Only the Nats are worse than the Rangers

by Adam J. Morris on May 4, 2007 12:02 PM CDT in News

The new BP Hit List is out, and the Rangers are sitting at #29, ahead of only the Washington Nationals.

Also, Evan Grant was doing live blogging from the doubleheader yesterday, if you want to go back and re-live some of the unpleasantness from yesterday's debacle.

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Hell Yeah!

Suck on that, Nats!

by i hit straight ball very much on May 4, 2007 12:01 PM CDT reply actions

Mike Young

Any chance he approaches Wash, like he approached Buck 3 years ago about moving back to SS, and volunteers to bat 8th for a few weeks or so until he gets back on track?

I know he's not the only player sucking right now, but he is sucking at one of the more important spots in the batting order.

by jcir454 on May 4, 2007 12:15 PM CDT reply actions

No.

"Fire Jon Daniels!" Someone has to start it.

by chief on May 4, 2007 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions

maybe

he should just approached JD and gave the money back

by jshcmp on May 4, 2007 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions

money

it really is too bad that baseball contracts don't come with money back guarantee's or warranties or anything

"Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!" "If you don't throw strikes first, you're last."

by rentz on May 4, 2007 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

I enjoyed Hank Conger's grass roots campaign video; that was posted on the hit list.

by BHill on May 4, 2007 12:23 PM CDT reply actions

Any any any

way we can trade MY?

by Longhorn on May 4, 2007 12:40 PM CDT reply actions

No

he has a fairly ironclad no trade.

"The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place,"--ret Lt. Gen. Odom

by DJCahill on May 4, 2007 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions

but the contract

doesn't kick in for another 2 years? Right? or no-trade starts now?

by Longhorn on May 4, 2007 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions

According to

http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/texas-rangers.html he has no trade protection starting now.

Michael Young inf
4 years/$10.5M (2004-07), plus 2008 club option
5 years/$80M (2009-13)

signed extension 3/07
as part of extension, Texas exercised $5M 2008 club option
09-13: $16M annually (total of $15M deferred)

no-trade protection 2007-09, limited no-trade protection from 2010 to May, 2011 (submits list of 8 clubs to which he'd accept trade)

receives 10-and-5 rights in May, 2011

4 years/$10.5M (2004-07), plus 2008 club option

04:$1M, 05:$2.5M, 06:$3M, 07:$3.5M, 08:$4M club option ($0.5M buyout)
2008 option increased to $5M based on performance

signed extension 4/04, replacing 1 year/$0.45M deal signed 3/04

1 year/$0.415M (2003) 2/03
1 year/$0.25M (2002)
agent: Dan Lozano
ML service: 5.134

"The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place,"--ret Lt. Gen. Odom

by DJCahill on May 4, 2007 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Sure

We'll just need to kick in, oh, maybe $7 mill per year. Worked before.

Well Mr. Burns had done it. The power plant had won it. With Roger Clemens clucking all the while.

by WyoRanger on May 4, 2007 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions

most sucessful lineups don't depend on two players, (see yankees) - Almost every question mark on the Rangers is not working out. The GM hasn't done his job probably cause the payroll limitations won't let him.

by SanDiegoKev on May 4, 2007 12:52 PM CDT reply actions