H*U @ TEX: 6/30 - 7/3

[saddles]

 

[scotsman1948]

They have a couple of interesting relievers as well in Alzolay and Leiter.

Don’t think they would consider them

 

[scotsman#1948]

wonder if CY spoke to the Royals about Barlow?

 

[scotsman#1948]

Smith batting 9th playing DH

 

[DT LUNA]

Smith batting 9th playing DH

Can't see the logic. We must win this game and Smith is not the best choice imo.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

So you can make a trade in June. I hate to see Ragans go, but he really wasn't wanted here any longer by those in charge. The Royals made a great trade.

They basically traded a reliever and a pot sweetener to get a much better reliever...

 

[scotsman#1948]

Can't see the logic. We must win this game and Smith is not the best choice imo.

i agree totally. i would have stuck with Jankowski in LF and Duran at DH

 

[Uncle Siggy]

i agree totally. i would have stuck with Jankowski in LF and Duran at DH

Since this is going to be a BP game and Smith bats better against RHP than LHP why not give him a start, this may be showcasing him for a potential trade later down the road...

 

[scotsman1948]

Since this is going to be a BP game and Smith bats better against RHP than LHP why not give him a start, this may be showcasing him for a potential trade later down the road...

That’s possible.

 

[DT LUNA]

Since this is going to be a BP game and Smith bats better against RHP than LHP why not give him a start, this may be showcasing him for a potential trade later down the road..

Winning against the astros takes priority over showcasing imo. Pick a better situiation to play Smith.

 

[saddles]

Trade proposals from Jeff Wilson:

Rangers get: RHP Dylan Cease and RHP Gregor Santos

White Sox get: RHP Owen White, SS Luisangel Acuna, LHP Mitch Bratt, RHP Marc Church, OF Alejandro Osuna
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Rangers get: LF Juan Soto

Padres get: IF/OF Ezequiel Duran, OF Dustin Harris, RHP TK Roby, RHP Jose Corniell and SS Maximo Acosta.

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Rangers get: LHP Brad Hand

Rockies get: OF Jose de Jesus and LHP Larson Kindreich

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Trade proposals from Jeff Wilson:

Rangers get: RHP Dylan Cease and RHP Gregor Santos

White Sox get: RHP Owen White, SS Luisangel Acuna, LHP Mitch Bratt, RHP Marc Church, OF Alejandro Osuna
-‐‐‐-------------------------------------

Rangers get: LF Juan Soto

Padres get: IF/OF Ezequiel Duran, OF Dustin Harris, RHP TK Roby, RHP Jose Corniell and SS Maximo Acosta.

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Rangers get: LHP Brad Hand

Rockies get: OF Jose de Jesus and LHP Larson Kindreich

Straight up Goldilocks. First one is an overpay, second one is an underpay, third one seems balanced

 

[saddles]

Earlier when I posted Wilson's trade proposals I didn't even look over them too carefully. Now that I have, I wouldn't do any of them.

Right now Duran's OPS is only 24 points lower than Soto's. Duran can still be expected to improve, maybe even significantly.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Earlier when I posted Wilson's trade proposals I didn't even look over them too carefully. Now that I have, I wouldn't do any of them.

Right now Duran's OPS is only 24 points lower than Soto's. Duran can still be expected to improve, maybe even significantly.

I think picking up Brad Hand would be alright. He pitches in Colorado which can have some affect on a person's ERA.

 

[saddles]

I think picking up Brad Hand would be alright. He pitches in Colorado which can have some affect on a person's ERA.

I would just rather go after a better reliever. In that one, it isn't what we are giving up as much as I want a higher quality guy, even if he is a lot more costly.

 

[Bmurph]

So Abreu makes a much more difficult catch than Lowe dropped yesterday

 

[saddles]

 

[Bmurph]

Way to put in the extra work Nathaniel

 

[Bmurph]

I would just rather go after a better reliever. In that one, it isn't what we are giving up as much as I want a higher quality guy, even if he is a lot more costly.

Agreed a better reliever is needed

 

[Bmurph]

Trade proposals from Jeff Wilson:

Rangers get: RHP Dylan Cease and RHP Gregor Santos

White Sox get: RHP Owen White, SS Luisangel Acuna, LHP Mitch Bratt, RHP Marc Church, OF Alejandro Osuna
-‐‐‐-------------------------------------

Rangers get: LF Juan Soto

Padres get: IF/OF Ezequiel Duran, OF Dustin Harris, RHP TK Roby, RHP Jose Corniell and SS Maximo Acosta.

--------------------------------------------

Rangers get: LHP Brad Hand

Rockies get: OF Jose de Jesus and LHP Larson Kindreich

One can argue too much for Cease and too much for Soto but I would do the Soto trade long before the Cease deal