No Offer Yet For Sheets From Rangers

Rangers need Sheets to steal a team ERA under the mid 6.00's for the 2009 season perhaps philsWSchamps.

Wouldn't surprise me to see him in ATL next season, with yet another excuse from the Rangers.

Nothing new.

I think a darkhorse team gets Sheets.

Why would Texas offer a contract right now? Let the lower tier market develop first.There is no need to set the bar for the mid-tier FA SP market when the target has enough medical warts to make him less than a prime target for a lot of clubs.

i think the reason teams are hesitant is because all of AJ's injuries came from his TJ surgery and coming back to quick from it. With Sheets he apparently has random injuries to every part of his body and i wouldnt be surprised if he reminded the Braves of Mike Hampton.

I wouldnt mind giving him a 2 year contract. it would get him in and out in time for the new kids to come up. maybe somethin like 2/24-26.

We could even go so far as to have a 6 man rotation. that would take stress off of his arm making him more useful to us and less likely to get injured. Same thing with re-signing smoltz. have a 6 man rotation with both of those guys and they should be fine.

something like

sheets
smoltz
vasquez
jair
campillo
morton/reyes

even if we had a 5 man rotation of

sheets
smotlz
vazquez
jair
campillo

if one of em goes down we have some depth and by starting morton, reyes, hanson, and all the young guys in AAA they will have a little more seasoning before they are needed at the ML level

burnett has been on the DL alot, and some of them are non TJ relate

is sheets an power-pitcher? i think is more finesse and that why teams are skeptical, cuase burnett an power pitcher is understandable why he gets injure often, but an finesse should stay healthy.
IDK just throwing it out there

Ryan Tucker is described by scouts as someone who sets up his fastball with his fastball. If the Marlins want to trade then we'd like an MLB pitcher.

Sheets is a power pitcher. 4 seam fastball and power curve. Occasionally he uses a change-up. 4-5 per game unless he is having problems with his curve.(in Colorado mostly)

While he has had many injuries, most are not arm or shoulder related like Burnett's are. He had one injury to his shoulder at the end of one year that, in my opinion, led to another injury in a muscle close to the original muscle. He wanted to pitch in the WBC and tried to come back to fast. He had a strained muscle in his forearm at the end of this season. Other than that, his injuries are all non-pitching injuries(ear infection, blisters, finger injury ligaments I think, hamstring) Nothing that should hurt his ability to pitch.

Marlinsman: You don't know Sheets because he is all about power. When he doesn't have it, he is in trouble. Sheets is known in Milwaukee for being a slow starter. He usually only starts getting his best stuff going in the third or fourth innings and it has to do with warming up. He is not a finesse pitcher and his best pitch is by far his power curve (Same reason he CAN'T be a reliever like Kerry Wood). When he is "on" earlier than the third, you know he has potetential to go 9 and have a special game. When he doesn't get it going by the end of the third or if he gives up runs in the 1st or 2nd, you know he is in trouble.

Lloyd4: He has been talked about as a 20 game winner for many years in Milwaukee. If he would have just won 15 that would have been nice. Rumors are that he doesn't condition like he should. He always ends up with injuries and usually those injuries happen when he is needed the most.

DominicanYanks: I agree that Sheets is probably more risky than Burnett. I'd also say that Burnett actually won 18 games last season. Sheets hasn;t won mre than 11 or 12 for most of his career besides his 13 last year and that isn't what you'd expect form an ace. He has the stuff of an ace but does not have what it takes to get through a season it seems. He's a good guy - I hope he does well, but there is a reason Milwaukee has not made an offer on him. They can't risk spending the kind of money Sheets wants based on his track record.

I'm surprised the braves aren't interested in Sheets or Lowe. Both would be an improvement over what they currently have.