Rangers are penniless, but they do have prospects

From Heyman

The Rangers are looking at starting and relief options. They have looked into Brad Penny, though one person familiar with their thinking calls a deal for Brad Penny "unlikely.'' Huston Street and other relievers are among the targets.

Although, Texas' quest for pitching help may be hindered by its inability to take any extra salary. For them to take a high-salaried veteran, they will have to get the trading team to pay the salary or take back a big salary.

The way to accomplish that would be to give up a top prospect or prospects. The Dodgers managed to do that last year, acquiring Casey Blake and Manny Ramirez without adding to their payroll. In the case of Blake, they surrendered top catching prospect Carlos Santana. Texas does have excellent prospects, so this isn't impossible.

The reason Texas can't increase its payroll is related to owner Tom Hicks' current financial travails. He took on a lot of debt, according to people familiar with the situation, and also took a bath on his purchase of the Liverpool soccer team. These are the reasons Hicks has the team up for sale.

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Ugh.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?

by thedirkatron on Jun 19, 2009 1:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

depressing

guess i shouldn’t get too attached to these prospects.

by SteveP on Jun 19, 2009 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Fuck. Where going to do a Carlos Santana for Casey Blake like deal?

Just shoot me.

I think JD’s doing this to spite all the "when we gon’ get sum pitchin’ in here" idiots.

JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"~ RCCook.

by Kinslerhomer on Jun 19, 2009 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes

I don’t know how good Blake plays but Carlos Santana is a HOF’er for sure!

by diamond_dave on Jun 19, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Besides being a shoe in HOF'er, he's pretty darn good guitarist

I miss 1989. I miss 1996. Please make me miss another season in 2008.

by Chaim Witz on Jun 19, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man this sucks

We’re paying Hart and Buck 2.5 million combined this season to talk on TV.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.

"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Jun 19, 2009 1:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Could be worse...

…we could be paying them that money to continue to hurt this franchise’s development.

I have no objection to man walking on the moon.

by Chad Crudup on Jun 19, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Jun 19, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Santana for Blake equ.

would be Martin Perez for DeRosa with CLE paying for DeRo’s salary.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 19, 2009 2:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm ill.

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by t ball on Jun 19, 2009 3:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i just threw up in my mouth a little

"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs

by BAC on Jun 19, 2009 5:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Don't like it but another point of view

I think I mentioned this before, but Hicks isn’t just selling the MLB team but the whole organization. If he guts it to try and bring in some talent while giving up too much talent he’s hurt the value of the franchise. Any buyer with access to several hundred million dollars is going to hire the right people to evaluate the deal and if the farm has been gutted, they ain’t buying. Hicks knows this. A short term gain in attendance because he got a few more wins by selling the farm isn’t going to help with the sale of the franchise.

On the other hand, Hicks isn’t going to be willing to add payroll in an Abreu-type deal because the purchaser is going to have to pay that contract. If some team starts a firesale of expensive good players, Hicks won’t be in on it even if it helps the team this year.

My two cents from a guy that doesn’t balance his checkbook.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Jun 19, 2009 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

sending one or two

top prospects away overpaying for a trade is not going to gut the farm system. A deal like LA sending Santana for Blake last year woul be painful to watch, but would certainly not gut the system.

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

by t ball on Jun 20, 2009 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs