Richard Durrett on the Rangers' fifth starter

He is however, considered a major league vet, which means he must be put on league wide revocable waivers before being optioned.

I hate to say this, but I’d like to see the Rangers make a deal this spring, sending out McCarthy and Mendoza and getting in an infielder who doesn’t expect to start and won’t trip over his shoelaces at second, short, or third. Anyone know of an example?

If healthy he needs to be put in the rotation….let the kids get some more starts at AAA. Then if/when McCarthy breaks down or shows he doesn’t have it…then we go with the young guys.

Use all of your available options first…then go with the touth

which, the Rangers have.

What the hell is going on in Surprise?

I’ve got a hard time seeing how a guy who has had limited success in the majors and missed much of last season with an injury should be jumped to the front of this particular line.

I’ve ignored it for far too long during my 6 years of back pain…while it hasn’t really done much for my back, it has completely taken away my plantar fascitis pain and I’m holding out hope the back is down the line

the difference now is those interchangeable guys are pretty good pitchers.

What is Finland’s goalie doing???

1-0 USA!

I don’t know anything other than that the canada team is probably going to end up winning gold despite that loss to us.

Goal, cool.

Hurrah.

Damn, good timing for my first hockey watching in months.

gooooooooooooal

thats two more goals, not emphasis.

Geez, 6-0

This game is over.

It first was a thought just thrown out there since Nolan still has ties to the Round Rock team. But it’s been gaining steam and I think the Houston Chronicle had an article somewhat recently about a switch between the two teams.

I know that early on when this started ‘leaking’ Round Rock was upset that the Astros weren’t committing more resources to their farm system.

Harden pitching or vlad batting.

The guy is a force of nature. If he stays relatively healthy, he destroys this year.

•Become the first team to send all 25 players to the All-Star Game.
•Go 161-1, but only out of humility.
•Start a home run conga line, like in that Bugs Bunny cartoon.
•Cure cancer.
•Make C.J. Wilson’s Twitter more entertaining than Ozzie Guillen’s.
•Fit Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s name comfortably on a uniform.
•Once and for all establish that their dancers are not whores.

The conga line cartoon/line is genius.

30/30 from cruz.. well he went 33/20 last year in 128 games and steals are something you can add to pretty much at will, though probably hurting the team to do so in meh situations. He probably won’t actually do it, but its within reason, especially if he can get his OBP up a bit.

50 steals from borbon.. well he stole over 50 each of the last two years, and his steal pace while in the majors would hav ebeen over 50 for a full season..

What’s that about?

That stamina is crazy, though.

View from Rangers’ dugout
View from Visitors’ Dugout
View from behind home plate

Notice all the Pepsi billboards – you can’t buy that at The Ballpark

wow, 19/17/16 by kid, 37/8 by dirk in a great comeback win, that probably hooked me into watching the next few mavs games with the streak going.

You could do a shit ton worse than McCarthy as your 5th starter. He’s not that bad, when he’s not injured.

and has never put up an ERA over 5. It’d be nice if the Rangers were really at the point where someone like that has no value, but we arn’t there quite yet.

Hes injury prone and doesn’t go dep enough into games, but hes a perfectly reasonable back end option when healthy imo.

But he’s a very acceptable 5th starter. I’d just rather see Holland in the rotation, because Holland is a better pitcher.

It likely won’t matter anyway, since McCarthy’s only due for about 100 innings, tops.

He’s a good pitcher when he’s actually pitching.

I understand the frustration with the spindly fuck, but if he’s healthy and pitching in our rotation, that’s a good thing for us, imo.