Remarks: I never figured any of these guys to make the club, except possibly Hamburger. I suspect we’ll see him back later if there’s a need. But there’s no surprises to me with the other guys at all.
The following players were sent to minor league camp:
Remarks: Martin was probably the only one of the group with an outside shot to make the club, but everything had to fall the right way. Olt and Beltre could be back during the year depending on what happens with injuries. I’d say Martin is probably back after the trading deadline if we make a move.
I will have a delay of a few days updating the site. Yesterday I accidentally stabbed myself in the left hand with a steak knife, and caused a pretty deep wound. As such, I have my hand in a bandage, and I’m not supposed to be doing much of anything with the hand for a little bit. So long posts are out, since I have to type with one hand for the most part. Will catch up when my hand is feeling better.
Was down at the Stars game tonight. Was a great game. Shot this of the winning goal in the shootout! :)
Remarks: Nothing surprising here at all. It’s March 20th, so it’s time to start paring down the guys who won’t break camp with the big club.
Saw on Twitter tonight from Evan Grant that the Rangers and Derek Holland are close to a new contract. Apparently, it will be a five year deal, and it will supersede the contract he signed earlier this off season for 2012. Will take him through 2016, which would be one year of free agency, as Holland is currently eligible to be a free agent after the 2015 season.
This is a good deal, assuming of course Derek holds up his end of the bargain. He does seem to have figured it out, and while we don’t have any numbers on this deal yet, I do like the fact that we appear to be signing SOMEONE long term. There’s going to be too many variables in too short a time for my liking. The team will probably radically change about two years down the road, but Derek Holland apparently will still be here.
Making us all FEAR THE STACHE!
Well, it was another game affected by the presence of #11 on the mound. This game was not originally scheduled to be broadcast. However, since Darvish was toeing the hill, it was added on. Before I get into anything about this game, given it was a last minute, apparently the broadcasters were last minute, too. This had what I consider to be the dream team. We had Eric Nadel on play by play, and Tom Grieve on color. If it were up to me, THIS would be the broadcast team for BOTH radio and TV. Do what some other teams do – don’t have separate broadcaster teams. That’s unlikely to happen though, given Nadel’s lack of desire to be on TV. Oh well. At least I got to see it for a few innings anyway. That was before I got bored with the game and started tweeting people’s phone numbers. ;)
Got to see this game – I’m getting spoiled. hahaha. Seriously, though, it was nice seeing the Rangers on TV, and it was even better seeing an outing like that from Matt Harrison. Matt’s one of those guys you always hoped would work out, but at least for me, I never thought it was a lock he would. I want him to succeed. I would love nothing better than for it to work, if for no other reason than to make the Saltamacchia trade with the Braves look that much better.
Well, it was technically “cancelled”, not rained out. Rained out implies it will be made up. This won’t. It wasn’t official yet, so none of the activities count in spring training records. Shame, though as David Murphy & Brad Hawpe hit home runs before the game was wiped out.
Remarks: No real surprises here. None of the optioned guys were going to break camp, although Eppley has a cup of coffee in the majors.