- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
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Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
A few things this afternoon that might be of some interest... Keith Law has a chat session up , and mentions several Rangers-related items, including Elvis Andrus as possibly the best shortstop prospect in the minors (he has him as a toss-up with Tim Beckham), and says if the Mets wanted to shake things up by dealing Jose Reyes, the Rangers should be the first folks for them to call... The BA Top...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
At the major league level… … the ultimate product of Elvis Andrus, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison, and Bean Jones is Casey Kotchman . Like the trade, hate the trade, whichever camp you fall into one thing is likely true; Kotchman is better than Scott Thorman, but not as good as Adam LaRoche… yet. The big problem with Kotchman is that he is not (yet) the power hitter that corner...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Previous positions: First Base Second Base Shortstop in this organization is all about two guys, Michael Young and Elvis Andrus, and when Andrus will bump Young to another position. Depth Chart: Texas (MLB) - Michael Young, Ramon Vazquez Oklahoma (AAA) - Casey Benjamin Frisco (AA) - Elvis Andrus Bakersfield (A+) - Marcus Lemon Clinton (A) - Andres James, David Stoneburner Spokane (A-) - Edward Koncel...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Happy belated birthday to Elvis Andrus, who turned 20 years old on Tuesday... The Rangers website has a nice feature article up on him , including some quotes from Frisco hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh on what Andrus needs to work on (pulling the ball is one of his projects).
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Last July, the Rangers netted quite a package from the Braves in exchange for Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay. By some accounts, they swiped 4 of the Braves top 5 prospects. Today, Neftali Feliz and Elvis Andrus are doing well for themselves at AA Frisco at the ages of 20 and 19, respectively. Feliz has catapulted up prospect rankings all over the place and is consistently being mentioned among the top...
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Rangers top prospect Elvis Andrus will be out about three weeks with a fractured finger on this right hand. The ...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
Per Evan Grant, Elvis Andrus has a broken finger and will miss the next three weeks or so. Bah.
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
There's been some discussion about Elvis Andrus's high error totals this season, and whether that is indicative of Andrus's defensive abilities being overrated, or just a product of playing shortstop in the minors. So I went and looked up the minor league data on some generally well-regarded defensive shortstops, and counted up how many errors they had in their minor league careers. (And I offer this...
Rangers blog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Here's some more Frisco stuff for you: • Elvis Andrus said he's been fortunate to have some good coaches and that he felt great this spring training with his footwork and range. "I know I'll make mistakes, but I'm trying not to make the same one again," Andrus said. "I'm working on it." • John Mayberry Jr. said his overall goal is to get more consistent in his all-around game. He's focused in on better...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
The Roughriders won this morning/afternoon against Arkansas, 8-0 . And Chris Davis has moved beyond beast. He's a beasticon. Home run today, and hitting .391 on the year. Elvis Andrus is hitting .333, but he's also 0 for 3 stealing bases. That could be better. Still, it feels good to look at the Frisco box scores right now.
Rangers blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
These guys were sent to minor league camp: INF: Joaquin Arias, Elvis Andrus, German Duran, Chris Davis OF: Julio Borbon, John Mayberry Jr. C: Max Ramirez, Chris Stewart RHP: Thomas Diamond, Kea Kometani LHP: Bill White
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
Baseball America has released it's annual Top 10 Prospects for the Rangers, and 6 of the top 10 prospects weren't even in the Rangers organization on June 1, 2007. The top 10 are as follows: 1. Elvis Andrus, ss (Trade-Braves) 2. Chris Davis, 3b 3. Eric Hurley, rhp 4. Taylor Teagarden, c 5. Neftali Feliz, rhp (Trade-Braves) 6. Michael Main, rhp (2007 Draft) 7. Kasey Kiker, lhp [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008
–Kevin Goldstein over at Baseball Prospectus listed his Top 100 prospects and 7 Rangers make the list. They are: 30. Neftali Feliz, rhp; 49. Eric Hurley, rhp; 58. Elvis Andrus, ss; 62. Engel Beltre, of; 73. Michael Main, rhp; 74. Chris Davis, 3b; and 77. Taylor Teagarden, c. –Not to be outdone, Keith Law of ESPN [...]
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
Evan Grant writes up his #1 Rangers prospect, Elvis Andrus. Comparisons to Edgar Renteria and Derek Jeter, and Grant suggests Andrus should be here by 2010 (at age 21 -- the same age the Marlins plugged Renteria into their starting lineup). Grant also says that either Young or Andrus will have to move, but I'm thinking he's just being polite there...I don't think there's any question who is going...
