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Rangers acquire RHP Greg Reynolds for 1B Chad Tracy

Per a variety of folks on Twitter, the Texas Rangers have acquired minor league righthander Greg Reynolds from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for minor league first baseman Chad Tracy.

Interesting deal...Tracy is the son of Rockies manager Jim Tracy, and while he was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2006 draft (between 1st rounder Kasey Kiker and 4th rounder Marcus Lemon) as a catcher, he is a 1B/DH at this point, and didn't appear to have a future as more than an organizational depth player with the Rangers.

Reynolds, meanwhile, was the #2 overall draft pick in the 2006 draft out of Stanford, nabbed by the Rockies ahead of fellow top-10 first rounders Evan Longoria, Clayton Kershaw, and Tim Lincecum. He has a 7.47 ERA in 94 career major league innings, and posted a 6.81 ERA in 109.2 innings in AAA last season, after posting a 5.22 ERA in 89.2 AA innings in 2010.

Neither player is on the 40 man roster, and neither player is likely to impact their respective major league clubs in 2012.

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This was a transaction involving one team trading a player to another team.

by mh420800 on Jan 5, 2012 6:38 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions  

So...

Josh has a new caddy

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by Josh Lile on Jan 5, 2012 6:39 PM CST reply actions  

The father-in-law...

Ha. Well, Hamilton will definitely want to avoid the body shots with attractive young lady activities on the father of his wife’s watch.

by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 5, 2012 6:51 PM CST up reply actions  

According to the story he has a history of substance abuse problems too.

Seems like an odd choice…

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by Josh Lile on Jan 5, 2012 7:39 PM CST up reply actions  

Some people identify more

with people that have been through similar things.

by AsDevilsRun on Jan 5, 2012 7:48 PM CST up reply actions  

Most AA nor NA sponsors

Are former users themselves.

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by Brad on Jan 5, 2012 8:38 PM CST up reply actions  

I guess I didn't think about that.

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by Josh Lile on Jan 5, 2012 8:54 PM CST up reply actions  

All AA sponsors are former alcoholics

Or at least they’re supposed to be. No one understands an alcoholic like a fellow alcoholic.

by average joe blow on Jan 6, 2012 9:59 AM CST up reply actions  

Like Joe says, sponsors by definition are in recovery themselves, just farther along

And Ryan ’Clothes Horse" Appleton could probably speak more definitively on this, but I believe many CADAC programs require the counselor to be a recovering substance abuse type themselves, as well.

At least that’s how it was in the 90’s, back when Ryan’s pants were last in style. I used to date one (B-O-R-I-N-G).

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by Brian Thomas on Jan 6, 2012 5:30 PM CST up reply actions  

you dated pants?

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by t ball on Jan 7, 2012 7:34 AM CST up reply actions  

good for Chad

he will get to spend ST with his dad and maybe even get a Sept callup

by RangerMad on Jan 5, 2012 6:41 PM CST via Android app reply actions  

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Interesting deal

Only thing interesting about this is that Greg Reynolds looks like a down-on-his-luck Ryan Gosling.

by LiamP on Jan 5, 2012 6:43 PM CST reply actions  

All 3.

Long hair

Facial hair looks more disheveled.

Rockies jacket instead of badass gold bomber with a fucking scorpion on the back.

by LiamP on Jan 5, 2012 7:27 PM CST up reply actions  

Long hair

maybe he likes soccer, Poppinsham

by oc on Jan 5, 2012 7:29 PM CST up reply actions  

Reynolds wishes.

Gosling is way more handsome

by coolaid on Jan 5, 2012 8:01 PM CST up reply actions  

I really enjoyed him in Boondock Saints

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by Brian Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 8:22 PM CST up reply actions  

great movie

"If he ain't struck you out, then you ain't nobody." - Ricky Henderson after Nolan Ryan's 5,000 strike out game

by safeman on Jan 6, 2012 10:02 AM CST up reply actions  

The details of Pooholes' contract can be found

here

Besides the 240 mil, perks include:

four season tickets for every home game for ten years

• A hotel suite on road trips.

• A luxury suite at the ballpark for the Pujols Foundation, his charitable group, for 10 home games a year.

• The right to buy a luxury suite between first base and third base for all home games.

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by jam0152 on Jan 5, 2012 6:43 PM CST reply actions  

Yep

Cant wait to see the details of the Yu deal once its finalized

by bigsteve on Jan 5, 2012 6:46 PM CST up reply actions  

Yu gets a small royalty payment

on every pun.

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by t ball on Jan 6, 2012 7:46 AM CST up reply actions  

Think of the commissions you could score

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by Brian Thomas on Jan 6, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions  

it could augment

my pyuny retirement savings.

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by t ball on Jan 6, 2012 12:00 PM CST up reply actions  

Ha ha

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by Brian Thomas on Jan 6, 2012 5:08 PM CST up reply actions  

Ive never heard of anyone getting a hotel suite....

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by Josh Lile on Jan 5, 2012 7:40 PM CST up reply actions  

Have you seen the HBO movie "61*?"

In the movie, Mickey Mantle had his own hotel suite apart from the team. I don’t think it’s that surprising.

by Rangers Fan Mike on Jan 5, 2012 7:43 PM CST up reply actions  

CC has it in his contract

Lackey
Pedroia

Only others I could find in a quick Cots search but I imagine there are others

by bigsteve on Jan 5, 2012 8:01 PM CST up reply actions  

Im not surprised by it. I just never heard of anyone demanding a suite.

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by Josh Lile on Jan 5, 2012 8:54 PM CST up reply actions  

Only for ten games for his charity.

He has the option to BUY one, so he isn’t getting one for free.

Go Cubbies and Go Rangers!

by pbpsean on Jan 5, 2012 10:30 PM CST up reply actions  

I meant the hotel suite.

Having a suite at the ballpark seems pretty commonplace.

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by Josh Lile on Jan 6, 2012 7:31 AM CST up reply actions  

Really?

It is pretty normal actually.

Go Cubbies and Go Rangers!

by pbpsean on Jan 5, 2012 10:29 PM CST up reply actions  

Albert...'PUTO!'

now that this muscledump is going to be playing in our division for the next decade, we need Ranger fans to start doing ‘….PUTO!’ chants for every Albert pitch at RBIA

Like this — http://youtu.be/YHG0_F6Fiko

by oc on Jan 5, 2012 7:34 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

That'll butter his bread

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by Brian Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 8:23 PM CST up reply actions  

heh

I see what you did there.

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by t ball on Jan 6, 2012 7:47 AM CST up reply actions  

haha

They do that at FC Dallas games, too. Though it’s mostly white folks there doing it to the Hispanic players on opposing teams.

I shortened my sig so I wouldn't be frowned upon at Lookout Landing

by chrisR on Jan 5, 2012 11:31 PM CST up reply actions  

as a part-time Rockies' fan

This one even stings me. I have a hard time watching Lincecum and Kershaw for that reason. Reynolds was such a cliche, bad pick.

by CO Ranger on Jan 5, 2012 10:02 PM CST up reply actions  

hurts so much, we almost ban talk of it at purple row

what hurts more is longoria was under the knowledge he would be a Rockie, but due to the presence of Ian Stewart, they changed their mind in the last 24 hours. It’s one thing for your team to pass from the get go. its another completely to let the big fish off the hook

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 5, 2012 8:05 PM CST via Android app up reply actions  

160 hits in 110 innings...

is that good?

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by slc ranger on Jan 5, 2012 8:21 PM CST reply actions  

Absolutely.

If you’re pitching in a co-ed softball beer league.

by Rangers Fan Mike on Jan 5, 2012 8:26 PM CST up reply actions  

Well.

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by Brian Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 9:18 PM CST up reply actions  

So the Angels are your favorite team yet you only post here

And not over at HH…..why?

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

by boomer1 on Jan 5, 2012 11:02 PM CST up reply actions  

*pops knuckles*

You know, I’ve gone about as far as you can go in co-ed softball without going pro.

by cracker1743 on Jan 5, 2012 10:20 PM CST up reply actions  

An LSB softball team would be fun

They probably wouldn’t want people using the name though

by base.head on Jan 6, 2012 12:15 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

/Eric Byrnes bicylces by

Look, this is a bad time to buy cocaine anyway. With the market how it is, it is better to rent cocaine.

by LSJ on Jan 6, 2012 12:28 AM CST up reply actions  

but do you keep left center field on lockdown?

that is the important question

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 Jan 6, 2012 7:38 AM CST up reply actions  

So, who did TX ever get in return for Lemon, anyway?

It was a PTBNL, right?

Some see a glass half empty, some a glass half full. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. - George Carlin

by t ball on Jan 6, 2012 7:48 AM CST reply actions  

Hopefully a 25 yo MIF named Limòn.

"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson

by jam0152 on Jan 6, 2012 8:12 AM CST up reply actions  

No, just cash.

Both Lemon and Whittleman were about the be released, so being former high draft picks with a good attitude, the Rangers looked for takers on them and largely gave them away.

by JasonCole on Jan 6, 2012 11:33 AM CST up reply actions  

hindsight and shit....

think CO wants a Mulligan?

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by Ryin A on Jan 6, 2012 12:53 PM CST via Android app reply actions  

Iknowhuh

It’s as if it wasn’t the 90’s and yet they bought some new cargo pants.

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by Brian Thomas on Jan 6, 2012 5:13 PM CST up reply actions  

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