Wednesday a.m. Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 3, 2010 7:46 AM CST
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PrintThe Rangers had four innings of intrasquad game yesterday, and T.R. Sullivan offers notes from the game. There was one quote from his write-up that jumped out at me:
"I might have wanted to take that pitch, work the count to 3-and-1 and then look for something to drive," Young said. "But at this point of the spring, we're trying to make sure we are fundamental sound. Julio had stolen second and I wanted to get him over."
I know the Rangers are trying to change the offensive philosophy and all, but I can't imagine that having their top of the order guys swing at ball 3 so that they can make a productive out is really something they are promoting right now.
The S-T also has some notes from yesterday up, include injury updates on Chris Ray, Josh Hamilton, and Warner Madrigal.
Jeff Wilson writes that Derek Holland is throwing live b.p. as he works to try to catch back up with the rest of the pitchers, after being slowed with a knee problem.
Richard Durrett has a short Q&A with Julio Borbon.
Wilson looks at the five Rangers who are competing for what is now two open bench spots, with Khalil Greene out of the mix. Brandon Boggs, who I've touted as a potential 25th man, is not listed.
Sullivan writes that David Murphy isn't worried about being the 4th outfielder -- he feels if he does his things, the at bats will come.
And the Rangers are wearing a patch on their spring uniforms to honor Bobby Bragan.
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SI Rangers Preview
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/ben_reiter/03/02/rangers.postcard/index.html?eref=sihp
Not a bad writeup, but he’s extremely optimistic about the offense.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
I think the offense will be better
but its tough to be extremely optimistic.
You need a mess of guys showing that last year was a complete fluke.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Durrett
Yesterday he linked to a Rangers preview done by the Mike and Mike radio show on ESPN. In the middle of the preview they posed a coupla questions to Keith Law. Law very confidently [smugly?] said that Smoak would be up replacing Chris Davis at 1B by midseason. Kinda made my heart sink because Law seems pretty zoned in on Davis’ potential, or lack thereof. Spotlight is squarely on CD right outta the gate.
Yeah,
Davis, based on his high K and low BB in the minors might end up being like a Henry Rodriguez, but it wouldn’t at all be surprising if Law was dead on. Power is nice, but if you can’t get on base, it’s tough to put you in the lineup as a 1B or DH.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
generate more BB
I could handle Davis’ SO if he’d generate more walks.
I’ve pretty much given up on Davis cutting his SO totals. So now he has to work on that SO/BB ratio and draw more walks. A 100 BB, 200 SO, 40+ HR season is acceptable to me, but Davis has a long way to go in the BB department to get there.
Not sure why
you’d think he would. He didn’t show a lot of sign of drawing walks in the minors, and there isn’t exactly a history of the Rangers of promoting walks. Certainly team leadership isn’t known for their patience at the plate.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Yeah
Look at M.Y. His first three years, ages 24-26 he had a walk rate of 5.8% and his career is only at 6.7%. Davis is at 6.0% at age 23.
There are folks who change their walk rates
but it is rare, and not the norm.
If the Rangers as an organization or Rangers player team leadership emphasized it, I’d think it would be more likely.
However, with the Face of the Franchise scoffing at the notion that lack of patience was a problem for the Rangers, I just think it’s much more likely that Davis is what he is when it comes to walk rates.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Law
I think Keith Law was trying to comp him to other players with these kind of numbers. Really nobody who has put up ratios this bad has had much of a career
I’m pulling for Davis though. He’s younger than Max, younger than Moreland and only 9 months older than Smoak. But this is a make or break year for him.
Most of the players that put up
the numbers Davis did in the first half were vets who lose their bat speed or can’t do it any more (Gorman Thomas comes to mind) at the very end or they were like LP in ‘82…they’d had a nice run but for some unexplainable reason suddenly lost it. LP happened to find it in the middle of the season and played well for 5 more seasons.
I don’t know of any young players who were as bad as CDavis was to ever recover.
Rob Deer might be a decent comp and he kicked around for a few years but he wasn’t very good.
"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)
Willy Mo Pena - Argh!
I show Pena at age 23 in 830 AB’s
.248/.304/.477
HR rate 6.1
BB rate 6.0
K rate 34.7
Pretty much spot on to Davis.
Pena is 28 and spent 2009 in AAA.
WM Pena
was one of the names that came up last year.
"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)
Willy Mo Pena?
Athletic Centerfielder type who swings at anything and occasionally hits one out.
Davis reminds me more of a McGwire/Thome type who lacks the plate discipline. Or of a Tony Armas type slugger.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I'd like to see Davis succeed
Hamilton have an MVP year, Guerrero to have his career year, and Harden to compete for the Cy Young.
I just don’t know if I’d bet on any of those things happening.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Why are you assuming that everyone is listening to Young on this?
Hasn’t one of the knocks on Young as the team leader always been that he isn’t the vocal leader in the room? Kinsler for instance has come out this offseason and said all the right things about what his problems were last year and what he has to do to fix them. Washington has always talked about wanting his offense to be more patient. It seems Hurdle is doing a great job of emphasizing this, too. And of course, Davis had an extreme season to prove to him that he’s going to need to improve his patience at the plate to go with the time in the minors where he was always told he needed to improve on his pitch selection and cut down the Ks.
None of that means its a guarantee he’ll do it, but I just don’t see Young’s quote doing anything but showing that Young isn’t going to change who he is as a hitter 10 years into his ML career.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Re: Davis
System BB%
Bill James 7.8 %
CHONE 6.6 %
Marcel 7.0 %
The above seem to be optomistic. Anyone care to look up PECOTA or ZIPS?
"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.
I don't think those are being too optimistic
Those are still projecting him to be below average in his walk rate and he’s got a 6% career walk rate at this point. All those are assuming is that he continues to work on a known issue for him.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I meant optomistic for a recovery
"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.
and I don't think Young SHOULD change
but he should buy into the team approach, saying the right things. But I agree – I don’t think there’s a reason to read too much into what Young has said here,
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 11:47 AM CST up reply actions
He should say those things
but I don’t think we should expect that from him. This has always been his approach and he’s never exactly swayed from it.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I don't see why he's locked in as a high K guy
I mean, over 100 Ks, for sure – but not record breaking every year. He had a big gap in his swing, and it showed. If he fixes or closes that gap at least, I think you’ll see results: a lower K rate (significantly) and a higher average/OBP
Will he be a .285 AVE/.880 OPS bat again? It’d be ideal, but not likely. But I think he’ll more than close the gap from the .238 AVE/.726 OPS mark…something in the neighborhood of .265/.820, which would suffice, I think
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
high number of Ks
in the minors. high number in the majors. He’s going to SO, there isn’t any question about that. It’s easy to see how he’ll be a 175 to 200 SO guy from here on out.
In order to combat that, he’s got to up his BB%. He’s got to figure out how to get to 75 to 100 BB a year. If he can be around 30% Ks, 10% BB, and reach his power potential he’ll be just fine.
As others have noted, 8% BB is probably the best predictable outcome given what we know so far, so reaching 10% is going to require some serious work on Davis’ part.
by elvis1isking on Mar 3, 2010 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
I just ask that he improve his contact rate
baby steps…and I think a better approach at the plate (hopefully Hurdle helps steer him in the right direction) will help that contact rate, so maybe that’s part of how he gets there
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
Tough to be wildly optimistic about the offense, sure.
But it would be very tough for the 2010 team to duplicate the 2009 nightmarish mess. Man, was that a disaster.
yeah
addition by subtraction. Not dealing with Andruw Jones and Hank Blalock will improve the offense in and of itself. Having Vlad, even if he has a down year is a big upgrade.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Except that our DHs
had 38/97 with an OPS above .800 in 2009.
The offensive problems for This Thing centered around the black holes of 1B & C.
"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)
I've seen this number thrown around by you many times
How did you come to that 800 OPS? I see a 782 from Andruw and a 736 from Hank. Who else are you tossing into the DH spot to get that number?
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!
802 OPS to be exact.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=TEX&year=2009
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Obliged, sir
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!
802 OPS to be exact.
With a .312 OBP…kind of an empty number.
"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.
Still much better
than the sucking chest wounds we had at 1B and C.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
True...OPS by postion last yr:
C .665..
1B .684..
2B .802..
3B .869..
SS .701..
LF .806..
CF .771..
RF .803
DH .802
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
gotta think that SS .701 comes up a bit right?
although CF may decline
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
FWIW
CHONE has Andrus’s OPS dropping, but by a very negligible amount.
BJ and Marcel are less useful, but since they’re also on my computer screen, BJ has it increasing by a negligible degree and Marcel has him increasing by a lot.
Obviously Marcel is the best.
I don't know.
Elvis is young enough that I’m not entirely sure it comes up that much. He is still feeling his way in the majors, but brings enough glove that even if he hits 700, he is fine.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
splits tell a story but obviously not the complete story
.666 OPS in the first half, .737 OPS in the second half. He improved his patience – which was visible…his approach completely changed from what I saw. And his power surged, too – maybe being more selective allowed him to hit the better pitches he saw harder than before?
I don’t expect him to hit that .737 for the year, but I’d think a .715 to .750 – anywhere in between – shouldn’t be out of the question at all.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
There's nothing empty about 38 HRs.
"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)
sorry, what?
There are two very important parts of that equation, power and on base %, and if one is lacking, it makes the whole number empty?
I don’t get your logic…
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
I can find a place in my line-up
(probably 6th or 7th) for somebody who hits 38 HR with an .802 OPS.
"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)
It doesn't make the whole number empty
but it is the reason stats like wOBA and EQA were developed, to make up for the weaknesses of OPS. One of those weaknesses is undervaluing OBP while overvaluing power.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
That's why
that hitter would hit lower in my order.
"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)
Batting order doesn't matter that much
To the point where you risk having a guy who does nothing but hit the occasional HR. Using Blalock as an example, and maybe stupidly hoping it doesn’t turn into a “Let the healing begin” debate, 24 walks in nearly 500 PAs is unacceptable from anyone in the lineup and especially when you can’t hit above .235 and offer no defensive value.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
And part of last year's problem on offense
was that The Mensa kept running Nelson Cruz (.856 OPS last year) out there in the 6 or 7 hole and others, notably AJones & Hank F in the 4 or 5 hole.
Every time I try to get optimistic with This Thing, the buzzkill of Washington brings me back to reality.
"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)
r u going to use The Mensa all year? I think you can do better than that.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 10:43 AM CST up reply actions
The Mensa is the leader in the clubhouse.
That term makes the pussy liberals in here feel better.
"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)
The Mensa
is weak. Sucks those liberals won’t let you throw your racist nicknames for Washington around huh?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 3, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
If The Mensa pisses you off...
good.
"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)
lol
you two kill me.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
i'm a mensa member, and i'm offended
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Mar 3, 2010 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
Is there anything else to joining that the test?
I’ve thought offhand about trying for it, but not enough to… you know…. take five seconds to google it
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!
I belonged for a brief time
in high school. It was incredibly lame and boring and pointless.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Here
Hank F & AJ were DHs for 105 games last year. Borbon & Murphy swam in the DH pool for 35 games.
And last I checked, .802 is above .800.
"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)
Yeah, but it's totally buoyed up by infield hits
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 3, 2010 9:50 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
So
are you buying the load of bullshit that Chris Davis was “cured” when he came back up last August?
7 walks in 140+ plate appearances means it’s the SOS in a slightly different package.
"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)
no.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
Absolutely I'm rooting for him. If he pulls the same crap he did last year, we're in trouble.
I just don’t buy the bullshit that he was suddenly fixed or a “good hitter” when he returned. 7 walks in 140+ plate appearances is a screaming siren that he’s not fixed.
He got it together (after September 20) when the season was over and when they were playing nothing more than glorified spring training games in late March.
"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)
Look at Davis this year like Tiny E last year.
From the very highest mountain-tops I channeled my inner Bernie Shaw and screamed that he was going to be a fucking disaster.
Tiny E proved me and a lot of others wrong. Jeez, it happens. Tiny E was one of the reasons This Thing was better in 2009 and I have no problems admitting it.
"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)
You really don't need to explain this to me anymore, I've got it down pat..
But yeah, I’ll give you the Andrus thing, you did man up.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
After Sept 20?
The Rangers had two series against the Angels, one against the A’s and one against the M’s. You don’t think the Angels were playing for anything? They were still in a fight with Boston for home field advantage down the stretch. And if the Angels were just coasting home and didn’t care how come they finished the season with a sweep of the Rangers?
"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.
Really?
After September 20, the Rangers trailed the Sox & Angels by 8 and 7.5 games with 14 games left. The season was essentially over.
The Rangers had two games against LAAA. I’m not even going to look at the boxscore of those games because I clearly remember Scioscia rolling out his spares (but go ahead and check).
The other 10 games were against Oakland, Seattle and Tampa.
Do the research, dumbass. You’re grasping at straws.
"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)
Game 1
Angels started their full regular line up. Game 2, they basically ran a few starters and their whole bench out there.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 3, 2010 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
So you think the Rangers
had a decent chance at making a run at post-season after September 20?
Figures.
"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)
Not talking about the Rangers you gum-flapping shithead
Talking about their opponents and whether Davis’s numbers were somehow inflated by teams rolling over.
"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.
Davis' numbers were
inflated in games when the Ranger season was over and the pressure was removed.
He was a bad ass at that point.
"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)
You gum-flapping shit head
Who gives a shit what Josey says.............................
by Lil' Jonny Donuts on Mar 3, 2010 9:55 PM CST up reply actions
LOL nice JoDo
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
You really are retarded
you said Scoscia rolled out his spares, but go ahead and check the box scores. I checked the box scores. You were half right. How does that turn into me thinking they could make the postseason? You are as worthless as tits on a boar hog Josey…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 3, 2010 2:22 PM CST up reply actions
I don't know how Davis stood up
to the pressure of playing in a game where his team was out of contention and the score was 8-0 in the 4th inning.
Ice water in his veins, I guess.
"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)
Not worth it
Move along…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 3, 2010 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly
because Davis didn’t play under any pressure whatsoever after September 20.
The Rangers had 10 games with TBay, Oakland and Seattle and 2 games with LAAA.
In one of the two games v LAAA the Angels had an 8-0 lead in the 4th inning and Scioscia played nothing but spares in the next game.
Move along, Mr. Hand.
"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)
You said
go check the box scores. I did and you were wrong. Who they played, how much pressure there was, or any of that had nothing to do with my statement.
I think a good game of freeze tag on the highway is in order for you
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 3, 2010 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 3, 2010 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
No Pressure?
Of course he had pressure. He had to prove that he could continue to hit or he’d lose his job.
This same pressure is the pressure that every major leaguer goes through every day. pennant race or no, the only thing that a player can worry about at the plate is hitting the ball squarely. Once you start thinking about ANYTHING else, its over.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
first it was infield hits, now its walks
You are searching for ways to denigrate Davis’ second half for some reason. The truth was that he hit over .300 (.308) , didn’t walk much (.338 OBP) while retaining most of his power (.496 SLG) while also cutting down his K rate (1 per game, down from just under 1.5 per game)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Cured? I dunno.
But he was certainly better-looking when he came up.
I think, ultimately, his career will end up looking like 2008- league averageish OBP with a high slug. And unless Smoak tears the door off the hinges (or gets packaged in an over-the-top deal) I can live with that and plus defense at first.
I can’t remember, did he have the open, front-foot-out-until-release stance like Nellie before going down and working with Coolbaugh?
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!
I don't know if you'll agree with this take or not
but the Chris Davis we had to watch for the first half of last season was one of the most overmatched hitters I’ve ever seen. 114Ks in 277 plate appearances with a .256 OBP…vomit.
The second version was better but that doesn’t mean he was good by any means. When this team needed him the most, he rolled another 8 for 46 or somesuch.
He did get 7 infield hits and was given a hit (and 2 RBI) on a home-cooking scorekeeper’s call in the first game of the DH with the BJ’s on September 1 (?).
I am very skeptical that he can recover enough to be a productive hitter this year. If he starts taking walks once every 10 abs (instead of every 20 abs) and can learn to hit with two strikes, he might be an acceptable bat to stash lower in the order.
When I say all that, I’m still rooting for him because we need him to be successful.
"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)
how about the first version?
2008? If you take an average of the three, it isn’t such an ugly picture.
But I’ll give you this – without us knowing what is going to happen, Chris Davis deserves every opportunity for the first month of the season. If he comes out of the gate like a black hole in the lineup again, we’ve got to do something different.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
You keep spouting about this as if it were gospel
The reality of it is that not all .800 OPS’s are the same. The one we got (of the .300/.500 type) is the emptyest of all. and is barely average for a DH (AL DH’s hit .255/.337/.443, a .780 OPS, but as we were in a park which boosts offense by 5%, our OPS+ was only 103.
However, of that 38/97, if you remove Andruw Jones and Hank Blalock, the primary contributors, you still have 10 homers, 37 RBI in 220 PA’s with an OPS of .789 (a line of .282/.318/.471).
Replacing Andruw Jones and Hank Blalock with Vlad Guererro’s PECOTA for 2010, you get a line of .293/.349/.484 .833 OPS, 28 homers, and 106 RBI.
User Vlad’s 2009 line and you get .290/.348/.463 .811 OPS, 25 homers and 87 RBI.
Basically, however you put it, Vlad will more than replace Jones and Blalock.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Maybe he will
but the real problems with this lineup were still 1B and C, especially 1B. That is a position you expect some serious offense from.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Yeah,
you would at least expect some regression to the mean. However, tough to see the offense cranking out 900 runs like they did in 08, either.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Agreed.
That ’08 squad had unreal OPSes from Bradley and Hamilton that probably will be significantly better than Vlad and Hamilton this year.
probably being the key word
what happens if Kinsler puts it all together, Vlad, Young and Hamilton stay healthy, Cruz continues his path, Davis reverts closer to a 2008 version and Andrus avoids the sophomore slump? All of those things have happened in the past – why can’t we expect that, in a not-really-perfect world?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:06 PM CST up reply actions
I liked reading this part
He and [new hitting coach] Clint Hurdle have clicked, and he’s really working on driving the ball and staying on top of the ball." Kinsler, for his part, says that his goal is to “combine my last two seasons.” It seems likely that he will, and that he will help Texas’ offense to once again be not just very good, but exceptional.
If Clint has Ian figured out then he’s in for a monster year.
thank you!
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
OT: Sean Casey is a terrible broadcaster
He can’t get through 1 thought without stuttering. When they stand in the other MLBN set, he doesn’t stop fidgeting. It’s really annoying.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
he is my least favorite person on the mlb.
in life really.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 9:21 AM CST up reply actions
Yup, of the former players the've got on there, the only one I think is worse is Magrane.
And I think Reynolds is secretly worse but has made strides to clean up his act this year. Not that he doesn’t still suck.
Face...
you are either on the bus or you are not. As the “leader” of this club, it would be nice if you would join the party.
is a fan of Derek Freaking Holland!
Well, it's only one spring game and that's a Michael Young quote in a TR Sullivan article
So, you have to consider the source… but yeah, making an offense that was terrible at avoiding outs last year concentrate on productive outs would be bullshit.
Hopefully this is just MY talking out his gritty ass, and not actually what Hurdle is preaching.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
I saw the quote to mean
MY was working on fundamentals(i.e. hit and run, moving the runner, etc.). Just showing he can do it and working to place the ball.
Your 2009 Snow Monkey Ambassador
It's one thing
to be cognizant of situations, but you don’t want to over-think at bats, particularly with young hitters.
by poster formerly known as ncrangerman on Mar 3, 2010 8:06 AM CST reply actions
Also
Where is TR getting this idea that the Rangers are undervaluing guys who can’t throw in the upper 90’s or something? If that was actually the case, I doubt O’Day would’ve even been picked up last year.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
throwing in the upper 90's means very little if you can't command your pitches
give me the guy who can throw 92 with good secondary stuff and command.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I agree that
there is zero evidence of this. Guys who throw in the mid-upper 90s and don’t have a lot else are called relievers, and the Rangers have gone to great lengths to bring Pedro Strop, Alexi Ogando and Omar Beltre, who all fall into the big arm/not complete category. Guys who throw upper 90s and have starter packages number about three in baseball, and the Rangers have added two guys in Neftali Feliz and Tanner Scheppers who have about as much hope as most any prospect of joining that small group. They made Feliz a key part of their Mark Teixeira trade, drafted Scheppers and Matt Purke with premium picks, and have signed a few international players with big arms, including Wilmer Font. On the major league level, they replaced Millwood with Harden and Ray, both much harder throwers. Seems like his beef basically boils down to a small investment in Colby Lewis, becuase this staff over the next year or so will throw harder than most in the league.
As far as the draft, the only area among their premium picks where you can really argue that they’ve not drafted velocity types is in the smallish lefties, and it’s not like those guys were soft tossers.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 3, 2010 9:56 AM CST up reply actions
I like the Murph quote
because it is the right thing to say and it is also correct. There will be a lot of ABs for him before it is all said and done.
yep he always seems to say the right things, he's got a good head on his shoulders that Murph
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Starts with the chin
"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
I don't get the hate for Murph around here...
even as a starter, he was acceptable…even though the starters we have in place are clearly more talented and better suited to start for this offense.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:11 PM CST up reply actions
I heart the Murph. Always have.
Even if he is the “gritty white guy”. Is that a bad thing?
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
+ 1 not at all
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
What stood out to me was this part of the quote
But at this point of the spring
Which indicates to me that when it’s money time, Mikey Baseball wouldn’t have played it the same.
At this point in the spring....
….I would guess that they have ultra specific things they are working on. If yesterday’s goal was “move the runners,” then it shouldn’t be a big deal.
Exactly
Right now they should be working on specific situations and fundamentals. Who knows maybe the managers had told Young to act as if it was the 9th inning of a game and we were behind 1 run. In that case moving Borbon over is exactly what needs to be done regardless of how much you work the count.
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.
So I watching MLBN and they have a show called MLB by the Numbers
They were looking at which player matched the averages of all players at each position in each league last year. They chose David Murphy in LF, Josh Hamilton was the CF’er, and surprisingly Nick Markakis was the RF’er.
Markakis strikes me as one of those guys
where everybody realizes he’s underrated, and he thus becomes overrated. He is what he is.
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Dinosaur Baseball Offense! Catch the fever!!!
If MY’s quote had been on his Facebook Dusty Baker would have hit the “like” button.
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
The other day....
……..someone asked Dusty about Brandon Phillips as his cleanup hitter. Dusty claimed that Phillips “has learned how to be an RBI guy”
Maybe someday we’ll get a Dusty vs Wash World Series.
That quote by Young
says it all about why you shouldn’t expect night and day differences just because Rudy is gone.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
it is spring training
not that i can really see a reason for wanting to make a productive out when you have a runner on 2nd and michael young at bat. but just because they wanted him to make one then doesn’t mean they are always going to want him to make one in that situation.
I don't know.
I have a feeling MY is going to do what he has always done because, well, it works. You will probably see a more profound affect on the younger guys and their approach/style. Not really a reason to mess with MY’s swing. But Kins, CD, and Josh will be where Hurdle will make his money hopefully.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Do Greggo & Hank have the same agent?
Bottom line, Greggo wants more money that I am willing to offer at this time. I thought we had a deal, but it seems that we don’t. I have no ill feelings towards Gregg Williams, just dissapointed that he and I could not agree on the terms I believed we had ironed out in the beginning.
"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.
Greggo and John Wolfe? WTF?
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
That dude is done....loves the white lady too much.
You see him on Dick Hunter’s show? Travesty…
"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 Mar 3, 2010 9:34 AM CST up reply actions
local radio guys crack me up
i assume he has a handle on playing hardball but he does realize he his only value is with this show. he might have comparable value with ESPN radio (but I doubt they’d pay him) and he has no value anywhere outside of DFW.
Yep
No one outside of DFW has any clue who he is. Since he has burned bridges at ESPN and the Ticket, he pretty much needs to start over, I would think.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Why the hell wouldn't 105.3 give him a shot?
They’re rolling Arnie Spanier at nights and I don’t know what they’re doing for afternoon drive.
Richie Whitt & Fat Albert aren’t terrible in mid-days (I listened to them over Irvin when he still had his show).
"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)
If you saw the clip of Greggo and BDH here recently you wouldn't hire him either....dude was LOAded.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 9:50 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, that was sad
And shocking…
"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.
why would Greggor
sounding like a confused drug addict be shocking?
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
I'm trying to be nice today
I could have used any other number of descriptors there…
"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.
Given his history
him being found dead on the toilet with a rig in his arm wouldn’t be shocking.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
True
Except he is not the rigging type. Maybe more dropping dead of a heart attack after snorting an 8-ball.
"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.
Good news on Madrigal, hopefully the bullpen goes well.
I’m not concerned with Ray, that area seems like it would be normal for general soreness. He had TJ surge, not rotator cuff, right?
"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 Mar 3, 2010 9:30 AM CST reply actions
I happened to see Dmitri Young's name somewhere the other day
Anyone know if he’s healthy enough to play this season? He could be an interesting choice for a righthanded 1B bench player.
I was thinking about him the other day...
That guy was pushing 3 bills at one point, I don’t know what his status is, I know he went to rehab a couple years ago…I’m gonna google him and see what’s up.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 9:58 AM CST up reply actions
Isn't Da Meat Hook
a diabetic which explains some of his weight gain?
"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)
In his case...
…it’s almost certainly the other way around-the weight gain caused the diabetes.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 3, 2010 10:19 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yep...but he's a type 2 diabetic if I'm not mistaken, as you prolly know, you don't get Type 2 diabetes from a healthy eating regimen.
So he probably got the diabetes from punishing buffet’s and 32 oz Milwaukee’s Best Crushers.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 10:19 AM CST up reply actions
I want to see this happen once
Fanatics - my webcomic
by DShep on Mar 3, 2010 10:11 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
DShepp
You’re really good at what you do.
Don’t know what your ultimate plans with this talent is but you ought to ask The Great Morris if you can run these dailys on his site as a way to kick off the morning.
Wake up, scratch, fart, piss, coffee and then read The Fanatics.
Just saying.
"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)
well
They arn’t all going to be baseball or remotely ranger related. I do have a long term scheme of creating comics for specific teams so I can legitimately post them on the other popular blogs without looking like a spammer, maybe the great morris would post a ranger specific one or two for me, maybe not.
I also have a plan to make one featuring athletes with lots of twitter followers to see if i can get them to retweet it.
Oh, i have schemes.
Fanatics - my webcomic
you should contact MLB
and see if they’d publish some of it
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
Nice.
Even just a Sunday morning strip, or you can go along with the Friday video. Once a week would be cool.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Exactly, just once
Nice work, btw.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I always hate seeing the opposing team
go towards the stands and the Rangers fans don’t do all they can to get the ball from him.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
is it illegal?
will you get tossed for it, if you cross the wall but don’t go “full body” over?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
my understanding is you are good on your side of the rail
i sit on 1B, and i have been waiting, waiting, waiting for an opportunity. i’m going with the “pull the cap down over the eyes” or the"put a beer in the open glove"
until then, i was only able to entertain myself taking pictures of omar’s growing bald spot all season…
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Mar 3, 2010 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
If it meant giving the Rangers a win
I’d gladly take a lifetime ban from RBiA.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
how would they enforce that anyway
what, they’ve got your photo posted by every gate, heh?
Fanatics - my webcomic
Probably
I’ve got long hair and a beard now anyways, so all I’d have to do is get a haircut and shave.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
by the way
if anyone is using chrome can you tell me if you see the little baseball favicon in the top bar of the browser on my site? I see if in firefox/IE but in chrome it shows as the squarespace cube.
Fanatics - my webcomic
Using Chrome
and I see the “baseball” as the dotted “i”. Is that the one?
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
yeah the tab is what i mean.
ok thanks. probably just because chrome is what I was using before I put the icon on, just figured it should have updated by now and wanted to be sure it wasn’t a weird chrome issue.
Fanatics - my webcomic
heh ..now that's my kind of home field advantage :)
I’d love to see one with A Rod chasing a fly and a fan yelling at him as he misses it, like he did to that one 3rd baseman that time.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
I bet that guy has to make up his own questions.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
Haha
Someone here who has time should send in some prank questions :)
"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.
no love for boggs?
guess he’s not needed though. hammy, cruz, borbon, murph, and vlad. why need a 5th outfielder? go arias i guess??
So far this and the Feliz are my 2 faves,
keep it up…
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 3, 2010 9:27 PM CST up reply actions
I really dig this one
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 3, 2010 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
Fantasy baseball question
Gordon Beckham… why is it that everything fantasy baseball I read, there is no mention that Gordon Beckham is going to play 2nd base this year? He’s always lumped in with the 3rd baseman… i mean, it only takes 10 games played at a position to be eligible there, correct?
Might just depend on what you're reading for fantasy baseball
Lots of fantasy baseball analysis is weak
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I could see it with Yahoo and maybe Rotoworld even
but you’d think Fangraphs would say something about it.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I'm trying to decide if I should make a run at Jose Reyes...
Centered around an offer of Adam Jones and Alexei Ramirez
I'd be surprised if anyone takes that trade.
I’d think they would want at least one premier player in return.
Speaking of Fangraphs..
Bonus Material – FanGraphs has partnerned with ESPN Insider this season and if you purchase the PDF, you’ll have access to anything we write for ESPN Insider right here on FanGraphs.com up until March 1st, 2011.
Fanshot :p
Look down there for a link for espn mag/Insider for 4/yr.
"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.
That sucks
"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.
I can see wanting on wishy washy situations
but yeah, beckham is clearly going to be 2b eligible almost the entire season, they should put him in with them.
Speaking of eligibility, I’m glad CD got those few games at 3b last year so I can justify drafting him late. Although im only playing in meaningless public leagues this year, I keep neglecting real leagues halfway into the season and feeling guilty.
Fanatics - my webcomic
Could someone explain to me the CHONE and MARCEL projections that are found on FanGraphs?
Are those the same projections that you’d get directly from the system-builders and just reprinted for mass viewing on FG, or are there differences in the numbers?
I’m trying to put together some fantasy baseball projections, and the FG projections page seemed to be a quick, easy place to get lots of different info.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I believe they are the same
Although CHONE has a better projection listing on their site that includes percentile projections. Not sure if those are up yet though.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Fraley off the top rope on CJ
“C.J.’s early camp statement were stunning in their lack of maturity. they made him sound like someone with a crying need for attention. I covered Tom Glavine and John Smoltz early in their careers. They had much better stuff than this guy but never popped off like that. They were winners. Not sure about this guy.”
"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)
Ahh yes, the great "I can tell when someone is a 'winner' analysis"
Very first-rate and helpful analysis.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Good point
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
OT: Yesterday I started toying with continuing that all-time Rangers WAR leaders thing I started last year.
Don’t know if I will or not, but I did put together the third base numbers last night. What was interesting was, of all his disappointment, Blalock had the second highest total at the position ever for a Ranger. It was barely more than 1/4th of what Buddy Bell put up, but I still thought that was interesting.
I’m not sure which has been more of a black hole for us historically: second or third. We’ve never had a 2B as great as Bell, but there’s no one who can match Kinsler at third base for a quality #2. Both have had a few good seasons but very few good careers.
Dr Guard
Can anyone recommend how to remove this?
If you don’t know what it is, be grateful. It is a motherfucker.
Go Strangers.
Here's the manual removal process
Definitely spyware.
http://www.spywareremove.com/removeDrGuard.html
"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 Mar 3, 2010 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
So that's trusted?
I’ve found a couple “remove Dr Guard” fixes on google, it’s just they all begin by downloading something else. Can you vouch for this one?
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Mar 3, 2010 1:06 PM CST up reply actions
No
Never had to use it. However, manual advisories usually work.
"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 Mar 3, 2010 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
I've had a couple of variants of this recently
Antivirus Soft and Antivirus XP 2010 on two separate computers. bleepingcomputer.com was extremely helpful in removal of both and they have Dr Guard removal steps here:
Requires install of Malwarebytes freeware and both times it worked like a champ….good luck.
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Mar 3, 2010 1:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Malwarebytes is great stuff
"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.
Taylor on here turned me on to Malwarebytes
and it completely cleaned up a shitty virus I had in December. I’ve recommended it ad nauseum since then. Hightower, it’s definitely worth your time to run it.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
If you restart you computer in safe mode then run whatever virus software you have
that worked for me. Just keep hitting F8 when you’re starting up until you get the the boot menu and select safe mode.
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