Road trip concludes with a visit to an old friend: TEX @ OAK 5/26-29

[True Rangers Fan]

Willie appears to be sparing everyone to death at AAA. Lowest OPS on the team.

And Howard right there with him.

 

[saddles]

My main goal for the minor leaguers this year is to have these ten guys remain healthy all year and take a step forward in the development, a step that is shown in their numbers. Five pitchers and five hitters are in this category.

Winn
Leiter
Vanasco
Roby
White
Crim
Harris
Foscue
Smith
Duran

My secondary goals are to have two or three pitchers step up to join those other five pitchers as guys to really be excited about, and have a couple of hitters do the same. Maybe guys like Acker, Slaten, Bradford, Weems, Bratt, Ragans and some others. Maybe, a couple of hitter like Carter, Morrobel, Lora, Saggesse, Zavala, Acuna, or Cauley step forward in the same manner.

Thirdly, and unfortunately, this seems the least likely so far, it would be great to have Sam Huff become a legitimate top five to ten level prospect again.

This last thing seems like a pipedream, but it sure would be great if Chris Seise stayed healthy all year and showed promise again.

I wanted to check in on my goals for the minor leaguers. Of those ten guys at the top, only 2 of them seem to have taken a step forward, Duran and Crim, but there is still plenty of time left. Several others could begin to do so at any time. They have stayed relatively healthy.

Osuna, Carter and Ornelas have stepped up as hitters, and Kindreich and Ragans have stepped forward as pitchers.

I hope we get to see more of Morrobel soon.

Huff has exceeded expectations.

Seise is at least staying healthy, but it could be awhile before he finds his hitting groove again.

 

[saddles]

MLB Pipeline has Ivan Melendez, The Hispanic Titanic, going at pick 115. He is not a starting pitcher and he doesn't play up the middle so they undervalue him. Lol

 

[scotsman1948]

MLB Pipeline has Ivan Melendez, The Hispanic Titanic, going at pick 115. He is not a starting pitcher and he doesn't play up the middle so they undervalue him. Lol

you should call or text and point out the errors of their system

 

[Uncle Siggy]

you should call or text and point out the errors of their system

Shhhhh...

 

[saddles]

 

[DT LUNA]

Lot of potential power in 1-6 tonight.

 

[DT LUNA]

Scored early

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Scored early

Took advantage of the miscue

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Lowe is not the future

 

[DT LUNA]

Our 1/2 bill boys have to step it up

 

[saddles]

From a recent Jon Heyman article.

"Some logical landing spots for Brandon Nimmo include the Mariners, Rangers, Phillies, Cubs and, of course, the Mets. Nimmo enhanced his free-agent status with an excellent start following his strong 2021 season."

 

[saddles]

I guess I didn't know Justin Grimm was still around.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

I guess I didn't know Justin Grimm was still around.

I sure didn't

 

[Kelleyman]

I sure didn't

Not with the Cubs?

 

[scotsman1948]

Huff catching and hitting 5th

 

[DT LUNA]

REMINDER: 3:07 start

 

[True Rangers Fan]

I'm making the call: Semien HR today

 

[saddles]

I'm making the call: Semien HR today

I am making the call for July 4 at Baltimore.

 

[DT LUNA]

Making the call. Huff gets his 1st HR today.