Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... be far more productive in 2010. Question #2: In the same chat, you mentioned that you really like Julio Borbon. Will he be the Rangers' starting centerfielder in 2010? What can we expect of his bat and his defense? Frankie: I'm a big Borbon believer. I'm not sure exactly what their plans are for him but I think he can certainly handle the starting job. He saw a lot of fastballs...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... have some value for the Rangers , since he would give the Rangers a righthanded hitter to spell Julio Borbon in center occasionally (assuming Borbon-in-CF is Plan A), along with someone who provides late inning defense and pinch running skills. If Borbon is going to be the starting centerfielder, you probably need to have someone on the 25 man roster besides Josh Hamilton...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... in place right now. Last year, I thought a David Murphy / Brandon Boggs platoon in left field, Julio Borbon in center field, and Josh Hamilton in right field would be good, with Justin Smoak and Chris Davis holding down the first base and DH spots. Now, every one of those guys is a question mark, meaning that if you move Cruz, you had better do it intending to bring in at least one...
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... Scheppers, and Justin Smoak will be major league ball players. After graduating Elvis Andrus, Julio Borbon, Chris Davis, Matt Harrison, Derek Holland, Tommy Hunter, Taylor Teagarden, and Brandon Boggs to the major leagues in the past two seasons and losing Eric Hurley to injury, the Rangers' minor league system has fewer well-known prospects in the No. 5-10 range than it has in the...
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... ongoing talks" (Buster Olney, ESPN.com ) [When we conversed at length about Josh Hamilton, Julio Borbon and the fallacy of player labels late last month , there was one specific point that I really wanted to hammer home: "If [Julio] Borbon isn't the player that the Rangers believe will reliably fill the center field void over the next several years, it's imperative...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... - $555K+ RF - Nelson Cruz - $408K OF - Brandon Boggs - $409K OF - Craig Gentry - $400K DH - Julio Borbon - $400K SP - Kevin Millwood - $12MM...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Milwaukee Brewers have traded J.J. Hardy to the Twins for Carlos Gomez . This could impact the Rangers , since Gomez taking over in center for the Brewers means Mike Cameron likely won't return to Milwaukee. Cameron is a guy the Rangers could bring in on a one year deal, if they decide they don't want to go multiple years for Marlon Byrd , and they aren't ready for Julio Borbon to...
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... years and (b) has played a key role in the offensive development and maintenance of Elvis Andrus, Julio Borbon and Chris Davis. To what we can attribute his exclusion from the interviewing process is really anybody's guess right now, but the perception seems to exist that he's a "disciple" of Jaramillo and his core offensive philosophy; if true, the reasons why Texas would...
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... (+3.3 UZR, +5 +/-) SS: Elvis Andrus (+10.4 UZR, +11 +/-), Omar Vizquel (+4.6 UZR, +3 +/-) LF: Julio Borbon (-1.8 UZR, +1 +/-), Marlon Byrd (+2.1 UZR, +4 +/-), Andruw Jones (+2.1 UZR, +2 +/-), David Murphy (+0.3 UZR, +2 +/-) CF: Marlon Byrd (-5.3 UZR, -3 +/-), Josh Hamilton (+5.9 UZR, +7 +/-) RF: Nelson Cruz (+11.8 UZR, +7 +/-), Josh Hamilton (+2.3 UZR, -1 +/-) [Teamwide: +33.2 UZR...
