The Rangers Are In First Place!

[UNT90]

Lee to rangers. Huge

if it happens.

Ticket reporting rangers traded smoak, holland and others for lee

Edited July 9, 2010 by UNT90

[Green Lantern]

3:57pm: The Rangers will acquire Lee and Mark Lowe for Justin Smoak and three others, according to Sherman (via Twitter). 

Via MLB Trade Rumors

Score!

[MEANGREENMAN!]

My opinion of this trade depends on the three prospects. The M's coughed up $2.5 mil so the quality of prospects should rise. I'm ok with any prospect going not named Perez.

[UNT90]

Holland reportedly is one of those traded

[MEANGREENMAN!]

It looks like RHP Blake Beavan, RHP Josh Lueke, and 2B Matt Lawson are the three prospects going to Seattle.

Via lone star dugout twitter.

If this is true I am ecstatic.

[Mean Green 93-98]

This is exciting. I think Lee is a stud. I know he is here for this season in particular but I am just hoping that we are able to sign him long term.

That, to me, is the key. I'm thrilled to have him for half a season; but if the Rangers don't sign him long term, they are in worse shape next year than at the beginning of this season.

[UNT90]

Now they are backing off holland

[Green Lantern]

It looks like RHP Blake Beavan, RHP Josh Lueke, and 2B Matt Lawson are the three prospects going to Seattle.

Via lone star dugout twitter.

If this is true I am ecstatic.

Me too. If this is how it actually plays out, major kudos to JD for pulling it off.

[MEANGREENMAN!]

If Lee doesn't sign the Rangers get two supplemental first round picks.

[MEANGREENMAN!]

Lawson, Lueke, and Beavan are confirmed by Ken Rosenthal. Rangers are stoked and so am I. I love this trade so much.

[Mean Green 93-98]

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270335/23100006?tag=comBlogEntryListCnt;entry23100006

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5367615

Lee could start for the Rangers as early as Saturday against the Orioles.

http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100709&content_id=12103300&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex

Edited July 9, 2010 by Mean Green 93-98

[Green Lantern]

Lawson, Lueke, and Beavan are confirmed by Ken Rosenthal. Rangers are stoked and so am I. I love this trade so much.

Indeed. I'd marry this trade.

[Quoner]

Indeed. I'd marry this trade.

Hope you like sloppy seconds, because the trade and I just consummated.

[UNT90]

Lawson, Lueke, and Beavan are confirmed by Ken Rosenthal. Rangers are stoked and so am I. I love this trade so much.

I completely agree. This is a trade where I actually don't mind renting Lee, if that is what it comes to (which it probably will, because the F'n Yanks will offer him a gazillionbillion dollars at the end of the year).

Just think of the pitchin' this gives the little Rangers. Although still behind the F'n Yanks, they have Lee, Colby, and CJ/Hunter as the top three pitchers, with Feldman (how great would this be if he were the same pitcher as last year), Holland, Harrison, McCarthy (is he healthy?), and Scheppers on the way.

Great, great day in the history of this franchise. They get a bonafide #1 starter and give up 0 players ready to play at the major league level.

EDIT: Don't count Harden out of this mix. He is a second half pitcher (lets all hope).

Edited July 9, 2010 by UNT90

[UNT90]

Hope you like sloppy seconds, because the trade and I just consummated.

Funny, I just had a three way with JD and Nolan Ryan.

How they were able to do this with the ownership situation is stunning. JD should win exec of the year.

[Quoner]

Funny, I just had a three way with JD and Nolan Ryan.

How they were able to do this with the ownership situation is stunning. JD should win exec of the year.

Underrated part of this trade: Lowe replaces Frankie when he leaves next season.

[UNT90]

Underrated part of this trade: Lowe replaces Frankie when he leaves next season.

Plus, it gives them the option to slip Holland into Frankie's role when he returns (if they want to).

It just gives them so many pitching options.

[MEANGREENMAN!]

For being the first to post the story on GMG I believe I have the right to invoke trade prima nocta.

[TheTastyGreek]

Carlos Lee didn't help us win a damn thing when we traded for him last time, and he's not going to do anything to improve the Rangers' situation this time, either.

Wake me up when we git sum pitchin'.

[NT03]

Hope you like sloppy seconds, because the trade and I just consummated.

I'm here for the gangbang...

[UNT90]

Gut punch

Relations with a beautiful woman

Gut punch

2 very regrettable losses. Remember these if this thing comes down to a tight race with the Angels

[Monkeypox]

If Lee doesn't sign the Rangers get two supplemental first round picks.

Depends on the team he signs with and other factors. If it's the Yankees, you end up with like #30 and a sandwich pick. I doubt he re-signs here.

I'm okay with this trade but not ecstatic, bc it doesn't do anything long-term and I have doubts about the Rangers this year. It's a half-season rental, and our two starters behind him are a guy who pitched last year in Japan and a guy who pitched last year in the bullpen. You downgraded at 1B long-twerm (as Smoak was a true blue-chipper), with little contingency plan, and traded Beavan, an underrated prospect who just got through dominating AA at 21. Love that JD got Lowe in on it.

Overall, I like it okay for right now. But I was happy with the Rangers season already. It actually makes me sick that JUST NOW some people are getting pumped about a 1st place team that's been playing dynamite most of the year.

[UNT90]

Actually, they have only been playing "dynomite" for a little over a month. Take out the 11 game win streak and they are 3 games over .500

I still have a lot of offensive questions about this team, but I'm glad they took a chance on the Lee trade.

I'll be more pumped when the old school crackhead is gone

Edited July 11, 2010 by UNT90

[Monkeypox]

Actually, they have only been playing "dinomite" for a little over a month. Take out the 11 game win streak and they are 3 games over .500

I still have a lot of offensive questions about this team, but I'm glad they took a chance on the Lee trade.

I'll be more pumped when the old school crackhead is gone

See, I have plenty of questions about the team. That's why I'm not super high on the rental of Lee. And yes, much of their record is propped up on that win streak vs. terrible teams.

I just think they went all-in a year early.

[UNT90]

If you consider giving up Smoak as all-in, then I guess your right. This is hardly all-on. All-in would have been giving up holland or scheppers.

If someone had told you that a team was gonna be no hit through 6 tnite and the opposing pitcher would give up 3 jacks, who woulda rhunk it would be this way.

Terrible series continues against 1 of worst teams in the league starting one of their worst starting pitchers, yet he finds a way to throw a no hitter through 6 1/3