TEX to Trade/Release Botts

by BPinOK on Apr 30, 2008 10:47 AM EDT

Jason Botts has asked for his trade or release from the Texas Rangers. I have to admit, I have a small man crush on him. I think, given a fair shake to hit, he could put up some decent numbers. He's 27 and the Rangers have called him up and sent him down 4 different times. Sign him up and let him hit DH for this club!!! It's not like it would be a stretch for the Rangers to actually miss on someone.

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Not gonna happen

Unfortunately.

by dkdc on Apr 30, 2008 10:59 AM EDT reply actions

He played some 1b in the minors

Lets get Kevbo out of here and bring this guy in for a bucket of balls.

by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 30, 2008 11:02 AM EDT reply actions

Uh...

you probably don’t want him on 1B. I’ve watched him play plenty of LF in AAA and even that’s pushing it. You are talking about a 6-5, 250lb, .320avg, .980ops, minor league hitter who has only been given 160+ major league at bats. You put him in the DH spot and let the kid hit.

I've got two nickels and a paradigm. - RWH

by BPinOK on Apr 30, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

2 things:

1. This is a man, not a kid. He’s 27.

2. 1B is further down the defensive spectrum than LF. Only one spot, but it’s at least theoretically easier.

That said, I still wouldn’t mind giving him a shot, at least to platoon with the Huffman at DH (if he bats righty, that is).

by pipkin on Apr 30, 2008 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I meant "up"

Up=easier. My bad.

by pipkin on Apr 30, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I probably wouldn’t want him in the field but he’s a switch hitter.

I've got two nickels and a paradigm. - RWH

by BPinOK on Apr 30, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe they would take Trax for him

Apparently they are disparate for pitching, having recently signed a certain fat Aruban.

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by spike2131 on Apr 30, 2008 11:24 AM EDT reply actions

Botts

The fear is is he’s a Quadruple-A hitter. The upside is he might mash. The most likely scenario is somewhere in between. Japan beckons!

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by Scott Christ on Apr 30, 2008 11:31 AM EDT reply actions

We

have AA guys on the roster…I’d take a AAAA guy right now. I also don’t get where he could be a AAAA after 160+ ABs in the majors for the Rangers. He has absolutely mashed in the minors. What is the cutoff in ABs before a guy can no longer play?

I've got two nickels and a paradigm. - RWH

by BPinOK on Apr 30, 2008 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions

eh

Lots of guys mash in the minors. Jon Knott has mashed in the minors. Then again I thought the Orioles should’ve given him a chance to play, too. I agree with you on Botts, but a tag’s a tag, and a lot of times, guys live up to that tag.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 30, 2008 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

we have to many AAAA guys right now

and frankly, too many minor leaguers on the big club

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Apr 30, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

We have

AAAA guys? Who? AA…maybe. AAAA? Not really.

I've got two nickels and a paradigm. - RWH

by BPinOK on Apr 30, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

haha

Our AAAA guys (Cintron and Terrero) are in AAA while our AA guys (Luis, Fahey) are in the majors.

No, this doesn’t make sense to me either. Any more than it has to any of us all month.

by pipkin on Apr 30, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions

and...

isn’t leicester basically a aaaa guy? bukvich, maybe? anderson?

ronnie's a dillweed.

by j.q. higgins on May 1, 2008 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Ah...

agreed.

I've got two nickels and a paradigm. - RWH

by BPinOK on May 1, 2008 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I doubt

he would ever clear waivers, but should that happen I think this would be a low-risk, high-reward pickup. Plus, my man crush knows no boundaries. I don’t think the O’s should trade for him by any means. Unless of course they traded Fahey.

I've got two nickels and a paradigm. - RWH

by BPinOK on Apr 30, 2008 12:10 PM EDT reply actions

they should jump on Botts

why not? so it’ll cost Mascot or Huff some ABs? look forward.

THIS is Birdland?!?

by Dave at Bottomfeeder Baseball on Apr 30, 2008 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

I don't see him having that much value...

He’s 27 years old and has an OPS of 665 at the ML in about 250 AB’s. That doesn’t seem to me to be anything to get too excited about in a guy who would likely have to play 1B or DH.

He put some decent numbers in minors, but if you look those numbers were put up in the Pacific Coast League; which has a pretty strong reputation of being a hitters league.

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on May 1, 2008 12:37 PM EDT reply actions

I'm with SC

I think it’s the kind of thing they should try but almost certainly won’t, and even if they did there’s a pretty high chance of it not working out.

Botts has some strengths, but when he gets called up and strikes out 18 times in 38 AB teams sour on him pretty quickly, particularly given his complete lack of defensive value.

by Joltin Joe Orsulak on May 1, 2008 3:11 PM EDT reply actions