Comments on: Whoa, Nelly: Confident Cruz Hits Pair Of Homers As Rangers Go 2-0 For First Time Since 2000

By: Evan Grant

Evan Grant — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:24:05 +0000

@Dirk: Dusty is right on. 11th player, but the 15th time it’s happened.

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:15:18 +0000

Someone needs to randomly test this kid quick … 2 HRs in a game??

By: Dusty Y

Dusty Y — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:31:06 +0000

Dirk:

Cruz is the 11th player to hit the 2nd deck in LF. It’s happened 15 times though. Not too sure where the 14 comes in.

By: Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:17:18 +0000

Evan-

I’ve seen different numbers on how many people have hit that 2nd deck in LF. You say 11th, I’ve seen 15th, and I heard 14th on the Ticket this morning.

Can you confirm what the actual number is?

Gracias

By: blalock

blalock — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:54:22 +0000

yea u should, b/c thats part of the value for trading for Carlos Lee when we did… The same way the A’s traded for Matt Holiday, if u dont resign them you get that value of two draft picks, its just a part of a trade like that.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:54:10 +0000

Samson,

Both of those draft (Beavan and Bourbon) picks were compensatory picks for losing Carlos Lee in free agency, so they are DIRECTLY related to that trade.

By: boomer1

boomer1 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:50:08 +0000

Samson I think he understands that but…if not for the Carlos Lee trade there would be no Beavan or Borbon. Those two draft picks were a direct result of that trade.

By: Samson

Samson — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:45:04 +0000

Hart2Hart:

Blake Beavan and Julio Borbon were both draft picks. You cannot include them within the perameters of the Carlos Lee trade.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:44:14 +0000

It’s great to see the Rangers first in the West at 2-0 and the Yankees last in the East at 0-2.

By: Red Rules

Red Rules — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:11:35 +0000

Cruz has a connect-the-dot past that can be traced back to the Tom Grieve era. No other player on the Rangers can be traced back before 1996 (Michael Young and Juaquin Benoit). How you say???
*Juan Gonzalez signed by Texas in 1986 as a free agent; Gonzalez traded in 1999 for Francisco Cordero among many others; 2006 Francisco Cordero traded for Nelson Cruz (and Carlos Lee).

Michael Young’s pattern:
*Warren Morris drafted in 1996; Morris traded in 1998 (along with Todd Van Poppel) for Esteban Loaiza; Loaiza traded for Michael Young in 2000.

Juaquin Benoit’s pattern:
signed in 1996.

Frank Francisco and Josh Rupe can both be connected back to the Darren Oliver free agent signing in 2000.

Brandon McCarthy technically can be traced back to the draft of Nick Massett in 2000.