Comments on: Sunday Notebook: Jones Willing To Be A Part-Time Player; Rangers Remain Committed To Chris Davis And More

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:18 +0000

obviously andrus was meant to be andruw. i could have made a correcting post, but thought it too obvious an error.

By: Big Cat

Big Cat — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:09:52 +0000

I hope Andrus isn’t D-U-N he’s only 20

The SKy is Falling, The Sky is Falling!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:49:45 +0000

JD luvs him some retreads. At least Cat can still hit. Andrus is D – U – N.

By: Mr. Pink

Mr. Pink — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:48:37 +0000

Evan,

Does it occur to you that your headline/thesis above is a non sequitur?

“Jones willing to be part-timer”

“Rangers remain committed to Davis”

Well, which is it? I already wasted half a tome last night on this same topic of adding Andruw Jones to the roster. All it does is to serve up a sense of uncertainty regarding 3-4 positions in the daily lineup.

For what? An aging, overweight has been who just happens to bat right handed?

Maybe try this… If the Rangers were 21-31 vs. lefties last year, can you give us the splits after Davis joined the team in mid-June of ’08? As usual, it seems the Rangers are panicking here. Adding Andruw to the roster is the ubiquitous “knee jerk reaction” that everyone in the blogosphere ridicules.

There’s a great word in Spanish that covers this situation – “desmadre”. Ask Omar Vizquel what it means. He’ll be happy to explain it to you.

By: Jolly

Jolly — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:40:02 +0000

If the Rangers want to dump the lefty Cat then why should we not promote the switch hitting Boggs who makes sense as a late inning defensive replacement…….You really, really want a right handed solution then how is Max Ramirez not in front? Stay the course……..STAY THE COURSE!

By: WonkoTheSane

WonkoTheSane — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:25:08 +0000

Evan –

If this organization is willing to take ABs away from Chris Davis and Nelson Cruz, in order to give them to Andruw Jones, why should we believe that they are committed to rebuilding?

By: dude in Afghanistan

dude in Afghanistan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:06:43 +0000

“They were 21-31 against (southpaws), which was the second-worst winning percentage in the AL.”

They owed it to the fans to replace the unneeded Cat with someone who can jumpstart the offense against the likes of Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia. I think this is a good move.

By: dude in Afghanistan

dude in Afghanistan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:03:41 +0000

Chris Davis is a beast. Nobody needs to worry about his at-bats. Maybe it might mean he sits 3 or 4 extra starts this yr against lefties, if he’s struggled. Andruw is insurance for Byrd, Murphy, Blalock, or Davis, depending on who might be struggling against lefties; Catalanotto is the one who will lose his job, not Davis.

By: RangerPitchingHelp!

RangerPitchingHelp! — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:56:22 +0000

Seems an even more critical decision is Vizquel/Arias because if you choose Vizquel then you have to find a 40 man roster spot…..Arias is already on……do you trust Arias to pinch hit? Does that effect the Jones decision?

By: SSHorn

SSHorn — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:43:00 +0000

The way I’m reading things, I think the PLAYERS want Jones on the roster. Think back to the statements Young and others made when Jones was signed. And then I believe I read something a couple of days ago that made me think of this subject (I’m too lazy to look it up). Maybe JD is going with the club leader’s wishes.