Series Thread: Rangers Go To Oakland For 4 July 25-28

[saddles]

Royals Working On Jake Diekman Trade

The dominoes may be starting to fall.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Royals Working On Jake Diekman Trade

The dominoes may be starting to fall.

Been saying for the last week or so. I don’t think there will be much movement at all until Monday at the earliest.

I think teams are in a game of chicken right now.

 

[Nightcrawler]

I’m hoping JD doesn’t trade with the Chicago Cubs this year.

It seems like Epstein always takes him behind the woodshed.

 

[Duane1952]

Holland goes to the Cubs.

 

[saddles]

I’m hoping JD doesn’t trade with the Chicago Cubs this year.

It seems like Epstein always takes him behind the woodshed.

When JD was a buyer the Cubs got the best of him, but that may have been more JD being to willing to buy than it was due to anything about the Cubs. Hopefully, if the Cubs are buyers that imbalance won't stay the same. I think getting taken in a trade comes easier when you are buying. I hope when we trade we are open to dealing with all teams because that increases our chances of getting a good deal.

 

[saddles]

Been saying for the last week or so. I don’t think there will be much movement at all until Monday at the earliest.

I think teams are in a game of chicken right now.

That is a dangerous game to play without having any August trades to fall back on.

 

[saddles]

I read that the Royals aren't inclined to pay down any contracts when trading. That is good for the rest of the sellers.

 

[saddles]

Heineman played 1B again last night. I wonder if he is going to get a chance to come up and ay 1B on a daily basis for us in another week or so?

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

The only way to improve is with experience.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Would be floored if Martin isn’t moved.

I still totally expect Martin, minor, Cabrera, and 1 of pence / forsythe to not be rangers on August 1st.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

Would be floored if Martin isn’t moved.

I still totally expect Martin, minor, Cabrera, and 1 of pence / forsythe to not be rangers on August 1st.

Pence will be easier to trade than Cabrera, but there are probably teams that could use Cabrera's versatility.

 

[Nightcrawler]

The only way to improve is with experience.

The idiots on lone star ball seem to want him traded at all cost while they mysteriously want to keep guys like odor and Guzman.

Right now, it’s a no brainer to keep Santana because we don’t know how good he can be and we have 2 years of cheap control to find out. If he regresses, oh well you’re paying the guy peanuts.

Seems like a win / win to me to just keep him tho and the safest move too. I don’t want to risk trading him to a contender and seeing him tear it up.

 

[saddles]

The Angels have no hope of making a charge in the AL West and face a tough path to the Wild Card, but the club doesn’t appear to be ready to wave the white flag. To the contrary, the Halos are looking at a wide variety of potentially available starters, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter).

Angels Looking For Starting Pitching

 

[saddles]

Congratulations Elvis!!!

 

[donaldson79]

The idiots on lone star ball seem to want him traded at all cost while they mysteriously want to keep guys like odor and Guzman.

Right now, it’s a no brainer to keep Santana because we don’t know how good he can be and we have 2 years of cheap control to find out. If he regresses, oh well you’re paying the guy peanuts.

Seems like a win / win to me to just keep him tho and the safest move too. I don’t want to risk trading him to a contender and seeing him tear it up.

This is going to send you out on the ledge 'again' I'm sure.....Heard yesterday, Odor is hitting .275 since the AS break....If this is correct he isn't going anywhere.

Also, Guzman should have never been called up to begin with. He was here due to our needs and not based on where he was or is in his maturing process.....He's back down now and he should stay down, play everyday and get the experience he obviously needs......It's tough to learn how to hit lefties at the highest level when you didn't even do so at the lower one's.

Frankly, our organization has done a disservice to several players by placing our short term needs over the long term good of not only the individual player, but our team in the long term as well, IMO.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Odor batting second.

What the??

 

[DT LUNA]

Odor batting second.

What the??

Things will be different for a while. It's all about change and how we accomplish it.