The Rangers record this spring drops to an abysmal 1-4-1 after another loss, this one a 6-3 game to the Seattle Mariners.
For the third game in a row, we hit double digits in hits, but still came up on the short side of the offensive stick. The offensive leader for Texas was a guy by the name of Ray Olmedo. Not a household name, and I’d bet some money he won’t be with the big club terribly long. But this game, he went 3-4 with a run scored. Again, we had little power. Of the 13 hits, 12 of them were singles. There was just one double (Chris Davis).
Speaking of Davis, he’s raking this spring. As I write this, I still have recaps for about six games after this one, and taking that into account, he’s got some gaudy numbers overall.
Our offense was spread out, despite there being 13 hits. Only Olmedo & Mitch Moreland had more than a single hit.
Piching wise, CJ Wilson made another start. Not too bad. Three innings. Had more earned runs than hits (2 vs 1). Only walked one, so the Mariners were highly efficient there in scoring, since both their runners against Wilson scored.
Neftali Feliz gave up four hits and four runs in his two innings of work. That’s not good.
The rest of our pen was scoreless over four innings. The entire staff walked just two this game, continuing a good trend this spring.
ST5: Rangers tie A’s, 8-8
Ian Kinsler led the offense this game going 2-2 with a walk. He wasn’t the only one with two hits, though. Pedro Borbon & Nelson Cruz had two each. Overall, three doubles, a triple, and 10 singles – still no home runs, though. David Murphy had the most RBI’s with 3.
Rich Harden appeared to be pedestrian again, going 2.2 innings, and giving up four earned runs. But that was mostly his own fault as he broke the tradition this spring and walked three guys. I believe a record so far for Rangers pitching in 2010.
Darren Oliver had another scoreless inning, as did Clay Rapada & Willie Eyre.
Meh. A tie.
ST4: Rangers lose to Angels, 13-9
Brandon McCarthy started this game against the Angels, and immediately proceeded to let the first four Angel batters get on base. It’s spring, so it’s not such a big a deal, but you never really want to see that, as it led to an early 2-0 hole the Rangers never climbed out of. Those were the only two runs McCarthy gave up in his two innings of work, but almost everyone else gave up runs. In fact, the only Ranger pitcher (there were 7) who didn’t give up any runs was Geoff Geary. Zack Phillips was the worst, giving up five hits and four earned runs in a single inning (facing eight batters). However, it wasn’t all awful, as the general lack of walks stayed here, too. The Rangers gave up just two walks.
Offensively, the Rangers banged out 13 hits. Still no home runs to speak of. We have a few, but we’re down near the bottom of the league in that regard. Three doubles and a triple, and pile of singles accounted for the 9 runs we did score. It wasn’t enough, though, as the Rangers gave up 13.
Strangely enough most of the offense gave from the fifth inning on (Angels got 11 then, and the Rangers got 7). The only inning where nobody scored was the second.
First Round of Spring Cuts
- The following players are assigned to minor league camp: catcher Emerson Frostad, infielder Marcus Lemon and pitchers Omar Beltre, Omar Poveda, Zach Phillips, Kasey Kiker and Clay Rapada.
Jason Botts
As a followup of sorts to my long list of former Rangers I needed status updates on…
I noticed that the Chicago White Sox released Jason Botts today. He was in camp with them after spending some time in Japanese ball for a couple of years.
Former Ranger Player Whereabouts?
In going over my roster pages for the 2010 season, here are some former Rangers whose current whereabouts I can’t find accurate (or at least formal) info for. If you know any, please comment below. If you think they’ve retired, let me have a link, not just “I think they retired”. Danke.
- Jason Ellison – Last heard playing in the Phillies system in 2009.
- Franklyn German – Was in camp with the White Sox in Spring 2009, didn’t make it, sent down, released July 2009.
- Kaz Fukumori – Our great (failed) Japanese experiment. I believe he was finally released by the Rangers in June 2009. If I had to guess, he went back to Japan.
- Desi Relaford – Became a free agent on Nov 3, 2007. Presumed retired.
- Mike Wood – Signed by the Rangers on Aug 31, 2009. Is he still with us?
- Kenny Lofton – Rangers traded him to the Indians in July 2007. Haven’t heard from since, presumed retired.
- John Rheinecker – Granted Free Agency by the Rangers on Oct 1, 2008. Haven’t heard from since.
- Esteban Yan – Signed as a minor league free agent with the Marlins on Aug 12, 2009. No idea where he is now.
- Rudy Seanez – Last seen with the Angels in 2009, when they released him Jul 18th. Has he retired finally?
- Victor Santos – Signed a minor league deal with the Giants, was in camp with ’em in 2008, didn’t make the cut.
- Kenny Rogers – Filed for free agency from Tigers in Nov 2008. Presumed retired.
- Ramon Nivar – Signed as a minor league free agent by the Dodgers on Jun 27, 2009. Presumed a free agent.
- Craig Monroe – Released by the Pirates Jul 1, 2009. Presumed a free agent.
- Dan Miceli – Last seen playing for the Long Island Ducks in the 2009 season.
- Esteban Loaiza – DFA’ed by the Dodgers on May 24, 2008. Unknown since then.
- Ricky Ledee – Elected Free Agency on Nov 3, 2007. Presumed retired.
- Hideki Irabu – Retired on Apr 11, 2005, then showed up in 2009 with the Long Beach Armada (Independant Golden Baseball League). Their site says he’s still with ’em in 2010, but…..
- Ken Huckaby – Signed with the Royals as a minor league free agent on Jan 17, 2008, unknown since then.
- Aki Otsuka – Got hurt with the Rangers, and had surgery. I heard something a year or so ago about him not completely giving up a return. But nothing official. Classifying him as retired.
- Adam Eaton – Last seen being DFA’ed by the Rockies on Sep 10, 2009. Presumed a free agent.
- Terrmel Sledge – Last known being with the Nippon Ham Fighters in 2008.
- Rick Bauer – Last known being released by the LG Twins of the South Korean baseball league with an injury. His Wikipedia page says he’s in the Rockies organization, but I can’t find evidence of that.
- Carl Everett – Last known to be playing for the Newark Bears in the 2009 season. Unknown since then.
- Ryan Drese – Last known to be playing for the Camden Riversharks in the 2009 season. Unknown since then.
- Danny Ardoin – Released by Dodgers after 2009 season. Presumed a free agent.
- Nick Regilio – Last seen being released by the Tigers in May of 2009. Presumed a free agent.
- David Dellucci – Last seen being DFA’ed by the Blue Jays on Jul 23, 2009. Presumed a free agent.
- John Wasdin – Last seen playing for the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2009. Unknown current status.
- Erasmo Ramirez – Last seen being released by the White Sox in Apr 2009. Unknown current status.
- Jeff Zimmerman – He signed a minor league deal with the Mariners on Apr 7, 2009. Unknown current status, although it’s probably fair to assume he’s retired again.
UPDATE #1: Thanks to a friend of mine Dave who is a big Red Sox fan, he found a story showing that Kason Gabbard resigned with the Sox for 2010. It also found that Doug Mirabelli is formally retired now and works as a realtor for Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors in Traverse City, MI.
Hernan Iribarren claimed
- IF Hernan Iribarren claimed off waivers from Milwaukee Brewers [ Link ]
Reason for Lack of Updates
Just a quick note. I haven’t updated since last Monday, due to the fact that I’m out of town. I went home to visit my family in Philadelphia due to having a couple of really ill grandparents, and I wanted to see them.
Thing is I drove from Dallas to Philadelphia, and wanted to surprise them, so to make sure my cover wasn’t blown, I didn’t post here ahead of time why I was going to be away from the site for a week. :)
Edwar Ramirez Acquired
- P Edwar Ramirez acquired via trade from Yankees for cash [ Link ]
Sunday’s game rained out
Got home from church and found out that Sunday’s game was rained out. Was hoping they’d play, but I guess it’s more MLB 10: The Show instead. :)
Game won’t be made up – not officially in the standings, although there will be a B game tomorrow where today’s guys will get their work in.
Read somewhere that this is the first rainout since 2007 in the spring. I could have sworn that wasn’t the case, but I can’t recall offhand.
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