Rangers reportedly close to signing Leonys Martin
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 6, 2011 7:21 PM CDT
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PrintVarious reports are saying that the Texas Rangers are supposedly closed to signing Leonys Martin, a 23 year old Cuban defector and centerfielder.
I believe that the Rangers have only signed two Cuban defector in their history, and those two -- Osmani Garcia and Jorge "Spider" Diaz -- were back in February, 2000.*
* Only signed two as the original signing team, anyway.
That was a long time ago...the Rangers were coming off their second sweep in as many years against the Yankees in the playoffs, and Rangers fans were excited about the acquisition of lefty starter Justin Thompson, who was coming off of shoulder surgery but was expected to be ready to contribute by early in the year, and newly signed free agent starting pitcher Darren Oliver.
In any case, John Manuel of BA had a write-up on Martin when he defected last year, saying that Martin was expected to command a seven figure bonus. Manuel says he's a speed and defense guy, with "at least" average range in centerfield and a propensity for drawing walks in Cuba.
It would reportedly be a major league deal, meaning Martin would immediately go on the 40 man roster.
My initial guess is that Martin would start off at high-A Myrtle Beach. Engel Beltre is holding down center in AA, and I don't think they'd immediately thrust Martin into AAA, although he could move quickly, given his age, if he shows he can handle it.
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"I lah it, love it!"
/Gina Miller
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." - Ron Washington 04/03/11
Speculation exisst that the deal is for 15 million
If that’s the case, it’s a great indication of how highly regarded this kid is. We’re talking 10 times the bonus Profar got.
"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
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
15 million?
Thats a lot of quiche
Charter member of the Dutch bandwagon
It could be 1 year Guaranteed
with a couple options like the deal the bo Sox gave Julio Ruiz last year.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Any thoughts
Or have you shared them and I missed it?
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 6, 2011 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I haven't said much
Martin would be a great addition to the system. The glove and speed will translate to the pro game without a problem. Obviously, the bat will be a question until he proves it isn’t. If he receives seven-figures, the Rangers must trust the scouting on him, so I will do the same until I get to see him in person.
Do you think Myrtle Beach makes sense?
Or does he start in Round Rock?
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 6, 2011 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
That's an odd way to spell "and Rangers fans were pisssed off about the departure of Jaun Gonzalez."
Odd way to spell Juan, too
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
by Keynes on Apr 6, 2011 8:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
It's a caught!
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Go Rangers go!
I love our FO and scouting guys.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
They could
but it’s not that big of a deal to play one of them (probably Beltre) in a corner for a little while. They’ve done that before with him. Paisano is also on that team, btw.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 6, 2011 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions
a defense of Martin, Beltre and Paisano would be something to behold
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
He or Beltre will be in CF before the end of the year
Mark it down.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I will bet you
1 frog and two shillings it will happen.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
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Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Not with the way Borbon has played so far
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
nobody really gives Borbon a shot
even after the way he has started. It’s not like he’s Chris Davis out there, damn
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Isn't the history
of Cuban defectors fairly meh? I know there have been some successes, but overall, I thought the success rate wasn’t too great.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
How many did we get in the last few years?
Alexi Ramirez
Viciendo
Chapman
Ruiz
Leslie Anderson
Anybody else?
Wasn't Kendry (fuck him, I'm not adding an S) Morales a defector?
It all starts with a lullaby...
by LSJ on Apr 6, 2011 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I just looked this up
I thought it was Kendry, then a few weeks ago saw it spelled “Kendrys.” I just thought I’d been spelling it wrong all along.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 6, 2011 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
He and Edison/Edinson just like to confuse people
"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 Apr 6, 2011 7:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Jairo Garcia, aka "Me llamo Santiago Casilla" says hi!
"My parents actually loved to pimp me too." - LSJ
There was a big thing about this
I think Gammons fucked it up. But Kendrys publicly said his name was actually spelled with an S
So..
“successes”
- Ramirez
- Chapman
- Morales
“meh”
- Viciendo
- Betancourt
“>:(”
- Ruiz and Anderson?
How can Aroldis Chapman be labled a success?
Or even a meh?
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." ~ RW
"This game belongs to Elvis Andrus.
Not just the game today, the entire sport of baseball." `GoET; 4/4/11
you think he isnt going to be?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
Yes
But I don’t see how he can already be labeled a success when he’s only thrown 109 IP stateside.
Really, I’m nitpicking.
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." ~ RW
"This game belongs to Elvis Andrus.
Not just the game today, the entire sport of baseball." `GoET; 4/4/11
Chapman
Single greatest pitch in baseball and a 70 grade secondary. He’s ridiculous. His floor is the greatest LOOGY of all-time. That’s his floor. If he can stay healthy, he has HOF ability. No question.
by jparks77 on Apr 6, 2011 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
good god that is ridiculous
hope he stays in the NL
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
well of course
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
33 million
Jose Contreras made them gun shy
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
They sort of cut bait on him early...
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Tom Hicks
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Who?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Some red faced douche
I think he owns the stars and some football team
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Um, wow.
I’m guessing you’ve never been this high on any prospect since you started doing what you do?
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Chapman is unique
He might not be the best prospect, per se, but he has the best stuff I’ve ever seen. He can throw 100+ on a regular basis and his slider is graphic pornography. If he can find his command, he could be untouchable in a late-inning role.
Better slider
Randy Johnson or Chapman?
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
I would think it wouldn't be that high
considering he didn’t always command it well. But you could consider that lack of control to be a good thing by keeping batters off balance. I’m not sure how scouts would classify that.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
In his prime?
Lefty with season averages of 95+ and hellish movement. That’s an 80 FB IMO.
Even with the command being suspect?
I guess that’s my main knock about it. I respect the speed. I do. And it’s not like I’m wanting to grade him a 55.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
I honestly didn't follow him all that much when he
left for AZ. Seeing him in Seattle is mainly my recollection of him.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
His walk rates were pretty damn good later in his career.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
At one point, yes
Early on, when he had 80 grade velo, his command was suspect. When he found his touch, the FB wasn’t as impressive from a velocity standpoint, but the overall effectiveness of the pitch was definitely in the top tier.
is it not fairly clear that he has been a success? lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 6, 2011 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Just dropped him from my fantasy team...
so I’m going to have to disagree at this juncture.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Buzz
He created enough of a bus that I’m sure the bean counters consider him a huge success.
by Neftali's arm on Apr 6, 2011 9:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
So did Ben McDonald.
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." ~ RW
"This game belongs to Elvis Andrus.
Not just the game today, the entire sport of baseball." `GoET; 4/4/11
Typo
I’ll be waiting at the buzz stop.
by Neftali's arm on Apr 6, 2011 9:27 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Paging Closure GT
White BZZZZ! phone please.
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
Hechavarria?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
by Keynes on Apr 6, 2011 7:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Adeiny Hechevarria
got quite a bit from Toronto last year and isn’t looking like much of a hitter so far.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 6, 2011 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Livan, El Duque, and Jose Contreras have worked out
"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 Apr 6, 2011 8:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't think it is that crazy an investment
if you think that for every five or ten $1-2 million dollar draft picks or Latin signings you get one good major league player. So for every three or four $4-5 million Cuban guys you get one good major league player. They probably cost more by this logic, but the added certainty and relative proximity to the majors has some value.
I don’t think Cuban guys are much worse bets than Japanese players, and Japanese players routinely go for a lot more money, and are quite a bit older. I think with Cuban guys, if you have good scouts you can acquire tools that can develop. With Japanese guys, you’re betting on fully grown, polished players and hoping that translates to the majors.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
also
in a year when you have only really late draft picks, you’re working with a budget big enough to be worth a gamble like this. It is unlikely that the Rangers spend tons in this year’s draft simply due to their position. May as well put it into a guy like Martin.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
How about keeping some of it for resigning some of these cats that are going to hit arb?
Or FA?
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Draft/International budget is different from that.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Is Justin Thompson still working out in Extended?
"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 Apr 6, 2011 7:40 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
That's... that's...
…
…
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
by Keynes on Apr 6, 2011 7:57 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Not that this is a major concern
but who gets bumped from the 40 man? Or could Beltre (Omar, not Engel) move to the 60-day DL?
so basically this guy
could be a $15M Craig Gentry or another Kenny Lofton, Juan Pierre or Julio Borbon
So let me get this straight...
A guy bails on an NBA team 40 minutes from here, claiming to have the ability to play CF? Aside from switching sports, isn’t there also some concern that he might be a prima dona, since even a billionaire couldn’t keep him happy?
#ohnotthatcuban?mybad
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." - Ron Washington 04/03/11
Haha im sure this was posted, but from Old Hoss Radbourn the other day:
The Red Sox are 0-3 and have been outscored 26-11. They hold 7th place in their Bristol, CT PR firm’s recent “Power Rankings.”
Seriously, AJM
WTF did you do to convince your son that pooping everywhere is appropriate?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I don't know
I’d like to build a time machine and go back in time and undo it, though.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 6, 2011 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Buy him a box
of mason jars for his poop. Have him continue the great family tradition.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
7-2 Cle
duh…winning
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
heh......the only thing better would be the rays and the yanks switch records
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Another board
I saw Yankees fan give Red Sox fan hell for getting swept by the Rangers. Red Sox fan promptly reminded Yankees fan about the playoffs. This was cool.
by Neftali's arm on Apr 6, 2011 9:33 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
Yep
Yankee fans have no room to talk.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
haha it feels soo great
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
i never thought he was any good
course never really followed his career either
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
He's had some very good years as a setup man/middle reliever.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
right on...he's been in the league for awhile now as well
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Giants were up 8-1 when they brought in Brian Wilson.
Wilson’s now out and the tying run is at the plate.
I will laugh so hard if Wilson just implodes this year.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Giants were up 8-1 when they brought in Brian Wilson.
Wilson’s now out and the tying run is at the plate.
I will laugh so hard if Wilson just implodes this year.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I always wondered who thought Brian Wilson was cool
Now I know.
by robert_d_wilfong on Apr 6, 2011 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions
He is cool
The Beach Boys were the shizzle when I was a kid
by BEW on Apr 6, 2011 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
i'm pretty sure he is not cool
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
but he's not
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
weird as very annoying weird
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
heh....he's prolly got a gimp in the closet
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
What Brian Wilson are you talking about?
He comes off as a GIGANTIC douche.
It all starts with a lullaby...
by LSJ on Apr 6, 2011 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't.
Obnoxious is obnoxious.
I’d tolerate him and be glad if he performed well, but I couldn’t ever like him.
It all starts with a lullaby...
by LSJ on Apr 6, 2011 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions
So will the Rangers top everyone's Power Rankings this week
or will there be some BS reason why an east coast team should be on top?
if the O's were 6-0 then I wouldn't have a problem with it
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
this is true...i'm lazy what are the pitching matchups?
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
I hope this is a Poppins jinx.
Otherwise…
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
But the O's play in the AL East
so that by default makes them better than a 6-0 Rangers team.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
O's no longer undefeated.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
Then there were 2
Texas “Mother Fucking” Rangers
Reds
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Just took a look at the Hunt for Red October page over at ESPN
Our ExWL is 133-29.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
The A's are looking good.
Team W L Pct. GB
Texas 6 0 1.000 -
Angels 3 3 .500 3
Seattle 2 4 .333 4
Oakland 1 4 .200 4½
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
A's = this year's Mariners
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Someone picked them to win the West.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
and Josey's soo wrong on this
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
He isn't the only one
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
trendy pick
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Just like Seattle was last year.
No team in the West scares me at this point.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
nope you are correct.
they all suck
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
It scares me
how freaking good we are.
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." - Ron Washington 04/03/11
he won't ever pitch...then again neither will strop or tobin either
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
We aren't this good.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Perhaps better than I thought,
though I don’t think it’s a 95 win team yet…in part because they might end up resting players in spurts in September.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd be pleased with 90-72 again
simply because, at this point, I’m not sure anyone else in the division can even get .500.
See what I did there? It’s fun reacting to the first week of a season
>mfw
Methinks you're going to feel real silly
by mid-May.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Only 89 more wins to go.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
156 games of hoping for health, though...
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
As the saying goes
you are never as good as you look when things are going good and never as bad as you look when things are going bad.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
My pappi always told me, "Things are never as bad, or as good, as they first seem."
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
if the A's are this year's Mariners
who do we need to trade to get a Gio Gonzalez or Brett Anderson type if our rotation doesn’t hold up?
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
Everyone.
Felix won’t get the return he deserves because he is actually getting paid ~$20M for the last couple of years, which makes him less of a great value. Anderson is still cheap for a few years…there’s the injury thing, but still…
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Marteen, Schep and Beltre for Felix?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
That's like hilariously insufficient.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Tis a starting point sir.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I think that would do it
Better than what they took for Lee
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
I understand...
But they have a recent history of making bad deals
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
This makes no sense.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
What I'm saying
Is that they have tried to either go for it or rebuild a half dozen times the last couple of years and haven’t done any of those deals correctly
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
This still makes no sense.
It’s really quite impossible to rebuild or go for it six times over the period of two years.
Plus please specify each of the deals that they made which didn’t turn out.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Really
Bedard
Lee 1
Lee 2
are three deals to start
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
What.
Okay, so that Bedard trade turned out like shit.
But how can you say that those two Lee trades were bad deals?
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Well
They didn’t need to acquire Lee in the first place.
Then didn’t max out his value when they shipped him here.
Seems pretty clear.
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
Okay, Robert Griffin was right.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Yes.
He hasn’t been around in a while, so you’re probably not familiar with him.
But he is.
by philkid3 on Apr 6, 2011 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just because he posted a diseased penis...
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Either way
I was just giving my opinion. Nothing more.
As for the dic pic it was a bad Hicks joke gone bad
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
Fine, but your opinion is really quite inconceivable.
All I see is that they traded three pretty unspectacular minor leaguers for half a season of Cliff Lee, and someone who likely becomes a solid starting 1B for the next six years, a LAIE and a potentially decent reliever.
Does it really matter that they failed to compete? Making the Lee deals didn’t affect that.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Woah.
I thought you were gone.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
...which you'd have to add a fair chunk onto.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Felix isn't avail. He will never be considered until the last year of that contract.
There are maybe two teams that can offer a fair package right now for Felix. If that.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
x
Agree.
I could see him available before then.
There are more than 2 teams that could put something together right now.
Just on their teams alone?
Without the help of a third team? And I’m assuming just prospects, not stud position players as trade partners as well. I couldn’t see too many teams who could empty their minor system and make a fair offer to Seattle (and really, no team would mortgage 2-3 years of their future for one pitcher)
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Maybe
Holland, Marteen, Olt, Erlin, and Neil Ramires or Luke Jackson
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Hell they'd want more than that.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Yeah,
the thing that I can’t figure out is what is their window that they are aiming for if they trade Felix? That’s why I don’t think they trade him. This year is probably a rebuilding year, but they’re going to get a blue chip prospect in this year’s draft to go with Pineda, Ackley, Franklin…seems like they’re looking to ramp up next year and start truly contending again in 2013 with a fading Ichiro and a peaking Felix.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
It would take a larger than Tex haul.
He’s cheap and going to be a stud for years to come. Pineda looks very good. It would be the dumb to trade him if I were in Seattle’s position.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Felix isn't cheap.
11:$11 M, 12:$19M, 13:$20M, 14:$20.5M
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Cheap relative to what he'd cost on the market.
But if you add in the cost of the prospects he’s very expensive, that said I don’t think he’s going anywhere.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
relatively
that’s cheap. Cliff got $100 mil for 5 years, and he’s on the decline of his career. These next 4 years of Felix are his prime years, no question.
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
they may be considered his prime years
but he’s got A LOT of innings and pitches on that arm of his.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
And he has A LOT left in it.
A LOT of really really good pitches in it.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
so did Webb back in 07
but 07 and 08 were two of his best years before getting injured.
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
If I can get 2 Cy Young level seasons $58 million over 3 years, plus the $11 this year
I do it in a heartbeat, even if he loses the 2013 and 2014 seasons to injury. On a championship level team, having CJ number 2, Colby 3, and a hodgepodge of number 3 or 4 types battling for the 4 and 5 spots, plus our offense, no reason we wouldn’t win a few championships.
Granted, none of this talk is what I was wanting, I was interested in a Brett Anderson or Gio Gonzalez discussion, number 2 or 3 types from Oakland.
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
Marteen Perez
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
if we want Jeff Francis
we can just throw out Scooter when he comes off the disabled list. I’m wanting a 3.5 to 4.5 WAR pitcher preferably, more realistically a 2.5 to 3.5 WAR guy, that will throw a lot of innings with high groundball rates and low walk rates, relatively speaking.
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
I was saying we should have had Francis this offseason.
And 3.5 WAR pitchers don’t just fall out of trees for nothing. Hell, CJ was a 4.5 last year and he was our ace.
If the Rangers can get a 2.5 to 3.5 WAR guy who throws a lot of innings with hi GB/lo BB rate, sure go get him. But those aren’t cheap and every team, whether they are competing or not will keep anything like that they can find.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
In hindsight Francis might have been good
yet who knows what he does after this. He pitched against the Angels’ shitty offense.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
granted, 200 inning difference, give or take a few innings
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
Remember,
there’s a fair bit of future money involved, which scares teams off (see: Haren).
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
58 mil from 2012 to 2014.
I guess that should be fine for most contending teams.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
The combination of Haren's stuff and his contract scared teams off.
Many scouting dudes have said that the stats and scouts disagree on Haren. There’s absolutely no such question about Felix.
Not even close.
The entire population of Seattle would take turns stabbing Zoinks in the liver if they traded Felix for that package.
When did I mention king Felix?
was thinking a number 2 or 3 from Oakland. Not a Cy Young winner in the prime of his career.
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
He's getting on up there.
He’s about to be 36 and has missed a good amount of time due to injury.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
also his best year was in 05
next best in 09. i wouldn’t give up much if anything, unless he is looking significantly better than any of our in house option come the all star break.
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
Yep, which is why I don't think it would take that much to get him (relative)
I don’t know how he would handle a switch to the harder league, but he gets ground balls and misses a fair amount of bats while not walking anybody
>mfw
I have a feeling the Cards' asking price
will be way too high compared to what people are willing to give up, taking into account some of the factors (age, still possible injury risk).
I’m not very high on him, and I wouldn’t be willing to give up too much…maybe one of Scheppers/Profar/Beltre (at their current value) and little else.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
I doubt he would want to leave.
He has a no trade clause and he’s been with St. Louis for 8 years. I don’t think Texas would be where he wants to live.
And honestly, the Cards would probably treat him like the Phils treated Howard and overvalue him based on him being there so long. I don’t think the price would be worth what they would want, if they even wanted anything for him.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
He has already come
out and said that if they wanted to trade him to help the team he would be open to it.
Your rosterbation endurance is impressive.
Hard to tell…that seems like a situation where you’d have to know if they’re interested in being a mediocre team after Pujols leaves or if they want to do a full rebuild. Trading Carpenter suggests full rebuild (though Holliday?), so probably younger prospects…which fits the Rangers really well right now.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
They have some dude named Shelby Miller, too.............
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Josey's not backing his prediction for them to win the division yet.
Maybe when they’re 7 games back on April 15th.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
I would love to see them
15 back by the AS break
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
4/6/11
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." ~ RW
"This game belongs to Elvis Andrus.
Not just the game today, the entire sport of baseball." `GoET; 4/4/11
You can't win the division in April but...
…You can lose it
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
on the bright side
everyone in our division is going to try the last half of your statement
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Happens when you are the hunted
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Question I've been pondering
and would love to see turned into an LSB poll:
If the Rangers are 7 games up on the 2nd place team in the AL West at the AllStar break, do you want them to trade for an ace/No.2 quality pitcher again, realizing that it means you’re going to lose at least one of Perez, Beltre or Profar?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I would still want to trade for a TORP.
With our soon to be new CF, I’d feel better about trading Engel Beltre, too. We’d have to be geting a hell of a pitcher back for me to give up Marteen, though.
>mfw
Hmm,
I forgot how tradeable Beltre has become. Still, I’m not sure Beltre, Profar and Erlin gets you Greinke.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah,
though Parks mentioned that he wouldn’t want to trade him right now.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
*That's a gross generalization of what he said
and please don’t quote it.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
But holy hell would I be nervous about trading him
I’m am drinking his Kool-Aid so hard right now
>mfw
We just need to find a GM who is
drinking the same thing you are.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Dirk.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Yeah,
especially around the ASB, but he’s not going to be the best or second best piece.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Which is why I would be remiss to trade him
Don’t know if I’d like using him as a throw-in or something.
I’m just blinded by new 98 mph cheese
>mfw
Well, consider this.
How many of the likely ace targets are 3 month rentals this time?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
After 2012.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Weaver probably says look at CJ Wilson's contract
and add 2 years and a couple million per year.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
What does a rebuilding team need with a great closer prospect?
I think you need to do something like Perez, Beltre and Erlin.
You are getting 1.5 years, though…
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not trading mErlin
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I think he could be a larger piece next year in a trade.
Maybe this offseason.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
depends whether CJ and Colby are legit aces
like they were last year…
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
See,
I think it depends more if Holland, Harrison or Webb (I guess) show themselves to be borderline 2/3’s.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Under most conceivable scenarios, yes.
I’m hoping that guy is Greinke and that we overpay him rather than C.J. in the offseason.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
come pretty close by winning something like 21-5
like you Texas Rangers will do
by jonathan rigby on Apr 6, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I predicted the A's to finish 3rd
And I won’t be at all surprised if they end up with over 90 losses.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Me either
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Mavs.....why do I bother?
they’ve completely mailed it in it looks like
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Rangers will soon be the only game in town that matters
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Going for the 4 seed...smart move...
I want no part of Portland, then possibly LA. Avoid them as long as you can
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
NBA fans generally, and Mavs fans in particular, are like battered women.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
well right after I say that then they are only 9 down
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
now 4 down
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
This is how it works
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
it is a big deal....but damn they are coming back baby !
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
I doubt this kid is any good.
Anyway, what the hell is up with all those day games in Detroit next week? Why do teams do that?
Well
It’s not like they’re at work.
by Neftali's arm on Apr 6, 2011 9:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
No one in Detroit can afford to go to games anyway.
Might as well do it during the day for cheaper so the unemployed can have somewhere to hang out.
Day games in Detroit
Because of the temperature at night this time of year?
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Apr 6, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions
threat of post-night game RPG fire
"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 Ryin A on Apr 6, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
They've done it for the past several years.
All of their first home stand games are in the afternoon.
this is a very suspicious comment to me..is it to anyone else?
Scheppers has been cleared for all baseball activities, but the Rangers are being cautious with him.
....no
What’s suspicious about it? He has a history of injuries and the Rangers are going to err on the side of caution.
"We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames." ~ RW
"This game belongs to Elvis Andrus.
Not just the game today, the entire sport of baseball." `GoET; 4/4/11
red sox are 3 outs away from being 0-5
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
they'll drop to about 10 in the power rankings
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
This is just going to make their "amazing comeback" stories even more intolerable...
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 6, 2011 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
wakefield is pitching right now 8-4 cle
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
thats a shocker
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Yep
plateaued big time
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Not really.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
50 HRs/season
/bats and balls
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
correct
he was in the centerpiece in that deal i believe
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
You must be relatively new to baseball.
Or hate the NL. (Liriano/Nathan deal + CC in the NL)
Not that theres anything wrong with either.
i was a casual fan up until 2 or 3 years ago
just watched the occasional rangers game and what not.
>mfw
ya...beasticon mode
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
just about
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
ExWL of 14-148, I believe.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
It's depressing that I'm just now seeing that the Twins trade Pierzynski for Liriano, Nathan, and Bonsor
For some reason I thought Liriano and Nathan were drafted by the twins. What a hell of a trade that ended up being.
>mfw
You are wrong sir
Sabean is a genius for trading away Liriano because he knew he would have injury issues
they have a good FO
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
had
Terry Ryan’s move
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
And they cut Pierzynski after just one year
That’s pretty close the Bartolo trade
"My parents actually loved to pimp me too." - LSJ
Says the nappy ball poster
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
So Red Sox... Best Team or Best Team Ever?
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
by Brad on Apr 6, 2011 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I did
I drank all their milkshake too
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Not after I drank them all
obviously
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Fuck him
that’s what he gets for stealing my laptop
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
This has to be a joke.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
No. That's real.
They really said that before they played a single game.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
I don't understand how this was real.
How did they get “legendary” buzz?! Best team in 2011 is justifiable. How did people jump to comparing them to all-time rosters?
Well, I definitely heard "best ever" buzz without "red sox" connotation.
I don’t think saying best Red Sox ever was that much of a stretch, at least as their ceiling.
Remember 2008?
The Tigers were hailed as the team to beat in the AL because they made all those moves and looked so good on paper.
Then they finished in last place.
Like the Red Sox, their pitching was also regarded to be suspect...
then again Lester probably doesn’t STBF like Verlander did that year.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Verlander didn't STBF so much as regress.
The year before, his BABIP had been .279. His strikeouts went down and his walks went up, but he was still a good pitcher. Not as good as the year before, but closer than the ERA difference suggests.
They had a Red Sox-esque start too.
Swept at home by KC and the White Sox and it was over before it began.
How is it not suspect?
Obviously Lester is very good and Buchholz should be fine even after regressing, but Lackey, Beckett and Matsuzaka could all range from mediocre to very bad.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Bill James, in his Historical Abstract...
…pointed out that the best one-season, two-season, three-season, four-season, etc. up to the best record over ten seasons, are all held by the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance Cubs teams.
And yet, no one ever mentions them in that context.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 6, 2011 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Looking at that 1906 season, it looks like there were some awful clubs.
Of the 8, 5 finished 45 or more back. The Cub ERAs that year are hilarious.
Que sera, sera.
Hit the deck, boy...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
x
Glen: Mind you don’t cut yourself, Mordecai. …
Glen: That Buford’s a sly one. Already knows his ABC’s. Hit the deck, boy! …
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
She's set to pop, hun.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Shit, I was way off.
I was thinking Malachai from ‘Children of the Corn’.
‘Raising Arizona’ is much better.
Que sera, sera.
I ain't any kind of scout or judge of potential, but ...
… on the way back from visiting my brother in Indiana a couple years ago, I caught the Indianapolis Indians (Pirates AAA), and McCutchen just seemed all-around better than the game around him. You felt like you were watching a star.
he has a really advanced approach
he just doesn’t swing at bad pitches.
he’s a good!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Hilarious!
Thanks Mavs.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Rangers 6-0
think happy thoughts
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
I'm going to stick by what I perceived back then.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Question: Anyone have any idea when Martin will actually be officially signed?
Im guessing all these reports coming out now mean that he finally has become eligible to sign as an international FA after defecting last fall… But is that set in stone? Is he now able to sign the dotted line tommorrow say and join the Rangers?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
I just don't think we'd hear about this without it being almost a done deal.
Our front office doesn’t let things like this slip.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
true, just noticed on the mlb.com article that it wouldn't be done by the end of the week
hopefully it will be done the week after.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Routine grounder to third fielded by Youkilis was #1.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
ha not soo much
Beltre’s play was better than about 4 of those plays at least….Tulo’s play was only great because the throw was soo long
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Just hit an opposite field splash home run with the boomstick in SF
this needs to happen in real life.
>mfw
That is so full of WIN
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
duh
Winning
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"The eagles are coming!" - Pippin. "I summon Randy Johnson!" - Gandalf.
Finally getting a chance to listen to the Lasers album by Lupe Fiasco.
I didn’t realize he did a remake of Float On…that’s crazy.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
I like this song best so far,
but I’m more amenable to remakes than most.
So far, it’s good to hear him again, but not as good as his best stuff from before.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Eh, it reminds me of an extended sample by Girl Talk.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
I did enjoy the Hood Internet or whatever they're called.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Show goes on?
I looked this up. I really like it and I am really picky when it comes to rap
The snozberries taste like snozberries!!
by Chrom on Apr 6, 2011 10:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah.
I can’t decide if I like it on it’s own or because I like the original.
Album’s getting better as it goes on..
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 6, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
It's grown on me after a few listens.
by sprite on Apr 6, 2011 11:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I can't get over the gall of this kid. The people at my university are morons.
Here’s the best part…
“If I wanted to get a Kia Rio or some Ford Focus, I would have just gone down to the bank and tried to get a loan. Since this car is a little more expensive, that’s why I started the blog," Zamora said.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
do we really have 4 straight day games starting Sunday
schedule makers are trying to keep Hamilton down this year.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I hate going to Detroit
are we going to have any Mantis sightings in Baltimore?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
No, but there might be a Luck Dragon sighting.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.-Closure GT on 12/14/2010 9:48 AM
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Wash will never start the kid if he bunts like that.
by WeAre138 on Apr 6, 2011 11:34 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hmm...
He (CJ Wilson) did it despite not feeling 100 percent and having “my worst bullpen [session] in two years.” Wilson worked around six hits and two walks. He got a crucial double-play ball in the sixth, and then with two runners on in the seventh with the score tied at 3, he got Chone Figgins to bounce out to the mound.
“I didn’t have any energy today,” Wilson said. "I feel like I’m a little slow. The only thing I had exceptional was my sinker, at times, because the wind was blowing into me, so it was moving more. Other than that, it was very below-average stuff, I thought.
“I was going in there not even thinking about the hitters, I was just trying to get the ball in there.”
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
yea, saw that earlier
I think most of his success can be attributed to the Mariners not being good today. Nice to pick up a win with CJ not feeling good, lets hope he can bounce back with 5 days rest til next start
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
heh
Thank you Jeff Sullivan
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
by jam0152 on Apr 7, 2011 12:25 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Beltre gets awesomer
everytime I see him… And who the heck is he pointing towards? This is just awesome.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
he cast a spell of lose on him
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Get this MF'er to Round Rock
I wants some live Leonys, stat.
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways.
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