The Failure of the Ranger Offense

If the team runs into money and can somehow get a Nick Johnson type player on a good deal, they’d be remiss to not consider it. Chris Davis should not be handed the job because of 3 good months in 2008.

Same with the catchers, though I don’t want to see the Rangers overpaying for one, as we have been continuously told teams often do (unless they are part of our surplus). I think bringing in Pudge or similar as a half-time and hoping Salty is healthy is probably the best way to go.

The biggest thing I see with this offense is that it hasn’t “grown” in the past few years at all. Obviously Hamilton and Kinsler entered the picture, but the approach is still the same. I think this year has revealed how other teams can adjust to the Rangers offensive approach successfully. It’s pretty simple, really. Don’t throw strikes. Throw pitches that a swing will only result in a miss or a weakly hit ground ball. Even if they are balls, they won’t be against the Rangers.

This team has a few veterans like Young who are good enough to lay off those long enough to have a productive at bat. But I think much of what we’ve seen this year is other pitchers exploiting this weakness, particularly with the younger free swinging kids, like Davis and Salty. Unlike most of the guys who Rudy has worked miracles, these kids have real talent, they don’t need to be “worked,” but they need to be pointed in a better direction than they are heading now.

And, after the Marlins, the team I would have bet PECOTA was most likely to be significantly wrong on.

It is weighted based on playing time at each position.

but if you assume Texas has a 50/50 chance of winning any individual game, the odds of them winning 7 in a row is 0.8%

Yeah we gotta lotta losses! Nobody’s better than us! We need [these] wins, guys!

to the problems of C and 1B, which never really contributed anything all year. At least Kinsler and Jones helped contribute for months at a time.

All players are going to have hot and cold streaks, but you can’t get zero from two positions, especially one as offensively important as 1B.

and sadly I could easily see him being dealt in the off season.

I sure hope it doesn’t happen though.

is he takes such godawful routes from time to time that just aesthetically he is ugly out there. However, I’ve seen much worse (which goes without saying from team that used to have Juan out there).

 He definitely has room for improvement and should be getting lots of fly balls during spring training.

What’s wrong with that philosophy? Sounds like a damn good philosophy to me.

the question. “Just get rid of Rudy” and disregard the feelings of the players? In favor of regarding the feelings of a few fans?

If the belief is that the players feel let down when the FO doesn’t bring in any help at the trading deadline, how do you think they’ll handle losing a hitting coach they all appear to like and have great confidence in?

I mean, does someone come to your house every morning and draw you on an easel?

we let hank DH for davis and make the pitcher bat. problem solved.

nippert is .125
feldman is .125
millwood is .122

but i think they all have potential

he’s gone. 1B/DH is not a place the team is going to keep that salary around for.

Setting aside the pitchign for a moment, it is hard to have a team that is great offensively and great defensively.

Glad I have parking passes in the season lot then.