October 10, 201411 yr The Texas Rangers claimed board favorite and Dartmouth alum Ed Lucas off waivers from the Marlins. Now he'll need to adjust to a new league.
October 10, 201411 yr The Texas Rangers claimed board favorite and Dartmouth alum Ed Lucas off waivers from the Marlins. Now he'll need to adjust to a new league will need to adjust to Ed Lucas. noooooooooooooooooooooooo! Eh good for you Eddy Luke. Sticking around in the bigs, livin the dream.
October 10, 201411 yr Author Dang. ... Aw, shit, this means more playing time for Solano. :| Solano4MVP
October 10, 201411 yr Author Also, Jordany "Vale Pinga" Valdespin was outrighted to AAA New Orleans. That means every other team had a chance to get him for free and said, "no thank you" as the Marlins should have said months ago.
October 10, 201411 yr Someone make a music video with "I will remember you" playing behind Lucas highlights
October 10, 201411 yr Someone make a music video with "I will remember you" playing behind Lucas highlights Throw in a picture of Dartmouth and the awkward family photo, we've got a winner.
October 10, 201411 yr This barely registers as a shrug of a move. The guy's a AAA lifer, who cares. The bigger scandal was this team paying Rafael Furcal $3.5 mil, and nothing coming of that, to the surprise of no one. We were literally the only team offering him a major league deal coming off of a bad injury and missing an entire season at age 35, because Loria must have thought he was getting age 25 Furcal or something. He was the 6th highest paid guy on the team this season and he made all of 35 ABs. The entire operation of the FO this season was bizarre. Giving actual MLB money to has-beens like Furcal, Gregg, and Penny still boggles my mind. I'm also not very keen on the reports I'm hearing that the team is mostly targeting pitching again this offseason, when the team is in bad need of decent infield bats. We have gaping holes at 2B and SS, with middling performance from 1B and C. I'm anticipating a down year next year for McGehee, since he had his best statistical season (although with his power completely disappearing), and I don't see him replicating that. But hopefully I'm wrong.
October 10, 201411 yr One thing I hope with McGehee is that he kinda pulls an Ozuna. Ozuna's power disappeared when he made the Majors in 2013, but this year, he hit 23 bombs. McGehee has shown an ability to hit 25+, so maybe in 2015 he'll hit at least 15. It's possible. Unlikely, but possible. I doubt he'll hit for average again like in the first half, but can definitely see the power. Hopefully. Dude drove in a good amount of runs without power, let's see what happens!
October 10, 201411 yr I just hope they don't extend a guy who is almost 32. Would have made sense to deal him mid-season, and pave the way for Moran to come up by next opening day or mid season 2015, but now that's not an option. Not sure why this FO likes dealing third basemen to the Astros.
October 10, 201411 yr I just hope they don't extend a guy who is almost 32. Would have made sense to deal him mid-season, and pave the way for Moran to come up by next opening day or mid season 2015, but now that's not an option. Not sure why this FO likes dealing third basemen to the Astros. At least this trade was more useful. We got a contributor rather than Carlos Lee.
October 11, 201411 yr He will be missed for sure. Great guy, cool to see others value him as well. Not quite sure what he's doing in the AL though.
October 11, 201411 yr Good dude. A couple of you read my little tale back in February of how Ed Lucas, in just a matter of seconds, was the coolest guy on Earth to my son in his first experience meeting a big league player. I'm forever grateful for that moment. Thanks Ed, my family and I will miss u for that moment above any other.
October 11, 201411 yr Good dude. A couple of you read my little tale back in February of how Ed Lucas, in just a matter of seconds, was the coolest guy on Earth to my son in his first experience meeting a big league player. I'm forever grateful for that moment. Thanks Ed, my family and I will miss u for that moment above any other. I do remember that. Great moment, and thank you for sharing that with us.
October 11, 201411 yr I hope you Solano-haters are watching "Gracepoint" as it revolves around the murder of someone called "D. Solano" (Danny, but you can use your imagination )
October 11, 201411 yr Roster moves had to be made to get players on the 60 day DL back on the 40 man, though Fernandez is the only one that needs back on the roster. Still I'll miss a guy like Lucas, he was good person, albeit not overly talented, you know a Marlins type of player!
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