Seattle coming in 7-31 thru 8-2.

[Nightcrawler]

Passan article summarizing Darvish deal:

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-trade-deadline-yu-darvish-traded-dodgers-203840559.html

 

[saddles]

When the hell is Choo and Fielder off the books? It seems like we can't fix this team until those 2 mistakes are completely wiped away.

Three more years. For the Rangers the key to signing a player like Darvish is to backlog the contract. Maybe start out in the low 20s and go up enough each year to average out $28 million or so per year.

 

[Nightcrawler]

From Grant:

Jurickson Profar was held out of Round Rock lineup last night. Hearing he's expressed unhappiness over not being dealt today

I'm surprised he wasn't.

I don't blame him at this point. There's been some bad luck with injuries in there, but we haven't handled him as well as we should've.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Three more years. For the Rangers the key to signing a player like Darvish is to backlog the contract. Maybe start out in the low 20s and go up enough each year to average out $28 million or so per year.

I'd put the chances of Darvish returning at 1%

 

[saddles]

Passan article summarizing Darvish deal:

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-trade-deadline-yu-darvish-traded-dodgers-203840559.html

"Brendon Davis is a classic Rangers athlete play."

The fact that he is a classic Rangers athletic play points out one of our biggest problems as an organization in my opinion. We swing for the fences and miss too much when drafting and acquiring prospects. It is ironic that our offense is plagued by something like that as well.

 

[saddles]

Calhoun doesn't appear to have a problem with strikeouts. In 1300 plate appearances in the minors he only has 152.

 

[darrylgann]

Nick Martinez called up and to pitch tomorrow. Now if that's not enough to left your spirits I don't know what will.

 

[darrylgann]

Calhoun doesn't appear to have a problem with strikeouts. In 1300 plate appearances in the minors he only has 152.

Wait till he gets here

 

[Nightcrawler]

Calhoun doesn't appear to have a problem with strikeouts. In 1300 plate appearances in the minors he only has 152.

Wait until Iapoce gets his grubby hands on him.

 

[Justinkm83]

I think as it was winding down none of us had a good feeling, but I just dont like Calhoun that much. Why do we need a 2b/Corner OFer? We have plenty of them already that are below average defensively. We needed pitching.

 

[donaldson79]

8th?!

Where was Perez in our pecking order a few years ago?

Calm down.

 

[DT LUNA]

I think as it was winding down none of us had a good feeling, but I just dont like Calhoun that much. Why do we need a 2b/Corner OFer? We have plenty of them already that are below average defensively. We needed pitching.

Don't see what choice we had. L A was in good shape knowing they were solid pitching wise and simply did not need to give away their top prospects.

 

[donaldson79]

I'd put the chances of Darvish returning at 1%

Go to Vegas and see what you can get with that.

 

[saddles]

Where was Perez in our pecking order a few years ago?

Calm down.

Perez being so high in our pecking order just shows how bad our pitching coming out of our system has been.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

I think as it was winding down none of us had a good feeling, but I just dont like Calhoun that much. Why do we need a 2b/Corner OFer? We have plenty of them already that are below average defensively. We needed pitching.

Calhoun projects to be a DH

 

[darrylgann]

Perez being so high in our pecking order just shows how bad our pitching coming out of our system has been.

There you go

 

[darrylgann]

Where was Perez in our pecking order a few years ago?

Calm down.

Am I the only one questioning this?

 

[saddles]

Am I the only one questioning this?

Not at all. We should have been able to get their 3rd best pitching prospect if we had to settle for Calhoun instead of Verdugo..

 

[donaldson79]

Don't see what choice we had. L A was in good shape knowing they were solid pitching wise and simply did not need to give away their top prospects.

Perhaps you should address this comment to jaar. He's got answers. ha

 

[Justinkm83]

Where was Perez in our pecking order a few years ago?

Calm down.

Now he's in our rotation with an ERA over 5