Texas Rangers To Place Matt Harrison on DL; Recall Tommy Hunter
by Rodney on Jun 27, 2009 4:33 PM CDT
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PrintThe Rangers will place LHP Matt Harrison on the DL for the second time this season Sunday and will recall Tommy Hunter to replace him in the starting rotation on Sunday. It’s uncertain whether Hunter would get more than one start since the Rangers have an off day on Thursday and could juggle the rotation leading up to the All-Star break.
Harrison, who spent three weeks on the DL with shoulder soreness earlier this month, is returning with soreness in the shoulder/biceps area. He has struggled in two starts since returning from the first stint on the DL. Most recently, he allowed Arizona, which ranks 15th of 16 teams in the NL in batting average, seven hits, four walks and seven runs in 3.2 innings on Tuesday.
I guess Mike E was correct.
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fanshot
beat you by 8 minutes
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
If it was some OT thing or minor point you'd win
But this is fanpost level material.
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+1
when it involves one of the starters getting injured, it deserves to be a fanpost
my sig is better than yours
yeah
I was actaully expecting Adam to do his own frontpage post instead of bumping up a fanshot.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
I did not know that, oops.
Been busy working today, guess I missed it.
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"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
lately i dont know what fanpost material even is
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Unless you have 10 pages worth of research, its not a fanpost
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
defined negatively
It is not an AdMo musing on the Mavs.
I think you should...
make a fanpost asking this question.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Well I have no confidence in Hunter
But harrison has to be on top of his game to be good and obviously he isn’t right now so whatever.
Just reminds me again that we were lucky noone claimed Padilla, then things would be getting ugly with Mathis starts and such.
Unrelated but I hope Frankie doesn’t end up back on the DL too, that would be.. worse.
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spot start
RW is saying that it is just a one time spot start. It will be intereting to see who takes Harry’s spot in the rotation the next time it comes up.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
i agree
with Eyre and Feliz in the pen, it makes it possible for Jennings to slide into the rotation. He’s proven to be very durable in the pen thus far. It will be interesting to see if he can stay healthy in the rotation. The question is, would he stay there for good or not. I would think so if they make the move
I wonder if they'll go with a Jennings/Feliz tandem start that game then
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
That would make sense.
I’m sure they wouldn’t label it as such, though.
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"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
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how much would that
wreck the pen for a couple days if they couldn’t get through 6 innings?
"Anyone that isn't pro-choice never met you" ~Brian Thomas on Seth...
I would think Jennings could go 4 easy, or they wouldn't be mentioning this
as a possibility
And then 2 for Happy.
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"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
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Jennings has been able to go 3 innings this season without doing poorly
I think stretching him out a bit and having him expected to go 4 innings shouldn’t be much of a problem. 5 is what I think would be pushing it unless he is dominating. Feliz we know can go the distance so expecting him to go a few innings also shouldn’t be that much of a problem.
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
Their not converting Feliz
into a middle reliever…
..thats what Holland did before moving him into the rotation.
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All indications are
that they are going to use him as a setup guy, that is, from what they have said and with respect to what they are doing with him. A couple of issues to chew on here, 1. Why convert a frontline starter prospect who throws 100mph into a middle reliever, pitching in situations that Jennings, Eyre, MAthis and Grilli are pitching in now? If that is what you think they are doing with their #1 prospect, then you should be pissed at their short-sightedness. This is clearly what they are _not_doing. 2. He is not Holland: they do not intend to bring him up to start in 4-6 weeks as they explicitly stated would be their intention with Holland. Holland didnt’ have to adjust to his role in the pen as a middle and long reliever and never had to pitch on back to back days. Instead, they are transitioning Feliz the pen to work in late inning situations on back to back days before he gets promoted. They are looking for him to be a RH setup guy that they don’t want to have to trade for.
There is a huge difference between breaking him in as a middle reliever
and turning him into a middle reliever. noone thinks they are trying to make him a middle reliever.
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You've failed to address the main point
which has nothing to do with the meaning of two gerunds…
I fail to care
The idea was that if they decide to go with Jennings they may pair him with Feliz as Jennings gets stretched out and Feliz transitions to the pen. Thats a couple week role while both get accustomed and is not mutually exclusive to him being a setup reliever for the rangers beyond that. Its not converting him to anything and thats all that needs to be addressed.
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It wouldn't be converting him into a middle reliever
It would be using him as a middle reliever in a specific situation due to an injury. You aren’t crushing the kid’s development in any way by having him pitch more than one inning.
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
I'm betting Tommy Hunter
I have a feeling he pitches well tonight and stays in the rotation through the All-Star break.
by Darrell McKown on Jun 28, 2009 7:52 AM CDT up reply actions
I think there are 4 options.
Nippert’s rehab assignment is up in about a week. Someone else will have to come off the 40, or Nippert will have to be let go.
Guillermo Moscoso is already on the 40.
Tommy Hunter is also on the 40, and I don’t think he should be ruled out as the fill-in.
Jason Jennings.
by NoNameOnCard on Jun 27, 2009 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Nippert
His rehab assignment ends on the 17th…
The 17th?
That’s like 21 more days. I thought rehab assignments were maxed at 20 days.
by NoNameOnCard on Jun 27, 2009 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions
For pitchers. (I believe the limit is 20 days for position players.)
Your 2009 Texas Rangers: Can't take a fucking to save their lives.
Found this...
Generally, Minor League rehab assignments for Major League pitchers can last up to 30 days (as opposed to 20 days for position players), pursuant to Rule 9(f) of the Major League Rules.
by NoNameOnCard on Jun 27, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Good to know I wasn't just making that up.
Your 2009 Texas Rangers: Can't take a fucking to save their lives.
funny I just googled that article too
I wonder if they stuff related to the 1-1 game reduction of up to 10days will matter in this case…I think he has been in Arlington the whole time rather than in surprise…
Yes Moscoso would be an option
but he needs another start or two to get stretched out after sitting on the bench for so long. He only went 5ip his first start back…
I wonder if JD is having second thoughts
about sticking Feliz in the BP right about now. I’d much rather go with Feliz after the ASB than with Jennings…
If he wasn't ready to start with a healthy Harrison, I doubt JD has changed his mind now that Harrison is healthy
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
Mike E grabbed the money
MCA grabbed the gold
I grabbed two girlies and a beer that’s cold…
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rec worthy
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
And now TT scratched tonight with a
hangover oops, stomach flu.
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"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
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Hunter needs an apt nickname.
Fan voting begins now!
1. Butterball
2. Bubblebutt
3. Write in vote
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
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I like LSJ's "Hoss"
cuz he does look like him a bit…
"You're going to love my nuts"
Vince from slap chop
What?
Hunter and LSJ? I don’t see the resemblance….
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on Jun 27, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions
no LSJ had a picture of Hoss from I think Gunsmoke ...
and they had a resemblance, and the persona too …Hunter being a bad ass and all …
"You're going to love my nuts"
Vince from slap chop
Hoss Cartwright was on Bonanza
Not that it makes a difference. ;)
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
He meant LSJ calling him "hoss"
I’m not familiar with the character, but
fits the bill I guess.
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OT: Angels 1-1 in the 8th
The stupid part is how their run scored.
Aybar bunt single and 2 errors later he scores in the same play.
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And now oliver catches a runner off first with a balk and doesn't get it called.
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So umm....
Another instance of bringing somebody back off the DL too soon? Or just something they couldn’t/shouldn’t have expected?
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