is a factor.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 5, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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