Third Times A Charm: A Texas Rangers Franchise

[MrChainsaw]

Yikes, you have a few pretty important guys on the DL.

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrChainsaw

Yikes, you have a few pretty important guys on the DL.

Yeah definitely. My pitching is going to have to carry me until I can get at least Napoli back.

[Scott]

Carlos Lee Headed Back to Arlington?

Rumor has it that the Rangers are interested in bringing Carlos Lee back to Arlington. The offense has been struggling since injuries to Napoli, Beltre & Hamilton. If the Rangers could bring Lee back, he can play either LF or 1B. "Lee could really help out our pitchers, he's been having a decent year so far and we know how badly he wants a championship," said Jon Daniels.

[Scott]

MLB League Leaders - Updated: May 21, 2012
Batting Average		AVG	Batting Average		AVG
	1. Brett Garner	.379		1. Danny Espinosa	.358
	2. Nick Swisher	.352		2. Joey Votto	.353
	3. Adrian Gonzalez	.349		3. Juan Uribe	.353
	4. Miguel Cabrera	.338		4. Freddie Freeman	.343
	5. Matt Wieters	.336		5. Andre Ethier	.338
Home Runs		HR	Home Runs		HR
	1. Miguel Cabrera	16		1. Michael Stanton	12
	2. Mark Teixeira	14		2. Joey Votto	11
	3. Nick Swisher	11		3. Carlos Gonzalez	11
	4. Jose Bautista	11		4. Freddie Freeman	11
	5. Paul Konerko	11		5. Pablo Sandoval/Ryan Braun/Jason Heyward/Matt Kemp	10
RBI		RBI	RBI		RBI
	1. Mark Teixeira	38		1. Freddie Freeman	36
	2. David Ortiz	36		2. Carlos Gonzalez	35
	3. Eric Hosmer	35		3. Jason Heyward	33
	4. Miguel Cabrera	34		4. Danny Espinosa/Hunter Pence/Michael Stanton	31
	5. Paul Konerko	33		5.
Runs		R	Runs		R
	1. Prince Fielder	38		1. Joey Votto	34
	2. Jacoby Ellsbury	37		2. Hanley Ramirez	32
	3. Miguel Cabrera	37		3. Andrew McCutchen	31
	4. Robinson Cano	31		4. Freddie Freeman	30
	5. Eric Hosmer/Dustin Pedroia/Mark Teixeira	28		5. Michael Stanton/Matt Kemp/Danny Espinosa/David DeJesus	29

MLB League Leaders - Updated: May 21, 2012
Wins		W	Wins		W
	1. Clay Buchholz	6		1. 9 players	5
	2. Justin Verlander	6		2.
	3. Ricky Romero	6		3.
	4. C.J. Wilson	6		4.
	5. 7 players	5		5.
Saves		SV	Saves		SV
	1. Jose Valverde	15		1. Rafael Betancourt	16
	2. Mariano Rivera	14		2. Craig Kimbrel	15
	3. Sergio Santos	12		3. Javy Guerra	13
	4. Hector Santiago	11		4. John Axford/Jason Motte/Brian Wilson	12
	5. Jordan Walden	11		5. Jonathan Papelbon/Frank Francisco	11
ERA		ERA	ERA		ERA
	1. C.J. Wilson	1.44		1. Barry Zito	1.76
	2. Brandon McCarthy	1.49		2. Edinson Volquez	1.84
	3. Wei-Yin Chen	2.13		3. Trevor Cahill	1.86
	4. Ervin Santana	2.16		4. Matt Garza	1.95
	5. Yu Darvish	2.32		5. Jaime Garcia	1.98
Strikeouts		SO	Strikeouts		SO
	1. Brandon Morrow	69		1. Stephen Strasburg	72
	2. Gavin Floyd	64		2. Clayton Kershaw	71
	3. C.J. Wilson	64		3. Erik Bedard	70
	4. Justin Verlander/Jered Weaver/David Price	62		4. Madison Bumgarner	66
	5. Felix Hernandez/Chris Sale	61		5. Zack Greinke	65

[Scott]

Daniels Makes A Move

Before the Seattle series, Texas reached an agreement with the Houston Astros in regards to LF/1B Carlos Lee.

Texas sent 3B Christian Villanueva and SP David Perez to Houston in exchange for OF Carlos Lee.

Carlos Lee will make his debut in tomorrow's game against Kevin Millwood & the Mariners.

[Perfect Zero]

Hamilton, Na-Po-Li, Beltre and Borbon? Damn. Who do you have playing third (surely not Michael Young)? Hopefully for you Martin starts making in-roads in AAA (heck at this point, I'd go ahead and promote him and hope for the best).

EDIT: Just saw this

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott

Daniels Makes A Move Before the Seattle series, Texas reached an agreement with the Houston Astros in regards to LF/1B Carlos Lee. Texas sent 3B Christian Villanueva and SP David Perez to Houston in exchange for OF Carlos Lee.

That's not too bad

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by Perfect Zero

Hamilton, Na-Po-Li, Beltre and Borbon? Damn. Who do you have playing third (surely not Michael Young)? Hopefully for you Martin starts making in-roads in AAA (heck at this point, I'd go ahead and promote him and hope for the best). EDIT: Just saw this That's not too bad

Unfortunately Young is playing 3rd, and man is his defense bad
Every now and then, I'll give Gonzalez some pt at 3rd, DH Kinsler & play Young at 2B.

[Scott]

Week In Review

@ Seattle - L 1-8
@ Seattle - W 5-4
@ Seattle - W 3-0
vs. Toronto - W 4-3
vs. Toronto - L 3-8
vs. Toronto - W 7-6

MLB Standings - Updated: May 27, 2012
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Rangers	29	19	--	247	191
Angels	29	20	0.5	214	169
Mariners	25	25	5.0	215	210
Athletics	23	25	6.0	174	189

Who's Hot

2B Ian Kinsler - .293 AVG, 12 H, 1 HR, 10 RBI
CF Leonys Martin - .410 AVG, 16 H, 0 HR, 7 RBI
3B Michael Young - .333 AVG, 14 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI
SP Neftali Feliz - 1.53 ERA, 31 SO, 3-0 W-L
CP Joe Nathan - 0.00 ERA, 15 SO, 1-0 W-L, 6/6 SV

Who's Not

1B Carlos Lee - .195 AVG, 8 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI
C Luis Martinez - .194 AVG, 6 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI
SP Matt Harrison - 6.75 ERA, 11 SO, 0-3 W-L