Thursday a.m. stuff

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 28, 2006 10:01 AM CST in News

Not a whole lot of news today...

Evan Grant reports that Jon Daniels has confirmed that the Rangers have given Barry Zito a deadline of this weekend to the offer the Rangers have on the table to him. Grant says the offer is for 6 years, and believed to be worth a little more than $80 million.

That probably comes out to $14 million per year, and I imagine has a little wiggle room, should Boras decide to come back and make a counter. Still, though, it looks like the Rangers are about to drop out of the running, particularly with the Yankees looking at moving the Big Unit and jumping into the race for Zito.

Out of New York, the Journal News says this helps the Mets, although they also claim that no team has gone to six years (contrary to Evan Grant's report), claiming that the Rangers' offer to Zito is 5 years, $85 million.

Jim Reeves offers his take on the McCarthy/Danks trade, and echoes what a lot of us here are saying...good trade for Texas, even though he hates giving up Danks and Masset.

He also offers this little tidbit on why McCarthy was available:

And why did McCarthy suddenly become available? Let's just say that maybe he and Williams didn't see eye to eye and the 23-year-old speaks his mind.

He also includes a pet peeve of mine, describing McCarthy as two years older than Danks...McCarthy is 17 months older than Danks, closer to one year than two years.

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Block quotes; Blyleven

RangerMoto is so happy right now!

Adam, did you see Baseball Analysts today? They've apparently finally convinced Ringolsby to vote for Blyleven. Hopefully others have been swayed as well.

by t ball on Dec 28, 2006 10:12 AM CST 0 recs

YES! YES! YES!

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2007, in a winnable AL West. Never thought I'd say that!

by RangerMoto on Dec 28, 2006 11:29 AM CST up 0 recs

RangerMoto

just blew a load.

"Strippers dude, I tell you, I really respect the cunts now. . . I'm not gonna lie to ya." - Voice of Her Generation, Lindsay Lohan.

by DJCahill on Dec 28, 2006 10:14 AM CST 0 recs

Adam, you rock!

That is beautiful!

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2007, in a winnable AL West. Never thought I'd say that!

by RangerMoto on Dec 28, 2006 11:29 AM CST up 0 recs

Great article by Reeves

He's been blasting JD all month, it's nice to see a positive article from Reevo. I can't wait to see this killer changeup everyone keeps talking about.

"My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it." --Tommy Lasorda

by BReed on Dec 28, 2006 10:25 AM CST 0 recs

if I was McCarthy

I'd have wanted out of there, as well. Over 300+ innings that should have been his went to spare parts like El Duque and Javier Vazquez. Not only did they not give him a real shot, but they actively went out of there way to do so, trading major prospects just for the privilege of handing the ball to somebody else every fifth day.

by Ian Cobb on Dec 28, 2006 10:52 AM CST 0 recs

Carthy

He seems like the kind of guy who would've had an "interesting" time dealing with Buckles.

Yet another day that makes me glad we've got Wash this year instead of stupid Buckles.

Jason Botts: 500+ AB's in '07, or bust!!!

by thedirkatron on Dec 28, 2006 12:21 PM CST 0 recs

17 months

"He also includes a pet peeve of mine, describing McCarthy as two years older than Danks...McCarthy is 17 months older than Danks, closer to one year than two years."

That's funny, that was quickly becoming a pet peeve of mine as well.

by zywica on Dec 28, 2006 7:00 PM CST 0 recs