Nolan Writin' » Brett Tomko http://nolanwritin.com A Texas Rangers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 20:31:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 22 Rangers in Minor League Free Agent Pool (Part 1) http://nolanwritin.com/2011/11/16/22-rangers-in-minor-league-free-agent-pool-part-1/ http://nolanwritin.com/2011/11/16/22-rangers-in-minor-league-free-agent-pool-part-1/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:54:33 +0000 Wally Fish http://nolanwritin.com/?p=2998 On November 2nd, over 500+ minor league players were granted free agency adding to the talent pool that already included many MiLB players who had already elected to travel the free agent path. While that was almost two weeks ago, coverage and analysis of the 22 Rangers that were a part of that group has [...]

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]]> On November 2nd, over 500+ minor league players were granted free agency adding to the talent pool that already included many MiLB players who had already elected to travel the free agent path. While that was almost two weeks ago, coverage and analysis of the 22 Rangers that were a part of that group has been noticeably absent here on Nolan Writin’. I’m here to correct that particular oversight though it’s going to take me 2 articles to get through them all in my own way.

2B/SS Nick Green (33)

 2011 Performance [AAA]: 516 PA, 0.235/.300/.382, 31 2B, 12 HR, 35 BB, 96 SO

Green has just over 1100 major league plate appearances on his resume with slash stats strikingly similar to what he did in AAA this past year. With the glove he’s right around average in the middle infield as well, but teams can find better options including one listed below with the initials O.Q.

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]]> http://nolanwritin.com/2011/11/16/22-rangers-in-minor-league-free-agent-pool-part-1/feed/ 0 Out With the New and In With the Old? http://nolanwritin.com/2011/05/05/out-with-the-new-and-in-with-the-old/ http://nolanwritin.com/2011/05/05/out-with-the-new-and-in-with-the-old/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 10:45:20 +0000 http://nolanwritin.com/?p=1891 To put it simply, I am perplexed by the Rangers recent roster moves. The Texas Rangers on Wednesday sent Right-Handed reliever Pedro Strop down to Triple-A Round Rock, while at the same time bringing up RHP Mark Lowe from the Express. Pedro Strop appeared in a game Tuesday night for the Rangers and did not [...]

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]]> To put it simply, I am perplexed by the Rangers recent roster moves. The Texas Rangers on Wednesday sent Right-Handed reliever Pedro Strop down to Triple-A Round Rock, while at the same time bringing up RHP Mark Lowe from the Express.

Pedro Strop appeared in a game Tuesday night for the Rangers and did not have a good outing. Strop allowed four hits and three runs in one inning of work. Strop was put in a clutch situation with a small lead and lost the game. Was this deserving of a trip down to the minors?

Below are Pedro Strop‘s total numbers from this season so far-

Tm ERA G IP H R ER BB SO WP WHIP
TEX 3.72 11 9.2 7 4 4 7 9 2 1.448
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com:

and here are the stats for Mark Lowe with the Rangers this season-

Tm ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO WP WHIP
TEX 13.50 4 2.2 7 4 4 0 1 1 0 3.000
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com

Judging the two players simply on the damage they have allowed, Lowe has done considerably worse than Strop. In 2.2 innings Lowe allowed 4 runs and 7 hits, the same amount of damage that Pedro has allowed in 9.2 innings, a seven inning difference with the same result. (more…)

]]> http://nolanwritin.com/2011/05/05/out-with-the-new-and-in-with-the-old/feed/ 1 Rangers Avoid Royals Rally, Complete the Sweep http://nolanwritin.com/2011/04/24/rangers-avoid-royals-rally-complete-the-sweep/ http://nolanwritin.com/2011/04/24/rangers-avoid-royals-rally-complete-the-sweep/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:43:13 +0000 http://nolanwritin.com/?p=1765 This Easter afternoon the Texas Rangers completed a three-game sweep against the Kansas City Royals. This was another offensive clinic by the Texas Rangers but they almost gave the game away in the ninth. Pitching: C.J. Wilson picked up his third win of the season in this one going seven innings. In an evening similar [...]

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]]> This Easter afternoon the Texas Rangers completed a three-game sweep against the Kansas City Royals. This was another offensive clinic by the Texas Rangers but they almost gave the game away in the ninth.

Royals' Shortstop Alcides Escobar (Photo: Janice Collander)

Pitching:

C.J. Wilson picked up his third win of the season in this one going seven innings. In an evening similar to Holland’s on Friday night, Wilson allowed some hits but was carried by the offense. Through seven he allowed eight hits and four earned runs. A standard complaint against CJ has been the amount of walks that he allows in a single game, today…only one walk and ten strikeouts. (more…)

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