2014 Offseason

[True Rangers Fan]

With all of these young starters it may very well mean Detwiler is destined for the pen.

I'd be surprised if they don't break camp with Darvish/Holland/Gallardo/Detwiler/Lewis.

 

[Bmurph]

Anthony Ranuado

June 7, 2007: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the 2007 amateur draft, but did not sign.


I knew the Rangers have had interest in Ranaudo in the past but didn't realize they drafted him in '07

 

[saddles]

Harrison hopes to follow path paved by fellow Ranger | texasrangers.com

 

[Windingmywatch]

He was still a better option than Darren Oliver and Scott Feldman.

What about Long Ball? You forgot Long Ball!

 

[Windingmywatch]

What about Long Ball? You forgot Long Ball!

Answering myself here ... was thinking you were talking about 2012 WS. You were talking about 2011.

Koji was worn out by BAL before he came over.

Lowe came over with Lee but was on the DL pretty much through the end of the regular season. But he made up for it in 2012 and especially in Game 6. Long Ball has a prominent spot on my Rangers Wall of Infamy.

 

[RevSader]

Answering myself here ... was thinking you were talking about 2012 WS. You were talking about 2011.

Koji was worn out by BAL before he came over.

Lowe came over with Lee but was on the DL pretty much through the end of the regular season. But he made up for it in 2012 and especially in Game 6. Long Ball has a prominent spot on my Rangers Wall of Infamy.

2011 was game 6. I hate Mark Lowe. 2012 was the late season collapse with Hamilton dropping pop flies.

 

[romeo212000]

2011 was game 6. I hate Mark Lowe. 2012 was the late season collapse with Hamilton dropping pop flies.

And Michael Young hitting worm burner after worm burner to second base. Thus, prompting me to come up with GIDPMY.

 

[RevSader]

And Michael Young hitting worm burner after worm burner to second base. Thus, prompting me to come up with GIDPMY.

2012 was a big gut punch. Nothing has gone right since the game 6 debacle.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

2012 was a big gut punch. Nothing has gone right since the game 6 debacle.

2012 started out fine albeit Josh carrying the team in a big way offensively...but the way I look at it literally nothing has gone right since Josh's 4 HR night in Baltimore.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

you guys are bumming me out... it's a new year, anything can happen. let's not dwell on the past!

 

[Bmurph]

2011 was game 6. I hate Mark Lowe. 2012 was the late season collapse with Hamilton dropping pop flies.

F Mark Lowe, was so happy to see him go to the Angels and continue his flat throwing, long ball giving up ass continue to suck there

 

[romeo212000]

F Mark Lowe, was so happy to see him go to the Angels and continue his flat throwing, long ball giving up ass continue to suck there

97 mph is still batting practice if it's straight as an arrow.

 

[saddles]

Jamey Newberg had some things to say this morning about a possibility for the Rangers left handed relief role that would involve transitioning another minor league starter into a reliever.

[FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]When Ross came out of nowhere in camp to win a job in 2012, four years out of high school, he was coming off a season in which he pitched 123.1 innings for High A Myrtle Beach and 38 frames for AA Frisco, almost all as a starter.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Lefthander Andrew Faulkner in 2014: 104 innings for Myrtle Beach, 30.2 for Frisco, almost all as a starter. He’s now four years out of high school. [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Ross in that final year on the farm, per nine innings: 7.5 hits, 0.3 homers, 1.8 walks, 7.5 strikeouts.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Faulkner in 2014, per nine innings: 7.6 hits, 0.3 homers, 3.0 walks, 8.9 strikeouts.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]And there have been suggestions (see your 2015 Bound Edition) that Faulkner, who has a little funk in his delivery, could end up as a power reliever who works late in games.[/FONT]
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[/FONT]The lanky Faulkner and the stocky Ross don’t necessarily profile similarly on the mound, but the Ross example at least suggests the Rangers might have a taste for pushing one of their better prospects to see if he might be as suited for a role right now as anyone they could go spend free agent dollars on, or trade for.
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[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,sans-serif]Texas gave non-roster invites last week to pitchers Chi Chi Gonzalez, Alec Asher, and Keone Kela, third baseman Joey Gallo, catcher Pat Cantwell, and outfielder Jared Hoying. It wouldn’t be shocking to see Faulkner get a late invite, especially in light of the new absence of Ross.[/FONT]

 

[saddles]

Keith Law has his farm system rankings out. Do we have any ESPN insiders who can tell us where the Rangers rank this year by Keith Law?

 

[scotsman1948]

according to the rangers site, Ranaudo is our #6 prospect where do you rank him?

 

[darrylgann]

Keith Law has his farm system rankings out. Do we have any ESPN insiders who can tell us where the Rangers rank this year by Keith Law?

Jamey Newberg ‏@NewbergReport [ame="[MEDIA=twitter]560472776667303936[/MEDIA]"]2h2 hours ago[/ame] Good stuff; Texas #11. @keithlaw My ranking of all 30 MLB farm systems is now up for Insiders: http://klaw.me/1EPwosg

All I have for ya, Bennie. But not an insider.

 

[donaldson79]

Here's the blurb on the Rangers from the Insider:

11. Texas Rangers

A lost year at the major league level led to a productive trade with Detroit that netted the Rangers a top-100 prospect in Jake Thompson, and they had one of the steals of the 2014 draft when they got right-hander Luis Ortiz with a supplemental pick. There has been some attrition from the large group of high-upside position players they brought into the system in 2011-12, but not as much as you might expect, with that set likely to produce two or three stars in a couple seasons.

Houston is 3rd and Minn # 2, which are the only other AL teams ranked ahead of us.

 

[donaldson79]

Sorry......missed the Red Sox coming in at # 5.

Good to know the Angels and A's come in at 26th and 27th too.

 

[saddles]

Rangers' new rotation gives prospects more time | texasrangers.com

 

[saddles]

according to the rangers site, Ranaudo is our #6 prospect where do you rank him?

I would definitely put Gallo, Alfaro, Chi Chi, Mazara, and Thompson ahead of him. I might rank him after Jackson as well and maybe ahead of Williams. I would probably put Rua ahead of him as well and within a year I will likely move Ortiz ahead of him and maybe Asher ahead of him as well.