Memorial Day Rangers things

Put him back in the pen and keep him ready to go for when anyone else goes down.

Also, won’t be at the game but I’d boo pay-roid like I always do and I’d probably boo Teix just because he was never a fav of mine. He always seemed like he was too good for this place. He got what he wanted and now what I want is to see him and roid retire without a title.

what happened to armando galarraga, i thought he was good?

Both of these guys gave their all while playing here. Tex is a mercenary – hence the agent he hired – but he did everything the Rangers wanted him to do and didn’t often complain. A-Rod is a fraud, a complete doucebag, and a juice monkey, but the guy only occasionally complained how much his team sucked when they were in the John Hart malaise. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still boo the sh!t out of both of them…

Oh God, just thinking of the name John Hart makes me so very thankful for the team we are watching this spring. I never thought I’d say it, but Jonboy Daniels (along with the best hitting and pitchhing coaches in baseball) has put together a pretty damn good team.

I don’t know if BMac is pitching to contact more since his strikeout totals are the best on the team. Did anyone but LSB notice the return of the curveball from McCarthy? Missing bats was the key to his great start yesterday and the curve was a big part of that.

for wanting out. Without him, the Rangers wouldn’t have “magic beans” like Elvis, Harrison, Salty, Feliz, and Beau Jones. He did all of us Ranger fans a tremendous favor by turning down Hicks’ offer.

because of their time in Texas, I’d boo them just because I think that they are 2 of the biggest douches in all of baseball

It really doesn’t make sense? Instead, go read the 2006 Baseball America.

We grabbed so much for Atlanta. Side Question: How is Beau Jones doing in 2009? I noticed he was ranked ahead of Harrison in 2006.

P S_ Any collectibles nuts, I suggest you go buy that 2006 copy of Baseball America’s Prospect Guide. It could be the greatest Rangers fan collector’s item. Hamilton, Kinsler, Salty, Elvis, Harrison, Cruz, Murphy, and on and on…

Rangers fan in Indy – hopped on the bandwagon around 2007. What is the word on Blalock? Is he a .230 BA / .290 OBP guy, or is it reasonable to expect more from here on out?

“Just stop focusing on focusing so much, I guess,” said McCarthy, who threw 124 pitches. Just letting it throw, and once you settle into a groove, you don’t have to do as much work."

This is exactly what I wanted to hear him say all season. With this statement, he’s cleared all of the hurdles.

He got healthy; he trusted his body to remain healthy; he got his head out of the game and trusted his stuff.

There is no way BMac can come out of the rotation now, having passed all of those developmental steps. Doing so would just raise the risk of undoing all of that development. There’s a good chance he’s going to be better than mid-rotation SP. His change-slider-curve is a good mix of quality secondary offerings. He just needs to keep his self-awareness to a minimum during the game and throw strikes.

Holland? Yes, he might be capable of posting a sub-4.0 ERA the rest of the season, but it rarely happens that a first-year player bursts onto the scene like that. It’s also worthwhile to continue to limit his innings for his long-term health. Plus, Holland is clearly a weapon in the pen, while it isn’t certain that McCarthy would be. Holland to the pen. However, if Holland is doing really, really well, I would give serious consideration to moving Padilla to the pen. He’s the guy who won’t be around here next year. The others need the innings to be ready in 2010.

Really, what I wish could happen is a trade of Padilla. That would solve the dilemma, except it doesn’t do anything to help the pen, because a pen arm is not coming back in a trade of Padilla.

This is all kinds of stressful. Every series is some sort of test or “need to win series.” And then when you actually get a day off, you really just want to see a Rangers game.

I guess 2004 was like this (going back to recent past) but I just don’t remember being so amped every morning for a game

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Jay Bennett, shockingly, dead at 45.

http://pitchfork.com/news/35417-rip-jay-bennett/

The guy filed a suit against the band like a couple weeks ago.

If you have a couple-hundred dollars to spend

Just put him back in the role where he was quite effective, and let him continue to garner big league experience. That said, leaving him as a starter would certainly help home ticket sales.

I just realized that we don’t really have “veterans” in the back end of our bullpen. Of course, Feldman and McCarthy have been completely fine.

But Harrison. Below average outing last time and has to face the Yankees this time. I think his spot is not in jeopardy at all but I wonder if he thinks it is.

Mark Teixeira, who was Rodriguez’s teammate in 2003 and played in Texas for four seasons, talked enthusiastically about returning, saying: “Always love going back there; it’s my home. I’ll get to sleep in my bed and see some old friends and enjoy a couple days of winning ball games in Arlington.”

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that it took an in-game epiphany from McCarthy to start throwing strikes and pitching to contact? I mean, that has been the organization philosophy since spring training, and he just picked up on it? I’m glad he did, but it seems a little strange that it took him so long to do it, and that he wasn’t being called out on it earlier.

I mean, I can understand that there is a lot mentally that goes into being a pitcher, so getting a lot of that stuff out of your way can’t be easy, so I’m not really complaining. I think more than any of our other starters, I’m anxious for his next start, to see what he does next.

and don’t look now, but one team in particular, that most of us pay attention to, has the second best record in all of the Major Leagues.

As much fun as it would be to boo Tex I think we need to step back and think abour what the Rangers have become since Tex left. His trade aloted us with pieces of a foundation that now seem to be paying dividends. Harrison and Elvis are helping this team win now! Feliz is our top farm pitcher currently and most likely will see action sometime this year…

If we still had Tex who would we be rolling out there now, MY at SS still? Would Rhein & Koronka still be in the rotation. I am thankful that Tex is gone and the Rangers have decided on improving the pitching and defense.

Through 9 starts, Millwood has thrown 66.1 IP (about 7.1 IP/start). His $12 million option for 2010 vests at 180 IP.

If Millwood throws 30 starts this year, he only needs to average 5.4 IP/start for the rest of the season. If he continues to throw 7.1 IP/start, he’ll reach 180 by mid-August.

I’m guessing he’s going to be around next year…

He thumbed his nose at playing in Texas for mega-millions, that’s why people boo him. He could have handled turning down 140 million by saying something like, “I appreciate this very generous offer, but I want to test the free-agent market and see what’s out there. I’ve earned the right to do that for me and my family, but I love playing in Texas. The fans are great and I love the area.” Instead, what he does is say Hicks is being cheap and mis-handling his “large-market” team. Sure, he had a point, but saying that in the press proves he’s not as smart as he thinks he is. He thinks he knows all about the economics of baseball, but I wonder how he would feel if he were the owner who gave Tex 180 million, then watched as the winter passed and Bobby Abreu got 5.