2014 All-Star Week Discussion (Rangers Edition)

[WastinSomeTime]

Too bad Frasor started to tank lately. He had 5 straight outings where he gave up a run and then the 6th and last he did get out of the inning by walking a batter and then getting the 3rd out.

 

[Justinkm83]

Rangers just traded Frasor.



Would have thought Frasor might have brought more than that...

Me too. Maybe not much more, but still

 

[Justinkm83]

The scouting report must have been before June because Patton had a bad one.

Yeah, his ERA is over 4 now.

 

[TheRangerDude]

Frasor has not been very good lately. Some stats about Patton:

Spencer Patton Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights | MiLB.com Stats | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

Wow, just looked at those minor league stats... why did we trade Frasor for him again? Seems like it would have been better to package him with someone else to maybe get a little more.

 

[TheRangerDude]

Patton Scouting Report:

Prior to the 2013 season, it was difficult to think of Spencer Patton as someone who could make an impact upon the Kansas City Royals. A 24th round draft pick in the 2011 MLB Amateur Draft, Patton struggled over his first two seasons in professional baseball, putting together a 3-8 record with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.500 WHiP for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League. While Patton was able to strike out 13 batters per nine innings, he was fairly old for the level and had trouble with his command. Patton looked intriguing, but seemed to be a long shot at having a major league career.
Then, last season, things changed for Patton. Promoted to the Wilmington Blue Rocks, Patton was used almost exclusively as a reliever. With that change to the bullpen, Patton produced what was easily his best season in the Royals system, putting together a 5-2 record with a 1.96 ERA and a 1.073 WHiP, striking out 76 batters in 64.1 innings of work. That effort earned Patton a much deserved promotion to Northwest Arkansas, where he struck out 27 of the 69 batters he faced.
This season, as the primary closer for the Omaha Storm Chasers, Spencer Patton has continued to build on his success from last year. Thus far, Patton has actually been even better, posting a 0.83 ERA and a 0.738 WHiP while striking out 24 batters in 21.2 innings of work. Although his strikeout numbers have decreased, Patton has improved his command, walking only 2.9 batters per nine innings. Even more impressively, Patton has only allowed nine hits this year, holding the opposition to a .125/.213/.222 batting line.

With those results, one would likely expect Patton to be firing the ball in the upper 90′s. Instead, Patton is typically in the 90 to 93 MPH range with his fastball, mixing in a slider and a change. According to his scouting report from when he was drafted, Patton has a delivery that makes it difficult for opposing hitters to pick up the ball. As his fastball appears to b more explosive than it actually is, Patton has been able to attack opposing hitters with great success.
Should Spencer Patton continue to perform at this level, he could force the Royals to find a spot for him on the major league roster.

Seems like maybe this report came out before his last 10 games or so. But maybe he has more promise than his current years stats would suggest

 

[jta4437]

Wow, just looked at those minor league stats... why did we trade Frasor for him again? Seems like it would have been better to package him with someone else to maybe get a little more.

Why keep frasor? That's about all you get for a middling reliever, he was not dominant

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

lol

 

[romeo212000]

Why keep frasor? That's about all you get for a middling reliever, he was not dominant

Think this is a case of over valuing your own players.

 

[RevSader]

We should trade for the guy I created in MLB 14 the Show. Just got called up to the Rays lol.

So the Rangers dumped a dude who had been bad lately and picked up a younger guy who isn't a prospect but is cheap. Got it.

 

[RevSader]

And wouldn't you know the ESPN morons are whining about the trade. They beg for a trade, and then when the trade nets what you would expect they are mad it wasn't a DH....did you think Frasor was gonna get Billy Butler?

 

[DT LUNA]

And wouldn't you know the ESPN morons are whining about the trade. They beg for a trade, and then when the trade nets what you would expect they are mad it wasn't a DH....did you think Frasor was gonna get Billy Butler?

Do you post there or read the funnies?

 

[RevSader]

Do you post there or read the funnies?

Sometimes I post only to get called a drive by poster.

 

[DT LUNA]

ATTENTION: Go to Face Book and type in finding friends, The Firing Jon Daniels Page. Hard to believe but was created on ESPN board

 

[Justinkm83]

I heard on the radio that there's an ESPN guy that brought up the idea of trading Choo. Now this is interesting. I personally would keep him, but I hadn't really thought of trading him. I'm hoping his defense improves a little when his ankle is healed. Otherwise we signed an expensive DH for the future.

 

[DT LUNA]

I heard on the radio that there's an ESPN guy that brought up the idea of trading Choo. Now this is interesting. I personally would keep him, but I hadn't really thought of trading him. I'm hoping his defense improves a little when his ankle is healed. Otherwise we signed an expensive DH for the future.

We may be DH heavy if he MM and Prince don't come around.

 

[RevSader]

I keep expecting to visit this blog and see some Ranger news, like Ron Washington released, or Elvis Andrus traded for David Price, or JD resigns and Nolan Ryan rehired, or SOMETHING. July 31 is only 2-weeks away.
Why do I have this feeling nothing significant is going to happen.

This is silly

 

[Justinkm83]

I keep expecting to visit this blog and see some Ranger news, like Ron Washington released, or Elvis Andrus traded for David Price, or JD resigns and Nolan Ryan rehired, or SOMETHING. July 31 is only 2-weeks away.
Why do I have this feeling nothing significant is going to happen.

This is silly

That is comical. Why would TB take on Elvis' contract? None of that is even close to something that could be considered a rational thought. I award him no points, and may God have mercy on his soul.

 

[Justinkm83]

We may be DH heavy if he MM and Prince don't come around.

Yup. This is one of the reasons we should be teaching Gallo to play COF along with 1B.

 

[RevSader]

That is comical. Why would TB take on Elvis' contract? None of that is even close to something that could be considered a rational thought. I award him no points, and may God have mercy on his soul.

I'm glad people are passionate about the Rangers, but it's shocking how silly people can be about them. Without all the training and and the job experience, I am sure most of my ideas would probably fail, because it takes time to learn how to be a good GM, but I gotta figure most of the stuff I talk about is at least in the realm of possibility and somewhat rational.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

I heard on the radio that there's an ESPN guy that brought up the idea of trading Choo. Now this is interesting. I personally would keep him, but I hadn't really thought of trading him. I'm hoping his defense improves a little when his ankle is healed. Otherwise we signed an expensive DH for the future.

I'd be listening - depends on how much cash we'd have to eat (and it would be a lot)

Now that I think about it, I'm not ready to dump him yet. This year is not a fair test. He may yet be the old Choo if we can get competitive again. I do think (broken record) that he needs some DL time, he's sure not helping now.