Friday, July 28, 2006 |
Brewers Ship Carlos Lee To Rangers
My initial impression is that this isn't a bad trade for the Rangers; one of the consistent and underreported problems that team has had has been its vacancies in the outfield, despite a very good mashing infield. The Rangers not only give up two of the players who got them into those straits, but they pick up an outfield prospect, a position in which the Texas system is thin.
The initial reaction at Lone Star Ball is positive. While this is a positive in the near term for the Rangers, it does nothing to shore up their mediocre-at-best pitching, currently the 10th by staff ERA in the league (4.60). It's also unlikely that the Rangers would have had time to hold extension talks with Lee prior to the deal, so the trade has that going against it. I don't see this changing the race in the AL West; the Angels have a good shot as anybody at this point, I suppose, but they're going to have to do something about third base first.
: 7/28/2006 10:45:00 AM
In any event, I am not that impressed with the degree of upgrade Lee represents. I think the trade confirms it's a seller's market. And I continue to hope Bill Stoneman has decided this would be a great weekend for a vacation somewhere with no phone service.
: 7/28/2006 04:23:00 PMNewer› ‹Older
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