LSB Signing Thread Part II
by pblack on Aug 17, 2009 10:08 PM CDT
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This is the original stuff from Dirk's first post:
Tonight's the night.
12pm Eastern is the deadline for signing all non-college seniors from this year's draft.
There should be a flurry of news coming tonight so I figured it be good to have one place to discuss all the news as it breaks.
Some general News so far (updated as I can):
* Cardinals sign 1st rounder Shelby Miller for 2.95 million bonus. Highest announced bonus yet. Good comp for Purke?
* A's sign 4th rounder (And 1st Round Talent) Max Stassi for 1.5 million bonus. Bad for us.
* D-Rays announce they won't be signing either of their first two picks. Um, wow. They spent big on some signability picks already, but this sucks for everyone involved, imo. But I'm sure your clients will thank you later, Scott.
* Heyman twooted that the Nats have offered Strasjesus 12.5 million, but there's still a gap.
RANGERS' Shit:
Matt Purke is the name on everyone's mind. Our 1st round pick needs to get signed today or he goes to TCU and we get a pick in next year's draft. Yuck'ems to that.
http://startelegramsports.typepad.com/foul_territory/2009/08/matt-purke-update.html
Just about 13 hours to go until the 11 p.m. deadline to sign 2009 draft choices, and the Rangers continue to negotiate with first-round choice Matt Purke. The left-hander has been in town since last week, getting ready for a possible freshman year at TCU and also taking a physical and attending Saturday’s Rangers game with his parents. He met with several members of the club brass, who believe a deal will be reached.
This dispatch came from general manager Jon Daniels late last night: “Not much to say right now. I think both sides would like to see him in a Rangers uniform, but we’re not there yet. This is the system we have in place, and as such, we didn’t expect anything before tomorrow night. Hopefully it comes together, but I can’t say for sure at this point.”
That’s about on par with the Justin Smoak negotiations from last year. That ended well for both sides. Purke, though, seems to have a genuine fondness for TCU, and the Tom Glavine fan has been given No. 47 for next season.
I’m not so sure Smoak had any desire to return to South Carolina for a senior year. So, the TCU thing is leverage. But not signing today and waiting until the 2011 draft is a gamble, especially considering some believe Purke could be in the majors in 2011 or 2012.
— Jeff Wilson
Then there's Tanner Scheppers, who isn't on tonight's deadline because of his senior elgibility-ness, which means he can be signed at anytime up until one week before next year's draft. Don't expect anything on him today.
We also have a number of other interesting players who could be in play tonight.
9th rounder Jabari Blash is a super uber toolsy OF from a Florida Community College. The fact that he hasn't signed yet is a pretty good indication he's asking for well above slot.
10th rounder RHP Thomas Lemke is a tall, lanky peice of projection out of an Arizona HS who is apparently looking for a mid-to-high six figure deal to sway him from college. He'd be a nice add, but who knows.
Then there's 32nd Rounder Reggie Williams, Jr., who I super heart cause I super heart pure CF'ers who can go get the freaking ball, and Williams has the best speed in the entire draft. He's expected to go to college next year, though. I'd put the odds of him signing tonight at less than 1%.
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List of 1st Rounders and their status, stolen from MLBTraderumors.com at 11:09 Eastern:
1.Washington Nationals – Stephen Strasburg
2.Seattle Mariners – Dustin Ackley
3.San Diego Padres – Donavan Tate
4.Pittsburgh Pirates – Tony Sanchez – Agreed on a bonus of about $2.5MM.
5.Baltimore Orioles – Matt Hobgood – Agreed to sign for about $2.4MM.
6.San Francisco Giants – Zack Wheeler
7.Atlanta Braves – Mike Minor – Agreed to terms on a $2.42MM bonus.
8.Cincinnati Reds – Mike Leake – Signed to a bonus of $2.27MM.
9.Detroit Tigers – Jacob Turner – Agreed to a bonus of $6.25MM,
10.Washington Nationals – Drew Storen – Agreed on a bonus of about $1.6MM.
11.Colorado Rockies – Tyler Matzek
12.Kansas City Royals – Aaron Crow
13.Oakland A’s – Grant Green
14.Texas Rangers – Matt Purke
15.Cleveland Indians – Alex White
16.Arizona Diamondbacks – Bobby Borchering – Signed for $1.8MM.
17.Arizona Diamondbacks – A.J. Pollock – Signed, bonus believed to be $1.4MM.
18.Florida Marlins – Chad James – Agreed to terms on a $1.7MM bonus.
19.St. Louis Cardinals – Shelby Miller – Agreed to terms on a $2.9MM bonus.
20.Toronto Blue Jays – Chad Jenkins – Agreed to sign for a bonus of $1.36MM.
21.Houston Astros – Jiovanni Mier – Agreed to sign for a bonus of $1.358MM.
22.Minnesota Twins – Kyle Gibson
23.Chicago White Sox – Jared Mitchell – Signed. The bonus is $1.2MM.
24.Los Angeles Angels – Randal Grichuk – Signed for a bonus of $1.225MM.
25.Los Angeles Angels – Mike Trout – Agreed to sign. The bonus is $1.2MM.
26.Milwaukee Brewers – Eric Arnett – Signed, bonus believed to be about $1.2MM.
27.Seattle Mariners – Nick Franklin – Signed for a bonus of $1.28MM.
28.Boston Red Sox – Reymond Fuentes – Signed for a bonus of about $1.13MM.
29.New York Yankees – Slade Heathcott – Signed for a $2.2MM bonus.
30.Tampa Bay Rays – Levon Washington
31.Chicago Cubs – Brett Jackson – Agreed to terms. Jackson gets $972k.
32.Colorado Rockies – Tim Wheeler – Agreed to sign. The bonus is $900k, according to BP.
So, yah.
We’re not alone waiting on pins and/or needles right now.
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Tate signed
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think the ability to creep around real stalker-y and take pictures of old fences and whatnot is technically a "Tool" in the baseball scouting sense, E-Cart.
But, maybe.
Send out some resume’s and maybe a head shot or two and see if anyone bites.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Fancy Post
This was the sort of fancy shit I wanted on my Fan Post.
I can’t compete with the Walmart of Fanpost.
Just admit you stole the idea from me and pounced.
I stole the idea from you and pounced.
Also I dress like you and time my bowel movements with yours so that I can really feel what it’s like to be 3Bagger on and off the toilet.
Cause if you’re not gonna commit to a stalk, why the fuck even do it, you gnome saying?
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
The most recent list I could find...
Purke was #20. I’m trying to remember where I had him on draft day, but it was right in that area. The list I used on draft day is on my old laptop, so I’m not 100% positive, but it was somewhere between 19 and 22.
MLB Bonus Baby - A Draft Blog - Author
by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Someone follow Elysian Fields for me
Everytime I refresh my browser loads like 1000 items and it slows me to a crawl, insane
by FormerLSBUser on Aug 17, 2009 10:17 PM CDT reply actions
I expect it to be foul territory
but TR could get the first word… might just depend on which writer texts jd when it happens.
by FormerLSBUser on Aug 17, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Plus, there's this:
Sullivan is a terrible baseball reporter.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Official notes on Turner and Tate.
Per Jim Callis:
We have confirmed bonuses on two Padres signees. First-rounder Donavan Tate gets $6.25 million payable over four years under MLB provisions for two-sport athletes.
The Tigers have signed No. 9 overall pick Jacob Turner to a major league contract with a $4.7 million bonus (payable over six years, with $1.6 million paid in 2014) and a guaranteed value of $5.5 million. Depending on how quickly he reaches the majors, he could push the total value to nearly $7 million.
The raw bonus is a record for a high school pitcher.
I don’t have an official net present value as calculated by MLB, but it probably comes in around $5 million.
Turner getting a huge bonus + a ML deal seems kind of bad for us.
Yikesers…
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Purke
I think if they were holding a signed contract it would have been released by now. I am officially concerned.
Meh.
Look how many other high first rounders are yet to sign.
I’ll get concerned at 12:05.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
46 minutes.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Hahahaha.
Wow. That’s what I get for barely paying attention.
The second math mistake I’ve made tonight. I’m ashamed.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
hehe
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
rehab assignment
Its usually normal I think
He can’t be activated till Thursday I believe
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.
What's the deal with the new avatar? Is that your ho, or just your main bitch or what's the deal?
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
that is j. richardsons hot ass wife
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
k. rich.... sorry
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
that's kevin richardson's wife/girlfriend
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
K Richardsons wife
Gotta do some cropping tomorrow to get a better image but lets just say
Shes hot
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.
from MLBTR
The Orioles signed second-rounder Mychal Givens, according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun.
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions
rangers have never not signed a first rounder......
It will happen and if not, then more picks next year.
Is Byrd a type B? He should be. he has been fairly consistant the last three years
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
But, no chance in hell they offer Blalock arb
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Easily
He would be worth more in trade than his arb price tag will be…
That ans he will be looking for a multi year payday being that he was a “late bloomer”
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
x
The first part may be true, and the second part undoubtedly is, but I’m not sure if that means it’ll happen.
by brettgardner on Aug 17, 2009 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Yah, I don't really know about that first part.
But then again the OF crop for this year is pretty weak, especially for CF’ers, so maybe that is true.
I just can’t help but think about all the marginally good FA’s who went for super cheap this past Winter and wonder how Byrd fits in with that.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Unless... isn't JD a righty?
He might get a piece of it if it’s thrown by a righty.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
not Blalock
and it wouldn’t matter. He won’t be offered arb.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Twins get Gibson:
The Twins have signed first-round pick Kyle Gibson for $1.8 million.
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Thats a suprise....
hopefully that means Scheppers will follow Gibson and come off a little on his demands
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
I still say Schepp for 2.1 in December/January.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Depends on if the team wants him to pitch this winter or not
I still think they are going to wait until see if the make the post season and use that bump to tie him up.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Nice.
Much more in line with what I was thinking Purke’d get.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
You'd think
There would be a furious stream of info, at the very least last-minute rumors, building up now; not just for Purke, but for all of the other unsigned first rounders. Yet It’s oddly silent.
It's kind of like the trade deadline
Teams have other things to worry about besides jumping out and alerting the media, and MLB office certainly does.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
J.D.'s got Purke in a headlock right now ...
jammin’ a pen in his ear, screamin’ sign you weasel-azz punk!
I think It's more likely
The agency told Purke to stay in the car and gave him $50 for a slurpee and some doritos so that they could take a hardline stance with JD without the kid worrying about having to see through his commitment to the Horned Frogs.
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn, brother... How much do Slurpees cost where you live?
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
That slurpee was bought in the back of some dark alley
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
An all-syrup slurpee, perhaps?
I hear those pretty fantastic.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
There are going to be a whole
Slew of signings right before midnight. Mark it down and the Rangers will be one of therm.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
lets hope so
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
So
The fact that it is so quiet right now isn’t exactly reassuring.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 17, 2009 10:45 PM CDT reply actions
Someone should look it up. Well after the deadline though
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Wnet back and looked
At 9:31 I had a post up saying that a deal was supposedly close, at $3 million and a major league deal.
At 10:56 the post went up saying he had signed.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 17, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe I'm thinking of Ross?
I was at someone’s house and checked a bit before the deadline and all indications were that one of them wouldn’t sign.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Wasn't Borbon real late?
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
Also
There were some bugaboos that kept the deal from being done well past that time, so the reports actually jumped the gun anyway, right?
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
You may be thinking of Borbon
That wasn’t officially announced until the next day.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 17, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Blerg... the A's being smart and buying more sliders...
Illinois prep lefthander Ian Krol has agreed to terms with the Athletics, who drafted him in the seventh round. Krol missed his senior season due to a suspension and was committed to Arizona. He signed for $925,000.
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you think they'll sign Green?
or do they have an extended deadline or something like that?
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
Probably.
I think they’ve cleared enough money that it shouldn’t be any sort of a problem assuming he’s reasonable about it.
Green and Stassi and Krol is a damn fine haul.
This sucks.
I want the A’s to go back to value drafting.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
The thing is
Drafting, in general, is a tremendous value.
You watch, Michael Lewis will write a book about it. Billy Beane has found the system’s weak points once again!
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
That reminds me of what was said on Newberg Night by the BP guys
They were laughing about how every little move Beane makes is the new undervalued currency of baseball.
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
If they get Krol
the rumors out of the A’s camp was that they weren’t going ot have the $$ to get Green… That might have just been smoke though to get Green to come off his asking price a little.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Giants
The Giants signed sixth overall pick Zack Wheeler for $3.3MM, according to Jim Callis of Baseball America.
baseballamerica.com
seems to have stopped responding…. too much traffic I guess.
"we’re a bunch of knee-jerking yahoos who like new and shiny things." -- FirebatM3 July 10, 2009
Yah, that fucker crashed a few minutes ago.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Kind of funny that
the signing deadline is harder on their site than the draft itself.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
More people are effected by the draft probably.
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Aug 17, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
There are other places to go for draft coverage now with TV and MLB.com and whatnot.
If you want the straqight draft dope, the BA blog is the best place to set up shop and start refreshing like you’re the kind of dude who bones his Mom.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I know there's an explanation...
just funny
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
And exactly how is that done?
I ask merely for information….
"we’re a bunch of knee-jerking yahoos who like new and shiny things." -- FirebatM3 July 10, 2009
Anyone going to change o nthe Strasburg signing
Yes or No?
I still say yes
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
No
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 17, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it will get done
for somewhere around $18-19 million.
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
Yes, 15.5mm straight bonus and a 5yr/15mil major league deal.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes
I doubt Strasburg has much leverage at this point
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
Yes
Anyone who turns down > 10 million is an idiot.
"we’re a bunch of knee-jerking yahoos who like new and shiny things." -- FirebatM3 July 10, 2009
What if you're pretty certain to get
25 mil a year from now?
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not sure how sure he could be of that
If he is picked early next year, he has very little leverage because he isn’t going to be like Matt Harrington and keep going back into the draft year after year.
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
He is just much more likely to go to a team
that will pay him, when you look at the board. KC would pay him, for example.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I realize that
I am just saying it is a huge chance to take.
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
Hmmm.....
I don’t think KC would do 25 million…. I would want a guarantee from their front office before I turned down 15 million now. And KC will have the first pick next year it looks like.
"we’re a bunch of knee-jerking yahoos who like new and shiny things." -- FirebatM3 July 10, 2009
He's gonna get $25M from one of...
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland, Oakland, Pittsburgh, or San Diego?
He’s not falling past all those teams, and that doesn’t exactly feel like a bank-busting group to me…
3.55mm, no ML deal.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll go with this also
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
4.2 mill, no ML deal
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
signs with boston
ends up beating us in a 1 game playoff.
by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 17, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
3.67 mil, no ML deal
Ron Washington...giving hope everywhere to the kids who eat lead paint chips of being a big league manager when they grow up since 2007.
Not signing
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Aug 17, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
tcu insider i know
says they know nothing
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
ha
ok. good friend of mine. believe what you want.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Yah, I find it borderline unpossible for any "TCU Insider" to actually know shit at this point.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Who the fuck
Has a TCU insider for baseball.
Acting like they are USC football or something.
by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 17, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
My buddy works for the ath. dept.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
I wouldn’t trust a college “insider” unless talks had already broken off
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I laugh at the idea there is a TCU insider
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
4 mil, no MLB deal
Scheppers is the one I could see them giving a MLB deal to, not Purke.
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.
$4.5m, no ML deal
I like JD’s track record negotiating amateur deals…
"[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 17, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
4.9, no ML deal
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
and we're under 4 min
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
Goldstein just said, as a reminder
we wont know anything till 20 minutes after the deadline
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 10:57 PM CDT reply actions
CJ
str8edgeracerStrasburg- put the ink on the paper and show the MLB what you got! You’ll be arbitration eligible in 3+ years. Holler. 5 mins left!
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
I was just about to post that
funny stuff
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
thats the kind of stuff I know rangers front office dont want to see... not his place to comment on, I think that would be there interpretation
by FormerLSBUser on Aug 17, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I like it though
and doesn’t that count for something?
by blueballlefty on Aug 17, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Josey would tell you
He’s taking a nap while Nolan arm wrestles Purke.
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
"heres what I think of your contract"
The man wipes his ass with his own record contract, I LOVE THIS GUY"
by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 17, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Great stuff
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
JD does not use a crapper
he simply shits the bed. at least that’s what Josey told me
by cashman on Aug 17, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gonna be annoying if
they get all their targets and we don’t
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
bleh
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 17, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Time is up
Of course the news will still come out
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
BenBadlerRT @BaseballAmerica Tracy Ringolsby reports Rockies sign Tyler Matzek. Bonus at $3.9 million.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
No freaking way.
That’s a huge bargain. A+ for the Rockies.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
Has to be a ML Deal if he signed for 3.9, especially hearing what he wanted…
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
Not a major league deal...
According to MLBTR.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Thats amazing
Credit got to go to Rockie’s management
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
Whoa
I’m going to be really disappointed if Purke doesn’t then
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
The Rockies ownershipped his ass so hard.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Well
He jumped off of those ridiculous early demands fairly quickly.
This makes me hopeful about Purke.
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2009 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn't he want precedent setting money?
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
Cheap!
Wow.
I think Detroit got fucked bad, and it’s not like they had money from a cheap second pick, either.
"[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 17, 2009 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Detroit got fucked bad, and it’s not like they had money from a cheap second pick, either.
They also signed Daniel Fields for a boatload, too. Wow. They got screwed.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Kyle Gibson also done
And cheap, 1.8m, per Goldstein twitter.
Read a couple whispers at Sickels site that maybe he’d act the jilted punk not getting money like the upper first-rounders.
"[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 17, 2009 11:01 PM CDT reply actions
so say we get Purke and/or Scheppers
Who has a better draft overall: Rangers or A’s?
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
Raners, imo.
But I’m not too crazy about Stassi and I really like Scheppers.
If we snagged another signabilapatomous or two at the deadline that’d make me pretty happy.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Heyman says Stras
close to $15M deal
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
x
http://twitter.com/SI_JonHeyman/status/3376135630
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2009 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Whether we sign Purke or not ...
MLB needs to go to a hard slot system and end all of this bullshit.
Yep
Hard slot system, fixes pretty much everything.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't the NBA have a hard slotting system?
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
I bet Kevin Richardson
has a hard slotting system right now!
I cant believe I went there
by blueballlefty on Aug 17, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Close to it, yes.
There’s some wiggle room, but there’s a max each pick can get, iirc.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Only if combined with a picks-for-picks trading system to allow teams to get the guys they really want.
I still don’t see why they don’t do this.
Players for picks, I understand that.
Measures have to be put in place to save GM’s from themselves.
But picks-for-picks makes way too much sense.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
If there's no news
I bet they get him.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Wonderful stuff from TR
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
Kind of a redundant update
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.
Wow.
Tex money.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Ackely
9.5M
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Wow
Wasn’t expecting that large a figure. I’d heard 7 earlier today.
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
He's probably worth it.
I’d say he’s as sure a thing as Strasburg given the attrition rates of pitchers. Still, the M’s got screwed over when their signability picks held out for over slot.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
AND a ML deal
http://twitter.com/SI_JonHeyman/status/3376169872
Surprising. Wouldn’t think he had that much leverage…
"[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 17, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Ackley done
9.5
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There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 11:04 PM CDT reply actions
I don't get it...
Nuckin futs.
"[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 17, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn I was hoping
Ackley wouldn’t sign with mariners
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
MLB not reporting purke as unsigned...
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 11:05 PM CDT reply actions
they just went over a list after the ackley reoort and purke was not on it... it could be an omit though
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Is that because
They only showed picks #1-#12?
Ackley
9.5 M plus ML deal
Wow…..
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
Ackley just signed for 9.5m?
how much did Buster Posey get last year?
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
BaseballAmericaAaron Fitt reports Strasburg signs. MLB deal worth $15.67 million over 4 years.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
Wow.
Good for the Nats, I guess.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Bargain.
I overshot it by close to $5 mil. Great deal by the Nats.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if he had a call-up clause
before the end of the season. Nats might sell a game out.
kling klang king of the rim ram room
Go to your room and think about what you did
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
Epic faliure.
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.
Fuck you, douche.
You almost gave me a heart attack.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
you almost gave me a fucking heart attack
and im only 18
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
Fuck YOu!!!
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
I want to kill you so much
right now.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
Thank God.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
YES!
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 17, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Hearing Rangers’ top pick Matt Purke did not come to terms. Waiting to find out for sure, but looks like he might be TCU-bound.
TR vs. Mayo
Wonder which has the better info…
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.
Where is it?
You get an email?
"[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 17, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
uh?
Matt Purke has turned down a $4 million offer from the Rangers and will attend TCU… the Rangers did not sign their first round pick…They will get a similar compensation pick next year
the preceding post was a great success.
so you say shit and we're just supposed to believe it
but then you want a link from everyone else.
douche.
http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/08/purke_does_not_signheaded_for.html
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, jeez.
Just asking for the link to something obviously C&P’ed from somewhere so I can read more about it.
Settle down, Beavis.
the hell
did u see this?
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
by studcrackers on Aug 17, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
kingclipSources indicated that the #BlueJays did NOT sign supplemental 1st round pick and Scott Boras client James Paxton.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
Idiots.
They had such a great draft, and they’ve screwed it up by being so slow to sign guys. So disappointed in their management.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
huh?
Purke does not sign…headed for TCU
Matt Purke has turned down a $4 million offer from the Rangers and will attend TCU… the Rangers did not sign their first round pick…They will get a similar compensation pick next year
usa
Yeah, whiskey tango foxtrot?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
What a fuck nut.
"You build 1000 bridges and suck 1 dick, you are not a bridge builder, you are a cocksucker." SaltyGoesYard
by Pocket Ninja on Aug 17, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
SHIT
The Rangers failed to sign 14th overall pick Matt Purke, according to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
FUCK.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
WHAT?
JonathanMayoB3Hearing Rangers’ top pick Matt Purke did not come to terms. Waiting to find out for sure, but looks like he might be TCU-bound
.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
jeff wilson
Rangers lose out on Matt Purke
The Rangers failed to sign first-round pick Matt Purke to a contract before the baseball-mandated 11 p.m. deadline, and the left-hander will enroll at TCU for the fall semester. More to come.
— Jeff Wilson
Well that sucks.
"[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 17, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow, what a fail.
Our draft wasn’t that great outside of Purke and Scheppers. We’ve now lost initiative on Scheppers, too, because he knows he’s now our top guy in this draft.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
huh?
http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/08/purke_does_not_signheaded_for.html
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
We didn't get him.
He didn’t sign.
No Deal For Rangers, Matt Purke
By Tim Dierkes [August 17 at 11:08pm CST]
The Rangers failed to sign 14th overall pick Matt Purke, according to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo.
I was surprised by your post given what I'd been told...
Fonk. Thought that something had changed last minute and that would have been sweet.
Fonk that douche.
you should seriously consider jumping off a bridge
FWIW
by blueballlefty on Aug 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
just a high one over water
so it hurts real bad and makes you reconsider how you post, but obviously I wouldn’t want you to die or anything
by blueballlefty on Aug 17, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck me
upside down and sideways.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
That blows....
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Yeah, the odds of him beating that in two years
not too great
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
He is an idiot for turning down 4 mil
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 11:10 PM CDT reply actions
He really turned down a $4M offer?
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
Futher evidence that TR Sullivan is a terrible journalist I guess.
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.
Turning down $4 million...
Just doesn’t make sense.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
kid
silly, foolish kid.
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by Suicide Prince on Aug 17, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Really stinks that
Matzek accepted less than Purke turned down.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:10 PM CDT reply actions
What a dipshit!
Did he really turn down 4M?
I hope this fucker blows out his arm the first game and never plays again.
Go be like Matt harrington and work at Costco you bitch
Stop it...
I hope this fucker blows out his arm the first game and never plays again.
I hope its before the first game.
I hope its tonight
by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
fuck that.
why is our job to hope dumb people live fruitful lives?
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Wishing injury on somebody...
Is fucking retarded.
Well, unless it's Kevin Youkilis.
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.
while that is a horrible thing to say
the sad truth is that the chances he sees this sort of offer again are very slim, historically speaking. tough break for the kid.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
He'll sign an insurance policy.
Just cause he’s an idiot doesn’t mean he’s stupid.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions
you are talking about
hundreds of thousands of dollars in premiums….
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
I don't know, but plenty of kids seem to, so who knows.
Maybe they have some sort of payment plan or whatever, but dudes get them from time to time and I can’t imagine he’d negelct it if it’s possible.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions
actually very few get insurance
and most are guaranteed high draft picks that year.. Not 2 or 3 years away from the draft. Even then, most of thier families have to mortgage everything they own to make it happen…
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
turning down 4 million
My parents would beat my ass, then say where does she sign to the Rangers? Moron.
what a fucking moron
if he turned that down
how much more cash can you really expect to get 2 years from now?
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
He's going to hear some boos at TCU games, too.
Kid’s made a mistake.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate to say it
but this is a pretty big black mark on our front office.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
disagree
rolled the dice at a time we could afford it
by Sherman McCoy on Aug 17, 2009 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
you can never afford it
and once you think you can, thats when you’re fucked. Besides, drafting Scheppers was rolling the dice enough for one draft.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
not the offer, which should have been plenty
but they clearly misread this kids willingness to sign. I’m over HS pitchers. Give me college hitters.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Nolan Ryan magnetism fail.
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.
Yes
Very questionable call knowing that they were just guessing.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions
If the kid turned down 4M...
I have no reason the the FO for not going higher
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Yeah, this goes in the bad column
but they offered the dude 4 million, can’t blame them too much
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Are you kidding?
$4M is a big offer. No need to go any higher.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
as i said above
its not the offer, its the willingness to sign.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
That's stupid.
He was clearly willing to sign. He just wanted a shit load.
by brettgardner on Aug 17, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree.
But I don’t see how that makes a person “unwilling to sign.”
by brettgardner on Aug 17, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions
4 mil would have be the highest amateur contract?
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There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Nah.
They took the BPA and made a really, really strong run at him.
Can’t fault ’em for that.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep.
This is just really, really dissapointing.
We better get Scheppers done, that’s all I gotta say.
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.
not just that
but they better hope he’s healthy.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
I fault them for picking him
not their efforts to sign him
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Eh.
You never know what crazy ideas an 18-year-old is going to come up with.
Seems reasonable to think $4M would have gotten the job done.
That's not the point
It was common knowledge that he would be very tough to sign, and the only reason that it made sense to go for him instead of Miller was if they knew something others didn’t. And they didn’t.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 17, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
not at all
Purke made a mistake. They threw four million at him, and he walked away. So, like most prospective pitchers, he will toil away in the college system, risk injury, risk declining ability, and – very likely – won’t see the better half of four million dollars again in his lifetime. No, all the blame falls on the player/agent pair there.
HAHAHA
Well I hope he looks into an economics class at TCU.
"You build 1000 bridges and suck 1 dick, you are not a bridge builder, you are a cocksucker." SaltyGoesYard
+4,000,000
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
by Hamiltons Homey on Aug 17, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
exactly, 4 million is worth 5 million easily in 3 years
plus that doesnt even count the money he’s gonna lose by not reaching FA til later… its amazing really, someone could be advised to turn that down.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I dunno.
I don’t expect inflation to be that high over the 1-3 years. Also, he only has to wait 2 years apparently. An extra million dollars over 3 years would be 8.5% inflation.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 18, 2009 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Couldn't put it better
Matt Purke has turned down a $4 million offer from the Rangers and will attend TCU… the Rangers did not sign their first round pick…They will get a similar compensation pick next year.
This is the first time in club history they have failed to sign their first-round pick.
Purke walked away from $4 million…a chance to pitch in his home state…a chance to be mentored by Nolan Ryan… a chance to pitch for a franchise on the upswing.
Instead he will pitch in the Mountain Conference for three more years…
http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/08/purke_does_not_signheaded_for.html
But good grief…how could Matzek get done so cheap. Fuckin aye.
"[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 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT reply actions
2 years, right?
He’s old so, sophomore eligible?
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't blame the Rangers for not signing Purke
4 million is a hell of a lot of money and we get a compensation in next year’s draft. I would have loved to add him to the system, but it is what it is.
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turning down $4M is just insanity to me
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wtf
I’m watching. That’s not what was said. You fail.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Everyone else has ~15.
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by thedirkatron on Aug 17, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Kershaw is a good man.
Purke is not.
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by dstar442005 on Aug 17, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Strasburg apparently signs for 15 M
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THIS
so Nolans fucking Agent is this guys agent, and we dont get a remotely accurate number to go from on draft day?
Fuck You Nolan. I know you had something to do with this pick, and the result? the first unsigned 1st rounder in Club history.
Thanks.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Going the Josey route here:
- of picks we failed to sign before that glorious day in February 2008 – 0.
- of picks we failed to sign since then – 1.
God, my brain fucking hurts from all the logical fallacies.
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That should say Number before "of picks"
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So...
Daniels signs all of his 1st rounders pre Nolan, and pulls an 0-fer with Nolan….
See, I can do that too…
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
wasn't Nolan here last year?
and if you use that logic, the team has a 17 game over .500 record with Nolan at the helm
by blueballlefty on Aug 17, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
But like Josey
I can refuse to use logic, accurate information or for that matter even take your comments under advisement…..
Now Blalock…….
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Someone here know accounting/economics?
Calculate the present value in 2 years of $4 million given to you today. He’s going to need around $5 million at the 2011 signing deadline to equal the offer he was given now in terms of present value.
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wait so even thought we didnt sign him
we get the same pick in the first round next year, right? so does that mean we get two first rounders?
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Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
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