Billy Martin:Yankees

A little guidance for the young guys from a pitcher who knows how to pitch in Arlington.

[rant]Really? "Apparently, the split may not be irreparable. Rogers still lives in the North Texas area and has pitched more games for the Rangers than anybody in club history. He is second in club history with 133 wins and 2,308 innings pitched." What T.R. failed to say is that Rogers is having trouble getting the financial offer he wants (or maybe any offer) elsewhere and Kenny is tired of pitching for a team in contention and is ready to go back to pitching for a team in rebuilding mode so there will be less pressure. Uh, no, I don't like Kenny Rogers and not because he pushed a cameraman.[/rant]

I love the Daniels quote, "We'd be open to it under the right circumstances," yeah, under the right FINANCIAL circumstances Atilla the Hun could pitch for me (assuming he could induce the groundball double play and eat innings).

at the right price.  but even if its a semi high price, its obviously more than likely going to be 1 year.

He's good and it would make for interesting fodder.

Git r done!

I don't feel ready to give up on Padilla.

But if the team internally knows something's amiss, use him to get a stopgap til Chris Davis is ready.

I probably wouldn't wring my hands over a net trade of Padilla for Sexson and Rogers.

It would be interesting hearing what Rogers' camp expects offer-wise.  They can't be seeking more than two years...

Like others have said... he knows how to pitch in the ballpark, and he ha some knowledge to offer the young guys.  Maybe help C.J. too.

Apparently the desire is there to get Gagne (and, ahem, the Electrician) back.  If Law is right, Gagne may just require another 1-year deal.

As Stringer Bell would say, do it.

is not the same one that would be coming back. He's had a severe injury since then and he's even slower with a flatter curve.  

I guess its not that big of a deal. Not like the Rangers are going to contend. What I don't get is, why would Rogers make Padilla expendable?  If padilla is expendable, then it would be by his own doing.  Funny how at the beginning of the year, our rotation was set for the next three years.  Back to trying to woo the John Thompsons to come pitch for us.

For a team that's going nowhere next year, we're going to give a 40+ year old pitcher millions of dollars for a multi-year deal most likely when we've already come to a general consensus that next year is a rebuilding season again.  I really don't like this.

my one souvenir baseball as a kid was thrown to me by Rogers a long, long time ago.  

It depends entirely on how effective he is as a mentor to younger pitchers.  I'm sure the baseball folks know whether he was a positive influence on the kids in Detroit.  If so, then why not go for it if you are planning on dumping Padilla anyway.  Just don't let him dictate the terms of the contract like he did last time (that "can't offer arbitration" clause is one of the dumbest I've ever heard of)

Count me out. He's 43yo and only pitched 63 innings last year.

is a D-Bag.

He can teach the young pitchers a crash course in bringing bad coverage to themselves...

he keeps having solid years despite his age but eventually that bubble is going to burst. He keeps coming back to the Rangers and I get the feeling he will continue to do so until he crashes and burns.

along with jeff russel, bobby witt, nolan ryan, darren oliver and charlie hough.

only more so than everybody listed but hough.

Then ship him to a contender just before the deadline.

get a no trade, I say bring him in.

I think Darren Oliver and Rick Helling are also available.  Maybe Rusty is finally healed up and wants to make another run at it.  All that leaves is trading for Pudge and pulling JuanGone away from his eighth wife and we've got ourselves a reunion.  

Seriously, though, if I were JD, I'd be very apprehensive about making this deal.  Not that I wouldn't do it, but I'd have very long conversations with Rogers to make sure that it will be a "positive homecoming"