Tuesday a.m. Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 8, 2009 9:24 AM CDT
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PrintHuge day today, with the Rangers playing two and Boston and Anaheim both going.
Jeff Wilson has a story up on Tommy Hunter, who is starting game 1 today.
Andruw Jones is being activated from the disabled list today, and Derek Holland is going to get some extra rest before his next couple of starts, although he isn't being shut down. Ron Washington says that he likes some of what he saw from Holland on Sunday, but Holland just didn't make adjustments.
And Jeff (the writer) Miller has a rundown on the A.L. West race, which really boils down to three teams competing for two spots.
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"[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
Boomer's stare is making me uncomfortable.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
His tie is making me uncomfortable.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
What's he doing...
..with his other hand?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Playing with Collinsworths balls?
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
I have always gotten them mixed up.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Game On!
I predict Big Game Hunter takes on new meaning after today, but the real pressure is on McCarthy. He can’t expect to get much in the way of run support in his matchup against Laffey.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
Shake that Laffey Taffy
That Laffey Taffy.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 8, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Too bad this game isn't in Texas. I could support an effort to get that queued up for the game if it were to be played at RBiA.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
Jim Feist: 5-Star Inner Circle MLB Situational Bookie Buster!
MLB (917) TEXAS RANGERS VS (918) CLEVELAND INDIANS
Take: 5-Star (917) TEXAS RANGERS
Reason: Texas has a few injury concerns, but they are still a talented motivated team in a pennant race. They get to go with a terrific young arm in Brandon McCarthy, at 6-2 on the season. He doesn’t walk anyone and the team is 4-2 his last 6 starts. Cleveland is going nowhere and starter Aaron Laffey has a decent ERA, but walks way too many batters: 45 in 96 innings. He is also hittable, allowing 139 base runners in 96 innings. Play the Rangers.
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 8, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
FOX SW
Is anyone else having trouble with their cable system not picking up the FSW signal? I kept getting a message last night stating “this channel will be available shortly.”
Apparently my cable company has a different definition of “shortly” than I do, because I still couldn’ t pick up FSW this morning.
And the Rangers would have to play a doubleheader tonight- Sons of Anarchy Season 2 starts at 9 pm…
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Rotation
There are 26 games to go, and it looks like the starts will shake out as follows:
Feldman – 6
Hunter – 6
Millwood – 5
McCarthy – 5
Holland – 4
Unless you are going to drop Holland from the rotation, that’s probably the best distribution of starts we can hope for.
Holland v Nippert
I wouldnt mind seeing Nippert and Holland chop up the starts from that 5th spot. Holland just looks a little gassed at this point.
5th spot
I wouldn’t mind seeing Nippert just take over the role. Holland looks gassed to me as well, and he could be a second lefty in the bullpen.
The encouraging thing to me, though, is that at least Wash has figured out who is pitching well. Feldman and Hunter are the only guys going on 4 days rest consistently, with Millwood and B-Mac getting an extra day a couple times.
by Darrell McKown on Sep 8, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
The last thing Holland needs
is to go back to the pen. Enough fucking around with him already.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 8, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
So do you just shut him down completely
Cause he’s looked like shit the last few times out
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.
by bigsteve on Sep 8, 2009 10:28 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, and Mark Buerhle hasn't won since July.
She say she are the manager.
by rockin_rangers on Sep 8, 2009 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Are you comparing h
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.
by bigsteve on Sep 8, 2009 10:52 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Stupid mobile commenting
Are you comparing Holland to Buerhle?
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.
by bigsteve on Sep 8, 2009 10:53 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I can't speak for rr but
I think you keep running Holland back out there every fifth day. We all forget how young he is. I know we are in a playoff race but Holland has shown he has been very good at times.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
He has given this team little to no chance to win the last few times out
Right now development takes a back seat to trying to win. At this moment nippert gives us the best chance to win every 5 days so you either shut holland down or put him in the pen. He’ll get his chance next year
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.
by bigsteve on Sep 8, 2009 11:09 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He has given the team no chance but also the outcome wouldnt have been any different if he went 7 and only gave up 3 hits and 1 run.
The way this offense is going, you have to basically throw a shut out. Im way more concerned about run productions than I am about Holland being out there for 4-5 more starts.
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
nevermind the fact that...
the team quits trying when Holland give up 10 runs
it’s 162 games, and they can’t play at 100% every day
they throw in the towel when winning is impossible, and this could possibly take place before the first pitch if he continues to pitch like this.
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 8, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Awww
Some of the guys on this team never, never quit trying. But some who never quit trying just aren’t very good, and sometimes their frustration shows, sometimes not.
What concrete observation do you have that “the team” quits trying? (Not to be mean, just a little unsettled that you’d ascribe being quitters to the team as a whole)
"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 8, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
the tendancy would be to try less when the game is “out of reach”, but maybe i’m completely wrong.
last start 0-6 after 4, TEX 0 runs next five innings
prev start 0-10 after 5, 10 runs next five innings
prev start 0-4 after 4, 2 runs next five innings
obviously not a clear pattern, but i can’t accept that some of the guys don’t try less during some points of the season. maybe the word “quit” was too strong, or maybe it creates the wrong image, but it would be very difficult for me to accept that the approach is the same down 4, 6 or 10 runs as it is when a team perceives themselves to have a shot at winning.
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 8, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I can see that in perspective, coupled with the tendency of some of the players to try to hit six run homers when nobody is on base. There have been major comebacks albeit all but two have fallen short, which I’d attribute more to matchups against opponent pitching than player mindset. And in reality, when you are ten runs down (or your business loses 30% of its’ asset value quarterly) futility does set in … heh!
"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 8, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
buehrle won yesterday
beyond that:
holland L3 starts – 22 ER
buehrle L7 starts – 19 ER
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 8, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Meh...
just shorten the leash on him. Have Nippert or Mathis ready for the first sign of serious trouble.
I still let him start.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I let him start. I let him face his adversity
And let him grow from it.
Make him watch his films from the Angels game, and the Seattle game. The catcher needs to work with him on which pitches work where.
He also needs to learn to stay calm, and remember that it’s not just throwing the ball, but having a game plan. That game plan can become compromised when you let your emotions get the best of you.
She say she are the manager.
by rockin_rangers on Sep 8, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
16-10 very generous IMO
without looking at 26 potential matchups – just looking at series.
where does that leave TEX?
14-11 BOS is very doable that leaves TEX one game short.
2-1 CLE
2-1 SEA
2-1 OAK
2-1 LAA
2-2 OAK
2-1 TB
2-2 LAA
2-1 SEA
FWIW – TEX went 18-8 April 24 – May 23 which I think is their best 26 game stretch of the season. MY was 39 – 105 (.371) during those 26 games.
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 8, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Boston's schedule
2-BAL
3-TB
3-LAA
3-BAL
4-KC
3-NY
3-TOR
4-CLE
Does that look like a possible 14-11 record? Better? Worse?
They'd have to play pretty poorly to only finish 14-11
Or they could run into those BAL Cy Young candidates like we did.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 8, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I never thought I'd be so happy to see Andruw Jones...
oh well like they say… desperate people…
HH is that a sock in your puppet or are you happy to see me?
I LOL on this quote from Andruw
“Whenever they put me in the lineup, I’ll try to go out there and do what I’ve been doing”
Please don’t. Try to do what you were doing earlier in the season instead.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 8, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I think anything less than a sweep today from the Rangers seals
the fate of their season.
I am on record as saying that CDavis back to playing every day was the beginning of the end and I have seen nothing to dissuade me from those thoughts over the last 13 games (Rangers 7-6 since latest changes made).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
How does one position or one lineup slot determine anything
Any positives in either case outweigh known negatives. Neither is batting 1-4 in the lineup. The lineup as a whole hasn’t been consistent against less than stellar pitchers. And starting pitchers haven’t done as much lately to keep the team in games as earlier in the year. It’s odd to pick the team’s weakest position and make it the crux of their capability to win.
"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 8, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Asked to explain exactly why the team continues to meander
with CDavis in the line-up every day could lead one down several paths.
To me, it’s simple as this. You can’t win on a regular basis in the AL with a 1B who has a batting average of .210 / an obp of .260. That’s what Chris Davis was before he left and it is what he still is.
He came back up with a .202 average/.256 obp and two weeks later (with three cheeseball infield hits included) he’s at .211/.262 so nothing has really changed.
The onus of carrying Davis around becomes much worse when one or more of the big guns is out of the line-up. They could get by in April / May because they were relatively healthy.
Lose MYoung & Josh (again) and they can’t carry his unproductive ass and win enough games to overtake Boston/LAAA.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I thought you said you liked Chris Davis.
Gotta be honest, your hatred of him is ridiculously transparent.
Either way, Hank has sucked this year, Chris Davis has sucked this year.
Who gives a shit, move on to your next battle, we’ll call this one a draw.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Over at NMLR before the season
I wrote that CDavis would hit somewhere between 30-40 HRs and thought that he was going to quickly become one of the most feared power-hitters in the AL for years to come. You don’t do what he did at the age of 22 unless you have serious talent. The fact that he was an excellent defensive player made my baseball heart go pitter patter as well because I loves me some well-rounded baseball players.
He began this season at 1B not because of who drafted him but because he earned the job with his play last year.
Come early July and the kid is drowning. He has 114 Ks in 277 plate appearances and he really struggles with LH pitching (.143/.491).
The fact that I have never seen a player suck a bigger dick for a longer period of time makes me wonder why the hell he was being allowed to do so. Then you look around and notice that this particular GM will give his boys much more rope than any other players which is okay when it works (see Tiny E) but not so much when it doesn’t (see Davis).
I don’t have a hatred of Chris Davis. I began this season totally bullish on his future but now I only like his future instead of loving it. My primary concern is our chances to make it to post-season and we’re not going to make it with Chris Davis playing every day.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Fair enough.
But please admit that Hank Blalock has sucked an equally sized penis as Chris Davis has.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
No way, Ryin A.
Blalock had three full months with the team with an OPS above .847.
He was .852 in April, .855 in May, .847 in July.
Chris Davis has not had a full month OPS above .701 this season. Since coming back he’s around .710 but that’s two weeks and it still sucks.
I will grant you that Blalock needed to be sat down for a few games in August. He was absolutely gassed.
However, he is a hitter that’s notoriously streaky and helped carry This Thing in July/August when Cruz & Kinsler were out. From July 1 to mid August he led the team in HR & RBI.
With Josh & MYoung out, we can’t live with Chris Davis playing every day and expect to win. You have to take a chance on Blalock getting hot again because it’s not like he’s a veteran hitter at the end of his rope.
What we do know is that playing CDavis every day (especially with Josh &MYoung out) doesn’t work if you wanna take over LAAA or Boston.
There has to be some back story to what’s going on. Hank F looked great at the plate on Wednesday and then afterwards Wash made it a point to publicly say that line-up was a rare occrurrence and that Davis would be playing the far majority of time at 1B.
Then Hank F doesn’t get a chance to build on that good game and sits for three days in a row while both Davis & Borbon (JD draft picks) continue to suck dick at the plate.
It just doesn’t make sense and that’s how you lose two of three to a shitty Baltimore team.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
So if Hank played the last 2 in BAL we would have won?
Hank had a good start to the season, but he’s sucked John Holmes’ cock since the ASB.
No disrespect holmes, but I think you need to move onto the next conspiracy.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Sucking the dick of a corpse is never a good thing
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 8, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Certainly not my cup of tea.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
I have no idea if Hank had played all three games how it would have
played out but as it is, we lost two of three to a Baltimore team that had won only one other series after the AS Break.
Playing Davis every day doesn’t work.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Neither does playing Hank
At this point, the Rangers have two fucking awful options for 1B.
One has a possible future here. The other doesn’t. Simple as that.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
I think this is the thinking of the brass (Nolan Ryan inc)
And it makes 100% sense to me, don’t understand why it doesn’t to J-Dubs.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Because he's a robot
Anyone who has as little concept of irony and logic as he does, and who keeps spouting the same talking points over and over again (including using the exact same phrasing) is clearly a robot.
I suspect this also explains his hostility and tendency towards R-rated metaphors- robots often use these things to try and appear more human, as most people assume robots are devoid of emotion.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Stop thinking so much, RC
When Chris Davis is out of the line-up or actually produces at an acceptable level, I’ll let it go.
As it is, Davis plays every day, still sucks dick at a prodigious level and that’s why the team loses two of three in Balt.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Davis
Is he sucking worse than .199/.227/.333?
by Darrell McKown on Sep 8, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
Davis playing Sunday was the reason the team was shut out 7-0.
You need to think a little more, robot.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
The presence of Davis
in the line-up isn’t playing well in the room or on the field.
When evaluating the seasons of Davis & Blalock, it’s only smart to evaluate their seasons as whole.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
x
“The presence of Davis in the line-up isn’t playing well in the room”
Did you get this info from the same place you got your signature?
Come on brotha, you’re better than this.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Ryin
Think it played well in the room this past June?
Think it plays well when a vet is buried so a kid who hasn’t done shit this year to earn the job gets to play only because the GM drafted him?
I’ll STFU when Davis starts earning this position and team wins like it did when Blalock was playing every day.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
We're not talking about last June.
We’re talking about right now.
I think CD is well received by the vets of this team.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Well
You have no fucking idea, do you?
For all we know, Blalock is an asshole, and the rest of the guys on the team can’t wait to be rid of him.
You’re making shit up and attempting to pass it off as fact, based on your own agenda against Daniels.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
How'd it play in May
You know when we went 20-9 which you always seem to avoid talking about
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.
Really?
Not playing well in the room?
I (and others) are still waiting for your source on that subject. It’s funny, though, that you claim to know how moves play in the clubhouse, yet you don’t know what conspiracy is afoot to keep Blalock benched.
Go back to the bullshit factory and come up with something better, robot.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Davis
Is .267/.292/.422 really sucking at a prodigious level?
It’s not good, but wouldn’t most intelligent people take .267/.292/.422 and better defense over .199/.227/.333?
by Darrell McKown on Sep 8, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Why
the fuck does Davis get a pass for April thru July?
He’s 12 for 45 with two walks and three cheese-dick infield hits since coming back.
Evaluate their seasons as a whole instead of cherry-picking segments of the season because that steamer Davis left when his ass was shipped to OKC still counts.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Isn't baseball kind of a "what have you done for me lately" kinda game?
Especially when we’re in the chase?
Since the race has begun (ASB) CD has been much better than Hank, would you not agree?
I have this hankerin’ that you will not.
No pun intended.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Ryin
Go back to Hank F on July 1.
210 plate appearances in The Show.
47 for 199 (.236) with a .273 OBP.
9 HR & 26 RBI
Chris Davis since May 12.
209 plate appearances in The Show.
41 for 198 (.207) with .249 obp.
8 HR & 25 RBI.
Blalock, who went thru the worst slump imaginable, still has the better stats.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Josey
I appreciate that….
But it doesn’t answer my question.
And don’t bring up CD’s 3 weak hits…that’s a part of baseball…you should know that.
Anyhow, we disagree…and neither of us we’ll be convinced otherwise…
So be it. Been fun dancing with you.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Davis did suck
but he has 11 RBI’s in 12 games since coming back. Hank F has 11 RBI’s in his last 30 games started. In every full season that Blalock has played he has always faded post All-Star break…on the order of 50 to 60 points lower in batting average. This season was no exception (60 points) and there is nothing, other than your tireless rants, that would indicate that This Thing would be better with Blalock starting in place of Davis.
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Sep 8, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
If Davis would have played every day this season, he would have
struck out 250 times with an obp below .260.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Blalock...
Hey, JW said he loves him some well-rounded players.
Just leave the mental midget alone. He will never admit Blalock has been just as bad as CD.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I won't admit that Blalock has been just as bad as CDavis
simply because he hasn’t.
Look at their stats for the entire year, idiot.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Whoo-fuckin-ee!
Hank sure is kicking all kinds of ass with that sub-280 OBP!
Man, I just love watching him make outs at a 72% clip! What was that, a month that he didn’t draw a walk?
Truly, this is one of baseball’s most underappreciated hitters, who should never come out of the lineup!
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Do you include defense in your decision?
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Josey
“Then you look around and notice that this particular GM will give his boys much more rope than any other players which is okay when it works (see Tiny E) but not so much when it doesn’t (see Davis).”
And this is different from any other GM in pro sports how? What GM or manager in any sport doesn’t have “his guys” that he gives more leeway to?
A sports idiot could grasp that concept, never mind a self-proclaimed “baseball genius” like yourself.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
1B
Winning with a 1B hitting .210 with an OBP of .260 is certainly difficult. That’s why we can’t afford to play Blalock and his post-All Star break line of .199/.227/.333. He was just horrible when given the position on an everyday basis.
I think Blalock wretched performance after the All-Star break is more of the reason Davis is back up and playing everyday than what Davis did in AAA. And Davis has hit .267/.292/.422 since coming back up, which is probably why you are quoting his season numbers and not his numbers since his return.
That said, I’m not confident Davis is going to hit well this month. That said, I’m much less confident that Blalock would hit at all. We just don’t have any good options at 1B right now. Smoak didn’t hit well in AAA, so I think bringing him up and thrusting him into September baseball would have been a mistake. The option I might have tried (although it’s less viable with Hamilton out) was Murphy, since he has played 1B before and is at least hitting .252/.311/.444 after the break. But it’s too late to make that move now I suspect.
by Darrell McKown on Sep 8, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Darrell
“I think Blalock wretched performance after the All-Star break is more of the reason Davis is back up and playing everyday than what Davis did in AAA.”
This is because you have a functioning logic center in your brain. Congratulations!
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
I just hope the team sees what is happening to Holland this year
and use that knowledge with Feliz next year. Feliz hasn’t been worked out in innings and that immediately tells me he shouldn’t start in the rotation out of spring training.
I’ll be honest, I don’t know off the top of my head what Hollands innings were last year, but I think the FO and Wash should keep that in mind when thinking of when and where to put Feliz.
Seeing Holland struggle this late in the year, when/where do you think Feliz starts next year and what could his progression be?
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
Feliz in the rotation...
to start next year will depend on a couple things.
1) How well he works out of a wind-up and how he looks in ST.
2) How much the Rangers want to limit his innings.
The Rangers can stretch him out next spring and get him ready to be a starter. I’m not sure if he starts in OKC or in Arlington. I just hope he’s not going to start the year out in the ’pen.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Feliz
If they want to limit his innings, they could start him in the major league bullpen. They could stretch him out over four or five starts in June without much trouble, and they would get the benefit of using him in the bullpen for the first couple months of the season.
by Darrell McKown on Sep 8, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's my problem...
with starting him out in the ‘pen. Say the Rangers do that to limit his innings (which I’d be fine with by the way) and he tears it up like he has this year. How reluctant will the team be to take him out of that role? How long do they leave him there? Does Wash do everything he can to keep him in the ’pen?
I’m afraid that if they start him out in the ‘pen that they won’t get him out of the ’pen. I could be wrong though, hopefully so.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Feliz
I would look at Johan Santana’s 2003 season as an example of what we could try to do with Feliz next year.
by Darrell McKown on Sep 8, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Interesting stats on Tommy Hunter
This may have been discussed elsewhere, but I didn’t see it.
Tommy Hunter is not a good pitcher in the beginning of games, but once he gets warmed up, he’s money.
Some interesting OPS+ against splits, courtesy of Baseball-Reference.
By inning:
1st: 138
2nd-8th: 95, 45, 83, 23 (!), 83, 65, 85 – Don’t mess with Big Game in the 5th inning!
Times facing batter:
1st: 125
2nd: 42
3rd: 64
4th: 161 (get him out of there!)
Pitch count
1-25: 148 (yipes)
25-50: 62
51-75: 53
76-100: 82
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 8, 2009 1:27 PM CDT reply actions
game 1 line up
LF Julio Borbon,
SS Elvis Andrus,
2B Ian Kinsler,
CF Marlon Byrd,
RF Nelson Cruz,
DH David Murphy,
C Ivan Rodriguez,
1B Chris Davis,
3B Omar Vizquel
For game 2 Wash said German will be at 3B, Jones DH and TT catching.
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
Training wheels bolted to Chris Davis and pacifier still in his mouth.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Blalock
Six feet under and dirt being shoveled into the hole.
by Darrell McKown on Sep 8, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Exactly which doesn't make sense when his replacement
is Chris Davis….that is, if you care about winning games.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
We lose 2 of 3 in Baltimore with Davis
or with Hank
You have no point here Josey
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.
Chris Davis
takes another 0 for 5 (when everybody else knocks the shit out of the ball), bigsteve.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
And then what?
Blasts a 3-run bomb for insurance in the 9th?
Hank is the elephant in the room. When will he disappear?
by inactive lsb user on Sep 9, 2009 2:50 AM CDT up reply actions
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