December 13, 20187 yr If it’s allowed, Texas should always trade all of their draft picks for international signing space. The list of guys drafted by Texas that made much impact for the Rangers is...light.
December 17, 20187 yr Rangers just resigned Matt Bush to a minor league contract. Also same with Zac Curtis. Of course, Bush won't be available until July I think.
December 20, 20187 yr Jesus Christ does Daniels have a boner for pitchers that had Tommy John Surgery? Seems like tthats been the norm of the past few seasons seeing how they signed Lance Lynn.
December 20, 20187 yr Jesus Christ does Daniels have a boner for pitchers that had Tommy John Surgery? Seems like tthats been the norm of the past few seasons seeing how they signed Lance Lynn. Reminds me of Jerry Jones and his approach. Get guys in the draft no one else wants on a blue light special and hope to get a very high ROI if they work out.
December 20, 20187 yr Mlbtraderumors is saying Rangers are in talks to bring back the clown Derek Holland.
December 21, 20187 yr Profar traded to the A’s. Waiting for the return but I don’t like the sound of this
December 21, 20187 yr Sounds like Burke is the key piece in the trade. He’s another LHP, which we are stockpiling like crazy.
December 21, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said: Welp, be prepared for Profar to crush us for the next 10 years lol Yep
December 21, 20187 yr #1 prospect to called up but never used to traded away all star to make room for him only to see him injured to having him sit behind a dude with a negative WAR to being traded as soon as 3rd opens up because of a retirement. That's just good management.
December 21, 20187 yr On the bright side, should be some good pitching in Frisco: Palumbo, Hernandez, Hearn and now Burke..all have a good shot at being big leaguers.
December 21, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said: #1 prospect to called up but never used to traded away all star to make room for him only to see him injured to having him sit behind a dude with a negative WAR to being traded as soon as 3rd opens up because of a retirement. That's just good management. They only had control of Profar for two more years. This is not a quick rebuild but a long-term one. This was the highest value he had because he still is injury prone.
December 21, 20187 yr 22 hours ago, Get ln My Van said: Fuck JD. Only good moves he’s ever made were with Nolan holding his hand. People still believe Nolan had that much impact? Lulz.
December 21, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said: People still believe Nolan had that much impact? Lulz. What good move has JD made since Nolan left? Lulz.
December 21, 20187 yr JD assumes full contol March ‘13..... most impactful player drafted since then????
December 21, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, txbroadcaster said: They only had control of Profar for two more years. This is not a quick rebuild but a long-term one. This was the highest value he had because he still is injury prone. They offered profar an extension but he and Boras passed. Thus the trade.
December 21, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Get ln My Van said: What good move has JD made since Nolan left? Lulz. Do you remember 2015? We got Desmond on a 1 year deal when he was looking for a lot more, traded nothing valuable for Hamels and Diekman, got Sam Dyson for nothing and then beat the Astros ass in September. Or 2016 when we had the best record in the AL? Yeah the Lucroy/Beltran deals didn’t work out but we went for it. And now we’re rebuilding, and for the first time in ages we have good pitching depth in the minors. But yeah JD sucks! Lulz Also Nolan Ryan did jack shit here except sit in the front row. Just like he does jack shit in Houston. God I hate our fan base sometimes.
December 21, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, TheFlagship said: Do you remember 2015? We got Desmond on a 1 year deal when he was looking for a lot more, traded nothing valuable for Hamels and Diekman, got Sam Dyson for nothing and then beat the Astros ass in September. Or 2016 when we had the best record in the AL? Yeah the Lucroy/Beltran deals didn’t work out but we went for it. And now we’re rebuilding, and for the first time in ages we have good pitching depth in the minors. But yeah JD sucks! Lulz Also Nolan Ryan did jack shit here except sit in the front row. Just like he does jack shit in Houston. God I hate our fan base sometimes. Hi JD!!!
December 21, 20187 yr 26 minutes ago, TheFlagship said: Do you remember 2015? We got Desmond on a 1 year deal when he was looking for a lot more, traded nothing valuable for Hamels and Diekman, got Sam Dyson for nothing and then beat the Astros ass in September. Or 2016 when we had the best record in the AL? Yeah the Lucroy/Beltran deals didn’t work out but we went for it. And now we’re rebuilding, and for the first time in ages we have good pitching depth in the minors. But yeah JD sucks! Lulz Also Nolan Ryan did jack shit here except sit in the front row. Just like he does jack shit in Houston. God I hate our fan base sometimes. Good GMs go from having the best record in the AL to dog shit in less than 2 years, eh? I’ll agree that Desmond was a good signing for one year but everything else: piss. Let me know when we have major league starting pitching and don’t hamstring ourselves with huge contracts to flash in the pan players.
December 21, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said: Good GMs go from having the best record in the AL to dog shit in less than 2 years, eh? I’ll agree that Desmond was a good signing for one year but everything else: piss. Let me know when we have major league starting pitching and don’t hamstring ourselves with huge contracts to flash in the pan players. We havent given out a huge contract since we signed Choo 5 years ago. And btw Choo is not some flash in the pan. He’s a solid player when healthy. And plenty of teams go from good to bad quickly. See the Tigers and Giants.
December 21, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, TheFlagship said: We havent given out a huge contract since we signed Choo 5 years ago. And btw Choo is not some flash in the pan. He’s a solid player when healthy. And plenty of teams go from good to bad quickly. See the Tigers and Giants. Funny ..... Giants and Tigers both fired their GM’s.
December 21, 20187 yr 23 minutes ago, TheFlagship said: We havent given out a huge contract since we signed Choo 5 years ago. And btw Choo is not some flash in the pan. He’s a solid player when healthy. And plenty of teams go from good to bad quickly. See the Tigers and Giants. I was referring to Odor as the flash in the pan. We signed him to 6 years after 1 good season. Good GMs don’t do that.
December 21, 20187 yr 15 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said: I was referring to Odor as the flash in the pan. We signed him to 6 years after 1 good season. Good GMs don’t do that. It was only 2 FA years if I’m not mistaken, and Rougie for all his faults is still only 24 on a team friendly deal.
December 21, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Post Oak said: I wonder if this means Gallo to 3rd The write up in the Athletic said that JD says that’s not in the cards, speculated that for now they’d go the cheap vet route. Possible they might deal one of the left handed OF bats for a RH hitting 3B...
December 25, 20187 yr The huge trade for arms makes the Rangers prospects a bit more intriguing. Maybe a couple of those pitchers make the rotation soon. I guess this is finally the year Profar blows up and becomes everything the scouts and the Rangers thought he would be when he was drafted.
December 25, 20187 yr On 12/21/2018 at 4:06 PM, Get ln My Van said: I was referring to Odor as the flash in the pan. We signed him to 6 years after 1 good season. Good GMs don’t do that. Hey now, he’s as good as Altuve. According to Flagship any way. Bwahahaha.
December 28, 20186 yr If Gallo could even hit .230 and cut his strike out rate to about 1 per game, he would be a mofo. Edited December 28, 20186 yr by DougO
January 9, 20196 yr Quote Bryan Conger, the head baseball coach for Tarleton State in Stephenville, Texas, tweeted yesterday that he has “accepted a coaching position in the Texas Rangers organization”. There’s no official announcement, but my guess is that he will likely be working with on pitching development with the minor leaguers. I had never heard of Conger before that tweet, but Baseball America’s J.J. Cooper has a piece on him today that explains why the Rangers would have been interested in him. Cooper discusses Conger speaking at the ABCA convention a few days ago, talking about how college coaches in smaller programs can adopt and utilize technology efficiently without big budgets, and what Conger has done at Tarleton State as far as utilizing technology to help guide their development of their pitchers. https://www.lonestarball.com/2019/1/9/18175704/texas-rangers-hire-bryan-conger-tarleton-state-head-coach
January 9, 20196 yr Another guy that’s had TJ surgery. We have a lot of em. Don’t actually hate this as a what the hell, why not move.
January 9, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, TheFlagship said: Current OD rotation: Minor, Lynn, Smyly, Volquez, Miller I would switch Miller fo Volquez. But - obviously we're trading Mike Minor though. He's the only one who hasn't had TJ surgery......Of course, he missed 2015 & 16 with shoulder injuries. So maybe it's an honorary title type thing?
January 13, 20196 yr Cowboys season is over. Time to check in on baseball. Have the Rangers been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet?
January 13, 20196 yr 6 minutes ago, DougO said: Cowboys season is over. Time to check in on baseball. Have the Rangers been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet? Spoiler yes
January 13, 20196 yr How many days until pitchers & catchers report? (Too many) Edited January 13, 20196 yr by SurlyBDR
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