Series Thread: Happy Fourth!! Rangers at Boston 7/4-7/6

[romeo212000]

If we make the post season, Banny is gonna ride him right into an early exit it seems.

 

[DT LUNA]

Is it absolutely necessary to bring up Bush's personal life every game?

 

[jta4437]

Got something cooking this inning

 

[DT LUNA]

Bottom half of the order is hot tonight

 

[Duane1952]

It's past time for the Rangers to tell Prince and Mitch you are bench players for the rest of the season.

 

[romeo212000]

Profar just keeps crushing it with RISP.

 

[jta4437]

Profar should only/always play versus RHPs

 

[romeo212000]

Profar should only/always play versus RHPs

This season, I agree. I think he evens out against LHP a little at some point, but he'll always be better against RHP too.

 

[romeo212000]

Cheerio!!!

 

[romeo212000]

When did Dyson last pitch?

 

[Duane1952]

When did Dyson last pitch?

July 1st.

 

[saddles]

Rangers Nearing Deal With Cuban Free Agent Alexei Bell

The Rangers are nearing a minor league deal with free agent Alexei Bell, according to MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez (via Twitter). The 32-year-old outfielder hit the open market after leaving his native Cuba in search of a big league opportunity.

Bell owns an impressive track record in Cuba’s Serie Nacional, where he played for 14 seasons. In 3,441 career plate appearances, he owns a .319/.417/.547 batting line with 138 home runs. He was still running up those kinds of numbers in his final year of action there in 2014, and has top-notch plate discipline with a lifetime tally of 431 walks against just 439 strikeouts.

Since that time, Bell has spent time playing in Canada and, more recently, Mexico. He wasn’t doing much at the plate in a nine-game run with Quintana Roo earlier this year, though it’s hard to read too much into the results in such a short sample for a player who hadn’t played competitively in some time.

Despite his previous success, Bell hasn’t generated much buzz as a free agent. As Ben Badler of Baseball America explains, Bell owns a big arm that ought to work in right. But he doesn’t deliver premium power and isn’t a good runner. While he would have made for a really interesting prospect earlier in his career, Badler says that scouts aren’t optimistic about his potential to be a major contributor at this stage.

Despite those limitations, it’s not at all surprising to see a club take a shot on a veteran who has such an impressive track record. Whether or not he’ll earn a shot at the majors remains to be seen.

 

[romeo212000]

July 1st.

Got no problem with pitching him here.

 

[DT LUNA]

Adrian with an 0 fer tonight

 

[romeo212000]

Rangers Nearing Deal With Cuban Free Agent Alexei Bell

The Rangers are nearing a minor league deal with free agent Alexei Bell, according to MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez (via Twitter). The 32-year-old outfielder hit the open market after leaving his native Cuba in search of a big league opportunity.

Bell owns an impressive track record in Cuba’s Serie Nacional, where he played for 14 seasons. In 3,441 career plate appearances, he owns a .319/.417/.547 batting line with 138 home runs. He was still running up those kinds of numbers in his final year of action there in 2014, and has top-notch plate discipline with a lifetime tally of 431 walks against just 439 strikeouts.

Since that time, Bell has spent time playing in Canada and, more recently, Mexico. He wasn’t doing much at the plate in a nine-game run with Quintana Roo earlier this year, though it’s hard to read too much into the results in such a short sample for a player who hadn’t played competitively in some time.

Despite his previous success, Bell hasn’t generated much buzz as a free agent. As Ben Badler of Baseball America explains, Bell owns a big arm that ought to work in right. But he doesn’t deliver premium power and isn’t a good runner. While he would have made for a really interesting prospect earlier in his career, Badler says that scouts aren’t optimistic about his potential to be a major contributor at this stage.

Despite those limitations, it’s not at all surprising to see a club take a shot on a veteran who has such an impressive track record. Whether or not he’ll earn a shot at the majors remains to be seen.

Meh.

 

[Duane1952]

Got no problem with pitching him here.

Nope, probably could use the work.

 

[jta4437]

This season, I agree. I think he evens out against LHP a little at some point, but he'll always be better against RHP too.

We have plenty of platoon options to make it work

 

[romeo212000]

Fucking BABIP.

 

[darrylgann]

quicker play may have been to second there

 

[romeo212000]

quicker play may have been to second there

With Ortiz running I kinda thought the same thing, but whatever.