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Yahoo! Sports: Report: Rangers agree to terms with 3B Caminiti
Caminiti can hit, when he's in the lineup. If the Rangers can limit him to 300 at bats, this could be a really good pickup. Overall, though, the Rangers appear to be adding a whole lot of "if's" to their roster. If Andres Galarraga has something left in the tank, if Ken Caminiti is healthy, if they can find a closer, if Ruben Mateo develops. Even if they do pick up Alex Rodriguez, you are talking about a 13 or 14 win pickup which gets them to 85 wins, and all of these current moves are designed to win in the short-term.
I'm not sure that Doug Melvin has noticed, but they allowed more than six runs a game last year. Offensively, they were ninth in runs scored, but a healthy Ivan Rodriguez probably vaults them to the fifth spot.
Even with Rodriguez, they are the third maybe second best team in the division.
Caminiti can hit, when he's in the lineup. If the Rangers can limit him to 300 at bats, this could be a really good pickup. Overall, though, the Rangers appear to be adding a whole lot of "if's" to their roster. If Andres Galarraga has something left in the tank, if Ken Caminiti is healthy, if they can find a closer, if Ruben Mateo develops. Even if they do pick up Alex Rodriguez, you are talking about a 13 or 14 win pickup which gets them to 85 wins, and all of these current moves are designed to win in the short-term.
I'm not sure that Doug Melvin has noticed, but they allowed more than six runs a game last year. Offensively, they were ninth in runs scored, but a healthy Ivan Rodriguez probably vaults them to the fifth spot.
Even with Rodriguez, they are the third maybe second best team in the division.
posted by Sean Foran # 3:37 PM 
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