Rangers poll -- 2012 Centerfielder
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 22, 2011 1:43 PM CDT
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PrintI have been kicking around doing a post for a while about the fact that there is, essentially, just one question mark on this team among positional players for 2012, and that is center field.
That said, I haven't come up with much of substance to say about the situation, other than, no one is really jumping out as a prime candidate to be the starting centerfielder next year.
Leonys Martin hasn't hit much in AAA (although he's done better his past few games). Julio Borbon has had a couple of shots, not done much with them, is now hurt, and doesn't seem to be in the organization's plans. Endy Chavez is a free agent after the season and is, well, Endy Chavez. Craig Gentry is a fifth outfielder you can live with as part of a platoon.
So, given all that, and given that I don't have much else to add, I will ask the question...who do you think will be the Rangers' starting centerfielder in 2012? I'm not asking who it should be, or who you want it to be, but when the season opens, who do you think will start the season as the "regular" centerfielder?
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The club invested far too much into Leonys
to think he is, at this point, more than a year away. So, while he may not be the opening day starter in CF, I do think we will see him get the majority of starts in 2012 in CF
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Borbon to start the season...
so he can regain some trade value and King Leonys once Borbon is traded.
First month or two?
Borbon
Overall who will start in CF more in 2012 i’ll go with Leonys only because I think the club holds him back until June or so (for developmental as well as service time reasons) and then trades Borbon
I hate to tell the Martin lovers this...
but he’s not starting the year in CF for the Rangers.
I think Borbon gets one last shot. If he’s dealt, I think they’ll roll with Hamilton in CF and Murphy in LF.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I doubt Murphy is even here next year
I think he’ll either be traded or non-tendered. Getting pretty expensive
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 22, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
This could happen too...
although I doubt they non-tender him.
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That could be Gentry
Gentry in CF against LHPs w/Hamilton in LF, Hamilton in CF against RHPs w/Murphy in LF.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 22, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
But last year he would have been fine to roll with in that role
Guess it depends on if you consider this year to be the norm going forward or if this is just a down year for him
I actually think
this is how they are going to start the season. If so, I dont know what happens to Borbon because right now his trade value is probably pretty low.
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by Michael Cave on Aug 22, 2011 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Correct.
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I would love to have Byrd back
Not sure that’s possible though.
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by The Best Micah on Aug 22, 2011 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
See the tough catch he made last night?
I’d absolutely love to have him back, if only to mentor Leonys a bit.
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by The Hutch on Aug 22, 2011 3:18 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
mike young's job description
shouldn’t include the word ‘field’. there. i said it.
by reagan on Aug 22, 2011 1:59 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I've heard he played there once.
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I pray to sweet baby Jesus that David Murphy is not on this team next year
I am beginning to hate Neftali Feliz
Julio Borbon gets the first shot there next year
barring some ST collapse or Martin looking like a true stud, you start next year with a Borbon/Gentry platoon in CF with Borbon getting the bulk of the PT. Whether or not he finishes the season as a starter here is up to him, but I don’t rush Martin to be the opening day CF unless its absolutely necessary.
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ENDY!
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What are the odds that
Murphy or Borbon gets dealt this offseason? Im having to think they are pretty high.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
Is there a single credible scout out there who thinks Martin opens 2012 as the CF?
I don’t think so.
"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
Who do I WANT to start the season at CF? Leonys.
Who do I think WILL start the season at CF? Probably Borbon.
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shows Cahill trolling Adam with Endy on a daily basis
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by Brian Thomas on Aug 22, 2011 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Borbon gets traded in the offseason or will get the first shot
If hes traded I think we resign Chavez or someone similar that can be put out there on opening day with Martin coming up as back-up with when he does depending on how the opening guy plays.
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I dont know what to make of all the Martin votes
Dont know whether people just fail at reading comprehension or if there really is that much blind faith in the guy that he’ll be the starting CF by May 1st next year
Hopefully someone from outside the organization
ends up starting. Borbon most likely will be traded away, and Martin needs to at least spend the majority off 2012 back in RR.
by ruben_sierra#21 on Aug 22, 2011 4:45 PM CDT reply actions
i think Endy will start there and Leonys will finish the season in CF
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Borbon starts the year, Martin finishes it.
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Cubs bring in a GM who will start the rebuilding process
by trading all vets with value — including Byrd.
Byrd for Borbon+Kirkman+Low Level
by robert_d_wilfong on Aug 22, 2011 5:30 PM CDT reply actions
exactly what I was thinking
Hendry is an embarrassment of a GM to have held on to ALL his vets other than Fukudome at the trading deadline.
The Cubs have a horrible team and will dismantle. Byrd can be had I imagine.
I voted Byrd although that’s just a vote for “someone else”.
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