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3 years ago the Rangers were the best team in baseball and were "set" for years.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:46 pm
3 years ago the Rangers were the best team in the majors and because they also had the top rated farm system everyone thought they were set for years and would be like the Braves of the 90s and win division title after division title.
What happened?
Pretty much every good pitcher got hurt and had major season surgery of some sort. Darvish, Lewis, Holland, Harrison, Perez, Scheppers, Feliz all were solid pitchers and All Stars that have missed entire seasons.
The good bullpen pieces like Adams, Uehera, Ogando, and Nathan are on other teams and new arms haven't been able to step up
Josh Hamilton peaked in May 2012 and hasn't been the same since
The Rangers traded Ian Kinsler to make room for "surefire prospect" Jurickson Profar who has yet to play a single game since Kinsler was traded
Consistent role players like David Murphy and Craig Gentry joined other teams
The catcher position has been an offensive wasteland since Mike Napoli signed with Boston
Elvis Andrus hasn't lived up to his contract
Michael Young retired
Nelson Cruz got suspended 50 games then joined another team
Goes to show that no matter what, even if you think a team is "set", bad luck can destroy the team quickly. Anyone see this happening to teams who currently are considered set for the future like the Cubs?
What happened?
Pretty much every good pitcher got hurt and had major season surgery of some sort. Darvish, Lewis, Holland, Harrison, Perez, Scheppers, Feliz all were solid pitchers and All Stars that have missed entire seasons.
The good bullpen pieces like Adams, Uehera, Ogando, and Nathan are on other teams and new arms haven't been able to step up
Josh Hamilton peaked in May 2012 and hasn't been the same since
The Rangers traded Ian Kinsler to make room for "surefire prospect" Jurickson Profar who has yet to play a single game since Kinsler was traded
Consistent role players like David Murphy and Craig Gentry joined other teams
The catcher position has been an offensive wasteland since Mike Napoli signed with Boston
Elvis Andrus hasn't lived up to his contract
Michael Young retired
Nelson Cruz got suspended 50 games then joined another team
Goes to show that no matter what, even if you think a team is "set", bad luck can destroy the team quickly. Anyone see this happening to teams who currently are considered set for the future like the Cubs?
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:50 pm to accnodefense
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What happened?
Nolan Ryan left.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:56 pm to accnodefense
I still can't believe they choked away that World Series against the Cards
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:58 pm to GetCocky11
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I still can't believe they choked away that World Series against the Cards
Cardinals took that shite.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:03 pm to kilo
Cole will be in Dallas shortly to save the fricking day 
Seriously though, I agree with everything the OP said. It's mind blowing to see how they look now as opposed to how they looked just a few years ago.
Seriously though, I agree with everything the OP said. It's mind blowing to see how they look now as opposed to how they looked just a few years ago.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:23 pm to accnodefense
Good post.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:28 pm to GetCocky11
I still feel like Nelson Cruz should've made that catch
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:34 pm to TejasHorn
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Nolan Ryan left.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:36 pm to accnodefense
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What happened?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:48 pm to accnodefense
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What happened?
That happened.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:57 pm to accnodefense
Ron Washington, hard to manage while your snorting coke
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:05 pm to accnodefense
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:52 pm to accnodefense
Makes me wonder if Jon Daniels has lost his touch or if it's just truly bad luck & in the words of Wash "that's just the way baseball go"...
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:00 pm to accnodefense
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top rated farm system
Means very little.
The Yankees were STACKED in young pitching talent around 2007.
Joba
Phil Hughes
Clippard
Kennedy
Ohlendorf
Karstens
Hughes is ok. Kennedy had a good year and has been meh since. Clippard has been solid. The rest are out of the league or middling relievers.
Even with as far as metrics have come, baseball is still insanely hit or miss.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 12:07 am to Stir of Echoes
Cardinals took a crazy game six, but smashed the Rangers in game seven.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 12:35 am to accnodefense
They had some bad breaks and made some bad moves.
Happens a lot.
Baseball's a tough biz.
Can't trust farm system rankings. There are extreme few "can't miss" prospects.
Happens a lot.
Baseball's a tough biz.
Can't trust farm system rankings. There are extreme few "can't miss" prospects.
This post was edited on 7/30/15 at 12:42 am
Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:00 am to forever lsu30
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Makes me wonder if Jon Daniels has lost his touch or if it's just truly bad luck & in the words of Wash "that's just the way baseball go"...
A few lucky deals (the Elvis and first Josh trades and the Beltre signing) do not a successful GM make.
None of his mid-season rent-an-arm deals worked out (the best one was Cliff Lee, only because who the Rangers gave up haven't panned out for Seattle either).
The Rangers have needed right-handed power hitting the last two years: JD let Cruz go and then passed on signing him again, and then made a deal for Josh the dope head (news flash JD: Hamilton bats left, we already had Prince, Mitch, Choo).
And now we traded five prospects including our top catching prospect (news flash JD: that's one of our WEAKEST positions, an embarrassment for an organization that gave us two multi-Gold Glove winners in Sunny and Pudge) for a pitcher who is 23-30 the last three years and gives up tons of home runs (that's going to work well at Globe Life Wind Tunnel).
Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:13 am to BCMCubs
I believe ANY other OF in MLB would have made that catch other than Cruz. You'd think you would "run through a wall" in order to win the freaking World Series. Still hard to watch that horrendous effort.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:13 am to Quidam65
Well yall like his drafts, so give him credit for that.
And he signed Yu.
The biggest mistake was Choo....where in the world did he decide to give a non-impact hitter that kind of deal?
Midseason rent-a-vet pitchers are always overpays, but even the Garza trade isn't exactly biting the Rangers in the arse. Maybe Edwards will haunt you, but he hasn't yet. You can't lament the loss of middle relievers.
On a side note, the Phillies are going to start improving faster than people think.
And he signed Yu.
The biggest mistake was Choo....where in the world did he decide to give a non-impact hitter that kind of deal?
Midseason rent-a-vet pitchers are always overpays, but even the Garza trade isn't exactly biting the Rangers in the arse. Maybe Edwards will haunt you, but he hasn't yet. You can't lament the loss of middle relievers.
On a side note, the Phillies are going to start improving faster than people think.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 9:08 am to accnodefense
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What happened?
The Cardinals stole their soul (s), that's what.
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