Moreland is the real deal. He will be ok at first. Not once did he look lost at the plate like Davis and Smoak. Expect him to move up to 5 in the order behind Hamilton and Cruz.

You said the same thing about Davis once.

What's wrong with Murphy in left Hamilton in center and Cruz in right with Borbon as the 4th with the condition that Hamilton gets a lot time off and at DH?

They're not going to have the money to upgrade C, both corner infielders, CF and re-sign Cliff Lee. A lot of players who had big years are arbitration eligible, so they'll need to budget for that. And they've also made it clear that they are going to pay Cliff Lee if he wants to stay, so they'll need to budget for that. If you go out and "get someone" at other positions, will you be able to re-sign all the guys whose contracts are up soon? The Rangers are "stuck" with Mike Young. Nobody wants that salary and he's still a good player overall. If you want to DH him for 33% of the games and let Blanco play 3B, fine, but you need to be DHing Hamilton quite a bit too. If Francouer is still here, he is probably the 5th outfielder or a platoon guy with Murph (since RW is obsessed with righty/lefty). I think you have to let Moreland and Chris Davis fight it out at 1B. I don't really have much of an opinion on C, but I'm rooting for Teagarden with Ramirez as the backup.

Hamilton, Cruz and Wilson are all arbitration eligible and will receive handsome raises.

Murphy, O'Day, Nippert and Lowe are also arbitration eligible.

Not that I know anything, but can Moreland play 3rd and move Young over to 1st? Perhaps he wouldn't be so exposed and you wouldn't have to over pay for him to just DH.

Mitch Moreland throws left. When did you start watching baseball?

Not that I know anything, but can Moreland play 3rd and move Young over to 1st? Perhaps he wouldn't be so exposed and you wouldn't have to over pay for him to just DH.

Mitch Moreland throws left. When did you start watching baseball?

What other options do they have for a 5th starter (or a 4th and 5th if they don't sign Cliff Lee and I say 4th and 5th for quantity, not quality)? Are there other ace-types available if Lee isn't back? I noticed yesterday that Chris Young is free. He's no replacement for Lee, but he's not terrible. Are any of the prospects like Kirkman or Sheppers possible starters?

So are you getting rid of Holland or Hunter?

I heard a rumor on overnight radio that the Yanks were going to offer Lee 5/125. If that's the case we don't need to wonder if he's going to be here or not. The idea of paying a 38 year old 25 mil might be okay with the Yankees, but that's too risky for the Rangers to chance.

I heard a rumor on overnight radio that the Yanks were going to offer Lee 5/125. If that's the case we don't need to wonder if he's going to be here or not. The idea of paying a 38 year old 25 mil might be okay with the Yankees, but that's too risky for the Rangers to chance.

Jesus Christ dude, stop posting. He's only 31.

I heard the Musers a couple of days ago say they thought he was going to be 33 around the start of the season. Screw me then.

By the way, let's not be so quick to say CJ and Colby will repeat their seasons. Feldman had a good 2009. Fuck it, blow this thing up and rebuild.

If you let him walk, you can probably say good-bye to these fun Octobers. They may be in the playoffs again next year, but I can't see them advancing without Lee. And apparently LAA is going to load up again this offseason, so who even knows about winning the AL west. The core of this team is built to win now. If Lee gets a 5 yr/125 mil offer from NYY, I give him 6/150 and worry about the consequences later.

:gammy: "When they sign Lee, why don't we just sign Sabathia?"

:gammy: "When they sign Lee, why don't we just sign Sabathia?"

Most people don't like Morgan because he refuses to acknowledge sabermetrics and other new stats the geeks like to use. He's stuck on Avg, OBP, RBIs, ERA, and W-L. I didn't like him because he wouldn't admit any team might've been better than his Big Red Machine back in the 70s. I always liked Jon Miller except for his awful dress shirts.

I always liked Miller and Morgan.

and to answer gam - I always liked Lewin too. I don't need a 100% baseball guy to tell me about every little detail. Because I already understand it anyway. Make me laugh. Talk about hummus. I think Grieve sucks, but I realize that's a terrible thing to say around these parts.