have that issue at one time or another… Major or minor league

I say let him work and gain success and develop on hitters of perhaps a lesser quality first…THEN move up to better competition.

4) Neftali Feliz is supposed to be real good and can throw over 100 mile per hour. I know that there aren’t to many guys who can throw their fastball as fast as he can in baseball. Even though I think he’s overrated, I know that the thing about it is that a lot of people in basebaqll overrate him a lot and that means that John daniels could probably trade him this summer for a real good player the Rangers could use and when you are thinking about prospects one of the things you have to consider is what they can get you in a trade and Feliz could get a lot because he can throw it more than 100 miles per hour. But if he can throw it 100 miles per hour like Nolan Ryan could and he’s nto even Nolan Ryan’s favorite pitcher in the Rangers minor leagues like Joe Weiloand is, then you know he’s not really all that great and maybe somebody else will have to learn that the hard way when they trade for him this summer. But still it’s probably going to turn out that Feliz will get good again when the Rangers trade him like Chris Young and John Danks and Duchsherer and Volquez and Galaragga did after John Daniels traded them away to other teams.

I see him being more of the “Get piss ass drunk in the first hour and then disappear back to the room with three hookers and a bottle of tequila and leave you to fend for yourself” kind of guy.

Frank seems like he’d be infinitely more fun.

i think wash gets down NO style, and that means he parties right. he’s from the ward so you know he wont freak when you bust out that fat bowl, even if he wont partake, at least he’ll play it cool, plus, all night jazz NO style? yeah, screw the players, im partying with wash

He went from a LD guy to whatever it is that he is now. .500 SLG, .250 OBP type.

But not the only reason. I doubt Rudy has told him he should try and yank for the fences on everything but I also think Rudy probably hasn’t emphasized opposite field approach enough with Hank.

But you can’t say Rudy doesn’t do that with everyone though. Look at Micheal Young. Young loves taking the ball the other way. So hell, maybe Rudy preaches opposite field hitting and Hank just doesn’t listen I don’t know.

Micheal Young takes most balls to the opposite field while Hank yanks for RF everytime.

Last year Salty was too patient while now hes too aggressive

I think aot of guys are of the approach that “homeruns are sexy” and they think thats what is gonna make them their money when they hit arbitration and try for that too much. Of our regular players who aren’t pre-arbitration Micheal Young, Andruw Jones, and Marlon Byrd are guys who I don’t see swinging for the fences everytime. Hank and Ian do however.

That’s like saying Maddux has a cookie cutter approach because he wants all his pitchers to throw strikes, work quickly, and get ahead in the count. Rudy Jaramillo is not the problem. Was Jaramillo the problem last year? 90% of all this crap (or more) is the players, the coaches can only help them get the most out of the abilities they have, not make them totally different players.

This “ooh, shhhhhh, you can’t question Jaramillo” is just a meme fad here lately. A very lazy way to criticize the hitting approach of the players the team has.

2003 Florida Marlins

Good read.

would get along well with Trip (NoNameOnCard).

And dropped him 3 weeks later…. F

Because I just don’t think that Feldman and Millwood are going to be able to maintain this kind of success with their low K rates and abnormally low BABIP’s.

Our starting staff has the lowest K/9 in the majors (4.94), the lowest BABIP (.279) and the fourth-highest FIP (4.94). That just screams candidate for regression.

how many pitchers got better when they came to arlington?

actually that’s hilarious. i’m laughing my ass off.

That’s the point. I dont want to spent $200 dollars on a phone, especially when the only reason I want it over the one I have is the MLB AtBat app.