Do You Need Star Talent? 1st Edition

There's a lot of talk about whether the Rangers need to go out and trade for some superstar talent with the depth they have in the farm.  One side says "heck yes! Let's win now!" - and the other side trusts the youngsters.

Do you go out and try to get a Greinke type player (not just because he's a pitcher but because he's an uber-talent) at whatever cost?

I'll delve into this at another time.  If you happen to catch this post feel free to discuss or just ponder.  This is just a fun sports blog for me.

C.J. Wilson Video Diary Episode 1 - 2

Oh, the life of a ballplayer...

2010 Texas Rangers

25ish Man Roster

After listening to "Rangers Podcast in Arlington" a good point was brought up on payroll next year and how it could affect the Rangers' arbitration eligible players.  This "25ish" man roster isn't even necessarily 25 players - just something fun I'm doing to work on my understanding of the game.

NOTE:  Players that are "striked through" are players we do not have control over.  Any player with stars (*) next to their name are not currently on the 25 man big league roster and I will rate them on a 5 star scale.

(*) - consideration
(*****) - great consideration.

Catcher

• Jarrod Saltalamachia
• Taylor Teagarden
• Pudge Rodriguez (38)**
• Max Ramirez**
  

Infield

• Elvis Andrus
  
• Ian Kinsler
  
• Michael Young
  
• Chris Davis
• Justin Smoak*****
• Omar Vizquel (43)**
• Esteban German**
  

Outfield

• Josh Hamilton
  
• Marlon Byrd (32)**
  
• Julio Borbon
• Nelson Cruz
• David Murphy
  

Pitching

1. Feldman
   
2. Hunter
   
3. McCarthy
   
4. Holland
5. Millwood
   
6. Harrison***
7. Wilson
   
8. Hurley***
9. Feliz
   
10. O'Day
    
11. Moscoso***
12. Fransisco
13. Ben Sheets (31)****
14. Rich Harden (28)*
15. John Lackey (31)***
16. Randy Wolf (33)*
17. Octavio Dotel (36)*
18. Grili (33)**
    
19. Eddie Guardado (39) = "Everywhere Eddie" asst. Coach
    

What a Start to the Season!

I am in shock. I don't know what to say. Is this for real? Did we just sweep the Mariners and the Angels back-to-back? The redemption project? The mentor project? The King? The great-hambino? So much for the Michael Young transition to 3rd base. So much for our S**T pitching staff. So much for 2010 being the year. So much for "the bank" and Cruz's exaggerated Septembers. So much for the Rangers?

RED JERSEYS???

Have a good day and God bless.

Redemption Project

Andruw Jones

What a redemption project this would be.

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I said last time I would write more after dinner.

Here's the best video I found:



That's 17 and counting...