Rangers close out June with 3 in KC: TEX @ KC 6/27-9

[True Rangers Fan]

Perez, Gray, and Dunning get the ball for this series. 7, 7, and 1 are the game times.

 

[Kelleyman]

Perez, Gray, and Dunning get the ball for this series. 7, 7, and 1 are the game times.

Thanks for your thread start ups. Nice background. That would be nice for the overall banner up top.
Guess I anticipate a couple of roster moves or at least one with Duggar but that is maybe my shot in the dark

 

[Kelleyman]

Sad he was brought up too early. All for the dollar

 

[scotsman1948]

Sad he was brought up too early. All for the dollar

we rushed him and it ended his career before it had a chance to get started

David Eugene Clyde (born April 22, 1955) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons with the Texas Rangers (1973–1975) and Cleveland Indians (1978–1979). He is noted for his once promising baseball career, which ended at age 26 because of arm and shoulder injuries.

Billed as the next Sandy Koufax, Clyde had a stellar high school career at Westchester High School. He was drafted with the first overall pick in the 1973 Major League Baseball draft. The Rangers planned to have Clyde pitch his first two professional games in the major leagues before moving him down to the minor leagues,[1] but Rangers owner Bob Short decided to keep him in the roster for monetary purposes, where he had a 5.01 earned run average in 18 starts. Journalists criticized the Rangers for promoting Clyde too soon, and after an uneventful 1974 campaign, he developed shoulder trouble and was sent down to the minor leagues in 1975, where he pitched three seasons. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians in 1978, and played two seasons before being demoted. Clyde attempted to make a comeback with the Houston Astros but was unsuccessful.

Clyde's career made him the "poster-boy" for bringing up young players prematurely and dealing with arm injuries. He was named by journalist Randy Galloway as among the worst cases of "mishandling" a young player in baseball history. He is considered by many as a savior of the Texas Rangers franchise because of the significant attendance boost that Clyde's hype brought to the team, preventing it from a possible bankruptcy or American League takeover.

 

[DT LUNA]

we rushed him and it ended his career before it had a chance to get started

David Eugene Clyde (born April 22, 1955) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons with the Texas Rangers (1973–1975) and Cleveland Indians (1978–1979). He is noted for his once promising baseball career, which ended at age 26 because of arm and shoulder injuries.

Billed as the next Sandy Koufax, Clyde had a stellar high school career at Westchester High School. He was drafted with the first overall pick in the 1973 Major League Baseball draft. The Rangers planned to have Clyde pitch his first two professional games in the major leagues before moving him down to the minor leagues,[1] but Rangers owner Bob Short decided to keep him in the roster for monetary purposes, where he had a 5.01 earned run average in 18 starts. Journalists criticized the Rangers for promoting Clyde too soon, and after an uneventful 1974 campaign, he developed shoulder trouble and was sent down to the minor leagues in 1975, where he pitched three seasons. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians in 1978, and played two seasons before being demoted. Clyde attempted to make a comeback with the Houston Astros but was unsuccessful.

Clyde's career made him the "poster-boy" for bringing up young players prematurely and dealing with arm injuries. He was named by journalist Randy Galloway as among the worst cases of "mishandling" a young player in baseball history. He is considered by many as a savior of the Texas Rangers franchise because of the significant attendance boost that Clyde's hype brought to the team, preventing it from a possible bankruptcy or American League takeover.

Good article. Went to school with Galloway. He was mgr on the football team and a nice guy. Saw 1st game Clyde pitched in Arlington. He never had a chance for poor handeling.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Martín Pérez ‘100 percent’ wants to stay with Rangers past trade deadline, likely longer

 

[scotsman1948]

Good article. Went to school with Galloway. He was mgr on the football team and a nice guy. Saw 1st game Clyde pitched in Arlington. He never had a chance for poor handeling.

and apparently, we want to do the same thing now.

 

[saddles]

I wonder when any trades for the Competitive Balance picks will begin to take place. We once traded Claudio for one in the previous December.

We are only three weeks from the draft.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Meet this year’s late-blooming ASG candidate

 

[True Rangers Fan]

8 trade candidates on the rise -- and where they could go

Tyler Mahle, SP, Reds

Following his four-inning, eight-run outing on May 24, Mahle’s inconsistency left many wondering whether a contender might even want to deal for the 27-year-old righty. Since then, Mahle has a 2.14 ERA in five starts, striking out 40 batters in 33 2/3 innings and reemerging as a trade option. He’s making $5.2 million this season and is arbitration-eligible for another year.

Potential fits: Guardians, Rangers, Red Sox

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Who is Elijah Green?

 

[scotsman1948]

8 trade candidates on the rise -- and where they could go

Tyler Mahle, SP, Reds

Following his four-inning, eight-run outing on May 24, Mahle’s inconsistency left many wondering whether a contender might even want to deal for the 27-year-old righty. Since then, Mahle has a 2.14 ERA in five starts, striking out 40 batters in 33 2/3 innings and reemerging as a trade option. He’s making $5.2 million this season and is arbitration-eligible for another year.

Potential fits: Guardians, Rangers, Red Sox

pass

 

[saddles]

8 trade candidates on the rise -- and where they could go

Tyler Mahle, SP, Reds

Following his four-inning, eight-run outing on May 24, Mahle’s inconsistency left many wondering whether a contender might even want to deal for the 27-year-old righty. Since then, Mahle has a 2.14 ERA in five starts, striking out 40 batters in 33 2/3 innings and reemerging as a trade option. He’s making $5.2 million this season and is arbitration-eligible for another year.

Potential fits: Guardians, Rangers, Red Sox

I wouldn't trade for any player who is only under control through 2023. Even one who is a free agent after 2024 would be hard to accept. Until we get to where we were in 2010 we need to look far beyond a year or so.

Now if someone wanted to "give away" such a pitcher like we gave away Gibson, that would be okay.

 

[saddles]

Very impressive.

 

[saddles]

Former 2010 first round draft pick of the Rays, Josh Sale, is currently doing well for Round Rock after being out of baseball for six years. He crushed it in indy ball last year and so far has a 1.023 OPS in 56 at bats for Round Rock.

He has a lot in common with Josh Hamilton besides the first name. The same man, Roy Silver, worked with both of them as well as with Matt Bush. Sale read Hamilton's book while he was trying to fight his own terrible addiction battles. That being said he was out of baseball longer than Josh Hamilton, and he is older than Hamilton while trying to make his comeback.

He plays the OF and 3B.

 

[saddles]

 

[Kelleyman]

Looks like Josh is sitting against the LHP
Not the decision we like in a rebuild year

 

[DT LUNA]

Looks like Josh is sitting against the LHP
Not the decision we like in a rebuild year

Noticed several decisions we don't like in a rebuild.

 

[saddles]

Noticed several decisions we don't like in a rebuild.

Woody just makes too many bad decisions to manage this team.

 

[saddles]