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Loe up, Hunter down, Padilla scratched, Nippert to start
T.R. Sullivan reports that Tommy Hunter has been optioned to AAA, and Kam Loe has been called up to give the Rangers another long man. Sullivan also reports that Vicente Padilla has been scratched from Sunday's start, and Dustin Nippert will make that start, instead.
Friday a.m. stuff
Thank goodness that road trip is done with. That was ugly. Tommy Hunter got shelled, and is apparently heading back to the minors today to make room for Kevin Millwood, who is being activated from the disabled list to make tonight's start. Hunter, of course, shouldn't be in the majors right now....
Sunday morning things
This has been a lousy few days for Rangers fans. 4 game losing streak. David Murphy and C.J. Wilson out for significant time. 7 1/2 games back in the wild card race. And last night, another ugly blowout loss. Evan Grant says Eddie Guardado and Marlon Byrd, the "most vocal leaders" on the team,...
Wednesday morning things
6 games over .500, but still 5 back of the Wild Card race. Once again, the Rangers win, but have a sort of cloud hanging over the win. This time, the cloud is C.J. Wilson, who is headed to the disabled list with bone spurs, and who seems to have upset some folks with how he handled last night's...
Hurley to the d.l., Hunter up
Per the DMN blog, Tommy Hunter and Travis Metcalf are up, Ryan Roberts is down, and Eric Hurley has been put on the d.l. Kason Gabbard has been moved to the 60 day d.l. to make room for Hunter on the 40 man roster. The only other 40 man move that would appear to be imminent is bringing Brandon...
Trade deadline morning things
A nice win yesterday, and the Rangers are now just 4.5 games out in the wild card race. They are, however, 4th in the wild card race -- trailing Minnesota, the BoSox, and the Yankees -- and are just a half-game up on Detroit, which makes actually winning the wild card a lot harder. BP puts the...
Tommy Hunter to Oklahoma
Mike Hindman reports at the DMN blog that Tommy Hunter has been promoted to Oklahoma. The Rangers have been real aggressive with Hunter, who was a 2007 sandwich pick that reportedly was thought to be someone who could end up moving quickly. Hunter started the season at Bakersfield, has had a...
On Tommy Hunter
Richard Durrett has a blog post up on Tommy Hunter, having watched Hunter make his AA debut and talked to him afterwards about his repertoire. Hunter says he only threw 6 changeups yesterday, and otherwise relied upon his 4 seam fastball and his curveball. Durrett raves about Hunter's curve,...
Tommy Hunter is pretty good
Terrific AA debut for Tommy Hunter today. Check out the box. 7 innings, 5 hits, 4 Ks, no walks, 1 run (on a homer). As has been discussed before, the Rangers seem to be fast-tracking him. I wouldn't expect to see him in Arlington this summer, because of the 40 man implications, but I'll be...
Monday morning things
Well, that was a nice comeback try, that ended just a bit short. Still a real nice homestand, and if the Rangers can go 5-5 on this coming road trip, then I think I'll feel okay about where this team stands. In young pitching news, Tommy Hunter has been promoted to Frisco, and Thomas Diamond is...
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