Today Texas acquired right-hander Brandon McCarthy from the Chicago White Sox in a five-player deal Saturday in which the Rangers gave up their 2003 first-round pick John Danks.
John Danks, the ninth overall pick three years ago, and fellow right-handers Nick Masset and Jacob Rasner were sent to Chicago for McCarthy and outfielder David Paisano.
The 23-year-old Brandon McCarthy already has 65 major league appearances (only 12 starts), and is 7-9 with a 4.39 ERA. He has 117 career strikeouts while walking only 50 batters in 151 2/3 innings. McCarthy has some electiric stuff and will be a fine addition to the starting rotation.
McCarthy worked primarily out of the bullpen for the first time last season, and was 10th in the AL with 75 1/3 innings worked in relief. The Rangers plan to use him as a starter this season.
Danks split last season between Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma, where he combined to go 9-9 with a 4.24 ERA in 27 games (26 starts). He has a career minor league record of 21-30 with a 4.20 ERA in 92 games (82 starts). Dank is one of the great minor leaguers in the Rangers orginization but never really got a chance in the big leagues. For some reason the Rangers wanted to groom Danks for a long time before his arrival in the majors.
This is a great deal for the Rangers. After watching Danks at many Frisco Roughriders game, he only looked like a solid 3 or 4 starter in the rotation. It would have taken Danks probably two more years until he was inserted in the the Ranger's rotation, and in return the Rangers recieved a already proven young starter. I like what GM Jon Daniels is doing as he building the Rangers for the future, not just for this season.
- Big-D Sports
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4 comments:
Solid deal I think danks was overrated by many within the system and would probably turn out to be more like a kenny rogers instead of a randy johnson. The move concerns me because it could show that we are out of the zito race.....or we are putting ourselves over the top with the move. We'll see when zito signs after the new year
great trade! lets get ZITO next
hey i'm a white sox fan and i'm sad to see McCarthy go. this is a sad day. he has the potential to be one of the best with his 95 mph + fastball and his nasty curve. He is a proven major league pitcher and will be missed
Don't get your hopes up for Zito, Daniels said when he announced the trade yesterday that talks weren't going well but that could be a message to boras that the rangers wont be used to jack up the price. Even if we don't sign Zito the rangers will have 3 solid startes for the 1st time since the late 90's.
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