The Officially Official Off Season Thread (2016)

[donaldson79]

gonna have my Black eyed peas, turnip greens and cornbread. My staples on New years day

Boy, do I ever love greens and cornbread.

However, I'll miss a few meals if you're featuring blackeyed peas! Yuk!!

 

[Kelleyman]

Haha.

Actually, budget talk doesn't scare me away at all. Positive or negative talk.

Some folks seem very uneasy with the subject. Most don't mind discussing it though.

Very true your Two cents are generally put in. FYI. I have not gotten my 20 game package this year but have obtained a holiday 6 pack! Hurrah for the budget. (Still thinking about scoring opening day though). HNY all

 

[Kelleyman]

Off subject but all these HOF vote disclosures going on. IMO go ahead and let Bonds and Clemens in. It is history and should not be excluded or there is a mention of the PED cloud in the Hall, I don't care either. I don't mind them being booed either but they are so clear cut ahead just let them in. The marginal canditates who are users keep them out. I'd even would mind if there was a Hall of Shame section

 

[Bmurph]

Boy, do I ever love greens and cornbread.

However, I'll miss a few meals if you're featuring blackeyed peas! Yuk!!

prefer pintos or ranch style beans but for the sake of southern superstition and possible good fortune, I make an exception on new years. That and whenever else my wife cooks them, cause we all know thats what you do

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[romeo212000]

Alright, I'm ready to get back all in on the Rangers now that my college football season is over. God, I hate this time of year. Stuck watching nba games and to a lesser extent stars games. Neither are anything I'm really invested in.

 

[DT LUNA]

Alright, I'm ready to get back all in on the Rangers now that my college football season is over. God, I hate this time of year. Stuck watching nba games and to a lesser extent stars games. Neither are anything I'm really invested in.

Me either. Hockey was never around when I grew up so I never learned and to this day still don't know what "icing" means. LOL.

 

[saddles]

Here is Jamey Newberg's latest list of top Rangers prospects. He has a list of 72, but I only include the top 20 below.

1. Nomar Mazara, OF
2. Joey Gallo, 3B-OF-1B
3. Lewis Brinson, OF
4. Dillon Tate, RHP
5. Luis Ortiz, RHP
6. Andrew Faulkner, LHP
7. Brett Martin, LHP
8. Luke Jackson, RHP
9. Eric Jenkins, OF
10. Ryan Cordell, OF-3B
11. Leody Taveras, OF
12. Michael Matuella, RHP
13. Ariel Jurado, RHP
14. Josh Morgan, SS-2B-3B
15. Connor Sadzeck, RHP
16. Jairo Beras, OF
17. Yohander Mendez, LHP
18. Yeyson Yrizarri, SS-2B
19. Andy Ibanez, 2B
20. Ronald Guzman, 1B

 

[DT LUNA]

Here is Jamey Newberg's latest list of top Rangers prospects. He has a list of 72, but I only include the top 20 below.

1. Nomar Mazara, OF
2. Joey Gallo, 3B-OF-1B
3. Lewis Brinson, OF
4. Dillon Tate, RHP
5. Luis Ortiz, RHP
6. Andrew Faulkner, LHP
7. Brett Martin, LHP
8. Luke Jackson, RHP
9. Eric Jenkins, OF
10. Ryan Cordell, OF-3B
11. Leody Taveras, OF
12. Michael Matuella, RHP
13. Ariel Jurado, RHP
14. Josh Morgan, SS-2B-3B
15. Connor Sadzeck, RHP
16. Jairo Beras, OF
17. Yohander Mendez, LHP
18. Yeyson Yrizarri, SS-2B
19. Andy Ibanez, 2B

20. Ronald Guzman, 1B

Hope we can work Mazara or Brinson in LF

 

[saddles]

Hope we can work Mazara or Brinson in LF

I think like Romeo that Mazara will be up as soon as Hamilton gets hurt as long as Nomar has had a chance to prove himself again at AAA.

I believe Brinson will be our starting CF sometime between the latter part of the 2016 season and the start of 2017. I wouldn't be shocked to see him there by this coming July.

The X factor is how Gallo develops. The kid usually finds a way to make strides each off season so I wouldn't be surprised to see him prove he deserves another crack at the big leagues before the season gets very far along.

Watching the development of those 3 this coming season will be very interesting.

 

[Duane1952]

Alright, I'm ready to get back all in on the Rangers now that my college football season is over. God, I hate this time of year. Stuck watching nba games and to a lesser extent stars games. Neither are anything I'm really invested in.

Me either. Not much of a basketball or hockey fan.

 

[saddles]

Why Jeff Banister will reserve judgment on prospect Jurickson Profar until spring training | SportsDay

 

[DT LUNA]

Why Jeff Banister will reserve judgment on prospect Jurickson Profar until spring training | SportsDay

I do not see how he could do anything else. We hope all is well but certainly would not bet the farm on it.

 

[jta4437]

beginning to feel like we are back with Hicks owning the team

Except we actually do have a top 10 payroll, we just don't have the ability to spend Yankees/BoSox/Dodgers money

 

[jta4437]

I think like Romeo that Mazara will be up as soon as Hamilton gets hurt as long as Nomar has had a chance to prove himself again at AAA.

I believe Brinson will be our starting CF sometime between the latter part of the 2016 season and the start of 2017. I wouldn't be shocked to see him there by this coming July.

The X factor is how Gallo develops. The kid usually finds a way to make strides each off season so I wouldn't be surprised to see him prove he deserves another crack at the big leagues before the season gets very far along.

Watching the development of those 3 this coming season will be very interesting.

I think its these guys that are preventing us from making a move to fill the LF spot and I'm ok with that

Agreed about Brinson, he'll be in CF if he comes up, Deshields or someone else will move to LF at that point

 

[jta4437]

Here is Jamey Newberg's latest list of top Rangers prospects. He has a list of 72, but I only include the top 20 below.

1. Nomar Mazara, OF
2. Joey Gallo, 3B-OF-1B
3. Lewis Brinson, OF
4. Dillon Tate, RHP
5. Luis Ortiz, RHP
6. Andrew Faulkner, LHP
7. Brett Martin, LHP
8. Luke Jackson, RHP
9. Eric Jenkins, OF
10. Ryan Cordell, OF-3B
11. Leody Taveras, OF
12. Michael Matuella, RHP
13. Ariel Jurado, RHP
14. Josh Morgan, SS-2B-3B
15. Connor Sadzeck, RHP
16. Jairo Beras, OF
17. Yohander Mendez, LHP
18. Yeyson Yrizarri, SS-2B
19. Andy Ibanez, 2B
20. Ronald Guzman, 1B

These are guys I'm interested in keeping tabs on, although its interesting to see how much Brett Martin jumped

 

[saddles]

I think its these guys that are preventing us from making a move to fill the LF spot and I'm ok with that

Agreed about Brinson, he'll be in CF if he comes up, Deshields or someone else will move to LF at that point

Yeah, it wouldn't make much sense to sign someone long term for LF at this point.

 

[scotsman1948]

Except we actually do have a top 10 payroll, we just don't have the ability to spend Yankees/BoSox/Dodgers money

i don't want us to spend like them just for JD to have the ability to recognize a need and for him to be able to address it. we went thru that with Hicks and now it seems the owners are taking a Hicks-type approach to running the team

 

[scotsman1948]

Yeah, it wouldn't make much sense to sign someone long term for LF at this point.

you may be right or they don't pan out who knows