Sam Huff is a big dude. 6'5, 240. Think Joey Gallo, but in catcher gear
AccidentProne said:
Sam Huff is a big dude. 6'5, 240. Think Joey Gallo, but in catcher gear
Joe Mauer and Matt Wieters are 6-5. They have had 10+ year careers. It seems tall catchers the ability to transition to first if they still have a decent bat.Aggie_3 said:AccidentProne said:
Sam Huff is a big dude. 6'5, 240. Think Joey Gallo, but in catcher gear
What's the lifespan of a catcher that size? Especially his knees
wbt5845 said:
The Trade Rumor website said only 5 guys 6'-5" or over have caught 300 or more MLB games. However, since there aren't many guys who've played baseball who are 6'-5" and over, not sure how relevant a stat that is.
I'm doubting MLB Trade Rumor's claim of only 5 guys that height catching 300+ games.powerbelly said:I think most 6-5 catchers get moved to first or outfield early in their careers.wbt5845 said:
The Trade Rumor website said only 5 guys 6'-5" or over have caught 300 or more MLB games. However, since there aren't many guys who've played baseball who are 6'-5" and over, not sure how relevant a stat that is.
Seemed like everyone knew the offense needed help. I was totally stunned that we didn't bring in 2 big bats to help.Quote:
In 2020, the veteran starters have continued to hold up their part of the bargain (except for Gibson), but the offense has been a nearly unmitigated disaster. I spent much of the Rangers' 2020 ZiPS projection piece talking about how seriously flawed the offense was, but it's been even worse than I imagined.
Kip ***g is freaking terrible!Quote:
But for those hoping that a full rebuild will yield quick results, think again. While it's more than possible that ZiPS is wrong, it can't be overlooked that entering the season, the system projected the Rangers to end up with the least value from rounds one-to-five of the 2015-19 drafts of any team in baseball, with their picks combining for a total of 16.6 WAR
Seems like it's a law that when the Rangers are competing or trying to win, they will be dealing with a sellers market. When the rangers are trying to rebuild, it will be a buyers market.Quote:
Trading players like Gallo and Lynn is unlikely to be popular with the fanbase, but given the team's setbacks, it's increasingly difficult to see another way out. Texas didn't move Lynn or Gallo at the deadline, but that was less the result of an unwillingness to make trades and more because of dissatisfaction with the offers they received
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The downside of the teardown mode of rebuilding is a well-known one: you risk alienating your fans long-term, and if the players don't develop, you may have detonated your core for nothing. The Texas Rangers are demonstrating the downside of the more cautious mode of rebuilding, failing to construct a team that's not good now or later, and ending up having to start over from scratch. Batten down the hatches Rangers fans, because plotting the course to contention is going to be much harder than initially thought.
DallasAg 94 said:
JD bought into not signing a big FA SP because you might lose him for a year because of TJ. Instead, he'd sign 3 SPs that were just recovering from injury, betting that one of them (Mike Minor, Lance Lynn) will perform. AJ Griffin, Tyson Ross... You could sign Darvish for $22M/yr for 6yrs knowing you will lose 1.5yrs, or sign 3 SPs for $7M/yr knowing at least one of them will be successful. That breeds instability and is disruptive to your long-term chemistry.
Having Pittsburgh and some other team pass us in the tankathon would be both so 2020 and so Texas Rangers.DallasAg 94 said:
JD looks too much at the gimmick to success. I mentioned the 2015 draft above, but JD has done that many times. Take a player that may be lower on your draft list, even if a higher one is available, because you can get another high-end prospect lower in the draft and use your Slot money to sign him.
With the help of Preller, he was able to exploit Int'l prospects.
Then, he fell in love with MoneyBall and has tried to out think everyone else.
I'm not going to argue with you about Odor. He is broken. He needs to go. There is nothing in Arlington for him.. Here is what he has done:
Odor hit .265, averaging 128G, 19HRs, and 8 SB his 1st 3 years. 285 SO in 384G (0.74 SO/G). He was 20, 21, and 22.
He has hit .215, averaging 115G, 20 HR, and 10 SB, since... but has 494 SO in 460 G (1.07 SO/G). (4 yrs)
Andrus hit .277, 6HR avg, 30 SBavg, and a total of 785 SO in 1379 G (0.57)
Since, he .259, 7HR avg, 13 SBavg, and a total of 176 SO in 271 G (0.65)
I've said this many times... the Rangers implemented system-wide the all-or-nothing plan. It was believed swinging for a HR was more advantageous than taking what the pitcher gives, "going the other way," etc, which has led to the over use of the shift. Swinging for a HR into a shift when the defense has everyone to the right of 2B was encouraged. The gimmick has failed.
JD bought into not signing a big FA SP because you might lose him for a year because of TJ. Instead, he'd sign 3 SPs that were just recovering from injury, betting that one of them (Mike Minor, Lance Lynn) will perform. AJ Griffin, Tyson Ross... You could sign Darvish for $22M/yr for 6yrs knowing you will lose 1.5yrs, or sign 3 SPs for $7M/yr knowing at least one of them will be successful. That breeds instability and is disruptive to your long-term chemistry.
Last gimmick was not pitching drafted players. He decided that most pitchers drafted lacked the core body strength and so he'd spend the 1st season (Usually ShortA - PNW/Spokane) building strength and not pitching. That was another disaster.
He has been absolutely abused on trades. Combined with losing on trying to leverage RuleVs, I have to believe he is among the worst rated GMs in the past 4 years.
Now he is going "Astros season tanking" to get top picks in the draft.
We fans bought into the "just need the new stadium." Now, we're going to lower the budget and have very little talent. Very little depth. Very few prospects.
At this point, I don't care about on field results at all.EastSideAg2002 said:
So if I am reading this right, we SHOULD be playing Odor everyday and have him hitting cleanup.
2020 Texas rangers are known for 3 things:Old Tom Morris said:
Is there a more pathetic way to start a game than to issue 3 walks and then give up a grand slam? I honestly think that might be worse than giving up 4 straight HRs
It really is that bad. The situation is unbelievably dire.xjrayx said:
I vote we go with Luis Garcia as the opener for every game. Let him give up a ton of runs so that we are playing from behind. Let the young guys continue to hit, but not enough to actually comeback and win. I see no issues. Keep Odor in the lineup to break up any potential rallies.
Let him get the growing pains out of the way this year.jtstanley4621 said:
Also Huff's first AB a 3 pitch strikeout where he just looked incapable of touching an MLB curve.
Only 1 AB I know I'm not calling him bad. I just think that was a hilarious first career AB
Would be interesting to see where we are in the tankathon after tomorrow if the A's can do us all a favor and win both.jtstanley4621 said:
Pirates lose tonight and remain dead last with 14 wins, but we did all you can hope to do vying for the first pick: lose