Rangers Put Ian Kinsler On DL

Think the Cubs could get them interested in Ryan Theriot?

almost 2 years ago Al Yellon 24 comments 0 recs |

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Hopefully

Do I need to say more? Nothing personal, but he won’t be around next year anyway. Might as well see if we can get any kind of a prospect in return.

by Nibbles on Jul 29, 2010 12:49 PM CDT reply actions

We would have to pay the salary but I would probably do it for

PTNL

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by Doggie Stalker on Jul 29, 2010 12:53 PM CDT reply actions

In that ballpark

Theriot could triple his HR totals by the end of the season

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by tony412 on Jul 29, 2010 1:05 PM CDT reply actions

Ryan would also be closer to home

RIP Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010).

by Ace Venom on Jul 29, 2010 1:34 PM CDT reply actions

I just don't buy that "closer to home" argument...

… unless you are being sent to the actual city where you live in the offseason.

Dallas is about 500 miles from Theriot’s home in Louisiana. Chicago is about 900. For the purposes of a baseball player, really, what would the difference be?

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 29, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions

400 miles!

Even I know that one!

by bdlugz on Jul 29, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly my point.

You can drive that difference of 400 miles in… oh, about seven hours, making sure you leave time to stop and pee. And put gas in your car, if you need to.

Or you can fly it in about an hour. After you have spent time going through airport security, waiting for flight delays, and having the airlines lose your luggage.

I repeat: unless a player lives in the same metropolitan area as he plays in, “closer to home” is 99.9% irrelevant.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 29, 2010 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions

As close to home without sending him to division rivals

I should have clarified that. I remember that Will Clark signed with the Texas Rangers years ago because he wanted to play for a team that was closer to his home.

RIP Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010).

by Ace Venom on Jul 29, 2010 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, we've got three dealable second basemen...

…and the Rangers have an awesome farm system. So it seems like Jimbo should at least try something.

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by daver on Jul 29, 2010 1:34 PM CDT reply actions

Sounds like we should show all 3 like cards to the Rangers and say

Pick One. We may need to add a please with that.

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by RiskyBusiness on Jul 29, 2010 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions

"Pick a card, any card."

“We’ll throw in Xavier Nady at no extra charge. Ya can’t go wrong. Pick a card, any card.”

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by daver on Jul 29, 2010 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions

This could get sad

By game time tmrw, everyone will just want a trade. Any trade as long as it provides something new to talk about.

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by RiskyBusiness on Jul 29, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Or...

We could throw in our AWESOME backup catcher to sweeten the deal. What GM would turn their noses up at that?

Ron Santo - 8,143 ABs, .277 BA; 342 HR; 1331 RBI = NO Hall of Fame?

Brooks Robinson - 10,654 ABs, .267 BA; 268 HR; 1357 RBI = Hall of Fame.

Any more questions ?

by Easy Ed on Jul 29, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Rangers have the 2nd best system in the majors

Behind the Rays.

I’m sure we could get a A+ or AA player for Theriot

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by Musicdude10 on Jul 29, 2010 1:36 PM CDT reply actions

I would think Fontenot would be more marketable at this point

And it’s clear that the Cubs want nothing to do with him anymore. Maybe we could trade them both Baker and Fontenot and they could have a new 2B platoon

by HuskerCorner on Jul 29, 2010 1:38 PM CDT reply actions

They could then have what we shouldve been doing for the last 3 months.

by bdlugz on Jul 29, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

there's a reason they're actually competing

A competent GM and Manager

by HuskerCorner on Jul 29, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Fontenot would be more marketable if our manager actually put him in the lineup.

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by SackMan on Jul 29, 2010 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions

I think plenty of teams know what Fontenot brings to the table at this point

Unless he was going to all of the sudden develop a power stroke, or steal umpteen bases, his not playing shouldn’t actually hurt his trade value.

by HuskerCorner on Jul 29, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey, hey, hey - he has a power stroke.

It’s just a sneaky one.

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by daver on Jul 29, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions

You can't keep all that aggression bottled up forever.

It’s bound to come out a couple of times a year.

As funny as it was to see Riot’s homer in Houston, it was a little underwhelming even so. He hit the ball , barely made it to the Crawford Boxes. I can’t imagine there are many places easier to hit a homer in the ML.

Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10

by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 30, 2010 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions