Line of the night

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 11, 2009 11:49 PM CDT

Kennil Gomez tonight:

5 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 7 Ks, 7 walks, 1 HBP

Wackiness.

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wow

Was he demonstrating his ambidextrousness?

What's the rumpus?

by Hypo-Luxa on Aug 11, 2009 11:55 PM CDT reply actions

Sheesh.

J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM

Rangers can no hit curve ball. Straight ball, they hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are inept.

by LSJ on Aug 11, 2009 11:58 PM CDT reply actions

I do think Gomez and Bleir are getting pretty much butt raped by the Cal League this year. Gomez may have to go on to the RP side of things as his control hasnt been good as a SP this year though. Bleir on the other hand has a Beaven-esque walk rate and good GB rates

"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"

by blalock84 on Aug 12, 2009 12:04 AM CDT reply actions

I think both of those guys

could make huge jumps next year in Frisco, especially Gomez because of his K rate.

What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.

by clark on Aug 12, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Gomez 2010

My guess is that Gomez’ prospect status is going to rise considerably next season. If he can get his walk rate back into the 3’s, his combination of strikeouts (career 8.4 K/9) and groundballs (career 1.99 GB/FB) are going to play really well in the Texas League.

by spurdynasty on Aug 12, 2009 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions

BB rate

Am I the only one taking his consistently bad BB rate seriously?

Folks, it sucks.

Can you really blame that one on the Cal League?

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on Aug 12, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions

As near as I can tell

people thinking that things like BB rates dropping in half or K rates doubling are no big deal.

"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland

by DJCahill on Aug 12, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions

what do you think about Bleier?

As a groundball inducing lefty with a decent K rate, I could see him improving his numbers next year as well.

Tim Murphy, on the other hand…I really have no idea what to think about him. His year this year, and his lack of improvement, has sort of shocked me.

What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.

by clark on Aug 12, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions

Effectively wild

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 Aug 12, 2009 12:20 AM CDT reply actions

did he hit

the bull mascot too?

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by studcrackers on Aug 12, 2009 12:23 AM CDT reply actions

i think the Giant was a little be easier to hit

"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"

by blalock84 on Aug 12, 2009 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions

"all new league records."

by pblack on Aug 12, 2009 6:58 AM CDT up reply actions

Yikes. Allowing a lot of hits to go with the walks on the year too, ouch.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Aug 12, 2009 12:32 AM CDT reply actions

.380 BABIP though.

And a 4.48 FIP still. But yeah, the fact that his walk rate has suddenly doubled (and will go up after tonight) is kind of concerning.

J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM

Rangers can no hit curve ball. Straight ball, they hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are inept.

by LSJ on Aug 12, 2009 12:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Thx

I knew his BABIP had to be astronomical…I’m not terribly familiar with the Bakersfield roster. Are they supposed to have a good defense?

by ramjam36 on Aug 12, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions

No, I don't think Bakersfield has a particularly great defense.

And even if they did, they’re still in the CAL league.

J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM

Rangers can no hit curve ball. Straight ball, they hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are inept.

by LSJ on Aug 12, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions

Looks like a line some kid in High School could put up.

by TooLegitToQuit on Aug 12, 2009 1:04 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Double the walks, and that might be what I could've done in HS.

J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM

Rangers can no hit curve ball. Straight ball, they hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are inept.

by LSJ on Aug 12, 2009 1:14 AM CDT up reply actions

Gammons on the Rangers Wild Card Chances

Thought this was funny…

The Rangers have come this far because of manager Ron Washington’s emphasis on defense. For example, All-Star and Gold Glove winner Michael Young was so unselfish that he moved to third to make room for potential rookie of the year, shortstop Elvis Andrus.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/notebook?page=bbtn

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Aug 12, 2009 8:27 AM CDT reply actions

Corrected version

“The Rangers have come this far because of manager Ron Washington’s emphasis on defense. For example, All-Star and Gold Glove winner Michael Young threw a temper tantrum when asked to move to third to make room for potential rookie of the year, shortstop Elvis Andrus, but eventually came to realize it was the right decision after Nolan Ryan threatened to feed him to his snow monkeys.”

Officially gay for Neftali Feliz

by RCCook on Aug 12, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs