Rangers Rumors

im very interested to see what jd will do with the cf situation now. i strongly believe we'll sign a corner outfielder and a reliever. fo the corner spot, i guess fukudome is the most appealing, but i don't like adding more strikeouts to our lineup. i see gagne back here since he loved his time here and would close, unless someone completely blows him away with an offer which isnt likely after his boston stint. laird is as good as gone i just hope we can get someone decent for him. for crisp, absolutely. why arent the marlins interested in laird? he makes perfect sense for them and could part with a decent prospect. i still believe jd will make one big deal. how about blalock and a prospect or two for bay and duke/snell? i trust jd to make the right deal, but im extremely worried about what we have going into the 2008 season. i know 2008 is going to be a tough year, but i dont want to have to wait til 2010 to compete, ironically the same year jd's contract expires i believe.

Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes said in a Dominican sportstalk show that Guillén is "very close" to signing a deal with the Royals. Guillén was at the stadium watching his winter team play on Friday and said he would be joining the team as soon as he signs a contract.

If Jones signs a 1 year deal its most likely gonna be with ATL. Boras will come down to earth once teams arent willing to pay a Torri Hunter contract. He'll realize that Jones's numbers weren't comparable to Hunter and Rowand but were complete almost boderline Mendoza.

why wasn't corey patterson mentioned as a candidate to fill the cf void for the rangers? isn't he a free agent this year? i think he would be a great low cost option considering the demands of the other cf free agents.

Yes, but what sucks more? Andruw Jones at $13M for 5-6 years or Patterson for $7M at 4 years?

Patterson is likely getting a one-year deal, maybe with an option.

If it really came down to it, I would just use the internal options because they have plenty of platoon like hitters that can fill center field and left field adequately, at least until they find someone better. I would sign Fukudome until then, but Dunn is a free agent next winter as of now...

Dunn has MASSIVE on-base percentage. What are you talking about?

Fukudome should be pretty good but he should be somewhere between J.D. Drew and Bobby Abreu IMO.

for tmichalski, i agree it looks lopsided but look at their numbers. bay and blalock would almost be an even swap, and with hank healthy this year, he should put up solid numbers (he hit .293 and had 10 homers in 50 games or so while bay hit .241 and dropped to 21 homers while maintaining his 150/k a year avg). And you might be able to make an argument for Snell being their best pitcher, but I don't think he's close to Gorz. And Duke over the past 2 years is 13-23 putting up era's of 4.5 and 5.5 with whips of 1.5 and 1.7, all while striking out a guy every 2 innings. So Blalock, Laird, and Omar Poveda for Bay and Duke wouldn't be a terrible deal for either team.

henry, interesting scenario i hadn't thought much about. i think the rangers would definitely be interested, because a 2 year stop gap would be perfect to allow julio borbon and omar beltre to develop. in terms of what to expect in return, it probably all depends on how much money the yanks would be willing to pay. if its a couple million a year, a max ramirez would be possible. if it's more like half, the rangers would certainly pony up another prospect or two.

I like you're thinking rangerchick, but unfortunately i dont think he's close to being ready. i was fairly surprised he was added to the 40 man, but he does have potential. its hard to imagine him getting called up anytime soon after hitting only .262 between a and aa ball last year. the homers and obp were nice, but he's got a long way to go before he's ready to face mlb pitching and roam the outfield at the ballpark.

you're right, trading our best player every other year isn't a big move. a-rod, soriano, teixiera...i guess those weren't deals

Tim, Joe whoever is posting, Ken Rosenthal is bashing the Dodgers and prasing the the Angels.

Maine right now is a better pitcher then Snell. Good luck getting Milledge or Gomez alongside him. lol The only way Maine is going anywheres is if a Johan Santana-type is coming back to Shea in the package.

"You're not getting Carlos Gomez from me."

Yeah, me neither. I cant wait to see what Gomez is doing like 2 years from now. He has every tool you want in a baseball player and a good physique also. This kid is big and strong and fast, he just needs the experience.