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  • Ghost of LL
    Ghost of LL

    Sitting in a sports bar in Houston with@brisketexan quietly enjoying the Choke City debacle. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  • mdleast and I went out last Thursday when they were playing the Royals. We sat 1st base side but got up in the 6th inning and made our way to the top of left field and circumnavigated the stadium sitt

  • Pato del Muerto
    Pato del Muerto

    And of course he blows the loss

Odor seemed like the Odor we know too well last night. He seems to make adjustments and use better discipline once in a while that get him a few hits, then he starts getting cocky and resorts back to swinging at pitches a foot out of the zone. I'm just not sure there is a cure for it.

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1 minute ago, DougO said:

Odor seemed like the Odor we know too well last night. He seems to make adjustments and use better discipline once in a while that get him a few hits, then he starts getting cocky and resorts back to swinging at pitches a foot out of the zone. I'm just not sure there is a cure for it.

I hope he’s off the team sooner rather than later. Won’t hold my breathe tho.

Every fucking pitch they throw him is low and inside. He just can't fucking lay off. (although, he is batting .300 in his last six games)

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I knew it was over the moment shithhead lost Simien after being up 0-2. Him and his fucking curve balls. Never a strike. Loser. This one's on fucking Woodard

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LeClerc is a close second to Odor in hateable on this team. please get both of them off the team

That was as big a loss as there has been all year. What a massive choke job. It's almost as if they are intentionally tanking. Why the holy fuck is that head case LeClerc in there closing? I would rather have the rookie in there, at least he has a shot.

 

Not that it made any difference, but I don't get why you pinch run for Santana, who is a perfectly fine base runner. He's the only bat on the team that has hit anything in the past month. In a close game there's a strong possibility of needing his bat again.

This was a huge series. This one pretty much flushes whatever was left.

46 minutes ago, DougO said:

Not that it made any difference, but I don't get why you pinch run for Santana, who is a perfectly fine base runner. He's the only bat on the team that has hit anything in the past month. In a close game there's a strong possibility of needing his bat again.

This was a huge series. This one pretty much flushes whatever was left.

He was removed because of groin tightness.

Correct me if I have any of this wrong. There were runners at first and third with one out, and we intentionally load the bases to allow a force at any base - with wild man psycho on the mound? He walks in the winning run. Even if there are runners at second and third, you're going to have to pull in the infield. I don't think you should play for a double play - which means it's likely that in anything but an sure DP ball, you have to go home - and beat the runner from third, so what good does loading the bases do?

LeClerc's performance is exactly why we quit using him as a closer. So what if Chris Martin closed the night before, and maybe even the night before that. Let him close again. Or try someone else.

Hadn't the previous pitcher just finished getting an out before Woodard pulled him? Fuck, leave him in.

I don't put in LeClerc unless I have another pitcher in the bullpen ready to go as soon as he begins to melt down.

Edited by Irish Wrist Watch

Okay this is great. Especially big laugh at "tank for Zion"

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18 minutes ago, mdmost said:

 

No problem: Closers grow on trees. Never mid, he's gonna be a FA. The guy we're getting has only pitched 9 innings this year in Triple A?

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Looks like a good opportunity for the Rangers, Allard was ranked the number 10 Braves prospect overall and is considered to have an MLB ready arm. Atlanta was pretty stocked up in that range of starting guy and traded away a decent prospect.

Shame Odor couldn’t hold that ball and get Valdez the out. Liked what Valdez had. 4 Ks. No runs. 

5 minutes ago, Don Johnson said:

 

Likely related...

 

Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com tweeted out Tuesday morning that the Rangers were in agreement on a $4.2 million deal for 16-year old OF Bayron Lora. Lora, a native of the Dominican Republic, was ranked as the #3 international prospect available in this period by MLB.com and the #5 J2 prospect by Fangraphs.

He’s yet to sign a deal with Texas needing to add some international bonus money along the way to sign Lora and his counterparts, but this was likely agreed upon months ago and the Rangers will have a plan in place to secure the necessary slot money.

https://nolanwritin.com/2019/07/02/texas-rangers-sign-international-prospects/

Im just going to assume that they didn't get enough offered for Minor.   

That's what I'm going to tell myself so I don't freak out.  

I dunno

23 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

People still defend that incompetent dork Jon Daniels?

LOL

What are you mad about, Minor?

1 minute ago, Post Oak said:

What are you mad about, Minor?

Standing pat. This front office seems content to be middle of the pack. We’re not winning shit with this team in the next few years.

50 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Im just going to assume that they didn't get enough offered for Minor.   

That's what I'm going to tell myself so I don't freak out.  

I dunno

I have to believe that as well. As pissed as I am for not getting anything for Minor or Lynn, I'd be more pissed for only getting a bag of baseballs in return.

Is anyone else like, 90% done with watching this team? I just can't get excited even when we build a lead because of our propensity to either fuck it up or get blown out. 

34 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

Standing pat. This front office seems content to be middle of the pack. We’re not winning shit with this team in the next few years.

Okay.  Im just assuming they'd rather keep MM and the others mentioned instead of taking and inferior haul. I assume you do too.

 

Im not sure why they didn't move Pence. I guess they're going to ride out the year with Nomar and Odor but if it was me both their asses would be in Nashville.

 

**Spystud reminded me Odor can't be sent down

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11 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

Standing pat. This front office seems content to be middle of the pack. We’re not winning shit with this team in the next few years.

Well it seems no one was offering much for Minor. Did you really want to trade him for a below average haul just for the sake of making moves?

6 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Okay.  Im just assuming they'd rather keep MM and the others mentioned instead of taking and inferior haul. I assume you do too.

 

Im not sure why they didn't move Pence. I guess they're going to ride out the year with Nomar and Odor but if it was me both their asses would be in Nashville.

We really weren't going to get anything for Pence.  Maybe 2023 project outfielder or infielder or a High A kid that projected as a ML late inning guy 2 years down the road.  

Impossible to have an opinion since nobody is privy to the offers made, but it fucking sucks this team appears to be stuck in no man's land for the foreseeable future and we didn't do anything to change that path.

Just now, Trey3216 said:

We really weren't going to get anything for Pence.  Maybe 2023 project outfielder or infielder or a High A kid that projected as a ML late inning guy 2 years down the road.  

Im fine taking one of those kids  Maybe he can string together season like he's having.  

Im surprised the day wasn't busier.  

The Greinke thing doesn't faze me.  We weren't going to catch them in the next 2 years anyway.

8 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Im fine taking one of those kids  Maybe he can string together season like he's having.  

I'm fine signing him to another 1 year deal next year and making some other deals during the winter.  

9 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Well it seems no one was offering much for Minor. Did you really want to trade him for a below average haul just for the sake of making moves?

I’d rather move him for something over losing him for nothing after next year, considering this team isn’t making noise next season.

I think it’s much more likely that JD is incompetent at his job than it is that there were no offers worth exploring for any moveable pieces we have.

The mediocrity continues.

3 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

I’d rather move him for something over losing him for nothing after next year, considering this team isn’t making noise next season.

I think it’s much more likely that JD is incompetent at his job than it is that there were no offers worth exploring for any moveable pieces we have.

The mediocrity continues.

I think they'll give Minor a 3 year extension in fairly short order.  

Im definitely for extending him now.  

Will need to be spenders in FA

If you're not a buyer or a seller, you're just a spectator.

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1 hour ago, Get ln My Van said:

I’d rather move him for something over losing him for nothing after next year, considering this team isn’t making noise next season.

I think it’s much more likely that JD is incompetent at his job than it is that there were no offers worth exploring for any moveable pieces we have.

The mediocrity continues.

I think we sign him after next year.

So who are some names that are coming off a major arm injury or a has-been that JD will sign for the starting rotation next year?  

Have to think we'll get at least 2 in the mold of Smyly, Miller, Volquez then hear how great they look in spring training only to be absolute garbage once the season begins.

44 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

I think we sign him after next year.

I guess we’ll see. I just don’t have much faith in JD’s decision making lately

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1 hour ago, Get ln My Van said:

I guess we’ll see. I just don’t have much faith in JD’s decision making lately

Same here. I wished they got a new GM when they got a new manager to get a fresh new start and direction.

But we have to start hitting on starting pitching. This franchise has been god awful at that.

I didn’t think the Rangers had much they were willing to trade with good contracts that would bring prospects.  Minor and Lynn don’t move the needle.   I mean see what Stroman brought.  Choo and Andrus are great players but have big contracts.   

Gallo is a stud and would cost a shitload of prospects.  But I’m pretty sure you’ll get to watch him hit 550 homers for the Rangers. You weren’t trading him. 

Santana is the same as Minor and Lynn.  No competing team really trusts the track record to play him.  

Calhoun with a nice shot that barely made it over the wall. 

1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:

Isn't Choo's deal up next year?

Yes

Back to .500. The bottom of the 6th was very enjoyable. I wish Calhoun's fielding was on par with his hitting but I'm glad to see him in an extended role. 

6 hours ago, Post Oak said:

Im surprised the day wasn't busier.  

The Greinke thing doesn't faze me.  We weren't going to catch them in the next 2 years anyway.

It’s be nice to have the assets to trade for 3 TOR pitchers in 23 months and still have the best offense in the league. 

But that involves knowing how to acquire talent. 

 

Edited by SurlyBDR
sorry spystud13, just saw this in mlb thread

On 7/31/2019 at 8:18 PM, Vic Mackey said:

Isn't Choo's deal up next year?

Through 2020.

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