The return of Jeff Banister! Pirates at Rangers 04/30-05/01

[DT LUNA]

I would like to hear Murph;s explanatiun.

 

[Duane1952]

Chavez and his 9.42 era needs to be DFA'd.

 

[Kelleyman]

Not trying to bait you. I am just telling you that you come across as giving management excuses no matter what they do. If they trade Profar based on his upcoming FA and the window you say it was necessary. You refuse to say it is necessary to trade Minor before it happens even though FA and window are just as relevant with him as it was Profar.

Comes across like a bait and I said you could trade them all for a good return. So then say I come across Portland management

Heres is another free one for you --- Chavez signing looking not too good and talked about extensions not working out well

You appear to have labeled me

 

[DT LUNA]

What we have seen tonight is all the reason you need to not chase a wild card.

 

[Nightcrawler]

What we have seen tonight is all the reason you need to not chase a wild card.

The lineup looked totally out of sorts tonight. Usually these guys rake at home.

 

[Duane1952]

That was a rocket.

 

[DT LUNA]

The lineup looked totally out of sorts tonight. Usually these guys rake at home.

Not enough pieces and some we have are not ready to do nothing but learn and get better.

 

[Nightcrawler]

I don’t agree with this!

Should’ve let Choo hit and if the game was extended, then pinch hit Santana for odor.

 

[Duane1952]

I don’t agree with this!

Should’ve let Choo hit and if the game was extended, then pinch hit Santana for odor.

I agree.

 

[Duane1952]

Leclerc needs to be taken out of the closers role.

 

[DT LUNA]

Rome was not built in a day and this team won't be either. Too many problems to be resolved as witnessed tonight.

 

[DT LUNA]

Leclerc needs to be taken out of the closers role.

Chavez needs DFA'D

 

[Nightcrawler]

Rome was not built in a day and this team won't be either. Too many problems to be resolved as witnessed tonight.

I smelled something terrible coming from the infield on the first base side.

 

[DT LUNA]

Odor does not belong in the 2 hole with a .148 BA. Absurd

 

[Nightcrawler]

Probably Bannister.... in search of Crawler.

I guess you could say the pirates “never ever quit”.

 

[saddles]

 

[Nightcrawler]

I was looking at the stats and we have several Mendoza’s on the team. Here’s the list.

Ikf - .200

Delino- .192

Mathis - .170

Wisdom- .154

Odor- .145

The only acceptable ones in my mind are ikf, Mathis, and wisdom. Wisdom is overmatched and will go back down to the minors shortly. We knew Mathis was terrible with the bat, we just wanted him for his superb defense.

I’ll give ikf the benefit of the doubt because he’s focused so much of his time and effort into learning a new position. He hasn’t been as good at the plate as i expected him to be.

Delino and Odor. What the heck? These guys are both given everyday player status and they can barely get hits or get on base.

I’ve had ranger fans tell me that “ this is a rebuilding year, who cares” well I think that’s loser talk! People pay their hard earned money to go to these games and people spend their valuable time watching this team on tv, the least the rangers can do is fight as hard as possible to win. If we get to the point where we’re 20 games out in July, then I don’t care if we drop games, but until we get to that point this team needs to fight!

I’ve also had people say “ I don’t care about wins, I just want to see our young core develop”. Once again, I think that’s crazy talk. The Oakland A’s weren’t expecting to compete last year and that team won a wild card. The job of the manager is to try and win games. I think the team gets way too caught up in the promising guys spots / playing time and rigidly sticking to that plan.

The reality is that odor and Delino barely look like major league players right now. I hope we are ready to make some changes in a few weeks if these guys don’t pick it up.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Is There a Way to Keep Danny Santana in the Texas Rangers Lineup?

 

[saddles]

Rangers mulling over change at closer

 

[saddles]

I was looking at the stats and we have several Mendoza’s on the team. Here’s the list.

Ikf - .200

Delino- .192

Mathis - .170

Wisdom- .154

Odor- .145

The only acceptable ones in my mind are ikf, Mathis, and wisdom. Wisdom is overmatched and will go back down to the minors shortly. We knew Mathis was terrible with the bat, we just wanted him for his superb defense.

I’ll give ikf the benefit of the doubt because he’s focused so much of his time and effort into learning a new position. He hasn’t been as good at the plate as i expected him to be.

Delino and Odor. What the heck? These guys are both given everyday player status and they can barely get hits or get on base.

I’ve had ranger fans tell me that “ this is a rebuilding year, who cares” well I think that’s loser talk! People pay their hard earned money to go to these games and people spend their valuable time watching this team on tv, the least the rangers can do is fight as hard as possible to win. If we get to the point where we’re 20 games out in July, then I don’t care if we drop games, but until we get to that point this team needs to fight!

I’ve also had people say “ I don’t care about wins, I just want to see our young core develop”. Once again, I think that’s crazy talk. The Oakland A’s weren’t expecting to compete last year and that team won a wild card. The job of the manager is to try and win games. I think the team gets way too caught up in the promising guys spots / playing time and rigidly sticking to that plan.

The reality is that odor and Delino barely look like major league players right now. I hope we are ready to make some changes in a few weeks if these guys don’t pick it up.

What the fans think and how hard the Rangers fight to win have nothing to do with each other.

I think you are giving Mathis a pass to easily. I would hope we wouldn't put up with a catcher hitting that poorly if we weren't rebuilding. No amount of defense is worth that.