As the feelings of dismay from the lack of any kind of movement buy the Rangers at the trading deadline and the fact that they went 2-7 on the last home stand I haven’t had much feelings of any kind towards them. Then, I fire up FeedDemon and low and behold it see that Millwood, Padilla, and Catalanato cleared wavers. Excitement filled my heart thinking that we might be in the market to move some people for the future and then the anxiety hit me thinking that the only real starters we have had just cleared waivers.

Catalanato being moved would not bother me at all. I would trade him for another color dot for the traditional 6th inning dot race at the Ballpark. He has been good when given the chance to play but those chances are few and far between so get a bag of balls, some line chalk, a cold beer and a steak and move him somewhere he can play a little more.

Pitching! The one thing the Rangers have never had and always need. The ball park is notorious for bloated ERA’s and not being able to bring anybody of note there (Chan Ho Park?). So now we are going to float the only pitchers that have had any success (if you can call it that) in the ballpark. This is where the anxiety kicks in. If they are the only assets that you are willing to deal, the Rangers are sunk for a long time. Offense is great but everybody wants pitching. In order to get pitching you have to give up a lot. Texas has weapons and the fact that no deals could be made at the deadline to get more pitching, and the fact that the 2 legit starters cleared waivers, tells me that the Rangers are in a bad way. Not willing to deal what people want and not having what they need.

Just as a quick note: the Rangers organization is capable of developing pitchers to a point but once they hit AAA and the Big Leagues as Rangers, something happens. Some former Ranger greats of note include Chris Young (Padres), Edinson Volquez (Reds), and John Danks (CHISox) to name a few.

Tags: Pitching, rangers, Waivers