I'm famous! In my own sort of way...

Yea, so after a few tries I finally got my question to Texas Rangers beat writer T.R. Sullivan published in his Ranger mailbag. All I have to say is: about freakin' time! I had once asked about prospects for Danny Herrera and he didn't answer me yet a few weeks later he published someone else asking a question about him and he praised Danny. Where were you then Sullivan? Anywho, check out my semi-famous debut on the Rangers Mailbag.

Although some idiot above me asked Sullivan about the prospects of the Rangers trading for Jason Bay and Sullivan actually said good job to the guy for "doing his homework!" I am losing all faith in Sullivan now. It's official. His response to that guy pissed me off so bad. Who in the hell has not thought about Jason Bay? Well baseball fans... Bay is a tremendous talent in Pittsburgh, but Sullivan should know better than to actually tease the idea of Bay coming to Texas in a trade. Bay becomes a free agent after 2009 then he's in line for a major contract (reminiscent of Teixeira?). Bay would fill a spot in the outfield and a bat in the lineup but he'd take away at least two or three top developing talent out of the Rangers minor leagues. Now haven't we all learned the lesson of the new baseball era? Build from within is the mantra. Colorado. Arizona. Milwaukee. Cleveland. Detroit. If the Rangers trade top talent for Bay I would be extremely pissed. Now if it was a couple of fringe players that are expendable (Laird, Catalanotto, Cruz) then I'd love to have Bay here, but not at the expense of our future.


Now, my proposal was a lesser known outfield with just as much potential as Jason Bay. I offered the idea of trading for Toronto's Alex Rios. Rios would be a free agent after 2010 giving him three years with the Rangers. Plus he's got power, he plays the outfield, he's young and he's inexpenisve. The Blue Jays obviously like what Rios brings to the table but lets face it, Toronto is royally screwed. They have Boston and New York in their division. They won't make the playoffs anytime soon and they are saddled with heavy contracts from trying to compete with Boston and New York. Troy Glaus. Lyle Overbay. Frank Thomas. A.J. Burnett. Roy Halladay. Come on if we gave them a bit I'm sure they'd pounce on sending Rios over here. I say throw together something with Cruz and Laird. Probably throw in Akinori Otsuka who could be Toronto's closer with B.J. Ryan injured, although Aki has to overcome his injury. Then they could send us Rios and maybe a mid-level pitching prospect. It would be a move to free up a spot for Saltalamacchia, get rid of Laird, Cruz (who is never going to pan out) and maybe even Aki. I love Aki but for the sake of the team I can let go. Especially if it means bringing in Alex Rios.