Thursday, July 21, 2005

Potential MLB Trades: Rangers


John Donovan from CNNSI gives his take on who he'd take on during trade talks if he was owner of the Rangers:

"Nobody needs pitching worse than the Rangers, who rank 12th in the AL in ERA (4.88). That puts a lot of pressure on an offense that already is among the league's best. Texas leads the AL in homers and has the best slugging percentage in the league.

Considering the Rangers have an All-Star infield that can bang (Mark Teixeira, Alfonso Soriano, Michael Young and Hank Blalock), a good designated hitter (David Dellucci, with 17 homers and a .919 OPS), a pair of very solid outfielders (Kevin Mench and Richard Hidalgo) and a hitter-friendly home park, it will be hard for them to get any better with the bats.

But another outfielder -- especially one who could play center (where Laynce Nix and Gary Matthews Jr. have split time) or spell right-fielder Hidalgo (who has 15 homers but is hitting only .215) -- would help. Tampa Bay's Aubrey Huff, Cincinnati's Dunn, maybe the Mets' Mike Cameron or Florida's Juan Encarnacion -- would make an already impressive lineup even scarier. Griffey would do the trick, too, though Texas clearly has learned its lesson about taking on big contracts."

I think he's barking up the wrong tree and I don't see anything like the above happening. Griffey??? Yikes.

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