Minors 8/16 & Draft signing news
by coolaid on Aug 16, 2010 2:13 PM CDT
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Printaaronfitt Georgia RHP Justin Grimm (Rangers, 5th) has agreed to terms for an $825,000 bonus—"with good incentives," per source. #mlbdraft <AF>
So the only guy who hasn't signed yet is miles. This is turning into to a very likable/passable draft.
Click on the starters for a box score link.
Today’s Starters (via Scott Lucas)
7:00 -- AAA: Doug Mathis
7:00 -- AA: TBA (not Ben Snyder, apparently)
High-A: off
6:00 -- Low-A: Jake Brigham
8:35 -- Short-A: Ben Henry
Rookie: off
--- BA scouting report on Grimm:
Grimm has many of the ingredients scouts look for in a college pitcher. He has a pitcher’s body at 6-foot-4, 193 pounds; he’s quick-armed and athletic; he has big-conference experience and was Georgia’s Friday starter this season; and he touches 95 mph regularly with his fastball. The bad news: Grimm had a career 5.80 ERA over nearly 180 innings, and some scouts consider him much the same pitcher after three years at Georgia as he was in 2007, when he was a 13th-round pick of the Red Sox out of high school in Virginia. Grimm has above-average fastball velocity at 90-94 mph, but the pitch lacks life and command thanks to poor mechanics. He rushes through his delivery, leaving his pitches up in the strike zone. He’s vulnerable to home runs because he finishes too upright and doesn’t drive the ball downhill. Scouts do consider the flaws to be correctable. He has a sharp curveball that at times grades out as an above-average pitch, but he wasn’t ahead of hitters enough to use it as a strikeout pitch this spring. Grimm’s changeup remains his third-best pitch. He competed well this season despite Georgia’s disappointing year, even pitching in midweek in relief to sew up a victory against Georgia State, then pitching a career-best eight innings in his final start, beating Kentucky. He’s still expected to go in the first four rounds despite his career 6-12 record.
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Thanks for the work, my court appearance was shorter than anticipated
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
B+ for me.
A+ if they could have swung Ragira, but alas, it was not to be.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Potential for A+ anyway if some of the higher-ceiling guys pan out.
Signing everyone makes a huge statement, imo.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
B
I can’t give it higher when they passed on Sale.
Time will perhaps tell Skole was the right choice.
He thinks so:
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Aug 16, 2010 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
B+
a good balance of upside and polish, which is a rather nice surprise due to the financial restraints the team was under at the draft.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
i dont think its really possible to give an A+ with what was out there for us this draft anyway
i graded it a B+, all things considered (maybe an A for effort with our finances at the time), but I want an A+ next draft, when the talent pool is deep.
Rangers FTW
Luis Sardinas & Jurickson Profar (both 17)...
Sardinas (in rookie ball) : .333 | .360 | .349 | 4 SB
Profar (A-): .231 | .290 | .327 | 7 SB
"No nuts, no glory"
Posted a few videos from Hickory
more to come. Still got three games left here.
Posted a few videos from Hickory
more to come. Still got three games left here.
It told me it didn't work and to send again
I blame hotel internet.
Happened to me today as well.
I think it’s SBN/LSB.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 16, 2010 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Frisco starter = Travis Chick
Contain yourself.
"Most of Jesus’s parables were economic parables, and they were free-market parables." -- Andrew Schlafly
I hope Chick's don't dig the long ball.
I know, I know….horrible joke, but it popped into my head and I had to share.
Someone had to do it
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
I actually own a "chicks dig the long ball" shirt
now i must wear it to frisco
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Not sure how so many can give this draft such a high grade
I mean if you’re grading on a budget curve, possibly, but that’s pretty homeristic. They had to take sleeper types and pass up on premium talent with too many high picks to get a plus grade unless and until some guys really surprise.
Well
Well you have to judge the situation. If this is the type of draft they have next year I would give it a D or F. But when your hamstrung by budget problems you have to do the best they can and I think they did that. Would I have liked to get some different, higher, less risky talent in the first round? Sure, but that wasn’t possible so you have to grade them on the players and situation.
Imagine if they had grabbed Cox and Cowart in the first round and Cuban won the auction. MLB would still be controlling the team, they would probably sign neither and we would be screaming bloody murder. They couldn’t take that risk.
I think when we talk about the situation
we’re judging the performance of management, not the end result. It’s semantics to argue one against the other without better defining the question, but I think that the difference is judging a draft versus judging how a situation was managed. They managed the situation conservatively by picking late risers who didn’t have high bonus demands with their two first rounders, but that doesn’t make me feel any better in itself than if they had punted the 22nd pick.
It’s really about how the question is couched, though, I guess.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 16, 2010 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
its definitely with an understanding on our finances
but lets be honest, there wasn’t that much “premium talent” in this draft, and with what the rangesr had, they did pretty well.
Rangers FTW
And what, exactly, defines "premium talent"?
Skole adds a unique element to grading this draft. He was not viewed as “premium” by BA and others for one reason or another, lack of game action being a prime issue, but our club views him as such and the Braves reportedly did too.
I, personally, grade Skole as premium and based on what I’ve heard, it seems like the club liked him better than Sale and others regardless of monetary factors.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
On Skole
I think that it was a matter of timing. He wasn’t on many people’s radar a couple of months before the draft, and he wasn’t on BA’s top 200 a month before the draft, as word of his rise probably got to them on a delay that he was rising. If BA had done a top 200 on draft day, he would have easily been on it. However, with knowledge that he was rising and of the Rangers’ interest (Callis broke that, right?) they still didn’t rank him in their updated top 50 (or whatever number that was).
It was still a reach, but that’s not to say that it won’t be a good pick. At the same time, I don’t know why anyone who’s being objective would take that suggestion that they just liked him best at face value. Again, if we’re just judging Rangers drafts based on them taking who they like best and trusting their judgment, just grade the draft before draft day.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 16, 2010 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Some of the reports that have come out since the draft
have altered my opinion of some of the early guys. It’s hard to account for the financial situation, but you have to give them kudos for giving themselves a chance to get some of the pricier, high-ceiling guys if the ownership change was finalized.
I’m still a bit upset about Skoal and have a hard time getting excited about Deglan (I see the ceiling, but it seems to be so far away); but adding Luke Jackson and Justin Grimm makes a B (~average) seem appropriate to me. I strongly considered B-.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 16, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Personally,
some of it has to do with the ownership situation and some of it has to do with trusting the FO/scouts on guys like Olt, Skole, etc.
"No nuts, no glory"
This all gets very ambiguous, of course
since most of what most fans base their opinions on are others’ opinions, and there is very little in terms of performance from which to judge a draft this soon.
But expounding on those two issues, I’m not sure what the point of grading a draft is if your grade is based on trust for a staff. You might as well grade the draft before it even takes place.
As far as the degree of difficulty, I guess that just needs to be part of the definition of the grade. We would obviously grade the performance of the drafters higher than we would grade the draft, since their budget was smaller than it would have been if the organization were healthy as of early June. But to me if you’re grading a draft, you have to grade it based on what picks the team had and who they signed with those picks. It sucks for teams that don’t have any money, but we don’t grade farm systems based on a monetary curve. “Sure, the Yankees’ top ten prospects are all better than any Astros prospect, but they should be since the Yankees have more money. Astros B, Yankees C+.”
by Brett Perryman on Aug 16, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
But expounding on those two issues, I’m not sure what the point of grading a draft is if your grade is based on trust for a staff. You might as well grade the draft before it even takes place.
There was a lot of talk about how Skole wasn’t on BA’s top 100 or something like that. Well, if the scouts and the front office think giving him 1.5 million is a good deal then I would trust the scouts/FO more than BA or other peeps on the internet.
"No nuts, no glory"
I am very envious of Boston's draft and how much money they have spend on all these guys.
"No nuts, no glory"
Fuck those guys.
Assuming they sign Ranaudo for ~3mm, they will have spent more than 10mm this draft.
by LiamP on Aug 16, 2010 5:29 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
And
Will probably spend some on Latin’s whenever they start getting signed again.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 16, 2010 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions
This doesn't speak to your point
but they also may have signed as many as five guys who are better than anyone we drafted.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 16, 2010 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd say 5 is about right.
Vitek, Brentz, Ranaudo, Workman & Cecchini.
by LiamP on Aug 16, 2010 5:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Fuck Tom Hicks
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 16, 2010 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Blergh
You’re making me sad.
"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
That's really my point
Boston picked: 20, 36, 39, 57, 110
Texas picked: 15, 22, 45, 49, 72, 103
We all know why Boston had was able to pick and sign who they did, but when BA grades drafts, they aren’t going to say, sure, Boston made an unbelievable haul and Texas drafted several sleepers, but we feel sorry for Texas for their plight, so we’re going to rank them right next to Boston. They’re going to analyze what picks the team had and who they got with them. And if we’re going to do that (consider their plight), I don’t think that we should call it “grading the draft.”
If I were a Reds fan reading through this site and saw that Rangers fans were giving them a B+ for their mediocre haul of players, I’d roll my eyes and not take those people very seriously. That’s not our problem, but I just don’t think that we should take those other factors into account when just giving a straight draft grade.
by Brett Perryman on Aug 16, 2010 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Why wouldn't BA say that?
You have to look at the draft in context. Yeah, it would have been great to pop Sale and Cox, sign both from the first, then go on to get incredible highly-priced picks all the way down the line, but that wasn’t our situation.
You have to judge our draft based on what we could do at the time, and from the early results, I think we did pretty well. I don’t see how any rational informed observer doesn’t take into consideration the clusterfuck that was our finances at the time.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
No you don't. You don't judge prospects in any organization based on the financial situation or context of that organization.
They just rate the quality of the prospects, not the value.
Basically, the Rangers got higher uncertainty with their high-upside prospects, but at least they went for high upside.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
Your ability to sign a prospect has to come into consideration
Because if you can’t sign them then they aren’t in your organization.
Maybe we could have gotten better thought of prospects but if we couldn’t sign them then we wasted a pick and it hurt us worse than taking a more signable guy
When BA ranks which organization has the best farm system, they aren't going to give consideration to signability.
Neither is any GM, when they start looking to Texas as a trade partner.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
They have to give some consideration
if the kid doesn’t sign and you can’t count him toward how great a draft it was
If Washington didn’t sign Harper would their draft grade have changed? Sure it would have. Just like if we had taken someone we couldn’t sign who may have been slightly better rated our initial grade would be higher but if we didn’t sign them it would drop.
Well
Well, I think that the thing is that there is a difference in being cheap and being constrained. When you are constrained as the Rangers were the goal is the efficient allocation of limited resources. If you have to take some lesser talent to get signable players you have to do it. The Astros, in the past, have been cheap while the Rangers were constrained, they weren’t intentionally cheap. I think that’s why myself, and many other, are willing to give them a pass with a higher than deserved grade.
Grandal got paid.
JonathanMayoB3 #Reds to sign No. 12 pick, Yasmani Grandal, to Major League deal worth $2.99 million. http://tinyurl.com/3a9mrh2
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Reds
I’m kinda sad they didn’t get Yordy Cabrera as well.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Really starting to wonder why we haven't heard about LuJack yet.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
I want official confirmation.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
.
JeffWilson_FWST Source says Rangers and Luke Jackson are down to the small details. Belief is deal will get done.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 16, 2010 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I WANT THE TRUTH
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Damn it
but Elvis is up now.
"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
Gah
my frustration is spilling over to outlying threads.
"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
stevehenson333 The Dodgers are on the brink of signing the heretofore unsignable Zach Lee
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
about to see a meltdown of epic proportions from
the LSU faithful….
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Oh crap, and this is right after dumbass Miles let those kids out of their schollies because he oversigned
Had he known Lee wouldn’t make it, he could have kept one of them.
Greatness.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
LuJack news
JeffWilson_FWST Source says Rangers and Luke Jackson are
down to the small details. Belief is deal will get done.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
JeffWilson_FWST Luke Jackson, the No. 45 overall pick, agrees for $1.545 million and will head to Arizona.
"No nuts, no glory"
I can't even enjoy it because of what just happened in Tampa.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
TO compound things
Profar and Skole are both sitting tonight, Bakersfield and AZL are off, Beltre is still not back in Frisco yet.
Your best Rangers prospect playing this evening – Mike Olt!
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Mike appreciates your thoughtfulness, but thinks there are lot of really good guys to watch tonight
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
His final stats while pitching this summer for the Florida Legends
4 GS | 20 IP | 6 H | 4 R | 1 ER | 10 BB | 24 SO | 1 2B | 1 HR | 0.35 ERA
Opponents put up a line of .094/.281/.156
I'll add that this is the team where he is listed as 6'4 195lbs instead of the 6'2 170lbs we've seen everywhere else
The same team had Andres Perez-Lobo listed as 5’10 185lbs who is listed as 5’11 184lbs on the AZL Rangers roster. They also have Manny Machado listed as 6’3 185lbs, which is the same as most of his draft profiles. I’d be pretty excited if he really is 6’4 now.
It would make my pants happy
"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
by Conjunction on Aug 16, 2010 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
luke looked like a 6-4 guy in his youtube video
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
The Ks continue to pile up for Big Jake
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
I'm just glad he's back.
He might have to get back going over time.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Spokane offense continues so far
Olt: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Hoying: 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R
Strausburger: 2-2, 2 3B, BB
Murphy: 1-1, 2 BB
Deglan: 1-2
Rodland: 1-2, HR, 2 RBI
Olt and Hoying
I like them together.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Olt
nice. He’s really starting to get back on track after that absurd low BABIP period where his OBP was 100 pts higher than his slug.
It’ll be interesting to monitor his Ks as some articles have talked about how he’s widening his stance to better ID pitches and stop lounging at them.
He’s got power, patience, defense and seems like a genuinely good dude, he’s the type of dude I’d love to see succeed.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Hoying has all of the tools
The problem is his swing. Not Mayberry-long, but very long.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
"Mayberry-long" seems like it would make a good euphemism
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
That's a surprise
after some were actually accusing them of purposely picking a guy they knew they wouldn’t sign.
Freude schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Freude!
stevehenson333 Zach Lee $5.250 over 5 years
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 16, 2010 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
Shreveport Captains in LSB H2H Fantasy League
Castellanos signs, Ranaudo signs, supposedly Harper signs.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Major league deal
MinorsandMajors Bryce Harper got major league deal. Sounds like price tage creeped up toward $10 million. Another huge night for Scott Boras, and the #Nats.
Major league deal?
Really?
With all due respect, but WTF Natinals?
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
So the countdown starts
Hes got 4 years after this to make it up before running out of options (since he wouldn’t burn an option this year I don’t believe)
who knows what is correct
ysportsncaabb #Nationals first-round pick signed tonight for $9.9 million, a source is saying. That’s simply astonishing. I’m working for another confirm.
Damn
The Red Sox got Ranaudo, Cecchini, Coyle, Workman, Ranaudo, Vitek, Brentz and Hernandez. Wow
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Whle also signing
Estailon Peguero.
"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
by Conjunction on Aug 16, 2010 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
This is a joke right?
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Why would it be a joke?
I’d love for us to sign Peguero when the finances are a little more stable and decided.
"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
Well
just 1 Ranaudo but damn, that’s like way over $10 M
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 16, 2010 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Geez 2 Ranaudo's is a bit unfair
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
Shreveport Captains in LSB H2H Fantasy League
How the hell did they pull that one off?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Cloning
but the second Ranaudo will only live for 7 years so they have to take advantage of that window.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
How many of those years will he be prepubescent?
/Knox.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Karsten Whitson didn't sign.
I remember a lot of love for him around here.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
a nice surprise for UF...
liked him a lot
Rangers signed 37 of 53… not bad at all
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Not Garrett Buechele
:(
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Given that they picked for signability
it should have been a year where they sign a lot of guys.
Freude schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Freude!
Whitson
I’d be gravely disappointed to draft and not sign that player.
I really wanted the Rangers to pop him, so this is informative.
Wonder what the parameters discussed were.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Aug 17, 2010 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions
liked him as well...
jimcallisBA
#Mariners did NOT sign 3rd-rder Ryne Stanek. #mlbdraft
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
More fodder for #6org
Mariners fail to sign 3rd rounder. Schadenfreude.
Freude schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Freude!
Dave Cameron would like to have a word with you...
…so he can explain why he wasn’t actually wrong.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
by WestTxAg06 on Aug 16, 2010 11:41 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
So only $63k more than Skole?
Ok, now I’m pissed.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Good time to point this out.
The Rays got Sale, O’Connor and Vettleson for a combined 3.5mm.
The Rangers got Skole, Deglan and Olt for a combined 3.28mm.
Tampa Bay
ruins everything.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Tampa Bay rapes everything.
Makes the A+/A grades for the Rangers draft look daft.
I can talk myself into most of our draft
I really like Jake Skole, I want to like Mike Olt, Luke Jackson and Cody Buckel seem like fine young men of upstanding character, and Deglan is interesting. And then those AL East assholes come in and shove their solvent clubs in our face and I am sad again.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
I absolutely cannot talk myself into Skole over Sale.
I would’ve preferred O’Connor over Deglan, and I really liked Vettleson. As I said during the draft, the Rays have our draft.
This is one of those situations where you lean on Daniels and crew because holy shit does this look crappy to me.
I must like Sale
much less than you do, so that’s probably why.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Agree, and it hurts.
The Rays have our draft.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Aug 17, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
So the two prep RH
that everyone really liked (Covey and Whitson) both failed to sign.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Rangers draft
AndySeiler AL West-leading Rangers spend around $8 million, their highest number ever under GM Jon Daniels.
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AndySeiler Pre-James Paxton Mariners spending is around $3.5 million. Will be lower than Dustin Ackley’s 2009 bonus regardless of Paxton outcome.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 16, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Worth pointing out that they didn't have a 1st.
And they took Tijuan Walker with their 1s, who ended up signing for like 800k.
Video of Skole's 1st pro jack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au04oaLXH5Y
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
3 week old Deglan BP video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pgixsDAcRU
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Okay
I have been reading this site since the 07 season and read it several times every day. I still can’t figure out where the mike olt meme started
The snozberries taste like snozberries!!
by Chrom on Aug 17, 2010 3:27 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Heh, thanks for dredging that up, I thought you were the man responsible
Chromaster, the genesis of it came the night before when the club drafted Olt seemingly out of nowhere and thedirkatron (and others) were overflowing with rage. The rage was still white hot the next morning.
Thankfully, tyd3311 rode to the rescue.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
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Daw
you’re too kind.
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by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2010 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
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