Texas Rangers: The Show: 2011 RECAP

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2011 RECAP

2011

AL EAST
RAYS           89-73 ---
RED SOX     82-80 7
ORIOLES     71-91 18
BLUE JAYS 67-95 22
YANKEES   63-99   26

AL CENTRAL
INDIANS      88-74   ---
WHITE SOX 85-77 3
TWINS          84-78   4
ROYALS       82-80   6
TIGERS         81-81    7

AL WEST
ANGELS       97-65 ---
MARINERS   88-74 9
ATHLETICS   79-83 18
RANGERS      68-94 29

WILDCARD
MARINERS     88-74 ---
WHITE SOX    85-77   3

NL EAST
METS               96-66 ---
PHILLIES         84-78   12
BRAVES           84-78   12
NATIONALS   78-84    18
MARLINS         75-87   21

NL CENTRAL
ASTROS           96-66 ---
REDS                94-68   2
CARDS             87-75   9
CUBS                86-76   10
BREWERS        78-84   18
PIRATES          60-102 36

NL WEST
GIANTS            92-70 ---
ROCKIES         88-74 4
DODGERS        82-80  10
PADRES           69-93  23
DBACKS          57-105 35

WILDCARD
REDS                94-68 ---
ROCKIES         88-74 6

LEAGUE LEADERS

AL

AVG
GARCIAPARRA TB   .332
C GLASS TOR             .323
MALLETTE BOS         .322
OLIVO BOS                 .321
BERKMAN LAA         .321

HITS
ROCHA OAK                203
CRAWFORD CLE         202
MALLETTE BOS           196
M YOUNG MIN            195
F TATIS TB                    190

AB
YOUNG MIN                670
V MONTANO CLE       668
CRAWFORD CLE        662
A SORIANO CLE         655
M CABRERA LAA       650

2B
CRAWFORD CLE          53
CABRERA LAA             48
M BYRD OAK               47
M KEMP MIN                46

3B
CRAWFORD CLE            14
R SWEENEY DET            13
G JONES TOR                  11

HR
LONGORIA TB                47
D ORTIZ CLE                   47
T SNIDER BOS                 41
M RAMIREZ KC              40
AROD DET                        39

RBI
LONGORIA TB               132
ORTIZ CLE                      122
SNIDER BOS                   120
GLAUS DET                     116
CRAWFORD CLE           115

RUNS
CRAWFORD CLE            113
ROCHA OAK                   113
D SPAN KC                      112
MALLETTE BOS              109
AROD DET                       108

SB
PIERRE CWS                    60
MONTANO CLE             59
CRAWFORD CLE            43
J REYES CWS                  42
MALLETTE                       35

WALKS
BURRELL OAK              102
GLAUS DET                      99
FIELDER NYY                  87
C JONES KC                    86

SLUG. PCT.
RAMIREZ KC                 .612
ORTIZ CLE                     .611
LONGORIA TB              .609

OPS
ORTIZ CLE                     1.013
RAMIREZ KC                 1.004
BERKMAN LAA            1.002

PITCHING

WINS
ZAMBRANO OAK             17
MECHE TB                          16
TEAGARDEN TB                16
LILLY CWS                         15
SHEETS SEA                       15

SAVES
H BELL SEA                        57
C BRESLOW OAK             43
A BAILEY LAA                   43
NATHAN TB                       41
STREET DET                       39

ERA
LILLY CWS                       2.79
C YOUNG LAA                 2.97
BLACKBURN BAL           3.16
G SMITH LAA                   3.32
E JACKSON CLE             3.34

SO
CHAMBERLAIN TB          206
KERSHAW NYY                206
B NORRIS KC                   201
LILLY CWS                        201
JACKSON CLE                  201

NATIONAL LEAGUE

HITTING

AVERAGE
M ORDONEZ HOU           .350
YOUKILIS ATL                 .338
FIGGINS NYM                  .333
N BATSON MIL                .328
J HAMIILTON SF              .328
PUJOLS HOU                    .328

HITS
PUJOLS HOU                      209
ORDONEZ HOU                 203
HOLLIDAY NYM                199

AT-BATS
E BURRISS PIT                  688
KENDRICK PHIL              682
ELLSBURY SD                  669

2B
MILLEDGE WAS                  55
COGHLAN CIN                   46
VICTORINO STL                  44
HOLLIDAY NYM                 43
ELLSBURY SD                      43

3B
FIGGINS NYM                     10
ELLSBURY SD                     10

HR
PUJOLS HOU                       55
R HOWARD COL                 43
J WERTH SFS                       40

RBI
PUJOLS HOU                      152
HOWARD COL                   130
CANTU LAD                       118
HOLLIDAY NYM               114

RUNS
PUJOLS HOU                      136
ORDONEZ HOU                  115
WERTH SF                          113
TEIXEIRA SF                       110

SB
ELLSBURY SD                      71
FIGGINS NYM                      66
TAVERAS CHI                      64
BJ UPTON FLA                     58
S McDERMOTT CIN             42

WALKS
PUJOLS HOU                         108
BELTRAN LAD                       100
REIMOLD COL                       98
TEIXEIRA SF                           95

SLUG. PCT.
PUJOLS HOU                        .646
HAMILTON SF                      .620
N CRUZ COL                        .616

OPS
PUJOLS HOU                        1.068
YOUKILIS ATL                     1.035
HAMILON SF                       1.034
CRUZ COL                             1.019

PITCHING

WINS
BUEHRLE CIN                        22
LINCECUM NYM                    18
BAEZ ATL                                 17

SAVES
WAGNER PHIL                        49
FROD NYM                              48
VALVERDE CIN                       48
JENKS HOU                              48

ERA
JIMENEZ NYM                         2.45
H BAILEY NYM                       2.77
BUEHRLE CIN                          2.91
HAREN FLA                              3.00
CARPENTER PIT                      3.04

SO
LINCECUM NYM                     226
HAREN FLA                              225
J VAZQUEZ COL                      222
AJ BURNETT STL                     215
PEAVY WAS                             212

AWARDS

AL

MVP
LONGORIA TB                  .311 47 132

CY YOUNG
SHEETS SEA                      15-3 3.59 158

SILVER SLUGGER
GARCIAPARRA TB           .332 14 66

R.O.Y.
A VALENCIA BOS            12-7 4.50 125

NL

MVP
PUJOLS HOU                      .328 55 152

CY YOUNG
BUEHRLE CIN                       22-4 2.91 143

SILVER SLUGGER
ORDONEZ HOU                   .350 26 85

R.O.Y.
A GEIGER FLA                     .292 28 88

MATCHUPS

AL

LAA
CLE

TB
SEA

NL

NYM
CIN

HOU
SF

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DARKNESS FALLS

FOR BOTH THE TEXAS RANGERS AND MY PLAYSTATION3.

GOING TO FAST-FORWARD MODE EARLY, THE RANGERS FINISHED 2011 WITH A DISMAL RECORD. JUST AS I TYPED IN THE LEAGUE AND TEAM STATS, AND WAS READY TO START THE PLAYOFFS, MY PS3 WENT DEAD.

AGAIN.

A CALL TO SONY'S HELPLINE PROVED FRUITLESS.

AGAIN.

THESE SO-CALLED "TECHNICIANS" AREN'T TRAINED TO HELP YOU - THEY'RE TRAINED TO SELL YOU ON SENDING IN YOUR UNIT - OR GETTING HELP ONLINE - ALL FOR THE BARGAIN PRICE OF $180.

BULLSHIT, AGAIN.

AS PLAYSTATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING CONSTRUCTED, THESE "NECESSARY REPAIRS" ARE SIMPLY A WAY FOR SONY TO KEEP A REVENUE STREAM FLOWING.

DON'T BUY IT. THESE BEHEMOTHS ARE TURNING TO PIECES OF SHIT - AND SONY KNOWS IT.

DON'T FALL FOR IT.

2011 TRANSACTIONS

5-12
PLACED SP WADE DAVIS ON OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT WAIVERS
ACQUIRED CP LEO NUNEZ , CP JAMAAL CHRISTIAN AND RP DANIEL BARD FROM THE PADRES FOR OF JUSTIN HUBER, SS DAN BEASHORE AND C DESAHWN WAECHTER
RECALLED C STANFORD ZIMMER

5-5

ACTIVATED OF JORDAN SHAFER FROM DL AND OPTIONED SS ODIS McMAHON TO AA

5-4

ACQUIRED RP PETER MOYLAN, RP JASON BULGER AND 1B LUKE BALDWIN FROM THE PADRES FOR CP FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ, 1B KENDRY MORALES AMD RP RANDOLPH GINDL

4-27

PLACED RP FRANKLIN MORALE ON OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT WAIVERS

RECALLED P FELIPE PAULINO FROM AA

OPTIONED P DELMON BHADELIA TO AAA

RECALLED P WADE DAVIS FROM AAA

OPTIONED CF NEVILLE LUCROY TO AA

PLACED 2B ALBERYO CALLASPO ON OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT WAIVERS

RECALLED CF BRYON NANCE FROM AA

RECALLED SS TOSHIHISA UCHIDA FROM AA

4-22

SENT CP MARCEL McARTHUR TO AAA

RECALLED CF NEVILLE LUCROY FROM AAA AFTER SIGNING HIM AS A FREE AGENT TO A 3-YR/90K CONTRACT

PLACED 2B EDDY CRAMM, SS TOSHIHSA OCHIDA AND SS IAN DIAMOND ON OUTRIGHT ASSIGNMENT WAIVERS

SIGNED CF ROLF DECKER TO A 3-YR/90K DEAL AND LF JUSTIN HUBER TO A 5-YR/160K CONTRACT.

4-21

ACQUIRED SS HANLEY RAMIREZ, 1B KENDRY MORALES AND RP MIKE MacDOUGAL FROM THE REDS FOR 1B ADAM DUNN, SP MAT LATOS AND SS ALEXEI RAMIREZ

4-20

RELEASED 2B ROBBIE DEPRIEST

4-19

SENT SS SANRO BERROA OUTRIGHT TO AAA

PLACED C YAMIL ZEPEDA (AAA) ON 15-DAY DL WITH TORN GROIN

RECALLED CF JAMESON KORECKY FROM AA

OPTIONED OF CRUZ IRIATE TO AA

4-15

CAIMED RP ELIEZER TEJERA OFF WAIVERS FROM THE DODGERS

SENT P's WEON JU AND WADE DAVIS OUTRIGHT TO AA

4-13

OPTIONED MAT LATOS TO AA

PLACED SP WADE DAVIS AND RP WEON JU ON OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT WAIVERS

4-12

ACQUIRED SP YOVANI GALLARDO FROM THE DODGERS FOR SP MADISON BUMGARNER, CP WANDY RINCON AND C KING SNYDER

ACQUIRED RP H. KUO, RP FRANKLIN MORALES AND SP WADE DAVIS FROM THE REDS FOR RF CAYDEN WOOTEN, LF CARLOS GONAZALEZ AND SS TYLER GREENE.

4-10

ACQUIRED SS ALEXEI RAMIREZ. 1B ADAM DUNN AND SP WANDY RODRIGUEZ FROM THE GIANTS FOR 1B MARK TEIXEIRA, SP BARRY ZITO AND 2B RICHIE WEEKS

4-9

RECALLED OF CRUZ URIATE FROM AA AND OPTIONED OF BRYON NANCE TO AA

RECALLED CP COLTON METZGER FROM AA

4-8

ACQUIRED 2B RICHIE WEEKS AND CF COLY RASMUS FROM MILWAUKEE FOR FOR SP RANDY WOLF, 2B AARON HILL AND RF DARIN LOWELL

4-7

ACQUIRED SP MATT CAIN AND RF NICK MARKAKIS FROM THE REDS FOR SP LEIGH WEIR AND LF CHRIS COGHLAN.

RECALLED RP WEON JU FROM AAA

PLACED RP IRA SOLERI ON OUTRIGHT ASSIGNMENT WAIVERS

4-6

SENT OF CARLOS GONZALEZ OUTRIGHT TO AAA

4-4

PLACED CF JORDAN SHAFER ON THE 15-DAY DL WITH TORN FINGER LIGAMENT.

APRILABOMINATION

SIX STRAIGHT LOSSES TO END APRIL PRETTY MUCHED SUMMED UP THINGS HERE IN ARLINGTON.
THE RANGERS STUMBLED TO AN 8-17 APRIL TO OPEN THEIR 2011 CLELEBRITY TRADE DOWN TOUR.
OFFENSIVE STARS INLUDED COLBY RASMUS, ACQUIRED IN AN EARY-SEASON DEAL. RASMUS, STARTING EVERY DAY IN CF SINCE JORDAN SHAFER TORE FINGER LIGAMENTS ON THE RANGERS' OPENING DAY, DROVE IN 111 RUNS IN 2010 FOR MILWAUKEE.
RASMUS IS KNOCKING AT A .337 MARK, WITH 29 HITS IN 22 GAMES, INCLUDING 15 EXTRA-BASE HITS AND 13 RIBBIES.
RASMUS WAS SLUGGING .674, THIRD IN THE AL BEHIND DERREK LEE AND DAVID ORTIZ WITH AN ON-BASE-PLUS SLUGGING PERCENTAGE OF 1.062
HE WAS SEVENTH ON THE STRIKEOUT-PRONE OFFENSE WITH 17 WHIFFS.
TEAM HAD HORRIBLE WALK-TO-K RATIO AT-BAT, DRAWING JUST 17 WALKS WHILE WHIFFING AWHOPPING 242 TIMES. TEAM STOLE 19 BASES, WAS CAUGHT 16 TIMES.
SECOND-YEAR DH DERREK WILEY HAD RIPPED A LEAGUE-LEADING 15 DOUBLES. NICK SWISHER. A YEAR AFTER BELTING 44 HOMERS, HAD SIX WITH 15 RBI's.
NICK MARKAKIS HAD A STRONG START, COMING TO THE CLUB IN THE MIDDLE OF A TEAR, WITH HIS OVERALL NUMBERS NOW AT .267, 7, 20. 3B NEVILLE CRUISE WAS SOLID AT .292, BUT HAD HOMERED JUST ONCE AND TOTALED OUT AT 3 RBI's. KENDRY MORALES HAD PICKED UP MOST OF HIS RBI'S BEFORE A TRADE AND HIS AVERAGE HAD FALLEN TO .230, WITH FOUR HR's AND 17 DRIVEN IN.

SWISHER 277, 6, 15
WILEY .322, 4, 11

PITCHERS.
TOO BLOODY TO DISCUSS.
W DAVIS 0-0 18.00
FMORALES 1-3 9.28
GALLARDO 2-0 7.71
MacDOUGAL 0-0 7.50
HERNANDEZ 0-3 6.91
GINDLE 0-0 5.59
JOHNSON 3-2 4.50
CAIN 2-2 4.20
KUO 0-2 3.24
FROD 0-0 3.18
CAIN 2-2 4.20
METZGER 0-1 3.00
WROD 2 -3 2.70

SCORES
KC (7-5, 0-10, 6-5, 4-11)
LAA (2-11, 3-10, 5-2)
BOS (2-4, 4-1, 4-6)
TB (5-1 6-7, 8-6)
CLE (6-4, 1-5, 1-7, 2-3)
BOS (2-0, 10-17, 1-2)
CWS (1-5, 1-6, 8-14)
CLE (0-11, 5-6)

TOUGH STUFF

FOR THE SECOND EXHIBITION SEASON IN A ROW, TEXAS STARTED OUT SLOW, LOSING ITS FIRST SIX GAMES.

THE RANGERS LOST THREE STRAIGHT TO DEFENDING AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPS KANSAS CITY BY SCORES OF 10-2, 5-2 AND 9-3.

LOSSES TO A MUCH-IMPROVED CLEVELAND SQUAD (8-3), THE ANGELS (3-2) AND SEATTLE (5-1) FOLLOWED.

THE ROTATION WENT AS FOLLOWS: FELX HERNANDEZ, BARRY ZITO, JOSH JOHNSON, MAT LATOS AND RANDY WOLF, WITH WOLF THE OPENING DAY STARTER IN 2010, TURNING IN THE ONLY DECENT PERFORMANCE BY A STARTER.

BIG HOME RUNS EARLY STALLED MOST OF THE STARTS.

HERNANDEZ WAS CLOCKED AT 98 MPH, JOHNSON 97 AND LATOS 96.

SEASON TWO-2010 TRADES

7-22
ACQUIRED 1B MARK TEIXEIRA, SP BARRY ZITO AND LF CHRIS COGHLAN FROM BALTIMORE FOR LF RYAN BRAUN, 1B JUSTIN MORNEAU AND SP COLE HAMELS.

7-21
ACQUIRED SS ODIS McMAHON AND CP FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ FROM FLORIDA FOR SP M. OGAWA, SP NESTOR EPPERSON AND SP CHARLIE MORTON.

7-15
ACQUIRED CF JORDAN SHAFER FROM ST. LOUIS FOR CF MICHAEL BOURN, LF DELWYN YOUNG AND RP DAN RUNZLER

ACQUIRED C DESHAWN WAECHTER FROM SSAN FRANCISCO FOR C TYLER CROOK, RP CRAIG HANSEN AND LF CHA SEUNG LEE.

6-24

ACQUIRED CF DARIN LOWELL FROM THE GIANTS FOR SP DANIEL HUDSON, RP CLA MEREDITH AND OF BRETT GARDNER.

6-23

ACQUIRED C KOYIE HILL AND 3B CHRIS JOHNSON FROM SAN DIEGO FOR RP RANDY CHOATE, CF BRIAN BARTON AND RF GABE GROSS.

6-11

ACQUIRED CF MICHAEL BOURN FROM SAN DIEGO FOR RF AUSTIN KEARNS, C SHINICHI IGUCHI AND CP RYAN FRANKLIN.

5-21

ACQUIRED SP COLE HAMELS, C JASON JARAMILLO AND 2B IAN KINSLER FROM ATLANTA FOR SS YUNEL ESCOBAR, C YORVIT TORREALBA AND 3B ANDY MARTE.

5-13

ACQUIRED SP JOHN JOHNSON FROM TORONTO FOR 2B ROBINSON CANO, 3B DAVID FREESE AND RF JAY BRUCE.

5-12

ACQUIRED SP FELIX HERNANDEZ AND C JUDSON BANKS FROM SAN DIEGO FOR RF ICHIRO SUZUKI, RP TIM WAKEFIELD AND 3B CASEY McGHEE.

ACQUIRED C YORVIT TORREALBA FROM WASHINGTON FOR C NELSON MYLES.

ROUGH START

TEXAS BEGAN ITS 2010-SEASON TWO PRESEASON CAMPAIGN WITH FIVE STRAIGHT LOSSES FROM MAY 4 TO 8.

THE RANGERS OPENED THEIR SEASON BY DROPPING THREE STRAIGHT TO KANSAS CITY, 4-3, 6-2 AND 6-2, STRIKING OUT 26 TIMES AMD COLLECTING JUST 28 HITS.

THOSE LOSSES WERE FOLLOWED BY DEFEATS TO CLEVELAND (5-4) AND THE ANGELS (14-5).

RUMOR HAS THE TEAM TRYING TO PACKAGE THREE PLAYERS TO THE REDS TO ACQUIRE HANLEY RAMIREZ, A STANDOUT IN SEASON ONE.

ICHIRO AND SKIP SCHUMAKER ARE LIKELY LEADOFF CANDIDATES, BUT EITHER ONE IS COMFORTABLE LOWER IN THE ORDER.

NEVILLE CRUISE, THE 18-YEAR-OLD PHENOM, IS WORKING ON MAKING THIRD BASE HIS FOR THE SEASON. FELLOW YOUNGSTER LORENZO ORTIZ, WHO POSTED BIG NUMBERS IN PITTSBURGH FOR SEASON ONE, BACKS UP CRUISE AND COULD PRESSURE ROBINSON CANO FOR PLAYING TIME AT SECOND.

FIRST BASE REMAINS JUSTIN MORNEAU'S, BUT DERREK WILEY SHOULD SEE TIME THERE AND AT DESIGNATED HITTER.

RYAN BRAUN (LEFT FIELD), JAY BRUCE (CENTER FIELD) AND ICHIRO (RIGHT FIELD) SEEM LIKE LOCKS, WHILE A LARGE MIX OF CANDIDATES TO BACK THEM UP ARE IN CAMP.

YUNEL ESCOBAR STARTS AT SHORTSTOP, BACKED UP BY IAN DIAMOND.

ALL PHASES OF THE PITCHING STAFF ARE HUGE QUESTION MARKS.

TRANSACTIONS 2010-SEASON ONE

8/8-PLACED P EDDIE GUARDADO ON REVOCABLE TRADE WAIVERS

7/30-AQUIRED P EDDIE GUARDADO AND P SCOTT LINEBRINK FROM THE NATIONALS FOR P CLA MEREDITH, OF BRANDON BOGGS AND P BOBBY PARNELL

7-22- ACQUIRED P MAICER MARINO FROM THE NATIONALS FOR OF ANDRES TORRES

7-22-ACQUIRED P JASON BULGER FROM THE REDS FOR SS TYLER GREENE

7/17-RELEASED 1B JO-JO HALAMA

7/16-ACQUIRED 3B NEVILLE CRUISE AND 1B DERREK WILEY FROM THE PADRES FOR P RANDY CHOATE, P MADISON BUMGARNER AND 1B JOEY VOTTO

7/15-ACQUIRED P LEIGH WEIR FROM THE GIANTS FOR P ARTHUR RHODES, P SERGIO ROMO AND P JOBA CHAMBERLAIN

7/3-ACQUIRED SS IAN DESMOND FROM THE BLUE JAYS FOR 3B WILKISON BETAMIT AND P JOBA CHAMBERLAIN

ACQUIRED SS HANLEY RAMIREZ FROM THE PADRES FOR OFs MATT HOLLIDAY AND CHRIS YOUNG AND SS ALCIDES ESCOBAR

ACQUIRED P JOSH JOHNSON FROM THE RED SOX FOR OF-3B JOSE BAUTISTA, 2B-3B DAVID FREESE AND 3B BRANDON WOOD

ACQUIRED P THEODORE STARK FROM THE ASTROS FOR P KYLE FARNSWORTH, LEO NUNEZ, 3B BRIAN BUSCHER AND P GIO GONZALEZ (MUST HAVE BEEN OTHER PLAYERS INVOLVED)

ACQUIRED P JOAQUIN BENOIT FROM THE FROM THE DODGERS FOR 1B BILLY BUTLER, SS BILL HALL AND 1B STEVEN PEARCE
(MAY HAVE BEEN OTHER PLAYERS INVOLVED)

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