From: hbrooks@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu (Harold_Brooks)
Subject: Re: Rangers 15-man protected list
Organization: NSSL
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:33:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.163408.28422@esd.dl.nec.com> west@esd.dl.nec.com (Mike West) writes:
>Since there appears to be a few Ranger fans out there, I thought I
>would post this:
>
>Published in the Dallas Morning News today is the Expansion Draft
>protected list.  In no particular order, the 15 Rangers protected are:
>
>	Kevin Brown
>	Terry Burrows
>	Roger Pavlik
>	Kenny Rogers
>	Nolan Ryan
>	Dan Smith
>	Matt Whiteside
>	Ivan Rodriguez
>	Julio Franco
>	Jose Oliva
>	Rafael Palmeiro
>	Dean Palmer
>	Jose Canseco
>	Juan Gonzalez
>	David Hulse
>
>Notable (for the Rangers anyway) players left off are:
>
>	Brian Bohanon
>	Scott Chiamparino
>	Hector Fajardo
>	Jeff Huson
>	Monty Fariss
>	Jeff Frye
>	Kevin Reimer

Assuming that the list is accurate (which is a big assumption),
I'd add Rob Maurer to the list of surprises in the unprotected
category.  I've never been able to understand the Rangers'
lack of regard for him.  (Back to the old soapbox--I think they'd
be a lot better off not protecting Palmeiro.  Of course, I thought
they should have traded Palmeiro after the '91 season and gone 
with Maurer in '92.)  I would guess that the Frye and Franco 
decisions might be related.


>
>The only suprise to me is that they protected Julio Franco.  By protecting
>him they are saying they believe that his knee will be healthy again.
>By unprotecting Kevin Reimer they are saying that he will primarily be
>the DH.  The pitchers unprotected (Bohanon, Chiamparino, Fajardo) were
>left off because of their recent injuries.  The News seems to be
>concerned about the Rangers leaving Jeff Huson off the list because
>he is their only SS at the moment, but I think it is a non-concern because
>he will not be the first Ranger taken (I think Fajardo stands the best
>chance if the net.wisdom is correct about his talent).
>

Fajardo pitched two great games for OKC at the end of the year-one
to pull the team into a tie for first and another (ND) in the playoffs
against Buffalo.  He certainly looked healthy by then.  I wouldn't have
dreamed that Texas would leave him unprotected.  They'll have to be 
lucky to hold onto him.  

Can someone explain to me what the Rangers see in Dan Smith?  Does he
have copies of photos with Tom Grieve and Dal Maxvill?  (Their 
existence might explain a lot of strange things that have gone on.) 
I admit my sample isn't very large, but he's been horrible every time 
I've seen him.  I've always figured that each appearance was his last 
at whatever level he was at before being sent down.  Although brief,
his fling with Texas this year seemed in keeping with his track 
record.

W L S  ERA GP GS GF  IP  TBF  H  R ER 2B 3B HR BB SO   BA  SLG  OBA
0 3 0 5.02  4  2  1 14.1  67 18  8  8  7  0  1  8  5 .321 .500 .400

Admittedly, one of the walks was intentional, but when the most 
positive thing on a pitcher's line is that he didn't give up any
triples, I have a tough time imagining him as a prospect.  An 
organization that can protect the Dan Smiths of the world and 
expose the Hector Fajardos has a lot of problems.  I can only 
hope that the Dallas newspaper reports are inaccurate.

Harold
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