ADSENSE Link Ads 200 x 90
ADSENSE 336 x 280
Yorvit Torrealba had in bad for an ump in the Venezuelan league. As bad as this looks, there's a 4,000 percent chance that something 10,000 times worse happened in Venezuela at that moment. The good news: The Rangers have the Internet.
****
The Oakland Athletics traded Gio Gonzalez making sure they'll be bad for the next six years.
****
Where first-round picks go to die. Both Eric Hurley and Kasey Kiker were released by the Rangers this week. Two years ago, this would have been a gigantic story and there'd be a shitload of uproar. In 2011, it's a back-page story that doesn't mean a hill of beans.
Hurley, 26, was once the Rangers' best prospect (certainly their best pitching prospect) before certain trades were made and drafts drafted. He was snapped up by the Angels. He missed all of 2009 and 2010 and even a part of 2011. He simply languished not only with injury but with the very real probability that'd never work his way into the Rangers' equation at pitching.
Kiker, 24, was the first pick of the Rangers in 2006, a Jon Daniels draft (not a total waste, Chris Davis, Craig Gentry and Derek Holland were taken later). There is little doubt that this is a huge disappointment.
Kiker progressed through Low-A and High-A ball within the span of three years. At 21, he was in Frisco in 2009. Then the wheels flew off. More importantly, his command. Injuries killed a lot of his opportunities. Once he got on the mound, it was apparent he'd lost the ability to truly pitch. Always with the ability to pile up strikeouts, his walk per nine innings went from 2.7, 4.7, 10.4 and 10.5 in four seasons.
The Rangers also cut Oklahoma alum Andrew Doyle. In three seasons, he made it to High-A ball in 2011. Thanks to getting popped for steroids twice, he pitched just 114 innings in the Rangers system.
0 Response to "Rangers holiday notes or I hope my season tickets were delivered in time for Christmas"
Posting Komentar