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One decent game out of Danks
And get over the Chris Young trade. It sucked but it's way in the past. Just give it a rest.
One decent game out of Danks
And get over the Chris Young trade. It sucked but it's way in the past. Just give it a rest.
As long as Daniels is here it's not in the past. Its part of his resume and ability to make decisions.One decent game out of Danks
And get over the Chris Young trade. It sucked but it's way in the past. Just give it a rest.
Jerry still gets it for trading two 1's for Joey.
Daniels is a ty ass GM but the Salty deal was good and we dont know what we got with Andrus and some of the other people he has picked up.
1-2 so far. Time to pick up early tonight vs the angels
Very true. I am trying to be fair but the mistakes are pretty obvious.
It is what it is at this point.
You know, sometimes I wonder if there's a stupid virus in the DFW area. Apparently, there is, because the last few posts have feature a whole lot of stupid. Look mouths, one bad trade, that's it. The Chris Young trade was awful, but you know, their evaluations were largely correct - Chris wouldn't be a good fit because of his FB tendencies and he does tend to breakdown. The part that was wrong was their awful, just plain miserable evaluation of Adam Eaton and Adrian Gonzalez.
The Soriano trade was what it was, they traded a guy that was going to leave for a guy coming off of some pretty good seasons. It was praised at the time. The Danks-McCarthy trade was what it was, trading a guy 1 year away for a guy that was there now. McCarthy had no history of injury before either in the minors or in the majors.
Daniels is a GM that took a farm system decimated by idiotic free agent signings and turned it into a top 5 system within 3 years. He got great returns for the Teixeira, Gagne and Josh Hamilton-Edinson Volquez trades. That's some great deals, and if you can't see that, the stupidity epidemic must be worse than I thought.
Ben Broussard with a grand slam
Rangers up 5-0 in Anaheim in the 4th ...
GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!
trading pitching for hitting never makes sense.and Josh Hamilton-Edinson Volquez trades
That can't EVER be spun.
Gabbard pitching pretty damn good tonight.
When that hitter is a generational type talent you damn right it makes sense. Especially if he mans Center-field like Hamilton has these first few games. These kind of statements are the absolute, always-knows-best truisms that infect casual Rangers fandom.
They gave Volquez every chance to shine and he was never consistent. Trading mediocre pitching for good or great hitting/fielding can be spun a great number of ways. If Hamilton keeps producing it's a steal for only giving up inconsistent pitching.
It can when the best CF to play on your squad in over a decade is Laynce Nix -- a guy who can't seem to get out of AAA past September callups. Hamilton is a stud and I think its a great trade. Volquez was inconsistent and obviously needed a change of scenery, much like Cordero. I would do this trade again in a heartbeat.
If you are paying attention, hitting is as much of a concern this year as pitching is, in fact its more of a concern. I realize that you drones who claim to know about the Rangers keep rehashing the same tired about pitching over and over but if you had a clue you would realize that the batting order has some holes as well. Hamilton filled a very big one this offseason and he is a big reason why the Rangers have a chance to really step it up the season.
But how came the baseball cliche of "you never trade good pitching for a question mark" doesn't apply here?
Hamilton played one good (but very injury plagued) year for the Reds. In that one year he became quite possibly one of my favorite 10 Reds of all time. I hope he turns into a hall of famer for you guys.
I don't know about that cliche, since that's not what happened. We traded a question mark for a question mark.
And I hope Volqueso gets his together and does well for you guys as well. I would love to see him succeed, I just don't think it was going to happen here.
I was born in Dayton (moved to Texas at 5) so cincin has always been my adopted NL team. Everything I read and see from Josh makes me like the guy more and more.
I don't agree but fair enough.
How can you not like a guy who has battled the demons he has and come through so far. The guy is a total class act right now. I loved watching him, and honestly teared up a bit when he hit the homer to start the season last year. I was bummed when he was moved, but with Jay Bruce waiting in the wings and pitching always a premium, the moved had to be made. Plus Volquez has been lights out in the minors. Hope it works out for both teams.
Absolutely. One can always see themselves in people like him. I really want this to work.
hah...I still can't wrap my brain around such a huge effing dude stalking centerfield.
He's an absolute monster. Those tats make him even more intimidating. If he hits less than 40 homers this season, It'll be because of injury. Drugs and injury are the only things that can stop him now.
Drugs....
As much as a mess this team is I don't think they have any problem people substance abuse wise that can help him get off track. I have a feeling teammates will keep him occupied.
If he misses 40 days so be it..any more than that...ugh....
yeah, its tough with him. he can't take the normal pain killers to help fight smaller injuries. He'll be battling that his whole career.
I'll be dammed...TheTruth just got me excited about this team again. I'm actually looking forward to tonights game.
I'm a Texan. I root for the Rangers in the AL. the Astros though. Go reds.
I knew there was something I liked about you
The Rangers are .500 this late in the season!!! How long since that happened?
Seriously... I'm going to enjoy this optimism as long as it lasts. Be it another week or 6 months, just gonna enjoy it.
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