Chaos reigns as the Rangers travel to face the Asterisks in H-Town: 7/23-25

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

I see that the two prospects were ranked by Fangraphs as the Yankees number 21 and number 31 prospects.

what the hell is cashman smoking

 

[DT LUNA]

Have been in hopes things would break today before tomorrow.
If not, I don't look for much.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Have been in hopes things would break today before tomorrow.
If not, I don't look for much.

gotta think the big ones will be closer to the deadline

 

[DT LUNA]

gotta think the big ones will be closer to the deadline

Do not want to see any more from Gallo/Gibson playing poorly. Not sure if Gibson pitches before Friday.

 

[saddles]

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Do not want to see any more from Gallo/Gibson playing poorly. Not sure if Gibson pitches before Friday.

Rangers have no scheduled starters past tomorrow as it stands, but given when he last pitched, if Gibson takes the mound for us again this year it means we didn't trade him.

 

[saddles]

This is a quote from JD just after the trade deadline last year. I wonder if we will hear something similar in a few days.

“The deal we were comfortable making was not there,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. “A number of clubs offered us young players, but based on our evaluations, it wasn’t enough.”

 

[saddles]

And jere is another quote from JD in 2019 when we didn't trade Mike Minor.

“We explored a lot of different things,” general manager Jon Daniels said. “Some we came close on. Others never made it off the white board, so to speak. There was definitely more activity the past two days. There were a couple things that came close late today that I thought might line up, but ultimately it didn’t come to fruition.”

 

[DT LUNA]

I have a hunch Gallo remains a Ranger for the simple reason he and Boras think he is worth more than anyone wants to pay. His stats are hard to justify as a hitter.

This is a quote from JD just after the trade deadline last year. I wonder if we will hear something similar in a few days.

“The deal we were comfortable making was not there,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. “A number of clubs offered us young players, but based on our evaluations, it wasn’t enough.”

Have already stated that we may still see Gallo after the trade deadline.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

And jere is another quote from JD in 2019 when we didn't trade Mike Minor.

“We explored a lot of different things,” general manager Jon Daniels said. “Some we came close on. Others never made it off the white board, so to speak. There was definitely more activity the past two days. There were a couple things that came close late today that I thought might line up, but ultimately it didn’t come to fruition.”

curious what everyone would prefer: a bad trade or no trade?

 

[DT LUNA]

curious what everyone would prefer: a bad trade or no trade?

Hopefully Young/JD whoever will not put everyone in a position to answer that question.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Hopefully Young/JD whoever will not put everyone in a position to answer that question.

they don't control what other teams are willing to trade, though.

 

[saddles]

curious what everyone would prefer: a bad trade or no trade?

There are a few other options. An okay trade, a good one, and a great one are options too.

With Minor we held onto him and also got a bad return when we did trade him. Surely we could have done better than Marcus Smith and Dustin Harris had we traded him in 2019.

It is difficult to blame them when a trade isn't made one particular time, but if it keeps happening while other teams are making trades then something is wrong.

Hopefully, JD learned a lesson with Minor and maybe even with Lynn a year ago, and can teach Chris Young to not make the same mistakes.

I am certainly not predicting we won't make any trades, but we should be prepared for that possibility.

 

[DT LUNA]

they don't control what other teams are willing to trade, though.

True but the answer does not have to be bad.

 

[saddles]

When it is all said and done we should be able to look at who got traded for who and judge what kind of market it was. Then, sometimes it comes out which teams turned down which offers.

 

[DTC]

Anyone else looking forward to seeing Bubba Thompson get on track and be who we were hoping he would be?

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

There are a few other options. An okay trade, a good one, and a great one are options too.

With Minor we held onto him and also got a bad return when we did trade him. Surely we could have done better than Marcus Smith and Dustin Harris had we traded him in 2019.

It is difficult to blame them when a trade isn't made one particular time, but if it keeps happening while other teams are making trades then something is wrong.

Hopefully, JD learned a lesson with Minor and maybe even with Lynn a year ago, and can teach Chris Young to not make the same mistakes.

I am certainly not predicting we won't make any trades, but we should be prepared for that possibility.

certainly there is a whole range of possibilities.

also, can't blame the FO for Lynn. He basically forced the Rangers to keep him.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Call this wishful thinking, but I wonder if they've been holding off on announcing signing Leiter so they can have him at a home game.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

 

[DT LUNA]

could we please trade somebody? don't care who! Just trade somebody!
Where's @Nightcrawler ?lol