SB Nation User Blog: NothinG

Scheppers and Gutierrez - AFL Rising Stars Game

NothinG — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:25:26 -0000

The hitters Gutierrez faced did not have a chance on his curveball. Gutierrez has great stuff, and he has a real shot to impact our bullpen this year as well as Scheppers. I'd prefer he get more time in AA and AAA, but if he performs really well I don't see why you wouldn't give him a look in September.

Scheppers threw 1 83 mph breaking ball and an 89 mph changeup. The rest were all fastballs ranging from 96 - 99. We need a great nickname for this guy. Enjoy!

Phillies Back-to-Back Champs Ad gets printed--Oops!

NothinG — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:39:10 -0000

Phillies Back-to-Back Champs Ad gets printed--Oops!

anybody else think this is wishful thinking?

I wonder if you can order the merchandise.

Rangers 2010 Payroll

NothinG — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:14:29 -0000

Using Cot's Baseball Contracts as a reference, I extracted these contracts for a possible 25-man roster for next year. Our needs going into this off-season remain a LOOGY, a backup IF specialist, and a middle of the order bat that can DH. If the Ranger's FO says our payroll will match last season's 68M, then we have roughly 11M to spend this winter. (Cot's has what I believe to be higher contracts than reality for MY and Millwood, but these are the numbers I have, so I'm rolling with it) (This assumes a 8M increase through arbitration etc)

TEXAS RANGERS		Salary
	Position	2010
Saltalamacchia, Jarrod	C	$410,890
Teagarden,Taylor	C	$401,000
Davis, Chris	1B	$406,620
Kinsler, Ian	2B	$4,200,000
Andrus, Elvis	SS	$400,000
Young, Michael	3B	$16,000,000
Hamilton, Josh	LF	$555,000
Borbon, Julio	CF	$400,000
Cruz, Nelson	RF	$408,070
Murphy, David	OF	$414,820

Millwood, Kevin	SP	$15,000,000
Feldman, Scott	SP	$434,680
Hunter, Tommy	SP	$401,000
Holland, Derek	SP	$400,000
Feliz, Neftali	SP	$400,000
McCarthy, Brandon	SP	$650,000

Wilson, C.J.	RP	$1,850,000
Francisco, Frank	RP	$1,600,000
O'Day, Darren	RP	$406,000
Strop, Pedro	RP	$400,000
Nippert, Dustin	RP	$411,760
Mathis, Doug	RP	$400,000
Possible Arbitraion Increases		$8,000,000
Catalanotto, Frank		$2,000,000
Padillia, Vicente		$1,750,000
TOTAL		$57,298,840

Harrison, Hurley, Moscoso, Madrigal, Eyre all figure to be apart of the Rangers 'pen if not get a start at some point in '10. Late season callups could include Scheppers, Kiker, etc

German, Boggs, Smoak, MaxRam, and Moreland will most likely be at AAA waiting to fill in for a need etc.

FA targets could include these
Position Players:
Bobby Abreu - Type A
Jermaine Dye - Type A
Mark DeRosa - Type B
Nick Johnson - Type B
Hideki Matsui - Type B
Jim Thome

LH Relievers:
John Grabow - Type A
Scott Eyre - Type B
Joe Beimel - Type B
Ron Mahay
Will Ohman - Type B

Other FA Pitchers:
Ben Sheets
Chad Cordero
Joaquin Benoit
Kiko Calero - Type B

Who would you want to fill the needed positions and how much would you allocate to them?

There are plenty of trade targets out there as well that have been mentioned that include Halladay, Bradley, Dunn etc.

MLBTR Discusses Byrd as a Free Agent

NothinG — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:10:03 -0000

MLBTR Discusses Byrd as a Free Agent

Here's an outside perspective of Byrd as a FA. He is most likely going to sign somewhere else, and I'm not against that. Flap those arms and fly like a Byrd.

LSB Shout Out on the Fox Sports SW broadcast.

NothinG — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:42:38 -0000

LSB Shout Out on the Fox Sports SW broadcast.

Ben Sheets looking to return in 2010

NothinG — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:36:14 -0000

Ben Sheets looking to return in 2010

Apparently, he is throwing off flat ground. I'm not sure if I sign, him, but he would most likely only get a low-risk incentive laden deal. He is a TORP if he's healthy, and wouldn't cost a draft pick. Do you sign him?

Cubs to anounce 3 yr, $2.42M contract for Jaramillo

NothinG — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:59:38 -0000

Cubs to anounce 3 yr, $2.42M contract for Jaramillo

This Douche is for YOU

NothinG — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:46:11 -0000

This Douche is for YOU

OT:Cool teamwork video to take your mind off the Rangers

NothinG — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:53:02 -0000

OT:Cool teamwork video to take your mind off the Rangers

Rangers schedule promising, not just in April.

NothinG — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:26:47 -0000

We will see how the Rangers perform in their beneficial schedule in April where we face only one team that posted a record above .500 last year. I wanted to break down each month that the Rangers are going to have this year based on their schedule.

I think most of us would agree that having more home games vs road games is an advantage. Here are the Rangers home and road games respectively by month:

April - 12 - 10
May - 15 - 13
June - 15 - 12
July - 15 - 10
August - 10 - 19
September - 14 - 13
October - 0 -4

It is an interesting schedule where the Rangers have more home games in every month except August and October, and as you see there are only 4 games in October. Isn't it usually a negative thing in sports to have 10 home games with 19 road games in a month. The month of August presents us with this many road games. I wonder if this is actually a disadvantage or not, since our pitchers will be able to avoid the heat of Texas, for the most part, in August. I think these home and road splits will help our team stay competitive until later in the season. Of course, these are just numbers, and the Rangers did go 40 - 41 at home last year, but in 2007 we went 47 - 34.

In the first month last year, we had 13 home games vs 15 road games, and the year before we started with a 10 and 15, home and away shedule which of course did not help (i don't think playing at home or on the road was the result of all the errors and poor play). I'm only saying, in years past the schedules have not favored the Rangers, and this year it does. We'll see how it turns out on the field.

Yesterday was a good start. Keep it up!