Left coast swing commences.....LAA 8/21-24

[donaldson79]

Yea, I saw that. What a mess.

Not kidding...........THE PC WORLD IS "KIDDING?".........

 

[donaldson79]

Not kidding about this either..............The MLB game announcing is worse than our in-game........Also, I's be gone

 

[Nightcrawler]

Good game yesterday

 

[Nightcrawler]

I'm probably one of roosters biggest critics but he made 2 moves that really helped us win.

He took Rua out of the game and replaced him with Robinson. Robinson had a nice hit which scored a run ( we still needed all the breathing room we could get with our bull pen) and he also had what should've been a single if not for the great catch by maybin.

Rooster also replaced Leclerc before he could totally shit the bed. The guy just didn't have any command tonight at all. Good job in making the switch before it's too late. A win tomorrow and we would be looking at a confident team going to oakland. Last time we played a bottom feeder it didn't go very well ( white Sox), but I'm holding out hope that this can be a good road trip.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

OK....And thanks.......But......is this a good thing?......I don't really have a take on this......Honestly

Folks in the know on Twitter seem to think this was quite the return compared to what is usually brought back in a PTBNL situation.

 

[donaldson79]

The Rangers acquired 19-year-old center fielder Pedro Gonzalez from Colorado on Wednesday to complete the deal that sent catcher Jonathan Lucroy to the Rockies.

The right-handed hitting outfielder was a major international signing for Colorado in 2014 when he received a $1.3 million bonus. He has originally a shortstop, but as he grew to 6-5, he moved to the outfield.

Gonzalez was recently ranked as the No. 14 prospect in the Colorado system by MLB.com. In his second season in short-season Class A Grand Junction (Colo.), Gonzalez has seemingly made big strides. He was hitting .321, which ranked 14th in the Pioneer League, with a .906 OPS. He missed several games recently because of a sore finger, but went 4 for 6 in his return Monday. Gonzalez will be assigned to short-season Class A Spokane (Wash.), which has about 10 days remaining in its season.

The Rangers sent Lucroy to Colorado on July 31. They also have one other player to be named coming to them from the San Francisco Giants to complete the Sam Dyson trade.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

After a horrible start in his new role as reliever Connor Sadzeck has made significant progress and could be up here in September.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

Imagine the kind of flexibility a roster would have with Kiner-Falefa, Profar, D. Robinson, and Ryan Rua on it.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Imagine the kind of flexibility a roster would have with Kiner-Falefa, Profar, D. Robinson, and Ryan Rua on it.

Also imagine the shitty offensive stats.

 

[saddles]

Also imagine the shitty offensive stats.

That would remain to be seen. I imagine Robinson and Kiner-Falefa would be backups and probably Rua would too. We have never seen what any of them can do with everyday MLB at bats for a prolonged period with the exception of Profar and he did well when he got that opportunity.

 

[DT LUNA]

I'm probably one of roosters biggest critics but he made 2 moves that really helped us win.

He took Rua out of the game and replaced him with Robinson. Robinson had a nice hit which scored a run ( we still needed all the breathing room we could get with our bull pen) and he also had what should've been a single if not for the great catch by maybin.

Rooster also replaced Leclerc before he could totally shit the bed. The guy just didn't have any command tonight at all. Good job in making the switch before it's too late. A win tomorrow and we would be looking at a confident team going to oakland. Last time we played a bottom feeder it didn't go very well ( white Sox), but I'm holding out hope that this can be a good road trip.

Thanks for the re-cap. Had a very bad night health wise and missed most of the game. Thanks again.

 

[saddles]

The Globe Life naming rights will continue at the new park.

 

[saddles]

Globe Life Field

 

[Duane1952]

Thanks for the re-cap. Had a very bad night health wise and missed most of the game. Thanks again.

Get well soon DT. Hope to hear from you tonight.

 

[saddles]

New Texas Ranger prospect Pedro Gonzalez

Gonzalez was the #12 player in the Baseball America international free agent top 30 rankings in July, 2014, praising his “high baseball IQ and tremendous physical upside.” He was listed as a shortstop, but at 6’5”, and a frame that figured to fill out, Gonzalez was moved to the outfield when the 2016 season began. He has spent all of his time in the outfield in the minors playing center field so far.


After putting up a .251/.318/.418 slash line in the Dominican League as a 17 year old, Gonzalez played just a handful of games there in 2016 before getting sent to Grand Junction in the Pioneer League. He struggled there, going .230/.290/.394, with 77 Ks in 248 plate appearances. He’s shown significant improvement in his slash line in his return to Grand Junction this year, with a .321/.388/.519 slash line, though he still has 53 Ks in 209 plate appearances, against 18 walks.

 

[saddles]

Gonzalez came into the season with a wide variation of opinions about him from prospect mavens, but everyone seemed to agree his ceiling is impressive. In his Rockies top 10 prospect chat in January for Baseball America, Tracy Ringolsby praised his intelligence and said “he might have the highest ceiling of any player in the organization.” Fangraphs had Gonzalez at #7 in their Rockies prospect rankings this offseason — they appear to be the high folks on him -- with praise for his “precocious instincts,” noting that he should have “big raw power” as he grows. Fangraphs also says that Gonzalez is a plus runner once he gets going (though below-average home to first), and that, plus his instincts, may allow him to stay in center as he fills out. John Sickels had Gonzalez at #15 coming into the season, putting him in the high-risk, high-reward category.


The consensus on Gonzalez is that he’s got great instincts and baseball IQ, has a lot of raw power potential, and the arm to play either center or right, with the big questions being whether he’ll iron out the issues with his swing so that he’ll make enough contact to be productive, and how much he will fill out. He is seen as having star potential, but also being so far away, and with so much refinement needed, that his bust potential is very high as well.


This is a surprisingly good return for Jonathan Lucroy, who the Rangers had clearly decided to move on from, and who was having a very disappointing walk year. Gonzalez certainly could flame out in A ball, and end up being another one of the toolsy guys that the Rangers love who couldn’t hit, but he also could be a legitimate impact player at the major league level. I expect to see him in the 8-15 range on Rangers prospect listings this offseason.