Official 2014 Texas Rangers Spring Training Thread

[Rudy_Rangerfan]

Might want to check game time. I'm showing pre game at 2:30 on ch 21.

Yea your right . just checked it . 2:30 pm . my bad .

 

[Broseidon]

Totally disagree. I say again, there's a time and place. Frankly, Lewis had a much better chance of hitting him than striking him out.

If ST isn't a place to set the example then we've got the wrong example setter, and I don't think Colby is anything, if not a standup, lead by example player.

Lewis doesn't have a great chance of striking anyone out, except maybe Gallo, and that's my hesitation. Why have a pitcher, who gives up lots of HRs and doesn't get alot of strike outs, give free bases away?

 

[RevSader]

You didn't have an opinion on this guy - either with his baseball abilities or his mouth - until last season did ya? How could you? He's played all of 89 total ML contest until last year. Yet you know he's a prick based on one year, but you won't label him as a good player based on the same one year of evidence.

Like I said, I'm not fan, but let's be somewhat fair here.

He's a prick, because he wears a fucking ducktail/mullet.

 

[Hambombs]

Who's pitching today?

 

[Broseidon]

Who's pitching today?

I wanna say Darvish

 

[Rudy_Rangerfan]

Gotta love Saltalamacchia's sense of humor .

"New Miami Marlins catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s comments about the Boston Red Sox, his former team, sounded familiar Thursday. But there was nothing serious about them.

“I hope they go 0-162,” Saltalamacchia told reporters during spring training yesterday. “Now they're all sleazeballs."

Saltalamacchia, of course, was joking and had a smile on his face as he said it.

 

[Hambombs]

Gotta love Saltalamacchia's sense of humor .

"New Miami Marlins catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s comments about the Boston Red Sox, his former team, sounded familiar Thursday. But there was nothing serious about them.

“I hope they go 0-162,” Saltalamacchia told reporters during spring training yesterday. “Now they're all sleazeballs."

Saltalamacchia, of course, was joking and had a smile on his face as he said it.

Shots fired at kinsler LoL

 

[romeo212000]

Lewis doesn't have a great chance of striking anyone out, except maybe Gallo, and that's my hesitation. Why have a pitcher, who gives up lots of HRs and doesn't get alot of strike outs, give free bases away?

It's spring training. Who gives a Fuck? Also, Colby is known as a strikeout pitcher btw.

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

Yay.

 

[Justinkm83]

You didn't have an opinion on this guy - either with his baseball abilities or his mouth - until last season did ya? How could you? He's played all of 89 total ML contest until last year. Yet you know he's a prick based on one year, but you won't label him as a good player based on the same one year of evidence.

Like I said, I'm not fan, but let's be somewhat fair here.

I can tell if someone's a prick in 10 minutes. I don't need 162 games. That comparison is a stretch.

 

[romeo212000]

I can tell if someone's a prick in 10 minutes. I don't need 162 games. That comparison is a stretch.

 

[Broseidon]

It's spring training. Who gives a Fuck? Also, Colby is known as a strikeout pitcher btw.

But, we're trying to send messages in ST?

Perhaps, he was a strikeout pitcher, time will tell going forward.

 

[romeo212000]

But, we're trying to send messages in ST?

Perhaps, he was a strikeout pitcher, time will tell going forward.

What better time to send a message to a mouthy prick?

 

[jta4437]

I can tell if someone's a prick in 10 minutes. I don't need 162 games. That comparison is a stretch.

Honestly I've never seen him do or say anything to suggest he's a prick, I only know of that perception b/c of people on this board, but I'll certainly pay more attention in the future

 

[Broseidon]

What better time to send a message to a mouthy prick?

I don't think it sends a message other than 'you got under my skin.' Which is probably exactly what a mouthy prick aims to do.

 

[Justinkm83]

Honestly I've never seen him do or say anything to suggest he's a prick, I only know of that perception b/c of people on this board, but I'll certainly pay more attention in the future

He's always mouthing and very cocky on the field after 1 year. Pay attention, you'll see and hear it.

 

[donaldson79]

He's a prick, because he wears a fucking ducktail/mullet.

.....I'd put that more in the dork/redneck category.

 

[donaldson79]

I can tell if someone's a prick in 10 minutes. I don't need 162 games. That comparison is a stretch.

OK....I'll give ya this one. But he's still a pretty good ball player based on a limited sample size of one full year.

 

[Justinkm83]

.....I'd put that more in the dork/redneck category.

I was thinking douche

 

[WilltheThrill]

Lewis doesn't have a great chance of striking anyone out, except maybe Gallo, and that's my hesitation. Why have a pitcher, who gives up lots of HRs and doesn't get alot of strike outs, give free bases away?

You might want to check your stats again before saying Colby Lewis is not a pitcher who gets a lot of strikeouts. He has a career K/9 of 7.63. That's definitely in the mid to upper levels of starting pitchers as far as strikeouts go. If you just take his stats over his last few seasons as a Ranger, his K numbers are even better, almost 1 per inning. This notion that he can't strike anyone out now is quite far from reality.

As jta said, he just needs to work on finding consistency with his new stride and he will be fine.