Saturday morning Rangers things

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 18, 2010 7:57 AM CST

This offseason is dragging.

T.R. Sullivan looks at the starting pitchers who are out there that the Rangers could have interest in, as they look to enhance their starting pitching depth. Perennial Ranger target Jeremy Bonderman and former Ranger Chris Young are among the pitchers Sullivan discusses.

Richard Durrett says the Rangers aren't interested in signing a free agent closer.

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Prediction for today.

trade for Greinke
Mike Young agrees to move to 1b/DH/3b/2b(1x every 2wks)
Beltre signs for 4/48

Heard it here first.

"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

"Baseball's all that's real" - JB

by Ryin A on Dec 18, 2010 8:06 AM CST reply actions

Trust him

Incarceratedbob texted him this information.

by BHill on Dec 18, 2010 8:14 AM CST up reply actions

Lot of moving parts there...

I think Vlad’s deal happens today… comes back for 1 year / $ 9 million.

Kinda meh about that happening because I think his upside is 85-90% of what he was last year and I also don’t think he’s going to suddenly morph into a patient hitter that makes pitchers throw strikes.

The bad thing about Vlad is that the ending could be particularly ugly. Ever see footage of a dodo bird trying to land on ice? That’s what Vlad’s ending is going to be like.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 8:15 AM CST up reply actions

Don't want Vlad.

"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

"Baseball's all that's real" - JB

by Ryin A on Dec 18, 2010 8:19 AM CST up reply actions

at all....bc of all the reasons you listed.

"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

"Baseball's all that's real" - JB

by Ryin A on Dec 18, 2010 8:19 AM CST up reply actions

I have no faith in Vlad's productive side lasting even to June

Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.

"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."

by jonthefon on Dec 18, 2010 8:21 AM CST up reply actions

Yep

I don’t have a lot of confidence that he will go unconscious for 2 months to salvage his season this year.

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Dec 18, 2010 8:51 AM CST up reply actions

Agree

I’d rather watch Matt Harrison pitch.

To Albert Pujols.

I NEVER SAID BATMAN!!!

by LSJ on Dec 18, 2010 8:52 AM CST up reply actions

x

Ever see footage of a dodo bird trying to land on ice?

No.

Because Dodo birds couldn’t fly.

Also, they were extinct before cameras were invented.

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 18, 2010 8:26 AM CST up reply actions

Despite your logic

I now want to see a dodo bird landing on ice

by BEW on Dec 18, 2010 8:28 AM CST up reply actions

Thanks, Mike E.

Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.

"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."

by jonthefon on Dec 18, 2010 8:28 AM CST up reply actions

So what the hell was it that I was watching on Wild Kingdom

or somesuch?

I remember watching some kind of footage of birds landing on ice when I was younger and it wasn’t pretty.

I do appreciate the correction.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 8:37 AM CST up reply actions

Maybe

Could have been a gooney bird…landing on anything.

by Neftali's arm on Dec 18, 2010 8:46 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Gooney bird must be it.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 8:50 AM CST up reply actions

Who cares, what a great description! I will steal it..

“Watching Vlad run the bases is like watching a dodo bird landing on ice”. I like it!

"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young

by randyd on Dec 18, 2010 9:15 AM CST up reply actions

I'm guessing by your upbeat attitude and message board

participation that your son is now okay?

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 9:17 AM CST up reply actions

He is better, thank you.

He’s been back to school and has been keeping food down. Everything inside looked good, we’r just waiting for the biopsy results to come back.
Hopefully, he will stay well this time, and thanks again.
..

by randyd on Dec 18, 2010 9:24 AM CST up reply actions

Good to hear.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 9:31 AM CST up reply actions

lol.

by Mike E on Dec 18, 2010 9:24 AM CST up reply actions

I'm pretty sure no one has seen a dodo land on ice...

they went extinct long before photography or video was invented…and if a person was still alive that had seen it, they’d be around 300 years old.

"The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic" - Charles Darwin, you know who he is...

by 8legs2fangs on Dec 18, 2010 10:02 AM CST up reply actions

Have you ever been incarcerated?

Because if not, pshhh.

I NEVER SAID BATMAN!!!

by LSJ on Dec 18, 2010 8:50 AM CST up reply actions

Have you ever been

in a Turkish prison?

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Dec 18, 2010 8:51 AM CST up reply actions

Thats not as glamorous as it sounds

by BEW on Dec 18, 2010 10:02 AM CST up reply actions

but there is Turkish revenge

"If Nolan Ryan hadn't been born, Larry McMurtry would have made him up."
----Kevin Sherrington of the Dallas Morning News to Bud Selig.

by beaudog on Dec 18, 2010 10:16 AM CST up reply actions

Jave you ever been Credit Card, Beep, Beep, Beep'ed by a Serbian guy at an outdoor event of some sort?

The 40 trumps all!
"WHY IS LIAM POPPINS STICKING. IT'S AN ABSURDLY BAD NICKNAME"
-LiamP(oppins)

by thedirkatron on Dec 18, 2010 10:05 PM CST up reply actions

lol

lol…..

by eric03tx on Dec 18, 2010 9:53 AM CST up reply actions

5-70 is the rumored LAAA deal...

• Arte Moreno has limits on what he’s willing to spend, writes Mike DiGiovanna. Within this piece, there is word that the Angels’ offer to Adrian Beltre is in the five-year, $70 million range. It’s hard to imagine Beltre getting more from another team; we’ll see.

JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook

by laxtonto on Dec 18, 2010 8:20 AM CST reply actions

I'd love to see them lose their first-rounder.

Also, the first thing I thought of seeing those numbers was GMJ.

Extreme, not a sound comp, but there it is.

Adrian Beltre might bring the glove all five years, but he ain’t going to bring the bat.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Dec 18, 2010 8:47 AM CST up reply actions

He's brought a better bat than GMJ did recently

for the last TWELVE years.
He’ll be OK.

"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan

Rangers Fan Radio

by Conjunction on Dec 18, 2010 8:52 AM CST up reply actions

And the Baseball Grim Reaper otherwise known as Decline

will show up on Beltre’s porch in 2013, maybe sooner.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 8:53 AM CST up reply actions

just one year ago

the market determined him to be worth 1 year and I think it was $9M. What did he do that all the sudden he is now worth a 5 year committment at $14M per?

I don’t think his true talent level changed any, it’s just that his next team is going to be paying him for what he did last year, and I’d bet that he doesn’t have another year in his career that sees him match last year’s offensive production.

by tricer on Dec 18, 2010 8:57 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah,

I don’t think locking up longterm for one good year is a real sound strategy.

The Angels could ask GMJ about that. Beltre will be more productive than GMJ, but I doubt he earns that contract.

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Dec 18, 2010 9:02 AM CST up reply actions

their 1st rounder is protected

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Dec 18, 2010 9:30 AM CST up reply actions

You're absolutely right...

I even looked at the draft order before I posted. Eh.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Dec 18, 2010 1:19 PM CST up reply actions

for 5/70

they can have him.

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Dec 18, 2010 8:55 AM CST up reply actions

yeah

The time to sign him to a multi year deal was last year. Probably could have got him for 3/30 or something like that.

by tricer on Dec 18, 2010 8:58 AM CST up reply actions

OT - Eric Kuselias is leaving ESPN for Golf Channel effective end of the year.

His fantasy football show on Sunday mornings is top shelf must see, if you’re into fantasy football.

Thought I also read there’s a tell-all book coming out soon with a lot of dirt on some high-profile ESPN talent and I can’t help but wonder about EK. One of the chicks on his Sunday show is Stephania Bell which is notable because although he’s married, they supposedly had an affair not that long ago.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 9:02 AM CST reply actions

Thanks for the gossip,

Oprah.

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Dec 18, 2010 9:09 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs

It's the fucking off-season

and in our most important off-season ever, our FO has turned into a collection of ferns.

Would you rather discuss politics, abortion, global warming or which LSB poster you wanna kill?

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 9:18 AM CST up reply actions

Than spare ESPN commentator gossip?

yes.

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Dec 18, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions

But Stephania Bell is a fairly nice piece.

Not in the elite EA category but much better than Michelle Tafoya.

More gossip …Why Today Does Not Suck / Ticket revealed that EA is dating Aaron Rogers.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 9:39 AM CST up reply actions

Tafoya looks good in person.

Que sera, sera.

by scoop16 on Dec 18, 2010 11:23 AM CST up reply actions

Mustache?

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 12:02 PM CST up reply actions

Naw, but she definitely has the 'camera adds 10 pounds' thing.

She ain’t EA hot by any means, but she’s an attractive lady.

More of a wifey type than sexpot, kinda of Patricia Heaton-ish.

Que sera, sera.

by scoop16 on Dec 18, 2010 12:14 PM CST up reply actions

Why is Hannah Storm still hot?

Isn’t she like 53?

Shirley, that’s a mirage, amirite?

The 40 trumps all!
"WHY IS LIAM POPPINS STICKING. IT'S AN ABSURDLY BAD NICKNAME"
-LiamP(oppins)

by thedirkatron on Dec 18, 2010 10:06 PM CST up reply actions

Hooker boots?

by coolaid on Dec 19, 2010 12:28 AM CST up reply actions

You should be glad so many people want to kill you.

Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.

"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."

by jonthefon on Dec 18, 2010 9:25 AM CST up reply actions

Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 9:31 AM CST up reply actions

Actually

I rather enjoyed the who would you kill discussion

by BEW on Dec 18, 2010 10:04 AM CST up reply actions

I thought it was a brilliant excercise

in LSB Dumbfuckery.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."

"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."

by Josey Wales on Dec 18, 2010 10:07 AM CST up reply actions