Choooo!! With the 2 run homer.

gigem1223 said:

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So you have us trading Mazara and batting him 7th? Not sure which one is more unrealistic.

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They are probably both significantly unlikely to happen, just what I would like to see. Mazara probably has the most value to actually get something worthwhile back. I would rather deal Mazara early than find out he is a career .260 guy with no position and be stuck with multiple guys who can't go 1st to 3rd on a base hit to right.

I'd just like to see JD be proactive rather than reactive for once.

Fair enough. Still curious as to why you'd stick one of your best bats in the 7 hole?

HWC

AAA (Round Rock): 7:05
David Ledbetter: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

AA (Frisco): 7:05
Collin Wiles: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO

A+ (Down East): 6:30 ET
Emerson Martinez: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO

A (Hickory): 7:00 ET
Tyler Phillips: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO

Round 1.

gigem1223 said:

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Fair enough. Still curious as to why you'd stick one of your best bats in the 7 hole?

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I just don't buy the hype on Mazara and wouldn't consider him one of the best bats. He's working with a career .324 OBP so far and I think Guzman is similar but a bit faster and more athletic which is why I put him 5. I hope Mazara makes big improvements, but if I'm reshaping the lineup, I'm going for versatile athletes and he gets the biggest return on a trade.

Mazara is far from a finished product at the plate, he's only 22. The only bats I would rather have up at the plate right now are Beltre and Andrus. I mean the kid had over 100 rbis last season and is off to a helluva start this year.

Bill James of sabermetrics fame posted this about Mazara in the off season. Pretty bold.

https://twitter.com/billjamesonline/status/933721141545488386?lang=en

Right, but with the current makeup of this team, he needs to be 30 homeruns and 100 rbi guy at the very minimum. If Choo wasn't around, or the Rangers had other guys capable of playing right field, it wouldn't be much of a problem. The hope is that he is David Ortiz, but I'm not sure that's worth holding onto if we could trade him for major league talent right now.

If I could get a #2 or #3 rotation guy (with at least two years of control at a decent $), and/or an outfielder that can play defense and be serviceable at the plate (with similar control), I do it in a heart beat.

I have two extra A&M hats from the University Days last season. First two to PM me can have them

Edit: the first hat is gone

Edit: second hat is gone!

any from 2016?

Unfortunately not. I wish. Really did like those

AccidentProne said:

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I have two extra A&M hats from the University Days last season. First two to PM me can have them

Edit: the first hat is gone

Edit: second hat is gone!

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Any chance you know where to get an SMU one? My coworker has been looking for one for a while.

From last season?

AccidentProne said:

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From last season?

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Any season. Just needs the Pony logo.

bigcat22 said:

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Bill James of sabermetrics fame posted this about Mazara in the off season. Pretty bold.

https://twitter.com/billjamesonline/status/933721141545488386?lang=en

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That tweet surprises me since the sabermetric crowd really tends to devalue RBIs like they do with Wins.

Lt. Joe Bookman said:

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AccidentProne said:

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I have two extra A&M hats from the University Days last season. First two to PM me can have them

Edit: the first hat is gone

Edit: second hat is gone!

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Any chance you know where to get an SMU one? My coworker has been looking for one for a while.

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Ebay

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bigcat22 said:

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Bill James of sabermetrics fame posted this about Mazara in the off season. Pretty bold.

https://twitter.com/billjamesonline/status/933721141545488386?lang=en

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That tweet surprises me since the sabermetric crowd really tends to devalue RBIs like they do with Wins.

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It might be less that he likes RBIs but he thinks it will matter to MVP voting.

But I still find it strange as applied to Mazara as he had the 101 RBI but absolutely zero consideration for MVP.

I don't think "any step forward" will make him an MVP candidate. He's got to take several big steps forward.

They also have struggled finding/identifying/retaining power-hitting first basemen. The one we have right now is essentially there as a product of being forced to move from 3rd.

Pretty much all development from Texas' farm has been pretty lackluster. Perez and Odor were supposed to be a couple of bright spots.

TXAggie2011 said:

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Rossko said:

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bigcat22 said:

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Bill James of sabermetrics fame posted this about Mazara in the off season. Pretty bold.

https://twitter.com/billjamesonline/status/933721141545488386?lang=en

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That tweet surprises me since the sabermetric crowd really tends to devalue RBIs like they do with Wins.

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It might be less that he likes RBIs but he thinks it will matter to MVP voting.

But I still find it strange as applied to Mazara as he had the 101 RBI but absolutely zero consideration for MVP.

I don't think "any step forward" will make him an MVP candidate. He's got to take several big steps forward.

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Maybe so, I just saw this reply about being an MVP candidate from taking a step forward from 100 RBIs.

free_mhayden said:

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They also have struggled finding/identifying/retaining power-hitting first basemen. The one we have right now is essentially there as a product of being forced to move from 3rd.

Pretty much all development from Texas' farm has been pretty lackluster. Perez and Odor were supposed to be a couple of bright spots.

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Yea, tough to watch Smoak tear it up in Toronto the last two years, but that's a trade that was obviously worth it.

I thought this was funny:

Speaking of ex-Ranger power hitting prospects, any word on Mike Olt. Haven't heard his name in a while

Wow what terrible fielding

This team sucks!

7 outs in and Moore is about to throw his 60th pitch

58 pitches by a cast aside pitcher, 1 hit, 1 error, and little hope. Damn, this team.

Sloppy throw by Mazara. Clownball

This bullpen is gonna be spent by the all star break. Starting pitching is terribly innefficient.

What the hell. Hook the pitcher.

Goodbye Matt Moore