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Texas Rangers' farm system ranked No. 1

11:05 PM CST on Thursday, January 15, 2009

By RICHARD DURRETT / The Dallas Morning News
rdurrett@dallasnews.com

The Rangers have the top farm system in the major leagues, according to Baseball America.

John Manuel, editor in chief of the publication, said the Rangers edged Florida and Oakland because Texas has pitching and hitting prospects at various levels of the minor league organization.

"Other teams had great pitching or great hitting, but the Rangers had the best of both," Manuel said.

The Rangers jumped from 28th to fourth in the rankings before the 2008 season. General manager Jon Daniels has restocked the minor leagues through trades and drafting the last few seasons.

"It's nice to have our work recognized in the industry," Daniels said. "The credit goes to ownership for buying into and supporting our vision, and to our scouting and development staff for their relentless work and passion.

"Ultimately, we'll be judged on how this translates into wins in Arlington, and that's our sole focus."

This is not the first time the Rangers have claimed the top spot in Baseball America's rankings, which have existed since 1984. The club was No. 1 before the 1990 season with players such as Ivan Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez, Dean Palmer and Robb Nen in the system.

Manuel said the top two Rangers prospects are right-handed pitcher Neftali Feliz and left-hander Derek Holland, who finished last season in Double-A Frisco. First baseman Justin Smoak, drafted 11th overall last June, was third.

Briefly: The Rangers signed RHP Brandon McCarthy to a one-year, $650,000 contract, avoiding arbitration. OF Marlon Byrd, RHP Frank Francisco and LHP C.J. Wilson are the remaining arbitration-eligible Rangers. ... The Rangers will host a pitching camp next week at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with new pitching coach Mike Maddux meeting some pitchers for the first time.
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F funneldrill1,000+ posts
OP,

The bad news is that you have a short order cook (Jon Daniels) trying to be the chef at a 5-star restaurant (no offense to any short order cooks out there).

I talked to German Duran last Saturday and he was telling me how the Rangers sent him to Mexico to work on 3B and that the 3B job was between him and Metcalf. Then on Monday, the news comes down that Young is being moved to 3B so Elvis Andrus can slide into the SS position. German wants the starting 3B job but will probably have to "settle" for being this years Ramon Vasquez.

My bet is Andrus hits about .180 thru Mid-May and Duran winds up playing SS as a stop gap. I also will go record as saying that Michael Young will be traded before the July 31 trading deadline.
Tx-HuskerTx-Husker1,000+ posts
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I talked to German Duran last Saturday and he was telling me how the Rangers sent him to Mexico to work on 3B and that the 3B job was between him and Metcalf. Then on Monday, the news comes down that Young is being moved to 3B so Elvis Andrus can slide into the SS position.


Yet, JD claims this conversation with Young started months ago. The Rangers front office is baseball's Larry, Mo and Curly. Our only hope is Ryan will bring some sense to them...jury's out on that. And the Rangers' owner, Hicks, is a joke too...no strategy they stick with more than 90 days.

The only good thing about the farm club with the current front office is that the Rangers will be in lots of trade talk...and they will end up with old washed up talent (but big names) in exchange for good young talent we'll see in other teams' jerseys.
M MikeD2310+ posts
and even if Andrus doesnt make 50 + errors the damage is done with the treatment of Michael, This guys a Franchise, team player and Jonny boy just craped on his own font porch. I dont see Nolan sitting around playing games but with the money man and his ADD attitude on the team, and "fannies in seats" only concern I hate to see the core they do have with M.Y. and Hamebone and the pitching prospects go to waste. We will have to wait and see how much control he can impose and make this thing improve. Im staying optimistic mainly because so many of the recent WS teams Tampa, Fla, Col. etc have been in existence for fewer years then the Ball Park In Arlington has been....

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