latest offseason news

[scotsman1948]

Rangers right-hander Koji Uehara is drawing “considerable interest,” MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan reports. A possible deal with the Blue Jays fell through, but the Orioles are intrigued and other teams have shown more interest than Baltimore.

Scott Feldman has also drawn interest, Sullivan reports. However, the 28-year-old right-hander has $10.9MM remaining on his contract and he spent much of the 2011 season recovering from a winter knee operation. I expect the Rangers would pick up the majority of Feldman’s contract in any trade. He posted a 3.94 ERA with 6.2 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9 in 32 innings in the second half of last season.

Uehara posted a 2.35 ERA with 11.8 K/9 and 1.2 BB/9 in 65 innings for the Orioles and Rangers in 2011. However, he allowed 11 regular season home runs and three more in the postseason. He'll earn $4MM in 2012.

 

[scotsman1948]

Now that Prince Fielder has agreed to terms with the Tigers, Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt are the top unsigned free agents. It wouldn’t surprise many if Oswalt, who now seeks a one-year deal, signs in Boston, but two general managers think he wants to join the Rangers and another says he’d like to sign in St. Louis, tweets Peter Gammons of MLB Network.

Oswalt would like to join Mike Maddux and Nolan Ryan with the Rangers, Gammons reports. However, both of last year’s World Series teams enter the 2012 season will rotations that appear to be full.

 

[romeo212000]

5HR's given up in 18 innings pitched, and a 2:1 FB to GB ratio is a start. Total of 8ERs allowed in those 18 innings pitched in Texas.

Perhaps, but you have to consider that he may have just been worn out. He was at a career high for IP by the time Texas got him, and there was probably a good reason Baltimore traded him away. His numbers don't lie though.

I just wonder if they are concerned about him being cancer in the clubhouse for Darvish.

 

[scotsman1948]

Perhaps, but you have to consider that he may have just been worn out. He was at a career high for IP by the time Texas got him, and there was probably a good reason Baltimore traded him away. His numbers don't lie though.

I just wonder if they are concerned about him being cancer in the clubhouse for Darvish.

i doubt they are worried about that. they are overloaded with RH bullpen pitchers and he's the one RH'er drawing interest.

 

[fordman84]

Just hope we don't send him back to BWI for a bag of nothing. That would mean we basically gave away Davis and Hunter for nothing, right? Did I forget a part of the trade?

 

[Ginger]

I am not to concerned about them trading Uehara. One way or the other. However, trading Feldman AND picking up his contract seems like a major waste of talent and resources.

 

[romeo212000]

I am not to concerned about them trading Uehara. One way or the other. However, trading Feldman AND picking up his contract seems like a major waste of talent and resources.

Very true. Feldman is a high paid long reliever and insurance policy for the rotation, but he's a damn good one. Trading him only helps the Rangers if they're dumping his salary as well.

 

[scotsman1948]

The Red Sox made Oswalt an offer, but are unsure of his interest level, since he has yet to accept, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets.

 

[romeo212000]

Doesn't bother me. I'm not sure I wouldn't rather have any one of our current starting pitchers over Oswalt.

 

[bone3421]

no need to trade feldman, and koji will be traded i believe.........hopefully we get hamilton,ian,nap and some others extended with FAIR deals now

 

[fordman84]

no need to trade feldman, and koji will be traded i believe.........hopefully we get hamilton,ian,nap and some others extended with FAIR deals now

yup. And I'm thinking we go ahead and get a deal in place to buy out the remaining Elvis arb years as well.

 

[bone3421]

Miguel Cabrera of Detroit Tigers will move to third base for Prince Fielder - ESPN


that is going to be some bad defense

 

[fordman84]

Miguel Cabrera of Detroit Tigers will move to third base for Prince Fielder - ESPN


that is going to be some bad defense

as others have said, here would be my lineup against them

ian
elvis
josh
beltre
cruz
young
nap
mitch
gentry

and you better believe I am telling 1,2, and 9 to bunt their first couple of times up. I'd wear those two out early in the game and early in the series, especially in Texas with the thick grass and Texas heat.

 

[Al Falfa]

as others have said, here would be my lineup against them

ian
elvis
josh
beltre
cruz
young
nap
mitch
gentry

and you better believe I am telling 1,2, and 9 to bunt their first couple of times up. I'd wear those two out early in the game and early in the series, especially in Texas with the thick grass and Texas heat.

I think I'd DH Borbon.

 

[scotsman1948]

I think I'd DH Borbon.

i know you're thinking doing a lot of bunting but you'd really put a .300+ Avg, 200+ Hit batter like Young on the bench for a lite-hitting batter who has trouble bunting

 

[Al Falfa]

i know you're thinking doing a lot of bunting but you'd really put a .300+ Avg, 200+ Hit batter like Young on the bench for a lite-hitting batter who has trouble bunting

I'm not thinking of doing anything. I was kidding. You didn't really think I was being serious when I said Gentry would bunt for two HR's, did you?

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

Good news about Scheppers...


Tanner Scheppers, RHP, Rangers

Scheppers hasn't been the same pitcher since the Rangers briefly dabbled with making him a starter, but he showed signs of returning to his old self in Venezuela this winter. With a classic two-pitch mix of a well-above-average fastball and power breaker, Scheppers has late innings potential.

While he walked 13 in 13 innings for Magallanes, he also limited batters to a 5-for-41 (.122) mark with 16 strikeouts. That's half of a major step forward for Scheppers, and the other half could land him in Texas in short order.

 

[romeo212000]

We're not lacking right handed relievers, though if they trade Uehara I could see him getting a shot.

 

[Windingmywatch]

who is going to trade for a DH, which is what Martinez is now, even if the tigers pay his whole contract?

Only thing DET can do is restructure his deal to pay him through age 50 ... the AL which is only place VM could go is better served by having DET's having to carry him on the payroll.

 

[Windingmywatch]

Now that Prince Fielder has agreed to terms with the Tigers, Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt are the top unsigned free agents. It wouldn’t surprise many if Oswalt, who now seeks a one-year deal, signs in Boston, but two general managers think he wants to join the Rangers and another says he’d like to sign in St. Louis, tweets Peter Gammons of MLB Network.

Oswalt would like to join Mike Maddux and Nolan Ryan with the Rangers, Gammons reports. However, both of last year’s World Series teams enter the 2012 season will rotations that appear to be full.

Nice writing Scotty ... could you throw a couple of quote marks in there though ... like before the first word and after the last?