Perfect world tweaks for a 2010 pennant
by pbpsean on Sep 17, 2009 12:31 PM CDT
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In a perfect world where money is no object, and the team ownership is settled, I would love if the Rangers brass improved our outfield for 2010... here's how I would do it:
<strong>1) Sign Matt Holliday to a five-year deal and put him in left field. </strong>
Since we have two first round picks next year, lets use one to sign this free agent (or another Type A outfield type) and still use the second one on a pitcher in the draft.
<strong>2) Let Marlon Byrd walk.</strong>
If he achieves Type B status this is a must. I like what Marlon has done and appreciate it, but wouldn't you trade Byrd and a swap of 1st round picks for Holliday? Of course you would!! By giving up the lower 1st round pick to sign Holliday and gaining a supplemental for Byrd when he signs somewhere... its a no-brainer.
Rangers 2010 outfield to start season (Smoak in AAA):
LF- Holliday, CF- Borbon, RF- Hamilton/Cruz, DH- Hamilton/Cruz, fifth outfielder is Murphy.
Rangers lineup...
1) Borbon, 2) Andrus, 3) Young, 4) Holliday, 5) Kinsler, 6) Hamilton, 7) Cruz, 8) Davis, 9) Pudge
I know we won't have the money to sign Holliday. But I think our pitching will be fine and we need runners on base. Holliday certainly delivers and I like him more than Ramirez and Bay at that price.
If you want pitching maybe we do Jamey's Greinke/Cruz deal and call it a winter.
Lets hear your ideas for a winter with a maximum of one major free agent signing and a maximum of one trade... you can get your pitching or hitting either way. Two hitters, two pitchers, one of each. What would you do to give us a great shot to win in 2010?
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What's the point of this?
In a perfect world, we trade Arias for Pujols and then clone him for a line up with 9 Pujolses.
by LiamP on Sep 17, 2009 12:46 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
pujols-clone could never lead off in a ron washington lineup
he’s not a speedster with a low OBP
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Sep 17, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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If you want pitching maybe we do Jamey’s Greinke/Cruz deal and call it a winter.
err? Link please.
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by Longhorn on Sep 17, 2009 1:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
In that spirit here is my retirement plan
1. win lottery
2. enjoy decadent life of hedonistic pleasure
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Sep 17, 2009 1:17 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Well I agree this team needs a better pop in the middle of the lineup, however,
is M.H. really the answer?
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Sep 17, 2009 1:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and at five years?
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Sep 17, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We don't need pop
we need high-obp guys.
is a fan of Derek Freaking Holland!
by ortonius on Sep 17, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
id take thome on a 1-year over holliday
still probably too expensive for us though :/
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Sep 17, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we ARENT adding any salary, period
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Sep 17, 2009 1:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
line up
Borbon and Andrus should leadoff/ bat 9th depending on the opposing SP.
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
by RangerMad on Sep 17, 2009 1:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't want Holliday.
I want to eat yogurt without having to use a spoon. Maybe in a tube. I wish someone would invent that. What’s that? The hell you say?
That's why they call them business sox
by egriffey on Sep 17, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You know we don't have the money to sign Holliday, yet you want to sign him to a 5 year deal
WUT?
If you want OBP, there’s cheaper sources of it this winter, among them Bobby Abreu, Nick Johnson and Jim Thome, one of which it might be possible to pick up for a relatively cheap price.
Or you could just offer to take Milton Bradley off the Cubs hands, which is what I’d do.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 17, 2009 5:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WUT?
“In a perfect world where money is no object, and the team ownership is settled, I would love if the Rangers brass improved our outfield for 2010… here’s how I would do it:”
perfect world, someone can’t read
by dhughes9 on Sep 17, 2009 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And somebody can't use the reply button
;)
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 17, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm Perfect World
I don’t think jacking around with new approaches to position player roles, or adding this or that bat, would make one bit of helpful difference. The whole notion reeks of basements, software, fantasy baseball, you know, the idealizing or optimizing of calculated potential versus cost versus opportunity (not that there is anything wrong with all that, of course)
The perfect world key move would be to find the ephemeral Ray Collier, a 23 year old LHP just out of the military who has never been drafted, who is a three pitch pitcher who can locate and vary speeds on all three, rendering him a 9 or 12 pitch pitcher, who tops out at 105-106 (fastball), works 97-100 (slider), and varies 74-86 (change with split), who is so durable and adrenalized he has to pitch every fourth game to stay in rhythym (that’s 40 starts folks) and who is projectably a complete game pitcher every time out. His background as a Navy Seal special mission operative has modified his lifestyle to be non-communicative, with a tendency to conceal himself from public view and never leave traceable communications, so he may not be a “good fit for the team” with respect to being buddy-buddy or an acolyte to either Wash or Rudy. Chuck Norris fears this guy, Jackie Chan screams and flees at the mention of his name, and even the Terminator avoids eye contact. Expect three to four no hitters per season from this guy, including one perfecto. Racking up 31-32 wins is a reasonable projection. He may only hit 8 batters in a full season even though he works inside, but 5 of those 8 will end up on disability. He smokes Kools, drinks tea, never goes to a church or synagogue but knows faith and all it’s about, drives a used economy car (he never never ever shows off), and will never demand an inflated contract. Plan on a 15-16 year career expectancy, producing 500 wins, after which he will retire and disappear from baseball to study ethics and write poetry.
Now that is the one guy you really need.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Sep 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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