2014 Offseason

[romeo212000]

I like today's lineup. Only switch I might make... would be Choo/Fielder.

I don't think Fielder has done that well hitting third. He's typically better as the scary guy hitting clean up or 5th in the order to make pitchers pitch to guys in from of him. I like Choo hitting third.

 

[romeo212000]

Well, hopefully not anyway.

That SOB also forced Bannister to remove Detwiler last night too. Jeff wanted to see him go one more inning. I forget the exact circumstances, and there was a blurb (DMN today) about it. Can't put my finger on it at the moment.

WTF is he thinking?

It was the Reds. They forced texas to have the pitcher hit instead of using a DH. Total bitch move IMO.

 

[donaldson79]

According to Norm, 289 appearances and 457 innings, are missing from last years staff (counting Tolleson as out), which amounts to 51 games!

 

[donaldson79]

It was the Reds. They forced texas to have the pitcher hit instead of using a DH. Total bitch move IMO.

Yeah....sorry. That red uniform had me seeing red I guess.

Totally uncalled for and frankly, unprofessional move to me.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

According to Norm, 289 appearances and 457 innings, are missing from last years staff (counting Tolleson as out), which amounts to 51 games!

The curse of Nolan Ryan on display!

 

[Bmurph]

WATCH: Guess who beat the shift with a bunt single ...
By Dayn Perry | Baseball Writer

Prince Fielder, with the ‘Game Theory' bunt single. (USATSI)


Prince Fielder! He's a candidate for a defensive overshift, as the following 2012-14 spray chart from FanGraphs will show ...


Source: FanGraphs

As you can glean, Fielder, when he puts the ball on the ground, typically goes to the pull side. He'll on occasion hit the ball to the natural shortstop position, but he almost never hugs the third-base line. So you shift Mr. Fielder! Of course, Mr. Fielder is capable of delivering remorseless comeuppance to those who would tempt his dormant small-ball skills. Let's roll tape from Tuesday's Rangers-Angels tilt ...


Excelsior! Take that, shiftheads! That's Prince Fielder, he of the zero career sac hits and zero career bunt hits, laying it down perfectly.

Now let's see a little more of that in the regular season, please.

Pretty cool spray chart!

 

[saddles]

According to Norm, 289 appearances and 457 innings, are missing from last years staff (counting Tolleson as out), which amounts to 51 games!

I heard Norm talking about that and it was mostly relief innings. I believe he said the entire opening day bullpen is gone now. I do like some of the younger guys who are in the pen now though. Hopefully, we won't need the pen nearly as much as we did last year.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Bovada online betting has some crazy Texas Rangers prop bets available | Dallas Morning News

I found this interesting/entertaining.

 

[donaldson79]

I heard Norm talking about that and it was mostly relief innings. I believe he said the entire opening day bullpen is gone now. I do like some of the younger guys who are in the pen now though. Hopefully, we won't need the pen nearly as much as we did last year.

It was all about relief innings. I didn't make that clear.

Well, you did say HOPE. But I can't imagine the pen wouldn't be just as, if not more abused this season from looking at our "potential" starters.

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

Bovada online betting has some crazy Texas Rangers prop bets available | Dallas Morning News

I found this interesting/entertaining.

I'd drop a cool $100 (heck...gimme a 1k) on the OVER for Holland.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

I'd drop a cool $100 (heck...gimme a 1k) on the OVER for Holland.

absolutely.

 

[Bmurph]

I'd drop a cool $100 (heck...gimme a 1k) on the OVER for Holland.

If the Rangers can score runs at all this year, it wouldn't surprise me if Derek got 15-18 wins. That is if the knee holds up all season, or other injuries don't arise for him

 

[saddles]

It was all about relief innings. I didn't make that clear.

Well, you did say HOPE. But I can't imagine the pen wouldn't be just as, if not more abused this season from looking at our "potential" starters.

Some of Baker's innings and some of Ross' innings were as starters, but it was mostly relief innings.

If we don't have any more injuries to starters until Martin or Harrison can pitch then I am pretty sure this year's starters will be better and thus go deeper into games than last year's starters. A completely healthy Lewis vs. a Lewis who was learning a new stride for much of last season will make some difference. Having a healthy Holland all year long won't offset losing Yu, but it will help it not be as devastating when comparing last year to this one. Having Detwiler and Gallardo should be a significant improvement over what they are replacing. Whoever is the 5th starter should be better than what we rolled out on average last year out of the 5th spot by a significant margin. Overall I feel much better about our starters this year than last.

 

[romeo212000]

Saddles, do not expect either Harrison or Perez being contributing members of the rotation this year. I don't know how many times I need to say that. Same thing happened with Feliz.

 

[saddles]

Saddles, do not expect either Harrison or Perez being contributing members of the rotation this year. I don't know how many times I need to say that. Same thing happened with Feliz.

I do expect Perez to be in the rotation for a large part of the second half. Even though he won't be at his best, he will most likely be better than what we rolled out in either the 4th or 5th spots in the rotation last year.

Harrison on the other hand cannot be counted on, but I still wouldn't be shocked to see him make a handful of starts. Together between Matt and Martin I think it is okay to expect several starts from a combination of the two of them that would be better statistically than what we were rolling out there at the bottom of the rotation last year.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I do expect Perez to be in the rotation for a large part of the second half. Even though he won't be at his best, he will most likely be better than what we rolled out in either the 4th or 5th spots in the rotation last year.

Harrison on the other hand cannot be counted on, but I still wouldn't be shocked to see him make a handful of starts. Together between Matt and Martin I think it is okay to expect several starts from a combination of the two of them that would be better statistically than what we were rolling out there at the bottom of the rotation last year.

But is an not up to speed Perez better than what we may be rolling out in the 4th and 5th this year? Not sure how long it will take to get his arm strength back. He will need to spend some time in the minors rehabbing.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Game is on Fox Sports Southwest tonight at 8:04 CST. It is also on MLB Network but tape delayed.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Game is on Fox Sports Southwest tonight at 8:04 CST. It is also on MLB Network but tape delayed.

Best thing I've heard all day.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Is the regular season starting later this year? Seems like in the past we started at least around April 1st. The 6th seems late.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Is the regular season starting later this year? Seems like in the past we started at least around April 1st. The 6th seems late.

It was starting earlier the past few, I think. Seems like around the 6th is when it used to kick off.