Friday a.m. Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 19, 2010 8:55 AM CST
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PrintPitchers and catchers have all reported, and spring training is underway...
Matt Harrison is at 235 pounds this spring, 30 pounds lighter than he was last spring. I thought Harrison looked...well, not really cut last year, but I didn't think he was weighing in at 265.
Richard Durrett takes a look at the catchers for the Rangers in 2010 in his spring positional roundup.
"Wire Reports" offers the five biggest questions for the Rangers this spring, with #1 being, who fills out the rotation? If everyone is healthy, that isn't a "big" question to me, just because I think whoever ends up making the rotation, the Rangers will be fine. You know who the top three is, Tommy Hunter is almost definitely #4, and the candidates for the fifth spot are guys who you feel like should be able to hold their own in the majors. There's a question about who will be the #5 starter, but it isn't a "big" question the way Josh Hamilton, Chris Davis, the catchers, or Vlad Guerrero are.
Evan Grant finishes up his Rangers top 25 prospect countdown with the top 5 today...
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Betcha AJM is working up a separate post adressing that issue
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
I kinda hope
CJ gets traded to NYY so I can hate him with the vigor he deserves.
It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard.
- Nolan Ryan
Why would you want...
the Yanks to get another good pitcher?
As long as he goes out and performs I could care less what he thinks of himself.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Well
Somebody needs to open the air pressure valve on his head a bit and get him under control, because we haven’t even played an exhibition yet and he’s pretty clearly setting himself up for a temper tantrum if he doesn’t make the rotation.
Maybe this is where having Nolan around comes in handy, like with MY.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Get him under control?
People make far too much of these inane comments.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
yep
we don’t really know the context of the statement either. Maybe JFE asked it in a way that CJ felt he had to defend himself?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Feb 19, 2010 9:14 AM CST up reply actions
well he clearly seems like the kinda guy that has to be the ace or has to be the closer or he wont be happy.
definitely comes off as the kid when you were playing tackle football as a kid and before one kid was like, i wanna be Troy and the other kid was always, “no you cant be troy, im troy. im always troy. if you dont like it, ill take my football and go home!!!”
all other kids at once, “fine your troy”
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
And then the guy on the line says
You’re troy and I’m LT. now stand still there and read the defense…..
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Maybe
But I don’t generally react well to players trying to tell everyone where they should be playing, anointing themselves as elite and taking potshots at their franchise.
But, who knows. Give the douche the benefit of the doubt I guess, there could be a context to this we’re not aware of. I have no idea what that could be, but we’ll see how he tries to spin it.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Well, about elite free agent pitchers not signing here, yeah.
But (1, that’s just not something you go around saying, and (2, I definitely wouldn’t put him in the class of pitcher he’s talking about.
But yeah, like t-ball says, we already knew he was a dumbass with a big mouth so we really shouldn’t be too shocked about this.
I’m gonna go look at his 2009 stats again to temper my hatred of him.
Ahh. Much better.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Oh, it's definitely an asinine thing to say
but I don’t think it really has any long term significance. He has a big mouth, we already knew that.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I think it's more about using
impending free agency as leverage for a starting role.
It’s partially airheadedness, but it’s also done on purpose.
Yeah!!!
Spring training is underway. Our long national nightmare is over
Effin Jennifer Floyd Engel has a couple pieces that suck today
“Little Ball of Stupid” out of the gates running for baseball season. lucky us….
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Bobby V...
In reading Jamey’s report this morning I noticed Bobby V’s quote about Wash being on the “hottest seat in baseball”. My question is, do you view this as typical analyst chatter, or do you think Valentine has some sort of inside info due to being a possible manager in waiting because of his history with Nolan?
by Topgun22 on Feb 19, 2010 9:19 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Nope.
I think Washington & JD are both on hot seats.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Wash much more so than JD imho
jd may not be a nolan guy, but he has skins on the wall so to speak compared to wash who i really think he expects to get production from the guys on the field this season or he can find some1 who can easily match that performance. plus wash doesnt really have any of “his guys” in place whereas you get rid of jd, chances are you need to find a new aj, a bunch of new scouts, etc… all that for replacing some1 i dont think nolan sees club development and running of the FO that differently from in JD.
but yeah, i wouldnt be surprised if bobby had an ear in the org, whether its nolan or tag or whoever…
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
x
I saw the segment and it was one of those “Coors Light Cold Hard Facts,” and there is no analysis or discussion, just “Who has the hottest seat of managers?” Bobby V: (something to the effect of) “Hottest seat is in the hottest place, Texas. New ownership and Nolan Ryan means he will have a lot of expectations to win.”
It was a lot of “no shit,” kind of chatter. I think every person in this organization is going to be under a lens this season, that’s what new owners do.
Scheppers
Why is it that writers (Evan being the latest today) keep stating that Scheppers hasn’t played pro ball?
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
b/c they arent good at what they do...
shhhhh! dont tell them.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
LOL
Yeah, I don’t mean to make a big deal of it, but it’s not the first time I’ve seen a sportswriter write that, and it’s just not true.
I really need to get an editor job again somewhere…
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
you dont wanna know
my first reaction when i openned up the sports section to catch 2 LBoStupid articles matched in with headline of mens figureskating…
even read one of her articles, but the JFE n CJ article i just couldnt muster.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Bad choice of words
Hasn’t played in MLB/National Association-sanctioned league. Good catch. Sorry about that. He has pitched professionally – for St. Paul. But I don’t count the AZ Fall League as a pro league. It’s a six-week training tool. A good tool, but still a tool.
Fatt Harrison
I don’t know if the weight’s a big issue or not, but I do know the guy can get some guys out. Having him as a healthy option would be extra-delicious icing on the cake.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Harrison
He really hasn’t been good in the majors.
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 19, 2010 9:28 AM CST up reply actions
he was good for 2 or 3 games
really good for 2 as i recall.
now if you say:
He really hasn’t been consistently good in the majors.
sure…
but he worked a couple gems before it all unraveled. and no im not saying he can do it like that again, but not having an extra 30 lbs to drag around cant hurt his endurance or strength
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Right, and I watched last season
I realize he struggled after a hot start and then got hurt. But, again, as a 7th or 8th option, it’s nice to have a guy like that who has shows at least the ability to get major leaguers out and could still conceivably improve his game.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
it's just the same old Spring Training
this player has lost a lot of weight and is in the best shape of their lives etc etc.
Harrison isn’t that great because he didn’t miss bats. Maddux got him to work faster which helped him, but yeah, he went from getting absolutely rocked to being avg for a few games. Of course, then he got hurt.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
back to back 1 or 2 hitters was being avg?
he was pretty good when he was on. it just didnt sustain to any extent and then it all fell apart. he got hurt, never put it together and is now 7th in the pecking order i figure when it comes to spots but it is what it is. as a guy with options who has shown ability in the past it could be worse. we are a team that has been bringing in bensons to fight for the 5th spot my whole life.
ill take a fitter healthier Fatt Harrison 7th in a 5 man rotation…
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
+ 1 yep I'm picking him as my Darkhorse...
especially if he’s throwing as hard as they say he was this past fall.
I did not ask you if you have herpes. I said is that a hairpiece?!?
maybe Harrison replaces CJ in the pen
if CJ makes the rotation, how would Harrison be in the pen. he can throw hard for a lefty and i could see him being a really good BP arm.
OT - Sarah Palin/Family Guy thing
This was mentioned in another thread. I didn’t realize the girl who voiced the cartoon girl actually has Down’s syndrome. Here’s what she said about Palin’s objection/reaction to the joke.
I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor. I thought the line "I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska" was very funny. I think the word is "sarcasm."
In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Damn..
sErVeD.
"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 Cecilio's Guante on Feb 19, 2010 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
Nah
That is still just one opinion. The Family Guy thing was low, but the show is a really nasty satire every single episode. Why on earth would anyone expect them to treat any issue with respect. That kind of show exists to poke sharp sticks at every issue. Palin is a media whore with a carefully sculpted victim complex that plays well to her target audience, who all believe the media is out to get anyone slightly to the left of Genghis Khan.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I agree....just saying that girl who did the voice for the character brought the heat....
I think I may have seen 1 or 2 full episodes of TFG, nothing against it, just not my cup of tea.
"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 Cecilio's Guante on Feb 19, 2010 1:29 PM CST up reply actions
Nice
Accurate statement all around. I still think Family Guy can be funny but your characterization seems true.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Genghis Khan
A reference to mongoloid retardation?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
needs 3rd option
listening to Sarah palin
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Cant the Palin haters find a political site somewhere
I love politics as much as the next guy, but sheesh, why are we posting stuff like that here. Spring training has started. Its the most wonderful time of the year. We got pitching staffs to assemble and catcher situations to hash out. We can talk about how Palin carries Trig next off season.
Why did EG not rank Danny Gutierrez?
15. MaxRam
14. Main
13. Beavan
12. Sardinas
11. Profar
10. Wieland
9. Moreland
8. Kiker
7. Beltre
6. Ross
5. Font
4. Scheppers
3. Perez
2. Smoak
1. Feliz
???
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Didn't rank Gutierrez for two reasons
1. The 50-game suspension. I know he’ll pitch this year, but I think it will delay his development significantly in this organization. And it’s just another example of this kid having potential makeup issues. Here’s what he had to do in order to get the waiver process started so he could take the Adderall: Tell the Rangers he was taking Adderall. The club would have handled all the paperwork, etc. Gutierrez whiffed on a responsibility. Not the first example of that.
2. It gave me a chance to put both Beltre and Ogando on the list just for the sake of changing things up.
Nice to have the Gutz situation clarified as far as who files the waiver
Are we positive that he has produced said prescription at this time?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
YAY!
“Pitchers and catchers have all reported, and spring training is underway” -AJM
Yes… today i must say is a good day.
I'm a newbie now... I've been on a sort of sabbatical leave... a rest from LSB or hiatus so to speak.
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