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06-03-2003, 01:07 PM
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Holy crap! We took a pitcher! And he lives in Round Rock. Put him on a plane; can he pitch tomorrow?
Rangers tab Round Rock southpaw 06/04/2003 By RICHARD DURRETT / Dallas Web Staff The Rangers selected left-handed pitcher John Danks with the ninth overall pick in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball first-year player draft. Danks, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound 18-year-old, pitched for Round Rock High School this past season and signed early with the University of Texas. His velocity climbed above 90 mph in the past year and he has a sinker and curveball to go along with his fastball. Danks was the third consecutive left-handed pitcher taken in the draft. Nick Markakis was the first southpaw selected by Baltimore with the seventh pick. Pittsburgh took Paul Maholm, another lefty, with the eighth pick and then Danks at ninth to the Rangers.
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06-03-2003, 02:47 PM
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I just hope the Rangers were not reaching for pitching. It'd be nice to have a Mark Pryor type guy for a change. There is still a ton of rounds left to go. Maybe we get lucky and find like 3-4 stud pitchers?
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06-03-2003, 04:21 PM
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I give this pick two thumbs, way up! I predict great things for Danks. I just hope the Ranger farm system pitching hoax doesn't get him.
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06-03-2003, 05:12 PM
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You guys will love what Danks brings, but he is young. He will need at least 2 seasons before he can think about the majors. Our second pick, Sinisi out of Rice is amazing. He is a sophomore though and typically it has been hard to sign underclassmen out of Rice. Plus his agent is Scott Boras. Ugh.
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06-03-2003, 06:46 PM
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I do not know much about this guy but any pitcher is welcome.
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06-03-2003, 08:40 PM
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If you want to see him, tune in to the State baseball playoffs. He's pitching this week.
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06-06-2003, 03:54 PM
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Its still a dangerous propostion taking a pitcher in the first round. Too bad we didn't take mark prior instead of mark texiera two years ago.
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06-07-2003, 02:51 PM
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I think it was a great pick but some think it was to much of a risk
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