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Minors 6/13

Hickory - 6:00pm - Fredo Boscan makes his 4th start since coming off of the DL. 

Bakersfield - 9:00pm - Ryan Tatusko fills in for Michael Main.  I have no idea why Main is missing this start, but if his start to the season is any indicator, it's probably something catastrophic.

Frisco - 7:00pm - Kasey Kiker will try to get out of the 4th inning tonight, which he's only managed to do once in his last 4 starts.  At least the dude's missing bats.

OKC - 6:00pm - Josh Rupe.

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by Rodney on Jun 13, 2009 5:33 PM CDT reply actions  

Rupe

What? No comments for Rupe?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 13, 2009 5:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Rupe a loop

is terrible and will probably be one of the casualties of all the new signings and promotions. If Texas inks 25+, several org soldiers are going to be let go and I have to imagine Rupe is on that list.

by Hull Fan on Jun 13, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

His mom might take

exception to that comment.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 13, 2009 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

During the HIC pregame show

Buchbinder mentioned that the Crawdads’ strength and conditioning coach was floored by how beastly Namirez’ off-day workout was. Evidently, dude don’t play when he works out.

by shroomer on Jun 13, 2009 6:36 PM CDT reply actions  

shroomer I found

a couple of real good articles about a few of these kids. You’ll love the one about Vail, who has signed and is on his way to Spokane.

It’s good stuff and I even happened upon info for one kid while searching for info on another. I’m really interested to see how many of these high school kids they try to sign.

by Hull Fan on Jun 13, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think I read that article about Vail earlier today.

Interesting situation – tough sell to get the brass to actually draft him.

by shroomer on Jun 13, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

At worse he's an org guy

if it works out great but if not, @1K what have you lost?

by Hull Fan on Jun 13, 2009 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Who is this Vail character and what's the story?

"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel

by WestTxAg06 on Jun 14, 2009 8:27 AM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks

Kind of a cool story, certainly not the groomed and coddled prep star of the early rounds, that’s for sure. Even if he’s just ultimately an organizational soldier, he’ll be one that I root for to carve out a nice career.

"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel

by WestTxAg06 on Jun 14, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

shroom

always has the inside scoop :)

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 13, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

better prospect after the season

Kiker or Beavan?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 13, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Kiker

he doesnt suck, he’s excellent at hitting batters

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Jun 13, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think he'll be a decent power lefty arm out of them pen, and there's a lot of value to that.

Matt Thornton, Scott Downs, JP Howell.

Those guys are all really nice to have.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

probably will be a decent RP

but good lord hes got to stop going wild thing on batters

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Jun 13, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

More strikeouts than innings pitched is a power arm to me.

But in terms of AJM’s definition (which I’m assuming is strictly based on velocity), then, no. He doesn’t throw particularly hard.

Neither does Downs, either.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2009 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

If Kiker turns into Scott Downs

That draft pick will be a success. Maybe not as much of a success as we had hoped originally, but any time a pick turns into a valuable cog on the 25 man roster it’s a success.

"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel

by WestTxAg06 on Jun 14, 2009 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions  

Beavan

It’s really not close. Kiker has to be a lot less wild, not to mention he needs to be far more efficient as far as his pitch counts are concerned. He’s not going deep into games because he throws way to many pitches/batter.

by Hull Fan on Jun 13, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

wtf do you mean it's not even close

kiker is so much better than beavan

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 13, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Beavan. No question.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Beavan by a mile.

And not one of those cheap Canadian miles, either.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Jun 13, 2009 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

kasey

kiker by a long shot

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 13, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

my goodness

kiker is by far the better prospect than beavan…

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 13, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

In what way?

Right now the only Kiker > Beavan argument I can think of is that Kiker was drafted higher than Beavan.

"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel

by WestTxAg06 on Jun 14, 2009 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions  

Golson

got his avg up to .291. why doesn’t he bat higher in the line up?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 13, 2009 8:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Boscan needs to be in Bakersfield.

As does Nooch.

And Nam.

And probably M-Per.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2009 8:30 PM CDT reply actions  

Leave Perez alone

let him get his innings in Hickory. He’s still learning things there and he’s comfortable.

by Hull Fan on Jun 13, 2009 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

No, you leave him alone!

I think he can do those things in Bakersfield, too.

I think he’d be fine either way, actually.

The only reason I’d really advocate for leaving him in Hickory is how many other LA guys he has around him in Hickory. He and Wilmer are BFF. It’s hard enough for an 18 year old kid to adapt to minor league life when he’s a native. I think things like that go double when you’re in a foriegn country, too.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2009 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes, good for you.

I was commenting along the same lines while expanding on it.

I was saying I don’t really agree with the first part of your statement but could see the reasoning behind the comfort factor because of his friends and the overall abundance of young spanish speakers on the Hickory roster right now.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2009 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

He struggled the other night.

He’s been good but not completely dominate. That was my other point. Why are we arguing?

by Hull Fan on Jun 13, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Latin Wind

Paisano hasn’t played since May 30. What’s injured?

"He's old school in that he give up his groin like that. It hurt me when he do that" -- Worsh on Chris Davis' stretch at first base to end the game vs. the Angels on 5/16

by tricer on Jun 13, 2009 8:33 PM CDT reply actions  

Broke wind?

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Jun 13, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

No Main tonight

Tatusko gets the spot start. No idea why.

by shroomer on Jun 13, 2009 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Well it can't be

because it got promoted so it’s probably something not good.

by Hull Fan on Jun 13, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

he said that main would be rehabbing

i was listening too. not sure what to make of that

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 13, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

rehabbing his season

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 13, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

damn main has flopped

so bad this year… none of us thought he would have struggled this bad

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 13, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Miggy De Los Santos down in the DSL

Totals so far – 8.1 IP over 4 apps – 1 hit, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 22 K’s, BAA .036

Miggy’s not caught up in any visa crap, right? Or do we not know for sure?

by shroomer on Jun 14, 2009 1:50 AM CDT reply actions  

There was a mini age-gate issue before ST, IIRC.

So, only 3 outs with the ball in play. Yikes. Men amongst boys as they say when age-gate rears its ugly head.

Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D

by rooster on Jun 14, 2009 6:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

Is there a set time

in the season when the rangers like to dole out promotions? Seems like there are several guys that need to be pushed a bit.

by Michael Cave on Jun 14, 2009 12:47 PM CDT reply actions  

In the past

when short season opens and right after the respective league’s all star breaks. As guys get assigned from extended and new players sign promotions will commence and probably a few org guys may be let go to make room. Especially if they want all these pitchers to get innings in leagues as opposed to in extended.

by Hull Fan on Jun 14, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

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