retrevrman said:
Your welcome and Roger that brother Ken...right back at ya if you are ever up Colorado way....so as a long time suffering Rangers fan do you think we will ever get back even close to what we had in the mid to late 90s??
Greg
I had the great fortune of being around for one of those good seasons....99'.
What some don't realize, it's the guys at the top that make the important moves in order for a club to be successful.
yea, what so happened to Adam Eaton, the guy they swapped with Chris Young?? What was their reasoning for trading him? What about the Travis Hafner move? Fransico Cordero leads the league in saves :shock:
Back then, Doug Melvin was making the moves. You see what he's doing now with a small market club in Milwaukee. :wink:
I don't know what the kid in place now will do, but trading Chris Young was the dumbest move ever. You could see that guy was gonna give you a solid 200 innings every year with his body type and mechanics.
Bottom line, pitching is the key. Kevin Milwood is a good #3 starter but he's considered the ace on this staff. Now if you have 5 Kevin Milwoods like the Rangers did in the late 90's........Helling, Sele, Clark, Burkett, Loiza, Morgan, ect...........then you can still compete.
Until that happens and you stop relying on AAA pitchers to win in the big leagues, the best you can hope for is a .500 season.