Rangers V The Clock - draft and trade deadlines approaching as ARI comes to the Grill

[saddles]

Kip Fagg, this is pointing right at you and those who keep you around.

 

[DT LUNA]

The main concern I'm having is not the trade with NY but how the FO handles the team going forward. Appears they need to figure out what they want the team to accomplish.

 

[saddles]

Texas Rangers FO just never seems to get it right. Ready for a total overhaul of the entire organization

Yes, top to bottom.

 

[saddles]

The main concern I'm having is not the trade with NY but how the FO handles the team going forward. Appears they need to figure out what they want the team to accomplish.

It is not what they want to accomplish that concerns me. What concerns me are the means they choose to use to get there and the philosophies involved. This group will most likely never get there.

They had lots of success when there was a Teixeira trade and a Hamilton trade to be made. Those kind of trades may never exist again. The Napoli trade may never be possible again. They don't appear to be willing to spend on a Beltre type of hitter any longer. So, they have to come up with a different way to get there, and they appear to be incapable of doing that.

 

[saddles]

Let's get this out of the way now. When Joey Gallo steps up a level or two in NY, it WILL NOT be a case of him needing a change of scenery. It will be a case of him finally being on a competent team.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Kip Fagg, this is pointing right at you and those who keep you around.

ive wanted Kip Fagg gone for at least 5 years now.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Let's get this out of the way now. When Joey Gallo steps up a level or two in NY, it WILL NOT be a case of him needing a change of scenery. It will be a case of him finally being on a competent team.

The Yankees will get more out of him. Just like they’re getting more out of odor. It’s a combination of better culture, better organizaction, better coaching, better teammates, better everything really.

 

[saddles]

The Yankees will get more out of him. Just like they’re getting more out of odor. It’s a combination of better culture, better organizaction, better coaching, better teammates, better everything really.

Lol, we have gotten what they are getting out of Odor, and more. It just never lasted.

 

[saddles]

"The Yankees will be receiving more than Joey Gallo and Joely Rodriguez from the Rangers – Texas also is paying both players’ salaries the rest of the season, The Post has learned."

From the NY Post

 

[darrylgann]

 

[DT LUNA]

Lot of different opinions floating around.

 

[scotsman1948]

Kip Fagg, this is pointing right at you and those who keep you around.

Sorry but other than homers and fielding Gallo hasn’t showed himself to be an above average player in every aspect. Granted he was the closest we had but was he good enough to build around

 

[Duane1952]

"The Yankees will be receiving more than Joey Gallo and Joely Rodriguez from the Rangers – Texas also is paying both players’ salaries the rest of the season, The Post has learned."

From the NY Post

The trade keeps getting worse. Sure looks like a bad trade, right now.

 

[scotsman1948]

Let's get this out of the way now. When Joey Gallo steps up a level or two in NY, it WILL NOT be a case of him needing a change of scenery. It will be a case of him finally being on a competent team.

And have players around him in their batting order. There he will have Judge, LeMahieu, Urshela, Torres and Stanton hitting around him. Who did he have around here?

 

[saddles]

Sorry but other than homers and fielding Gallo hasn’t showed himself to be an above average player in every aspect. Granted he was the closest we had but was he good enough to build around

No one mentioned that he was above average in every aspect.

He is good enough to be a significant part of a championship quality team, easily.

 

[saddles]

The trade keeps getting worse. Sure looks like a bad trade, right now.

Yes, part of that package was for us paying the salaries, part was for Joely, and the rest was for Gallo. We basically got two okay prospects for Joey, one decent prospect for the use of our money and one lower level prospect for Joely.

 

[Kelleyman]

No one mentioned that he was above average in every aspect.

He is good enough to be a significant part of a championship quality team, easily.

Gallo was a very good player who struck out quite a bit as he was a slugger. But his OPS legitimated himself a championship winning piece

 

[saddles]

Lol John, where were our recent 2 through 4 draft picks ranked by Baseball America?

 

[saddles]

This is funny.

 

[darrylgann]

For what’s it worth. Copied from DMN;

Meet the four Yankees prospects coming to Rangers in exchange for Joey Gallo, Joely Rodriguez

SS Josh Smith

Draft: 2nd round, 67th overall in 2019

Ranking: No. 14

What are the Rangers getting? Smith, 23, is a left-handed hitter that’s shown an ability to put the bat on the ball. He started two seasons at LSU and hit .346 his junior season with nine home runs and 41 RBIs. He’s continued his high-contact prowess in the minors, hitting a combined .324 with 12 home runs and 39 RBIs. His OPS in the minors 1.018, though he hasn’t advanced beyond high-A minor league ball yet.

MLB Pipeline analysis: Smith has some of the best bat-to-ball skills in the Yankees system, and he controls the strike zone well while making hard contact to all fields. His bat speed and the loft in his left-handed stroke create solid raw power that could translate into 15-20 homer power if he gets stronger. He could provide a similar amount of steals thanks to his solid to plus speed and his instincts on the bases.

2B Ezequiel Duran

Signed: 2017 out of the Dominican Republic for $10,000 singing bonus

Ranking: No. 15

What are the Rangers getting? Duran, 22, is a 5-foot-11 infielder with some pop and some speed. MLB.com’s analysis called him a potential 20-20 guy. Since he was signed in 2017, Duran has played in 201 games at the minor league level, culminating with his climb to high-A ball this season. In that time he’s hitting .262 – including .290 so far this year – with 32 home runs and 116 RBIs. His OPS this season is .907.

MLB Pipeline analysis: Duran produces some of the best exit velocities in the system and legitimate power to all fields because his hands and wrists are strong and create explosive bat speed from the right side of the plate. In order to fully tap into his pop, he’ll need to chase pitches out of the strike zone less frequently and learn to solve quality breaking balls. He made some progress toning down his aggressive approach in the NYPL and continued to do so at Dominican instructs.

2B-OF Trevor Hauver

Drafted: 3rd round, 99th overall in 2020

Ranking: No. 23

What are the Rangers getting? Hauver, 22, has impressed in his first minor league season. After missing 2020 due to the minor league cancellation, the former Arizona State infielder has hit .288 with nine home runs and 49 RBIs in 66 single-A games. His OPS is .943. In his only full season as a starter at Arizona State he hit .339 with 16 home runs.

MLB Pipeline analysis: Hauver exudes confidence at the plate, working deep counts while waiting for a pitch he can drive. His strength and the loft in his left-handed swing produce solid raw power and high exit velocities. He offers the potential to hit for average and power while also drawing a healthy amount of walks. It’s unclear where Hauver will wind up defensively, with second base easily his best-case scenario. His fringy arm strength makes the hot corner a stretch, and his similarly graded speed makes left field and first base the only other realistic possibilities. He has elicited comparisons to Daniel Murphy and to former Yankees outfielder-turned-second-baseman Rob Refsnyder.

RHP Glenn Otto

Drafted: 5th round, 152nd overall in 2017

Ranking: No. 28

What are the Rangers getting? The Rice University alum has climbed through the Yankees farm system and ultimately reached AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barrie this season. The 25-year-old, 6-foot-3 right-handed pitcher had a blood clot in his shoulder in 2018 and had multiple injuries in 2019, according to Pinstripe Alley, but he’s been healthy this season. He spent the majority of this season at the AA level, starting in 10 of his 11 appearances and finishing with a 3.17 ERA. He went 6-3 in those games, but most importantly, he has 117 strikeouts in 75.2 innings pitched.

MLB Pipeline analysis: Otto’s out pitch is a spike curveball that ranges from 78-81 mph and also in effectiveness, as it’s a hammer with true 12-6 break at times and less sharp and hard to control at others. He sets up his curve with a four-seam fastball that sat at 92-94 mph and reached 96 with riding action in 2019 but has touched 98 in the past. He barely used a changeup in college and has yet to show much aptitude for the pitch, which lacks life and enough velocity separation from his heater.