Series Thread: The Rangers Stumble Into Arizona To Face The Diamondbacks April 9-10

[saddles]

Really counterproductive to keep whining over Profar at this point. Especially since we scored a couple promising prospects in a time we are rebuilding.

Time will tell if Odor can become a hitter as opposed to a slugger. He looked like he made real progress in the spring with lots of oppos hits but yes he has regressed.

Splitting hairs about options to me is not the route. But who knows. If you are a buy in to Woody then you begin again and trust the process

What we say or whine about is neither productive nor counterproductive. It is simply commentary amongst Rangers fans. We have no ability to be productive or counterproductive with our comments.

As far as trusting any processes, that trust will need to be earned like any other kind of trust. There have been many processes tried in this organization that have not gotten us very far over the last several years.

Odor has made progress several times and he usually regresses. That may just be who he is. He made a tremendous amount of progress in the middle of last year and then was awful over the last several weeks.

The Profar vs. Odor question is a very valid question. It really doesn't matter what we got for Profar unless that is compared to what we would have gotten for Odor. It isn't Burke. White, and Odor instead of Profar. The real comparison is Profar plus the prospects we would have gotten for Odor vs. Odor and the prospects we could get for Profar.

 

[Kelleyman]

What we say or whine about is neither productive nor counterproductive. It is simply commentary amongst Rangers fans. We have no ability to be productive or counterproductive with our comments.

As far as trusting any processes, that trust will need to be earned like any other kind of trust. There have been many processes tried in this organization that have not gotten us very far over the last several years.

Odor has made progress several times and he usually regresses. That may just be who he is. He made a tremendous amount of progress in the middle of last year and then was awful over the last several weeks.

The Profar vs. Odor question is a very valid question. It really doesn't matter what we got for Profar unless that is compared to what we would have gotten for Odor. It isn't Burke. White, and Odor instead of Profar. The real comparison is Profar plus the prospects we would have gotten for Odor vs. Odor and the prospects we could get for Profar.

Whining is perhaps a flagrant word....sorry. The whole Profar situation is unfortunate with the injury and still all things equal opinion is
Profar is a Better player

Thought is the window of Rangers and Profar did not match and we did pretty well in the trade

What Odor does going forward remains to be seen and am glad at least this is a rebuild year or
more drastic action would be taken. Can’t see how anyone can be pleased with progress or lack thereof. Bad habits need to be broken

 

[saddles]

Whining is perhaps a flagrant word....sorry. The whole Profar situation is unfortunate with the injury and still all things equal opinion is
Profar is a Better player

Thought is the window of Rangers and Profar did not match and we did pretty well in the trade

What Odor does going forward remains to be seen and am glad at least this is a rebuild year or
more drastic action would be taken. Can’t see how anyone can be pleased with progress or lack thereof. Bad habits need to be broken

That window that you mentioned was constructed by JD Construction Co. A different size window was constructed for Odor and the same size window could have been constructed for Profar.

Sometimes bad habits come because overall they are bad players. Odor may just be the latest version of Hank Blalock, a player whose head makes him a bad player.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

That window that you mentioned was constructed by JD Construction Co. A different size window was constructed for Odor and the same size window could have been constructed for Profar.

Sometimes bad habits come because overall they are bad players. Odor may just be the latest version of Hank Blalock, a player whose head makes him a bad player.

The whole Profar/Odor thing became a mess when the opening for Profar was about to be had after trading Kinsler and then Profar went on the DL. Otherwise things may have been different. Just the way things go sometimes. If you noticed I did not use Wash's famous phrase.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Chris Sale is not looking good for Boston. He had 11 swinging strikes. His velocity is down to around 91-92 and his ERA at 9. I actually thought with his body frame and the way he throws the ball that he would be done a few years ago.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Chris Sale is not looking good for Boston. He had 11 swinging strikes. His velocity is down to around 91-92 and his ERA at 9. I actually thought with his body frame and the way he throws the ball that he would be done a few years ago.

He won that championship just in the nick of time.

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[Kelleyman]

Perhaps of some interest

 

[Duane1952]

Glad we didn't keep Chris Davis. Talk about a bad start.

 

[DT LUNA]

Probably for a rest.

 

[saddles]

Man, I don't know how Gallo is gonna handle changing positions like that. He may go into a two month slump. lol

 

[saddles]

The whole Profar/Odor thing became a mess when the opening for Profar was about to be had after trading Kinsler and then Profar went on the DL. Otherwise things may have been different. Just the way things go sometimes. If you noticed I did not use Wash's famous phrase.

They might have gone a lot differently had he not gotten injured.

There were still several opportunities to change courses again though.

 

[darrylgann]

Glad we didn't keep Chris Davis. Talk about a bad start.

Tough time for a good kid. Hope he breaks out.

 

[Kelleyman]

Pregame activities..... watching Dirk light it up one last time at home

 

[Kelleyman]

 

[darrylgann]

Pregame activities..... watching Dirk light it up one last time at home

Me too. He’s having his day.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

 

[darrylgann]

Good for him. How you do it.

 

[DT LUNA]

Good start