A little catch up for everyone…
Sorry about not being on here yesterday, me and Jarrett were out on the golf course and away from the computer all day. When I got home I was too interested in Lost and Top Chef to post anything, so here is a little catch up on everything that happened yesterday:
Eric Hurley tears rotator cuff.
This is a pretty significant blow to the rotation next year. While Hurley was not supposed to come out and be the ace of this team, I did think he would be a solid #4 if he could stay healthy. Well, so much for that idea. I am really hoping Hurley comes back from this surgery, but odds are this could be the end of Eric Hurley. I have been anti-Sheets for a while now, but I think we need to go get him now. My friend Ryan from RangerTradeTalk.MLBlogs.com sent me a spreadsheet he put together on Sheets against the AL this morning. Pretty interesting stuff. He is 5-4 with a 2.84 ERA against American League teams in 12 starts. Has 64 Ks in 82.1 innings, 65 hits, 26 earned runs and 27 walks. He blanked the Angels in 2004, nearly throwing a perfect game.
The Rangers farm system gets even more #1 love.
This is about the 5th list I have seen the Rangers receive a #1 ranking on this off season, which pretty much suggests that the cat is out of the bag. This reinforces the depth of talent we have in our minor league clubs, and one thing people continue to mention is the different, yet equally impressive, waves of young talent that will be coming to Arlington in the next 1-5 years. Law ranks Neftali Feliz (#4), Justin Smoak (#15) and Derek Holland (#21) in the Top 25 prospects in all of baseball. Excited yet? Jim Callis of Baseball America ranks Neftali Feliz #9 in his overall minor league pitching prospects.
Jason Parks writes Q & A dissertation over at BBTiA.
Check this out, lots of good stuff. I am actually going to go through some of these questions and answer them with my own opinions later today. Jason Parks comes through as usual with tons of good information, if you don’t have this blog on your bookmark toolbar yet, you should.
I’ve got some stuff of Ben Sheets coming up later today or tonight and a few notes on JD and the offseason in the next couple days as well. My work schedule has slowed up a bit so I will try and get some more posts out today. Will be attending the caravan tonight to get Josh Hamilton to sign his walk off homerun lineup card that I bought myself for a Christmas present. Let me know if you guys are gonna be out there, I’d like to say hi if you are.
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Where is the caravan tonight? I need my SI cover signed by him….I am hoping he will be at Fan Fest on Sat.
Congrats on making number three on the latest leaders!
Onto more baseball!! Sorry to hear about Hurley’s rotator cuff, does that dismiss his entire season, or is there a potential comeback roughly halfway through?
Good addition of Vizquel, this keeps Young at third for good, maybe he’ll settle down. I think Ben Sheets would be a fine acquisition, nice stats against the AL and even though he’s injury prone, think about it… The Yankees signed AJ Burnett, who basically lives on the DL. So what’s the big deal in signing Ben Sheets?
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