Rangers close out May with a helping of seafood at the Grill: TB @ TEX 5/30 - 6/2

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Josh Smith is coming up. Miller to the DL.

FO continues to make good decisions

 

[DTC]

Rangers Promote Josh Smith, Place Brad Miller On IL, Designate Albert Abreu

The Rangers announced a series of moves today, including the news that infielder Josh Smith and outfielder Zach Reks have …

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Rangers Promote Josh Smith, Place Brad Miller On IL, Designate Albert Abreu

The Rangers announced a series of moves today, including the news that infielder Josh Smith and outfielder Zach Reks have …

www.mlbtraderumors.com

Zach Reks is also coming back up with Abreu gone.
Glad to see a couple of young prospects come up. Maybe they can help bring some excitement

 

[saddles]

 

[scotsman1948]

i think i would start with Smith, Wendzel or Harris & either Taveras or Thompson. Wendzel isn't killing it at the plate but at least he's a 3rd baseman Smith and Taveras or Thompson give us good outfielders

guess i called the Smith call-up

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Josh Smith is coming up.

RHP tonight throw him to the wolves and see what he's got

 

[saddles]

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Congratulations, Josh Smith!!! Good job, young man.

It always adds some excitement to me to see guys you are pulling for come up and play at the MLB level. Hoping he does well. Will be interesting to see how they work him in as far as playing time goes.

 

[Nightcrawler]

holy crap…… this is a must watch game now.

 

[Nightcrawler]

We lost yesterday because of Ibanez’s fielding at 3rd. He didn’t even field at a AA or A level yesterday. I like how reactive the new front office is.

if JD was in charge they would wait for him to accumulate 50 more errors and then shrug it off as growing pains.

 

[saddles]

 

[Nightcrawler]

can someone Explain why smith was recalled instead of Duran?

 

[armadillooutlaw]

It always adds some excitement to me to see guys you are pulling for come up and play at the MLB level. Hoping he does well. Will be interesting to see how they work him in as far as playing time goes.

Hope he gets some real opportunities to start at 3B for a bit.
Seems like the type of player that could potentially hit for decent power, maybe .275 average with high OBP, no?

 

[armadillooutlaw]

can someone Explain why smith was recalled instead of Duran?

Probably because Smith has had a decent amount of ABs in AAA while Duran is still in AA. They probably want Duran to get some more seasoning before calling him up. Seems he likely has a higher ceiling than Smith?

 

[DTC]

Hope he gets some real opportunities to start at 3B for a bit.
Seems like the type of player that could potentially hit for decent power, maybe .275 average with high OBP, no?

I’m hoping he’s a Ben Zobrist type player. Super utility that can play most positions and hit .275/.345/.465 15-20 HR, 30 doubles and steal 10-15 bags or so.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Curious, why DFA Abreu instead of one of the other relief guys that are struggling?

 

[armadillooutlaw]

I’m hoping he’s a Ben Zobrist type player. Super utility that can play most positions and hit .275/.345/.465 15-20 HR, 30 doubles and steal 10-15 bags or so.

It would be fantastic if he could fill that kind of role with similar production to Zobrist.

 

[Duane1952]

Josh Smith is coming up. Miller to the DL.

Hopefully they play him and don’t let him sit on the bench.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Hopefully they play him and don’t let him sit on the bench.

Don't give him the Sam Huff treatment.

 

[DTC]

Curious, why DFA Abreu instead of one of the other relief guys that are struggling?

While is 3.10 ERA looks low on a small sample his FIP, WHIP and mainly BB/9 are sky high. Maybe they felt he was due to implode soon. They want strike throwers as well.