Series Thread: Texas comes home to face an old friend in Nelson Cruz.

[jta4437]

 

[romeo212000]

Elvis is getting himself together at the plate, maybe.

 

[RevSader]

Solid contact is nice.

 

[RevSader]

Poor Kyle Blanks...

 

[romeo212000]

Wow, blanks is bad tonight. Got screwed on that called third strike though.

 

[jta4437]

Wow, blanks is bad tonight. Got screwed on that called third strike though.

Still better than Rosales

 

[RevSader]

welp....that's not a good start.

 

[romeo212000]

I would intentionally walk Cruz. Put him on base, save the pitches.

 

[RevSader]

Those are nowhere close...

 

[romeo212000]

Wandy is done methinks.

 

[RevSader]

Yeah...leave the guy who cannot find the strike zone nearing 100 pitches in the game.

 

[romeo212000]

 

[RevSader]

Billy Blanks would have had that...

 

[romeo212000]

Why did we call you up again, Blanks???

 

[WastinSomeTime]

It's amazing how many MLB players do not get in front of a ball anymore. Blanks does that he knocks it down and gets the out at 1st.

 

[RevSader]

Why did we call you up again, Blanks???

One run was still gonna score but ugh....that was horrible.

 

[Windingmywatch]

Gallo, Alfaro, Mazara.

LF - Williams
CF - Brinson
RF - Mazara
3B - Gallo
SS - Andrus (I want to put Profar or Cordell here)
2B - Odor
1B - Fielder
C - Alfaro


Which essentially means Choo, Rua, Moreland, Martin, Beltre, Chirinos -- are all on watch.
(though one of those would be DH)

I think that is a reasonable approximation. Maybe Guzman vs Prince. Going to still be tough to see 164HRs out of so many young guys though -- without the jetstream.

But it sure substantiates the fact that the Choo and Prince acquisitions were for the 2014 - 2015 maybe 2016 seasons based on all healthy SPs that hasn't ever happened. So logical that TEX projected all the value they were going to get from those two guys would be gone by 2016 with those guys bridging to the prospects.

 

[RevSader]

That half inning broke me for the night...what a downer.

 

[donaldson79]

Commercial was obviously written from a woman's POV.

Ya think?

 

[romeo212000]

I just don't expect Smolinski to ever be a legitimate MLB hitter.