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And I think I've made this point already in this thread (or the end of the last one) but what is the point in plugging the hole for a few years? We have literally nobody on the farm. Hell, the one guy that may have had a shot at making it, Peoples-Walls, just got moved to the OF along with Piscotty and Carson Kelly (or other legitimate prospect for the left side of the IF). Evidently the organization is just giving up on the IF altogether and is going to stockpile arms and OFers. They appear to have no plan for the most important position on a major league diamond. It's just a complete mind-****. |
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The Red Sox did nothing but plug holes for years with marginal players at short after they traded Hanley for Beckett. It's not ideal, but a two-three year fix may leave the team in better shape than what it would take to get a five-seven year fix. |
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It seems cyclical to me. It's only recently that the SS role have increased in value. At the same time is seems that top flight SS talent has lessen in available numbers. Which would explain the first statement. How many great SS's are there in baseball? |
40 man roster out. We are only protecting 36 players. They are thinking of picking up 4 players?
Player Position B/T DOB PITCHERS John Axford RHP R/R 4/01/1983 Keith Butler RHP R/R 1/30/1989 Randy Choate LHP L/L 9/05/1975 Eric Fornataro RHP R/R 1/02/1988 Sam Freeman LHP R/L 6/24/1987 Jaime Garcia LHP L/L 7/08/1986 Joe Kelly RHP R/R 6/09/1988 Lance Lynn RHP R/R 5/12/1987 Tyler Lyons LHP S/L 2/21/1988 Seth Maness RHP R/R 10/14/1988 Carlos Martinez RHP R/R 9/21/1991 Shelby Miller RHP R/R 10/10/1990 Jason Motte RHP R/R 6/22/1982 Jorge Rondon RHP R/R 2/16/1988 Trevor Rosenthal RHP R/R 5/29/1990 Fernando Salas RHP R/R 5/30/1985 Kevin Siegrist LHP L/L 7/20/1989 Michael Wacha RHP R/R 7/01/1991 Adam Wainwright RHP R/R 8/30/1981 CATCHERS Tony Cruz C R/R 8/18/1986 Yadier Molina C R/R 7/13/1982 Audry Perez C R/R 12/23/1988 INFIELDERS Matt Adams 1B L/R 8/31/1988 Matt Carpenter IF L/R 11/26/1985 Allen Craig 1B R/R 7/18/1984 Daniel Descalso 2B L/R 10/19/1986 David Freese 3B R/R 4/28/1983 Greg Garcia SS L/R 8/08/1989 Pete Kozma SS R/R 4/11/1988 Kolten Wong 2B L/R 10/10/1990 OUTFIELDERS Joey Butler OF R/R 3/12/1986 Matt Holliday LF R/R 1/15/1980 Jon Jay CF L/L 3/15/1985 Mike O’Neill LF L/L 2/12/1988 Shane Robinson OF R/R 10/30/1984 Oscar Taveras OF L/L 6/19/1992 |
They could just be trying to unclog the pipe somewhat by making prospects with middling upside eligible for the Rule 5 draft next month, and to perhaps snag a Rule 5 eligible player that they have an eye on.
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@Ken_Rosenthal: Source: #Rangers remain open to trading Andrus or Profar in right deal. So, talks with #STLCards or for #Rays' Price still possible.
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Darvish Holland Martin Perez That's a pretty good 1-3 so you're really looking at 4 and 5 for them. So even setting aside what they have at the positions, is it worth trading a premier middle-infielder for a 4th/5th starter? No, not really. The value added to the team at that point isn't significant enough. But beyond that, the Rangers are in pretty good shape at 4 and 5 anyway. Ogando and Harrison are the likely candidates. Ogando's been a nice starter at several points throughout his career and can likely be counted on for about 180 innings and an ERA in the 4.3 range. Matt Harrison went 32-20 in 2011-2012 before having some injury issues in 2013. He's a #3 starter on a lot of teams and would be a 4 in Texas. Then you have Colby Lewis and Neftali Feliz as #6 and #7 options in case Harrison isn't healthy, though most accounts suggest he should be fine. Colby Lewis has become a very nice pitcher, another potential #3 that would be slotted as a 4/5 in Texas. Feliz has ace stuff, though he has to recover from TJ surgery (and not get moved into the bullpen). The Rangers don't really need starting pitching as bad as we think they do. They're really not that great of a trade partner when it gets down to it. Unless we're willing to trade them Taveras (I'm not), I don't see them moving either of those guys. When they had a surplus of IFers, perhaps they'd have been willing to take the best offer they could get. At that time, Miller may have been worth doing. Now, however, they don't. They don't have Cano signed (and they won't get him; Jay Z isn't sending Cano to the Rangers) and they don't have a desperate need for SP. The dream is dead, folks. Prepare for the path of least resistance: Stephen Drew. |
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LA radio station is saying that a Freese to Anaheim deal is almost certain to happen. Rumor is that we could get back Aybar in return. He's not a jawdropper but it'd be an upgrade at SS. Would love to add Lynn and get Bourjos as well as a fourth OF to spell Craig and Taveras. |
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