Series Thread: Rangers Host The Cardinals May 17-19

[Duane1952]

Nomar needs to come through this time. Get it out of the infield and no strikeout

Just good enough.

 

[Bmurph]

Thanks for the terrible throw Bader

 

[jta4437]

Bench comes through today

 

[Duane1952]

And Gomez backs into the win.

 

[jta4437]

Kiner or Calhoun could of played there. The point I was trying to make is, they don't give Odor days off. No matter how bad he plays. He played in every game two years ago and was rated the worst position player in the league. He sucked then and he sucks this year.

IKf is your backup catcher, so he's on the bench regardless

 

[DT LUNA]

Cards can't afford to lose close games like this.

Rangers can't either

 

[jta4437]

Can’t wait for Gomez to be DFA

That guy is worthless.

Matt Davidson could probably pitch just as bad as Gomez, and he can play the IF too

 

[Nightcrawler]

Fun game. Glad to get the win.

Always feels good to beat those douchebags because of the history between us. I’m glad Bader is leaving town, that guy really wore our pitching staff out.

 

[Kelleyman]

Old school way of handling yourself with 2 strikes

 

[Kelleyman]

If LeClerc is on, I want him facing their best hitters

 

[Nightcrawler]

Old school way of handling yourself with 2 strikes

Gotta give the kid his due, he’s playing way better than I thought he would. I wish we could find a way to move Choo and his contract to make room for him.

Choo has played great this year tho.

 

[Kelleyman]

Gotta give the kid his due, he’s playing way better than I thought he would. I wish we could find a way to move Choo and his contract to make room for him.

Choo has played great this year tho.

This is what is tough re a rebuild. You have an obligation to play the best players on the roster. Choo although overpaid is one of re best hitters in AL. You want to give young guys ABs who are considered part of the future.

Re. Earlier post...DDJ has superior routes than Santana but he held present team down as a hole in the lineup. So in essence we gave up on his development for the present to go with Santana who has no real future in CF or am I wrong about this. Will be interesting if they even offer him a contract next year.

 

[PhantomWarrior]

True but he's never been the teams first choice to play there wherever he's been. He takes bad routes and forgets about the cutoff man, infield is more natural to him so leave him there.

In think the going conversation here has been what happens when Elvis gets back. Santana has no options. Would he be a better fit for the line up given DD can’t hit a mid 90s fastball. Do we take a risk in defense with Santana in CF or try to trade him? Or find a new zip code for DD.

If we find a new zip code for DD and make Gallo everyday CF and use Santana to give infielders a days rest is another option.

Edit: whoops DD is does have a new zip code. My apologies

 

[saddles]

Ask yourself why is DD in the Minors and Santana with the Rangers when DD has more tools/upside than Santana?



And you won't get there without the right mindset in the clubhouse and on the field.

DeShields is in the minors because, for the most part, he has proven to be a very poor MLB hitter, and therefore it does not look like he will be a significant part of any future championship.

It is way too early to know who will be a part of any mindset that our future championship contending teams will need. Many players from those teams are not on this present team.

 

[saddles]

This is what is tough re a rebuild. You have an obligation to play the best players on the roster. Choo although overpaid is one of re best hitters in AL. You want to give young guys ABs who are considered part of the future.

Re. Earlier post...DDJ has superior routes than Santana but he held present team down as a hole in the lineup. So in essence we gave up on his development for the present to go with Santana who has no real future in CF or am I wrong about this. Will be interesting if they even offer him a contract next year.

We have an obligation to trade Choo. It is an obligation that should have been met long before now.
We have guys who we need to fund out about and Choo is/has been in the way of that.

Santana is playing consistently for the first time since his rookie season and doing well. We need to find out if this is who he is.

We also need to see what Calhoun does with every day play.

 

[DT LUNA]

We have an obligation to trade Choo. It is an obligation that should have been met long before now.
We have guys who we need to fund out about and Choo is/has been in the way of that.

Santana is playing consistently for the first time since his rookie season and doing well. We need to find out if this is who he is.

We also need to see what Calhoun does with every day play.

You are right. We can only wonder how these young men have gotten caught up in this mess.

 

[Kelleyman]

We have an obligation to trade Choo. It is an obligation that should have been met long before now.
We have guys who we need to fund out about and Choo is/has been in the way of that.

Santana is playing consistently for the first time since his rookie season and doing well. We need to find out if this is who he is.

We also have an obligation to the integrity of the game to play our best players. We have no obligation to give away a player for nothing.

A guy like Cabrera is probably a guy taking more ABs from Santana than Choo. Perhaps he is the one who needs to be moved.

How would you know they have ignored reasonable offers to Choo?
I hope they do move him but I am not going to stand in judgement without knowing facts. Just sounds very harsh

 

[Kelleyman]

Btw. We have one of the better offenses in baseball. Pitching is our bogey.

 

[Kelleyman]

You are right. We can only wonder how these young men have gotten caught up in this mess.

Totally don't get where you guys are coming from or the mess?

Love Calhoun but perhaps he was in the minors to work on some things. To be brought up for Elvis just shows the club thought he was ready

 

[DT LUNA]

We also have an obligation to the integrity of the game to play our best players. We have no obligation to give away a player for nothing.

A guy like Cabrera is probably a guy taking more ABs from Santana than Choo. Perhaps he is the one who needs to be moved.

How would you know they have ignored reasonable offers to Choo?
I hope they do move him but I am not going to stand in judgement without knowing facts. Just sounds very harsh

Trading Choo is a part of the rebuild. If he stands in the way we can possibly loose young players. Could set us back a while.