form his espn blog

keith law has a blog post with some rangers notes up....

First Post

http://www.withleather.com/

I cant believe about Manny....................................  Alexzander that is.........................................................................................

NO suprising names. except for maybe Pujols...

We will see if this supposed leak is right.

In the chat that is going on right now, this was posted at the begining. Interesting stuff. It is the insider portion though

John (Dallas): Since nobody cares about the Rangers, it can be slightly more difficult to find info on their pitching prospects without shelling out thirty bucks a year to baseball sites. I was wondering if I could get your takes on the ML potential of guys like McCarthy, Gabbard, Hurley, Volquez, and since the target date for legitimacy seems to be 2010, guys a couple of years away like Kiker, Beavan, and Michael Main. Thanks for your input on the most overlooked perennially suffering club in the Major League.

 Keith Law: (1:06 PM ET ) Gabbard's a 4A guy. Volquez has a decent arm but little feel; he's young but I have a bad feeling about him. Hurley's a #2/3 type, fastball's a little true, but he's moved very quickly. I won't give up on McCarthy yet - guy had plus command, then goes to Texas and has minus command? Unless he's hurt, I'm betting on a bounceback. Kiker and Main are possible 1/2 types, Beavan's a 2/3, word is they've cleaned his delivery up a little bit so there's not so much recoil in it. Kiker's curveball is one of the best in the minors. So things are looking up, but it's going to take another two to three years before the Rangers can harvest this talent.

the Yanks have decided they might negotiate a contract extension with A-Rod during this season, as long as he doesnt opt out after the year.  This way they can just tack an extension on the existing contract and keep him and the Rangers 81 million.  F him F them.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2933023

http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=1009724

just got done reading this article about the red sox signing carlos almanzars' son.  How does the process work with these guys?? Is it just a free for all and whomever throws the most money at these guys signs them, or are there some sort of rules or priority given to bad teams to sign these guys.  it just makes me so damn happy to know that the red sox have gotten another top prospect, although i would assume that a 16 year old kid is a rather unknown. Anyway.... VOMIT

whys is he here, seriously the guy has done nothing this year, his ERA in AAA is 84.5, he has no business being in a close game, he has to be on this roster for cultural balance, there is no other answer   WTF                                                                                                                                                

does anyone know if the whole thirsty thursday $3 miller lites was a one time thing, or if this is the most genius marketing ploy to make our current teams play acceptable to anebriated fans???  im all for it and i think the price of beer should be correlated to the overall record of the team.                                                                            

Keith LAws latest posted a 3 am this morning has the rangers taking alderson at 17 and Borbon at 24... wow i hope this isnt the case, especially since his has them passing on both harvey and porcello at 17 and porcello again at 24... man i am nervous                                                                                                                                                      

this is what Keith law had to say in his blog yesterday about the most important day that this organization has seen maybe ever..

* The Rangers' top options at No. 17 are now Beavan and Tim Alderson. Wherever Beavan goes, he'll probably command top-10 money.

Beaven or Harvey sounds good, it would be nice to have them both there and have our choice of the two...

qoute form this column by Phil Rodgers

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-070602rogers,1,2727463.column?coll=cs-c ubs-headlines

"If the Phillies are willing to try to get Mike MacDougal straightened out, the reliever could be a centerpiece in a White Sox deal for Aaron Rowand. The Phillies desperately need bullpen help and are letting teams know Rowand could be available in the right deal. The speedy Michael Bourn seems ready to move into a regular role in Philadelphia's outfield." ...  

Bullpen help for Aaron Rowand, I sure hope the Rangers are all over this, if in fact this is the case, are there any arms in our pen besides Aki that we shouldnt consider giving up for him???

i am bored at work and was doing some research on the league but didnt find out all i wanted.

1. How do they decide which team the college players go to??
2. do you have to be invited to play in the league
3. Has anyone ever been to watch some games??
4. do players go there straight from their current college teams to play, or after the CWS, and play and continue till the end of the season after the draft??

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2882684

the big boss is making it public that his gm will be the fall guy for this season, saying cashman wanted total control and he got it.  after hearing this maybe this will light a fire under his ass and make him contemplate trading a little of the future to save his ass, they sure do need a first baseman besides pitching, hell why dont we offer them Benoit, Padilla and TEx and take whatever the hell they will give us as long as includes Hughes, im not real familiar with their farm system so outfield prospects would be nice.

Kinsler is on pace to have a worse fielding season than Soriano ever had, but no one is complaining.  There hasnt even been whispers about how poor his defense is, is it going to take him admiring a single off of the top of the wall before people start complaining about him or do we think this is just a defensive slump.  I thought he was considered a good defensive infielder in the minors??  Is Washington confusing him???

Is anyone else worried about the rangers pulling an Edison Volquez with Eric Hurley this year. I dont know about anyone else but the last thing i want to see is that name on the bump in Arlington this year.  I dont even want to see him in AAA, let him blow up Frisco all year and bring him to camp next year and maybe make the opening day rotation.  Anyone else ready to talk about this years draft, and with the way things are going we really need to be talking about our top 5 pick in the 08' draft.

Daniels just said byrd pulled his hammy last night in the 5th, that is why he was out of the game before the big club even called to oklahoma. That sucks and i guess explains the move................................................................................................ ...............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i thought when doing some surfing on the net the other day, that there were two local high school kids projected to possibly be first round picks.  One was a switch hitting first baseman from Coppel high and the other a RHP from Irving high.  did i accidently stumble across info from last year or have these kids since faded away???????  Anyone know????????

they just said on the ticket that gagne starts the season on the dl.   good thing we ddint trade otsuka.........................................  so who else is in the bullpen know to take his place??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????

they just said on the ticker that he will not be returning next year. now using standard ranger logic i fully expect a press confrence in three weeks to announce our new manager, the only person more hated than mullet master. OR maybe even better to announce the rangers new bench coach, OMG that might be worth fighting through a losing season to see those two clowns sit next to each other for a season.  Greatness

he sure sounds like he is not too big on carlos lee coming back, and he sounds like he loves him some showalter.  he admitted that he thinks they miss delluici and that they need to get more athletic which to me rules out carlos. i dont know about padilla either, he talked about eaton before he even mentioned padilla almost as if he has already made up his mind that he is gone. how do barely mention the pitcher who has maybe been your most consistent all year.