Game Thread: May 24-26 Rangers visit the Devil or Angels?

[Nightcrawler]

He may not be ready to come back that early. If he is ready, then I think it will depend on how others are doing. EIther way, they should clear roster space for him by the trade deadline.

I’m having mixed feelings about Choo. This year we’re definitely getting the player everyone hoped for when he signed his massive contract. It only has this season and next season left. We should’ve traded him years ago, but I don’t see as much of a benefit to trading him now.

Pence will probably be the one cleared out to make room for calhoun. I’m thinking Choo, Santana, and forsythe will all be here August 1st.

Minor had better still be here unless some team offers us several top 100 prospects with one of them being a pitcher.

 

[jta4437]

I’m having mixed feelings about Choo. This year we’re definitely getting the player everyone hoped for when he signed his massive contract. It only has this season and next season left. We should’ve traded him years ago, but I don’t see as much of a benefit to trading him now.

Pence will probably be the one cleared out to make room for calhoun. I’m thinking Choo, Santana, and forsythe will all be here August 1st.

Minor had better still be here unless some team offers us several top 100 prospects with one of them being a pitcher.

I see Pence being traded to a team in contention at some point, Santana and Forsythe have tons of UTIL value and they could be here or they could be traded, I see Santana as the more likely to stick

I'm not opposed to trading anyone if the price is right (except Gallo), Yankees are a wild card when it comes to trades bc of all their injuries, depends on who gets healthy and who doesn't

 

[saddles]

I’m having mixed feelings about Choo. This year we’re definitely getting the player everyone hoped for when he signed his massive contract. It only has this season and next season left. We should’ve traded him years ago, but I don’t see as much of a benefit to trading him now.

Pence will probably be the one cleared out to make room for calhoun. I’m thinking Choo, Santana, and forsythe will all be here August 1st.

Minor had better still be here unless some team offers us several top 100 prospects with one of them being a pitcher.

Your reason for wanting to keep Choo is my reason for optimism that some team will trade for him. The same can be said of Minor and Pence. I hope we can trade all three of them.

 

[scotsman1948]

Your reason for wanting to keep Choo is my reason for optimism that some team will trade for him. The same can be said of Minor and Pence. I hope we can trade all three of them.

I can see Choo being traded during the off-season with the Rangers throwing in bucks to facilitate the deal

 

[DT LUNA]

Your reason for wanting to keep Choo is my reason for optimism that some team will trade for him. The same can be said of Minor and Pence. I hope we can trade all three of them.

Can't see anyone wanting to give much for Choo due to age and injury history. Pence may not want to be traded since he is a home boy from arlington and he is reaching retirement age. Minor is a different story.

 

[saddles]

Can't see anyone wanting to give much for Choo due to age and injury history. Pence may not want to be traded since he is a home boy from arlington and he is reaching retirement age. Minor is a different story.

Yet, Chop continues to show up in trade rumors every trade season.

I doubt Pence has a no trade clause, and he could come right back here in the offseason if he wants to be here.

 

[DT LUNA]

Yet, Chop continues to show up in trade rumors every trade season.

I doubt Pence has a no trade clause, and he could come right back here in the offseason if he wants to be here.

Well how much has anyone offered because nothing has become of said rumors. If you think Pence could come back in the off season, does not sound he could get us much in a trade.

 

[scotsman1948]

Can't see anyone wanting to give much for Choo due to age and injury history. Pence may not want to be traded since he is a home boy from arlington and he is reaching retirement age. Minor is a different story.

On BR they are talking about the possibility of trading Pence to TB for Tobias Myers RHP and Minor to St Louis for Tyler O'Neill OF and Daniel Ponce de Leon RHP. Don't think that proposed trade for Minor would be enough

 

[DT LUNA]

On BR they are talking about the possibility of trading Pence to TB for Tobias Myers RHP and Minor to St Louis for Tyler O'Neill OF and Daniel Ponce de Leon RHP. Don't think that proposed trade for Minor would be enough

Agree about Minor

 

[scotsman1948]

Agree about Minor

Also hearing that Atlanta is interested in Minor

 

[jta4437]

On BR they are talking about the possibility of trading Pence to TB for Tobias Myers RHP and Minor to St Louis for Tyler O'Neill OF and Daniel Ponce de Leon RHP. Don't think that proposed trade for Minor would be enough

Yeah there's nothing about about that package that is sexy, if that's pitching prospect then they'll have to do better than O'Neill and if that's the position prospect they'll have to do better than Ponce de Leon

 

[jta4437]

Can't see anyone wanting to give much for Choo due to age and injury history. Pence may not want to be traded since he is a home boy from arlington and he is reaching retirement age. Minor is a different story.

For Choo you take a flier on a couple young A guys that you can develop, you shouldn't aim for almost ML ready talent that's pretty well done developing, you hope to catch lightning in a bottle several years down the road, not people that are going to contribute anytime soon, its probably guys you don't even know bc they haven't physically or mentally developed an aptitude for the game

 

[scotsman1948]

Yeah there's nothing about about that package that is sexy, if that's pitching prospect then they'll have to do better than O'Neill and if that's the position prospect they'll have to do better than Ponce de Leon

I agree totally

 

[jta4437]

Well how much has anyone offered because nothing has become of said rumors. If you think Pence could come back in the off season, does not sound he could get us much in a trade.

You take anything you can get and hope you can develop them, its not going to be ML ready talent at all

 

[scotsman1948]

For Choo you take a flier on a couple young A guys that you can develop, you shouldn't aim for almost ML ready talent that's pretty well done developing, you hope to catch lightning in a bottle several years down the road, not people that are going to contribute anytime soon, its probably guys you don't even know bc they haven't physically or mentally developed an aptitude for the game

I personally would be happy with a couple of young A guys for Choo

 

[scotsman1948]

You take anything you can get and hope you can develop them, its not going to be ML ready talent at all

exactly

 

[saddles]

Well how much has anyone offered because nothing has become of said rumors. If you think Pence could come back in the off season, does not sound he could get us much in a trade.

Well, he won't get as much for Pence as someone under control for more years, but whatever we could get for him would help.

I think the Rangers have simply decided to hang onto Choo in the past. I hope Calhoun's emergence along with Santana's play will change their mind.

 

[DT LUNA]

For Choo you take a flier on a couple young A guys that you can develop, you shouldn't aim for almost ML ready talent that's pretty well done developing, you hope to catch lightning in a bottle several years down the road, not people that are going to contribute anytime soon, its probably guys you don't even know bc they haven't physically or mentally developed an aptitude for the game

Ordinarly yes but it depends if and how much we have to pitch in of his salary.

 

[saddles]

Granite is hitting .295 with 10 SB. He hit his first HR last night, a Grand Slam.

 

[saddles]

Ordinarly yes but it depends if and how much we have to pitch in of his salary.

Probably about half of next year's salary. We might get by with a little less than half of what is remaining for this year.

It could be, if we trade him to a small market team, that we could pick up even more of his contract and get a better rerurn.