John Bannister claimed
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 11, 2009 2:45 PM CDT
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PrintThe Royals have claimed John Bannister on waivers from the Rangers.
Bannister now joins Nick Gorneault, Joe Koshansky, and Agustin Montero in the litany of guys who spent brief, inexplicable stints on the Ranger 40 man roster and then moved on along.
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Agustin Montero
Remember when that guy was going to make our bullpen?
Yeah, me neither. Now if we can only get Eyre off the 40…
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Agustin Montero
He was dealing in winter ball!!!
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 11, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Whatever the case may be...
His name is still really awesome.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2009 3:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I bitched at length at NMLR...
…over the decision to add him, particularly since it cost us Ben Kozlowski, and that was the inevitable response.
I’ve never understood adding guys you sign as a minor league free agent to the 40 man roster like that. Either give him a major league deal in the first place, or don’t add him for the Rule 5 draft. If another team liked him enough to make him a Rule 5 pick and keep him on their roster all season, they’d give him a major league deal in the first place and give themselves more flexibility to option him.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 11, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Also...
Saying the name Agustin Montero is like your tongue just had mind-blowing sex with the girl in high school who wouldn’t give you the time of day but you meet up with 12 years later after you come home for a visit with your folks and she’s twice as fine with age as you remember her to be with you were 16.
Too bad him and the move to add him to the 40 was about as equal to the dry handjob from the girl you settled for at 16 that ended up with three kids from different fathers working at the Dollar General.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2009 3:40 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I disagree...
If you can get a guy who’ll sign a minor league contract, you can wait until the Rule 5 draft (“the draft” for this post) to decide whether or not you want to risk losing the guy in the draft. You might, for example, subsequently find a player(s) you’d prefer on your 40-Man Roster (“40”). At that point, you can then just cross your fingers and hope not to lose your minor league free agent acquisition in the draft, as opposed to having to designate that player for assignment.
Or, you might want the guy and he’s willing to accept a minor league contract. You also figure that he’s likely to be selected in the draft, which you don’t want. But when you signed that player, you already had a full 40. So now you can spend until the draft to try and trade someone from your 40. This (a) allows you to sign the player immediately, preventing another team from signing him, and (b) gives you time to trade someone off of the 40 rather than having to immediately designate a player for assignment.
I’m not sure what you mean when you say that adding a player to the major league roster will “give themselves more flexibility to option him.”
Scott Baio. Ric Ocasek. Rick Fox. Brian Austin Green. My heroes have always been mediocre.
Greg Golson doesn't do extra base hits.
I'm tired of the suspense; why won't they just tell us what they mean by 'Male Enhancement?'
by YourNameHere on Aug 11, 2009 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
speaking of winterball warriors
Nick Masset is having a really nice season.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
.232 BABIP
career is .310. Guess you can do that when you have 16 plus pitches.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 11, 2009 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Now if they can take Luis Mendoza off our hands...
Or should we keep him as the BP pitcher?
Hmmmm
by TooLegitToQuit on Aug 11, 2009 2:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Oh those Lil' Hillmans
They must have the super-secret strategy to conquer the world all figured out…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Yup, low OBPer's and Rangers 40 casualities
Someone should write a new ‘Moneyball’ about the Royals.
Could call it ‘Fuckupball’ or ‘slapdickball’ or something.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
by Keynes on Aug 11, 2009 3:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Btw,The Royals just love scouting us..
Wright,Tejeda,Metcalf and now Bannister.
Scrubs.
by TooLegitToQuit on Aug 11, 2009 3:11 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
T.R.
In the spring, I believe he said he really wished the Rangers would give Joaquin Arias and Travis Metcalf a shot to be everyday players.
Those two are both posting sub-700 OPSs in AAA.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 11, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
TR isn't exactly a great judge of talent
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
On the KC 40-man
Yuck
49 John Bale L/L 6-4 205 05/22/74
52 Bruce Chen L/L 6-1 215 06/19/77
56 Roman Colon R/R 6-6 235 08/13/79
* 38 Devon Lowery L/R 6-1 215 03/24/83
* 62 Julio Cesar Pimentel R/R 6-1 195 12/14/85
51 Robinson Tejeda R/R 6-3 250 03/24/82
45 Doug Waechter R/R 6-4 225 01/28/81
34 Jamey Wright R/R 6-5 225 12/24/74
21 Miguel Olivo R/R 6-0 230 07/15/78
27 Brayan Pena S/R 5-11 245 01/07/82
** 30 Mike Aviles R/R 5-9 205 03/13/81 60-day Disabled List
3 Yuniesky Betancourt R/R 5-10 195 01/31/82
8 Willie Bloomquist R/R 5-11 195 11/27/77
* 7 Tug Hulett L/R 5-10 185 02/28/83
* 25 Kila Ka’aihue L/R 6-3 220 03/29/84
* 39 Mario Lisson R/R 6-2 210 05/31/84
* — Travis Metcalf R/R 6-3 215 08/17/82
1 Josh Anderson L/R 6-2 195 08/10/82
* 11 Jose Guillen R/R 5-11 195 05/17/76 15-day Disabled List
35 Mitch Maier L/R 6-2 210 06/30/82
by Brett Perryman on Aug 11, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
In fairness
He has been really good in AAA the last two years. The question was never whether he could be a solid upper level minor leaguer, however.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 11, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
hahahaha, i feel so sorry for the Royal fans
i really do.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I think the Royals scouting budget is so low
they can only scout players within a couple of hundred yards of their own team.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Too bad they don't have Matt Stairs anymore... now they have two Bannisters and no Stairs.
by Inkara1 on Aug 11, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions 9 recs
Almost as bad as your puns, eh?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Dammit!!!
I was trying hard to make a joke using the two Bannisters and never made the Matt Stairs connection.
clap…………clap…………. clap….
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Sir im gonna need your address
The government will be billing you for a new keyboard seeing as how I just spewed Dr Pepper all over this one
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
That's mixed news...
The bill will take several months to even get generated, but it will be for something like $5000 when it is.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
by bking on Aug 11, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bannister's addition to the 40 was not inexplicable.
He was throwing 94-96 mph with his fastball and still has a very good curve ball. At the time when 40-man decisions were being made, he was a guy who looked like he was going to help out the Major League bullpen this year.
I fully back the decision to add him then and the decision to drop him now.
True, instead of progressing, he seems to have regressed drastically
Maybe a change of orgs will do him well.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
voice of reason
thanks
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I'm inclined to agree with these sentiments...
It’s hard to remember exactly how I felt about John Bannister’s prospects after the Winter/Fall Leagues commenced, as his 2009 numbers make is so hard to believe I was once excited about his chances. And although I’ve already but my memory in question, I’m pretty sure that if the Rangers didn’t add him to the 40-Man Roster when they did, he could have simply left as a six year minor league free agent.
Scott Baio. Ric Ocasek. Rick Fox. Brian Austin Green. My heroes have always been mediocre.
Greg Golson doesn't do extra base hits.
I'm tired of the suspense; why won't they just tell us what they mean by 'Male Enhancement?'
by YourNameHere on Aug 11, 2009 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah I don't think it was an odd decision
once I learned he was dealing 96-98 in winter ball though not in the regular season.
Lineup:
2B Omar Vizquel
3B Michael Young
CF Marlon Byrd
DH Andruw Jones
RF Josh Hamilton
1B Hank Blalock
LF David Murphy
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia
SS Elvis Andrus
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Knowing Wash...
He’s probably starting Omar the first game in CLE as a gesture since he played there so long.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
And a good idea if so
Zoinks:
Laffey has gone 3-0 with a 1.98 ERA in four home starts this season.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Is it Omar Vizquel bobblehead or jersey day in Cleveland?
Or was Ol’ Shapiro trade away those items for extra hot dog wrappers?
by TooLegitToQuit on Aug 11, 2009 4:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
it seems like he could reasonably move down Jones or Byrd to break up all those LH
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
If Ron Washington could...
he’d make his lineup with 9 Marlon Byrds.
Marlon Byrd doesn’t slide down the lineup for anyone other than Marlon Byrd, of course.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2009 4:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If Ron Washington could...
he’d make his lineup with 9 Marlon Byrds.
Marlon Byrd doesn’t slide down the lineup for anyone other than Marlon Byrd, of course.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2009 4:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
For the photogs out there
Just got this link from a friend, ymmv:
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
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