Rangers Acquire Gregorio Petit

by Rodney on Mar 24, 2010 1:59 PM CDT

From Jamison:

According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, Texas has traded righthander Edwar Ramirez to Oakland for non-roster infielder Gregorio Petit. The 25-year-old Petit was reassigned to minor league camp three days ago by the A's, for whom he'd spent his entire nine-year pro career.

Considered a defense-first infielder (and primarily a shortstop), the Venezuelan is a career .268/.322/.369 minor league hitter (.278/.304/.333 in 54 big league at-bats). He went 6-for-11 (.545/.667/.818 with four walks and two strikeouts) in camp for the A's before being reassigned.

Petit presumably enters the mix for the big league utility infield job.

The removal of Ramirez, purchased on March 9 from the Yankees, clears up a roster spot for the Rangers since he was on the club's 40-man roster.

See Ya', Spiderman!

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From minorleaguesplits.com

Pos Outs Chances Runs Runs/150
2B 40 51 2 -
3B 41 52 6 -
SS 133 193 1 3

"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.

by Rodney on Mar 24, 2010 2:03 PM CDT reply actions

.545/.667/.818 in ST (11 ABs)

Pujols wishes.

(SSS, I know).

I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010

by Aqua on Mar 24, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions

but is he a base-stealin' machine!?

(Wife) "So what do you want to watch on the T.V.? UFC or porn?"
(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."

by mtex on Mar 24, 2010 2:05 PM CDT reply actions

I guess we found our new UTL guy.

So long, Arias.

"There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked." --Muhammad Ali

by coolaid on Mar 24, 2010 2:06 PM CDT reply actions

Plus he looks like, I don't know

A real human being…

by Rodney on Mar 24, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Just bought my World Series tickets.

"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010

by ghtd36 on Mar 24, 2010 2:07 PM CDT reply actions

The next Antoine Rigaudeau

'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'

by scoop16 on Mar 24, 2010 2:09 PM CDT reply actions

That takes me back.

Man that guy sucked for the Mavs.

I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010

by Aqua on Mar 24, 2010 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Hold on...

Man that guy sucked ~~for the Mavs~~.

Fixed.

"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010

by ghtd36 on Mar 24, 2010 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

I had that originally

But I thought it set me up for sexual jokes, so I changed it.

I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010

by Aqua on Mar 24, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I was so happy for him when he scored his first points. i just wanted him to get the monkey off his back, and voila, he'd be badass

by oc on Mar 24, 2010 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Wang Zu-Zu...

…for free tacos!

by octoberty on Mar 25, 2010 8:00 AM CDT up reply actions

Petit

I know defense is important, but shouldn’t you at least be capable of hitting AA or AAA pitching in order to hold down a major-league job, even on the bench?

I’d really rather not see the Rangers giving AB’s to a guy whose career minor-league OPS is below .700. That’s just turrible.

"He's not coming back. That chick was like, the Pele of anal."

-- Sterling Archer

by RCCook on Mar 24, 2010 2:27 PM CDT reply actions

Oh wow, I didn't see that...

ugh

"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"

by lost in space on Mar 24, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, but how many ABs are we talking about?

This isn’t to platoon with Elvis or fill in somewhere on the infield 3-4 days a week. This is for “oh s***” at bats when someone is hurt.

I think the position of utility infielder, with our 2B/SS/3B starters, is being EXTREMELY overrated.

"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217

by WestTxAg06 on Mar 24, 2010 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions

in an ideal world

Yup.

But with Kins being all hurty, and Elvis being 21, and Young being 30+, the fear exists that dude might get some serious bun.

Plus there’s the fact that Arias is public enemy #2 to Ranger nation.

Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

by Keynes on Mar 24, 2010 7:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Fair enough, but it seems that if something major happened, we'd go trade for a big midseason injury replacement

Because let’s be honest, if one of your core players goes down, you’re not going to make the playoffs with your utility guy filling in for him the rest of the way. That’s just baseball, not limited to the Rangers.

"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217

by WestTxAg06 on Mar 25, 2010 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions