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[donaldson79]

Nothing but good news from the minors on future catchers it seems.

Texas Rangers minor-league report: Catching prospect continues tear at plate | | Dallas Morning News

 

[donaldson79]

Ya think this little boy is gonna be giving mom and dad some grief about this pic in the future?

Absolutely great picture though.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Absolutely great picture though.

Kid's face could not have a better expression on it.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

The dilemma that will be coming soon.

Texas Rangers rumors: Carlos Peguero and the roster crunch - Lone Star Ball

 

[saddles]

The dilemma that will be coming soon.

Texas Rangers rumors: Carlos Peguero and the roster crunch - Lone Star Ball

Interesting article. I believe Adam is wrong about when Blanks becomes a free agent. I believe he is free after this year. Between Pegs and Blanks I would guess that Blanks is closest to being a flash in the pan.

I wonder if Pegs or Blanks either one will be around when we are in contention again if we have any money to spend on our bench. I think we will have money to spend on our bench then. I think Rua and Moreland will be on our bench by then as well.

 

[DT LUNA]

Interesting article. I believe Adam is wrong about when Blanks becomes a free agent. I believe he is free after this year. Between Pegs and Blanks I would guess that Blanks is closest to being a flash in the pan.

I wonder if Pegs or Blanks either one will be around when we are in contention again if we have any money to spend on our bench. I think we will have money to spend on our bench then. I think Rua and Moreland will be on our bench by then as well.

I have my doubts about Moreland because of injury and inconsistency.

 

[saddles]

I have my doubts about Moreland because of injury and inconsistency.

I have my doubts about him in those same areas and that is why I wouldn't ever want to count on him as an everyday player when we are in contention.

 

[DT LUNA]

I have my doubts about him in those same areas and that is why I wouldn't ever want to count on him as an everyday player when we are in contention.

Best of luck to Mitch but the time to move on is now. If Rua, Pegasus, Blanks and Deshields are given playing time and they will, I feel one or two will be with the club.Maybe more but to count on Mitch after 2015 is not in the cards for me.

 

[donaldson79]

Best of luck to Mitch but the time to move on is now. If Rua, Pegasus, Blanks and Deshields are given playing time and they will, I feel one or two will be with the club.Maybe more but to count on Mitch after 2015 is not in the cards for me.

DeShields is in the cat-bird seat, IMO. He is by far our best option as a backup CF, plus, he's actually showing a little life. Not mentally of course. But he's hitting better and seems to have relaxed more in the OF too.

Don't know what it is, but now we've got 2 CFs who's strong suit is physical ability, and their baseball IQ is pathetically poor.

Agree with everyone re: MM. Something which I noticed with Mitch over the past 3 seasons is this, when he comes back from injury, sometimes he comes back ready to play, and sometimes he comes back looking like it's late Mar/early Apr in Surprise.

 

[DT LUNA]

DeShields is in the cat-bird seat, IMO. He is by far our best option as a backup CF, plus, he's actually showing a little life. Not mentally of course. But he's hitting better and seems to have relaxed more in the OF too.

Don't know what it is, but now we've got 2 CFs who's strong suit is physical ability, and their baseball IQ is pathetically poor.

Agree with everyone re: MM. Something which I noticed with Mitch over the past 3 seasons is this, when he comes back from injury, sometimes he comes back ready to play, and sometimes he comes back looking like it's late Mar/early Apr in Surprise.

Well we certainly have some hard decisions to make and Josh is not making it any easier

 

[Justinkm83]

The dilemma that will be coming soon.

Texas Rangers rumors: Carlos Peguero and the roster crunch - Lone Star Ball

It says it leaves Delino and Pegs for the final bench spot. What about Smolinski? I'd send him down and not think twice.

 

[DT LUNA]

It says it leaves Delino and Pegs for the final bench spot. What about Smolinski? I'd send him down and not think twice.

No doubt. send him down

 

[romeo212000]

It says it leaves Delino and Pegs for the final bench spot. What about Smolinski? I'd send him down and not think twice.

Yep. Smo is already headed towards AAA IMO. We've gotta keep Blanks in the lineup till he cools off though.

 

[Justinkm83]

Yep. Smo is already headed towards AAA IMO. We've gotta keep Blanks in the lineup till he cools off though.

I believe that's happening right now. He's already down to .277. He just missed on a couple HR's yesterday, but a week ago at least one of those leaves the yard.

 

[donaldson79]

It says it leaves Delino and Pegs for the final bench spot. What about Smolinski? I'd send him down and not think twice.

I think we'll stick with DeShields and Smolinski isn't even on the teams radar at this point.

Can't imagine we'd want to depend on Hamilton as our backup CF considering his injury history. Again, this really puts DeShields in a nice position, for the immediate future anyway.

But if nothing else, it certainly gives us something to talk about. haha

 

[saddles]

DeShields is in the cat-bird seat, IMO. He is by far our best option as a backup CF, plus, he's actually showing a little life. Not mentally of course. But he's hitting better and seems to have relaxed more in the OF too.

Don't know what it is, but now we've got 2 CFs who's strong suit is physical ability, and their baseball IQ is pathetically poor.

Agree with everyone re: MM. Something which I noticed with Mitch over the past 3 seasons is this, when he comes back from injury, sometimes he comes back ready to play, and sometimes he comes back looking like it's late Mar/early Apr in Surprise.

There is a chance that only one of those is here 2-3 years from now and that the one that is left will be backing up someone else.

 

[romeo212000]

I believe that's happening right now. He's already down to .277. He just missed on a couple HR's yesterday, but a week ago at least one of those leaves the yard.

Kinda silly to be saying that because he barely missed two bombs yesterday.

 

[Justinkm83]

Kinda silly to be saying that because he barely missed two bombs yesterday.

It's not the HR's. It the fact that his avg. has dropped over .100 points in very little time. A lot of swings and misses. I know the lack of ABs contributes.

 

[romeo212000]

There is a chance that only one of those is here 2-3 years from now and that the one that is left will be backing up someone else.

Got a feeling Rua may become a super utility player who can play everything but catcher, ss, and CF. Of course, that all depends on whether enough of Gallo, Profar, Mazara, Brinson, and Williams fulfill their potential as ML starters to make that happen.

 

[romeo212000]

It's not the HR's. It the fact that his avg. has dropped over .100 points in very little time. A lot of swings and misses. I know the lack of ABs contributes.

Small sample size.