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Sunday morning things
9.5 games out of first place. 6.5 games out of the wild card. BP puts the Rangers' chance of making the playoffs at 4%. That's not a terrible place to be in, in what was expected to be a rebuilding season, but I think it is coming clear that this team isn't going to be in a playoff race the last...
Hank Blalock, third baseman
Per Jeff Wilson at the S-T, Ron Washington says Hank Blalock is a third baseman again. German Duran is likely going back to AAA.
The problem with irregular playing time
T.R. Sullivan has a piece up about the Ranger bench being laden with younger players, and the problem that creates vis-a-vis getting them playing time and developing. The particular focus is on German Duran: Boggs has been able to get semi-regular playing time because of nagging injuries to...
Duran up, Lizard DFA'd
German Duran has been called up, and is starting at third base today, with Michael Young sitting. Elizardo Ramirez has been designated for assignment, and, I suspect, will be put on waivers. The Ramirez DFA is not unexpected...he was called up pretty much solely for the purpose of giving the...
Sunday a.m. stuff
Solid start by Scott Feldman, followed up by another bad outing from the bullpen. Evan Grant has some gory details of the pen's failures: With the three runs allowed, the relief ERA shot up to 5.45. It is the worst in the majors by more than half a run. In May, when the Rangers went 19-9, the...
A flurry of roster moves
The Rangers have announced several moves... Kevin Millwood is activated from the d.l., and Travis Metcalf has been recalled from AAA. German Duran and Kam Loe have been optioned to AAA. Franklyn German cleared waivers and has been outrighted to Oklahoma, although he has 72 hours to decide...
Thursday a.m. stuff
My initial inclination is to grouse about the team's inability, once again, to get past the .500 mark. This is irritating. I want this team to reel off 5 or 6 in a row and get safely above .500. And it is even more irritating when you think, if the Rangers had just split those 14 games in April,...
Tuesday a.m. stuff
Well, back into last place. And once again, a finesse lefty makes the Rangers lineup look foolish. Evan Grant's game story focuses on the struggles the team has had against lefties, with a 1-6 record against lefthanded starters. The Rangers have a 702 team OPS against LHPs, versus a 770 OPS...
Monday a.m. things
A 10-0 win that was about as crisply played as a game can be (at least, by the winners) does a lot to help you take a step back from the precipice. We'll see what happens today, as far as puffs of smoke from TBIA vis-a-vis the future of Ron Washington, but yesterday's performance certainly helped...
German Duran, Texas Ranger
Evan Grant reports that German Duran is being called up for tonight's game, and will play third base, with Marlon Byrd going to the d.l. Surprised Byrd is getting d.l.'d, but that might help explain why he's been doing so poorly of late. And if there's an area where the Rangers have a surplus, it...
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