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Darvish and Texas History
My projection for the WAR Yu Darvish needs to generate to justify his contract: Year $ $/WAR Required WAR 2011 -- 4.50 -- 2012 58.0 4.73 12.28 2013 10.3 4.96 2.08 2014 10.8 5.21 2.07 2015 10.8 5.47 1.97 2016 10.8 5.74 1.88 2017 11...
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18 days ago
Discuss
Uehara
Perhaps it's nitpicky, but I quibble with Gerry Fraley's characterization of potential trade-away Koji Uehara as "a victim of the numbers game in [Texas's] bullpen." Let's check those numbers.
First, the closer and setup guys:
Joe Nathan,
Alexi Ogando (presumably),
Mike Adams.
Next, everyone else on the 40 with MLB experience:
Scott Feldman,
Mark Lowe...
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19 days ago
Updates
40-man roster revitalized. Org and draft tables updated. Rule 5 tables uploaded. See links at top-right.
More content on the way. Should and will post more often. It's not like I'm pulling a boat uphill.
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19 days ago
Happy New Year!
Ranger, Colby, Jack, 24 December 2011Big Star, "Watch the Sunrise," from #1 Record, 1972.
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January 01, 2012
Update: Can Michael Young Reach 3,000 Hits?
In March 2010, I analyzed the probability of Michael Young reaching 3,000 hits. At the time, Young had 1,662 hits entering his Age 33 season. I compared Young's career to the members of the 3,000 Hit Club as well as other 32-year-olds with careers similar to Young at that point. My conclusions: Everyone reaching 3,000 except Wade Boggs had a significant head start on Young,...
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December 07, 2011
Evan Grant's MVP Vote
I put little stock in individual awards, and I'd bet most of you reading me now don't either. My memory of prior MVPs and Cy Youngs fades every year. I usually have to look them up on Baseball Reference. That said, I'll admit my dim view of awards is partly a defensive reaction against years of occasionally dumbfounding votes by the media, both by individuals and as a...
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November 22, 2011
Jerry Layne's Strike Zone
I saw plenty of frustrated tweets and Facebook posts decrying the umpires and MLB's admittedly featherbrained method of determining home-field advantage. In my opinion, blaming Texas's World Series loss on home-field advantage and/or the umps is misguided. As in, "I know we're all upset but let's not be stupid" misguided.The Rangers twice were one pitch...
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October 29, 2011
Prepared
I want to drink these tonight. Make it happen, Texas.
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October 27, 2011
Belated Thoughts On Washington's Game 1 PH Decisions
With two on and one out in the 7th inning of Game 1 of the Series, Tony La Russa removed reliever Fernando Salas so LHP Marc Rzepczynski could pitch to lefty David Murphy. Ron Washington pulled the veteran for relatively untested righty Craig Gentry. After Gentry struck out, Washington replaced the pitcher with righty Esteban German instead of veteran righty Yorvit Torrealba, one...
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October 22, 2011
"Old Times Were Good Times"
In January 2010, MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan solicited votes for Texas's All-Decade team (2000-2009) from media, club officials and former players. I was flattered to be among the voters. The rules were to pick one player at each position, five starting pitchers, a closer and a setup man. I partially wrote a blog entry on my selections to be published in conjunction with the...
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September 30, 2011
Where Are They Now?
Originally appearing on the Newberg Report subscription list on August 10:
The post-Ranger performances of players traded last summer:
TRADED FOR BENJIE MOLINA ON JULY 1
RHP Michael Main
Injuries continue to plague the 24th-overall pick from the 2007. After five dreadful starts in AA (13.83 ERA, 37 baserunners in 13.2 innings), Main missed the rest of 2010 with a hip injury...
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August 14, 2011
A Very Quick Look at Martin Perez at the Futures Game
Pitch
FB
CH
CU
Min
92.2
82.7
73.3
Avg
93.5
83.8
75.1
Max
94.9
85.4
76.5
Note that data for his at-bat against Gary Brown is missing. The pitch that Grant Green doubled is the fastball in the zone second-from-left near the vertical middle of the plate. Every batter was right-handed, so the majority...
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July 12, 2011
Chris Davis's Homers At Home
Chris Davis has hit 17 of his 19 homers at home. Here's their landing spots and wind speed/direction:
HR #
Homer Location
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
1
Left
Right to Left
12
2
Right Center
Right to Left
14
3
Left
Right to Left
14
4
Center
Right to Left
14
5
...
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June 30, 2011
Chris Davis's Homers At Home
Chris Davis has hit 17 of his 19 homers at home. Here's their landing spots and wind speed/direction:
HR #
Homer Location
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
1
Left
Right to Left
12
2
Right Center
Right to Left
14
3
Left
Right to Left
14
4
Center
Right to Left
14
5
...
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June 30, 2011
Go Rangers
Ron Washington throws batting practice, Round Rock, Texas, 30 March 2011
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April 01, 2011
Texas Rangers Spring Training Photos
Slideshows of Texas's minor leaguers from my visit last week:
March 16:
March 17:
March 18:
March 19:
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March 22, 2011
Weekday Photo
The Snow Cap, Seligman, Arizona, 14 March 2011
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March 15, 2011
End of Weekend Photo
The remnants of the once bustling Club Cafe, Santa Rosa, New Mexico, 13 March 2011
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March 14, 2011
?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Chuck Greenberg to resign as Rangers' CEO.
Unbelievable. I don't curse on the blog, so I've got nothing else to say.
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March 11, 2011
Weekend-End Photo
Slug formerly hiding beneath potted plant brought indoors by cruel human, 1 Feb 2011
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February 28, 2011
The Annual Bewilderment
Per the DMN's Evan Grant:Come the regular season, Washington intends for Beltre to hit fourth with Cruz fifth. The reason: Washington simply doesn't believe Cruz, entering what should be his third full season in the majors, is ready for the job. "Wherever Beltre hits, whether it's fourth or fifth, I think he's still going to get the same pitches, a lot of offspeed...
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February 27, 2011
Brief Thoughts on Young and 3,000 and the Hall
Joey Matschulat has a fine article about Michael Young's Hall of Fame chances, wherein he mentions something I wrote a year ago about Young's likelihood of achieving 3,000 hits. A "statistical sledgehammer," he called it. Flattering. To make a long story short, Bill James's "Favorite Toy" gave Young a modest 18% probability of reaching 3,000, and I...
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February 17, 2011
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