Series Thread: The Rangers Are In LA to Play The Dodgers June 12-13

[True Rangers Fan]

So is cottage cheese but people buy it. Will gag a maggot on a gut wagon.

My dad used to mix pork-n-beans with cottage cheese. One of the many things about that man that perplex me to this day.

 

[scotsman1948]

Well that article was awful.

Agree

 

[saddles]

Injuries and possibility of not being able to extend Mazara and Gallo makes me not want to pursue him. I think we are all sick of injuries and injury prone players.

It is really easy to be wrong about free agent pitching, especially when pursuing an ace. I would rather develop our own #1 and #2 starters and spend FA money on hitters. Of course, we have been woeful at doing that for quite some time.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

I would rather develop our own #1 and #2 starters

I think every team would love to do that. There's just no way to make it anywhere close to easy to do.

 

[saddles]

JPM is being promoted to Spokane. It seems they feel he is further away than we read that he might be.

Most of the just drafted college players will fill out that Spokane roster along with some second year HS players.

 

[saddles]

I think every team would love to do that. There's just no way to make it anywhere close to easy to do.

One way is extremely risky and the other is hard to do, especially for us. It is a tough decision on which path to go down.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

JPM is being promoted to Spokane. It seems they feel he is further away than we read that he might be.

If he's being promoted, wouldn't that mean he's moving along quicker than expected?

 

[donaldson79]

know this ain't going to happen but:

http://www.dallassportsfanatic.com/...-texas-pursue-clayton-kershaw-this-offseason/

If anyone isn't concerned about Kershaw's injury history, well, I don't understand that.

 

[Kelleyman]

I would be surprised if this is the last stop for JPM this year. If I remember correctly he was projected to make it to Frisco by next year at some point. Right?

 

[Kelleyman]

One way is extremely risky and the other is hard to do, especially for us. It is a tough decision on which path to go down.

When you see non MLB clubs abuse arms. Yes it is risky. Seems like arms these days have a limited shelf life

 

[True Rangers Fan]

If anyone isn't concerned about Kershaw's injury history, well, I don't understand that.

Kershaw's Back = Beltre's legs.

Kersh isn't getting younger and it'll be 2020 before we're sniffing October again at best. I'm totally against signing him unless he's providing a steep hometown discount.

 

[Duane1952]

I wouldn't sign Beltre or Kershaw anything longer than a 1 year deal.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Scout Kip Fagg answered some questions on Reddit today, here was one response in particular that stood out:

"Not going to deny that we have struggled to develop starting pitching. I will take the blame on selecting a few duds over the years and injuries have played into some of that also. We are constantly trying to get better at both selecting and developing our own starters and truly believe until we do that it will become harder and harder to win at the major league level. You can not acquire young controllable starters unless you mortgage the farm to get. Hopefully some of the steps we have taken the past few years in our selecting and developing of pitching will start to bear fruit. Also we drafted Eric Swanson."

 

[Duane1952]

Scout Kip Fagg answered some questions on Reddit today, here was one response in particular that stood out:

"Not going to deny that we have struggled to develop starting pitching. I will take the blame on selecting a few duds over the years and injuries have played into some of that also. We are constantly trying to get better at both selecting and developing our own starters and truly believe until we do that it will become harder and harder to win at the major league level. You can not acquire young controllable starters unless you mortgage the farm to get. Hopefully some of the steps we have taken the past few years in our selecting and developing of pitching will start to bear fruit. Also we drafted Eric Swanson."

Never heard of Swanson.

 

[jta4437]

JPM is being promoted to Spokane. It seems they feel he is further away than we read that he might be.

Most of the just drafted college players will fill out that Spokane roster along with some second year HS players.

Or they're just acclimating him slowly and methodically, its not like he's playing in the majors this year and there are lots of OFers ahead of him in the minors

 

[True Rangers Fan]

 

[Duane1952]

Good news.

 

[DT LUNA]

Why not? I like it

 

[Nightcrawler]

Thank god

 

[Kelleyman]

At least we got to get JD